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More big retailers ask customers to leave guns behind

A growing list of retailers is asking patrons to leave their firearms behind when shopping. CVS, Walgreens and Wegmans Food Markets on Thursday joined other large chains in requesting that customers refrain from openly toting guns in their stores, even if they live…

Husband had missing mom's body in truck, witness says

The estranged husband of a missing Connecticut mother was arrested again in connection with her disappearance, CBS affiliate WFSB reports. According to an arrest warrant, his girlfriend told police the body of the missing woman, Jennifer Dulos, was in a truck he…

Michigan State University fined millions in Nassar case

The government on Wednesday ordered Michigan State University to make sweeping changes and pay a $4.5 million fine. This comes after determining that it failed to adequately respond to sexual assault complaints against Larry Nassar, a former campus sports doctor…

Sears closing more stores as hundreds lose jobs at HQ

The lights are still on at Sears, but the hedge fund now calling the shots is conducting some business at the ailing retailer largely in the dark. Sears's parent company, dubbed Transform Holdco (or Transformco) and run by Eddie Lampert…

GOP Representative Jim Sensenbrenner to retire

Veteran Wisconsin Republican Representative Jim Sensenbrenner announced his retirement from Congress on Wednesday, making the former House Judiciary Committee chairman the 15th GOP lawmaker to say he will step aside before next year's elections. Sensenbrenner, 76, was first elected in…

Trump rolls back regulations on energy-efficient light bulbs

Energy-saving light bulbs are the latest Obama-era environmental initiative to face a rollback by the Trump administration. The Department of Energy finalized a rule Wednesday that will block new federal efficiency standards for certain light bulbs from going into effect as…

Coast Guard rescues 61 after Hurricane Dorian

Opa-locka, Florida — The U.S. Coast Guard's motto is "Semper Paratus," or "always ready." For Hurricane Dorian, they were just that. The Coast Guard's Seventh District was prepared to help a country in America's backyard. "CBS Evening News" flew with…

Texas Rep. Bill Flores announces retirement

U.S. Representative Bill Flores announced he would not seek reelection in 2020, making him the fifth GOP lawmaker from Texas to do so in the past three months. Flores, who was first elected in 2010, said he wanted to spend…

33 bodies recovered after California boat fire, 1 missing

Man loses five family members in CA boat fire Santa Barbara, California — Thirty three bodies of victims from a scuba diving boat fire off Southern California have been recovered and one was still missing on Wednesday, authorities said. The…

Google fined $170M for violating kids' privacy on YouTube

Google will pay a record $170 million fine to settle a lawsuit filed by federal and state authorities that charged the internet giant with violating children's privacy on YouTube, the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday. The settlement requires Google and…

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