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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced the establishment of a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Tuesday. The tipping point: Reports that Mr. Trump pressured the president of Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, a Democratic candidate for…

The governor of Massachusetts on Tuesday declared a public health emergency and ordered a four-month ban on the sale of vaping products in the state. Republican Governor Charlie Baker's order appears to be the first of its kind in the…

The Trump administration has issued a rule that will make overtime pay available to 1.3 million additional workers, but that replaces a more generous plan advanced by former President Obama that would've covered nearly 5 million more people. The Labor…

A North Carolina sheriff accused of helping plot the killing of his former deputy has been suspended. The attorney for Granville County Sheriff Brindell Wilkins issued a statement Monday that said his client voluntarily agreed to the suspension as he…

Trump calls Ukraine controversy "ridiculous" The whistleblower who filed a complaint with the inspector general of the intelligence community regarding President Trump's communications with the Ukrainian president now wants to testify before the House Intelligence Committee, Chairman Adam Schiff announced…

Trump withheld aid before Ukraine phone call President Trump, who is at the United Nations General Assembly, said in a pair of tweets Tuesday that he's authorizing the release of the full transcript of his July call with the Ukrainian…

When 10-year-old Ryan King got a permission slip for a school field trip, her mom braced her for disappointment. Ryan has spina bifida and uses a wheelchair. It's sometimes difficult for her to fully participate many field trips and, while…

Trump defends call with Ukrainian leader The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee wrote three letters to federal government officials seeking more information about the withholding of security funding for Ukraine, the subject of a whistleblower complaint involving…

China plans to join governments that are imposing controls on tobacco liquid and additives for e-cigarettes amid growing concern about deaths and illnesses blamed on vaping, a state news agency said Tuesday. Rules due out as early as next month…

A 5-year-old girl was rescued after her father dragged her with him and jumped in front of New York City subway train Monday, CBS New York reports. Video shows good Samaritans reaching for the child and pulling her out safely. According…

San Juan, Puerto Rico — A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Puerto Rico late Monday, scaring and rousing many from their sleep in the U.S. territory. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit 49 miles off the island's northwest coast…

The seven wonders of the world may be getting a new addition. Researchers have uncovered a continent the size of Greenland mostly hiding underwater in the Mediterranean. Dubbed "Greater Adria" by its founders at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, the…

Washington, D.C. — An Army soldier serving in Kansas shared bomb-making instructions online and discussed killing activists and bombing a news network, the Justice Department contends. According to a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court of Kansas, the Army…

Lawyers for the federal government Friday urged a judge deciding whether to close a massive facility for unaccompanied migrant children in government custody to disregard several declarations by physicians and an expert on law and immigration. The declarations were made…

President Trump briefly stopped by a daylong summit of world leaders meeting to discuss climate change at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York before leaving to address a meeting on the persecution of religious minorities and his…

Tyler and Elisha Hessel found out earlier this year they were expecting their first child. The couple from Missouri was at first elated, but after receiving shocking news from their doctor, their world was turned upside down. The story is…

Protesters blocked major intersections in Washington, D.C. early Monday morning in a show of protest against climate change ahead of this week's United Nation's climate summit in New York City. More than 60 countries will attend the summit, which begins…

President Trump is attending the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York beginning Monday, as he skips a climate summit for a religious freedom event and holds a slew of bilateral meetings with foreign leaders. The president comes to…

Authorities say a Florida police officer has been suspended and if being investigated after arresting a 6-year-old and an 8-year-old for separate incidents at their schools. CBS Orlando affiliate WKMG-TV reports that Officer Dennis Turner was suspended pending the outcome…

Richland, Texas — A U.S. Marine believed to have left Arizona for California's Camp Pendleton never arrived but was found days later at a Texas rest area, unharmed. Lance Corporal Job Wallace was taken into custody Saturday night by Naval…

September 21, 2019 / 11:03 PM / CBS News A new elevator inside the Washington Monument briefly broke down Saturday afternoon, CBS D.C. affiliate WUSA reports. The elevator experienced issues at around 1 p.m., though no one was inside of…

Greek police said Saturday they have arrested a suspect in the 1985 hijacking of a flight from Athens that became a multi-day ordeal and included the slaying of an American. Police said a 65-year-old suspect in the hijacking was arrested…