Trump weighs in on Bolton's ouster President Trump has tapped Robert O'Brien to be his new national security adviser, replacing ousted former national security adviser John Bolton. O'Brien is currently the State Department's special presidential envoy for hostage affairs. O'Brien…
Gas prices rise after Saudi oil site attacks Oil prices fell on Wednesday after the Saudi government said half of production that was knocked out by an attack over the weekend had already had been restored. The decline came after…
MI faces worst EEE outbreak in over a decade Public health officials are urging people to guard against mosquito bites after more cases of a rare mosquito-borne virus, including two additional deaths in southwestern Michigan. The Michigan Department of Health…
September 18, 2019 / 9:27 AM / CBS News Trump mulls options after Saudi Arabia attack President Trump announced an increase in sanctions on Iran on Wednesday after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed the country for an attack on…
One-time Tropical Storm Imelda, already hitting the Houston area with heavy rain, is threatening to dump up to 18 inches in parts of Southeast Texas and southwestern Louisiana over the next few days. NOAA's Weather Prediction Center said that as…
Los Angeles — A West Hollywood man who has made large donations to the Democratic Party was charged Tuesday with running a drug house out of his apartment, where two men died of overdoses. Ed Buck was also charged with…
The abortion rate dropped to a nearly 50-year low in 2017, the lowest level recorded since Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized the procedure. In 2017, the most recent year available, the abortion rate was 13.5…
The acting director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, did not meet the deadline set by the House Intelligence Committee to turn over materials that the committee chairman subpoenaed on Friday — the substance of a whistleblower complaint and relevant correspondence…
Dogs went from being man's best friend to toddler's best friend in Florida on Sunday. After a 3-year-old with autism went missing in the woods, it only took the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office bloodhounds 30 minutes to save the…
Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, who has been mulling a U.S. Senate bid, used his Tuesday testimony on Capitol Hill to praise President Trump. Lewandowski's opening statement criticizing Congress for continuing to investigate the president elicited an immediate response…
A North Carolina sheriff is facing charges for allegedly discussing a plan to kill a former deputy who had a recording of the sheriff using "racially offensive" language. Granville County Sheriff Brindell Wilkins was indicted Monday on felony justice obstruction…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is heading to Saudi Arabia Tuesday to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman amid the fallout from a drone and missile attack on a major Saudi oil facility over the weekend. Pompeo has blamed…
An Oklahoma woman has been arrested after she allegedly threatened to "shoot 400 people for fun" at her former high school, CBS affiliate KOTV reports. Deputies with the Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office seized an AK-47 and a shotgun from Alexis…
Houston — Officials in the Houston area were preparing high-water vehicles and staging rescue boats Tuesday as Tropical Storm Imelda moved in from the Gulf of Mexico, threatening to dump up to 18 inches of rain in parts of Southeast Texas…
Facebook will work with law enforcement organizations to train its artificial intelligence systems to recognize videos of violent events, the company said Tuesday. The social media giant's AI systems were unable to detect live-streamed video of a mass shooting at a…
A woman accused of paying $400,000 to get her son into the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a fake soccer recruit has become the 52nd person charged in a sweeping college admissions bribery scheme, according to an indictment…
Washington — The Trump administration on Tuesday filed a civil lawsuit to seize the proceeds from Edward Snowden's new book, alleging the prominent whistleblower violated non-disclosure agreements he signed during his time working for U.S. intelligence agencies. In its lawsuit in…
A high school senior from West Virginia died after collapsing during a football game earlier this month — and he is not the only young athlete to suffer a deadly on-field emergency recently. A sophomore football player from Oklahoma also…
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Felipe Vazquez was arrested Tuesday on charges of child pornography and solicitation. Vazquez, 28, was charged with one count of computer pornography—solicitation of a child, and one count of providing obscene material to minors, according to the Florida…
General Mills is recalling five-pound bags of Gold Medal Unbleached All Purpose Flour sold nationwide after the discovery of E. coli during a product sampling. The consumer warning to discard and not eat the flour comes two months after federal…
By Brian Pascus September 17, 2019 / 12:16 PM / CBS News MyPayrollHR allegedly diverted millions The FBI has searched the New York home of a payroll processing company CEO suspected of fraud. The FBI is investigating whether New York…
The White House directed former officials Rob Porter and Rick Dearborn to defy subpoenas from the House Judiciary Committee to appear at the committee's first formal hearing on impeachment proceedings against the president. Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is…
As talks continued into the night with no end to the strike against General Motors, the walkout could prove costly. By one estimate, the hit to the automaker could reach $100 million per day. Fifty-five factories and parts warehouses are…
The share of federal spending on America's children dipped to 9.2% last year — the lowest since 2007, according to the Urban Institute. Instead, the U.S. government is spending more on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and interest payments on the…