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Experts say popular key-copying kiosks pose new security threat

A convenient key-copying kiosk is posing new threats to buildings that use electronic access cards, according to security experts. KeyMe, founded in 2012, has self-service kiosks located in retailers across the U.S. — including 7-Eleven, Bed Bath & Beyond, Safeway,…

Canadian Snowbird plane crashes during Atlanta air show

A pilot was ejected from a Canadian Snowbird plane that later crashed at the Atlanta Air Show at the Motor Speedway Sunday afternoon, CBS Atlanta affiliate WGCL reports. The pilot landed safely after ejecting from the CT-144 aircraft, which went…

Trump sends $50 million in emergency funds to Syria

Donald Trump announced Saturday night that the U.S. will send $50 million in stabilization assistance to Syria. The money, according to the Office of the Press Secretary, is to "protect persecuted ethnic and religious minorities and advance human rights." "This…

Missing dog reunited with owner 12 years later

It's a reunion more than a decade in the making: Dutchess the dog escaped her yard in Florida way back in February 2007, CBS Pittsburgh reports. More than 12 years later, she was found under a shed in Pittsburgh. Dutchess was…

Denver experiences 70-degree temperature drop

On Wednesday, Denver experienced bright, sunny, almost summer-like weather with 83 degree temperatures. But on Thursday, just before midnight, the temperature in the city plunged to a wintry 13 degrees — a record low for this time of year. The…

Ex-Ukraine ambassador says she was removed based on "false claims"

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch defended her tenure as ambassador in testimony before the House committees conducting the impeachment inquiry, telling lawmakers Friday she was "incredulous" the government recalled her "based, as best as I can tell, on unfounded…

Mistrial for ex-police chief charged with hate crime

A jury in the trial of a former New Jersey police chief accused of assaulting a handcuffed black teen because of "intense racial animus" has deadlocked on federal hate crime assault and civil rights deprivations charges. The same jury convicted…

Wildfires break out in California amid power outage

Last Updated Oct 10, 2019 7:14 PM EDT Despite an unprecedented effort to prevent wildfires, at least three of them erupted in Southern California on Thursday afternoon fueled by strong winds and dry conditions. Fifty miles east of Los Angeles,…

GM strike has already cost automaker more than $1 billion

With the strike at General Motors stretching into a fourth week, the automaker's financial losses are piling up. GM will have lost out on $1.1 billion in income if the labor dispute continues through this weekend, Anderson Economic Group estimates…

2 Giuliani associates who helped him with Ukraine probe arrested

Two foreign-born men who aided Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal attorney, in his efforts to investigate Joe Biden and Hunter Biden have been arrested on campaign-finance charges. The men, Ukrainian-born Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, originally from Belarus, have been…

Social Security benefits to rise by $24 a month

Almost 70 million retirees will see a 1.6% cost-of-living increase from Social Security in 2020, an uptick with potential political consequences in an election year when Democrats are pushing for more protection from inflation. The increase amounts to $24 a…

Evacuations ordered as wildfire spreads in Bay Area town

October 10, 2019 / 7:36 AM / CBS/AP Moraga, Calif. – Police have ordered evacuations as a fast-moving wildfire spreads in the hills of a San Francisco Bay Area community. Moraga-Orinda firefighters responded to the scene near the St. Mary's…

U.S. and China restart trade talks amid modest hopes

Washington — U.S. and Chinese negotiators are set to kick off the latest round of talks aimed at ending a trade war that has dented the countries' economies and rattled investors. Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will lead a delegation…

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