Elkmont, Ala. -- A 14-year-old boy admitted to killing five members of his family, including his three younger siblings, in a slaying that rattled a small Alabama town, authorities said Tuesday. Limestone County sheriff's spokesman Stephen Young said the boy…
A North Carolina judicial panel rejected state legislative district maps Tuesday, saying legislators took extreme advantage in drawing voting districts to help elect a maximum number of Republican lawmakers. The judges gave lawmakers two weeks to try again. The three-judge…
The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday urged ranking members of the House Judiciary Committee to oppose a bill that targets white supremacist groups by criminalizing domestic terrorism. The ACLU said the bill would unnecessarily expand authorities used by the…
The former leader of one of the nation's largest conversion therapy ministries has come out as gay. Now, McKrae Game is disavowing the organization he founded and apologizing to the people he's hurt. Game dedicated his life to conversion therapy…
Washington — The Pentagon on Tuesday formally authorized the transfer of billions of dollars in military funding for the construction of barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, fulfilling a request by President Trump as he rushes to deliver on his signature…
Hurricane Dorian stalls off Florida coast Florida's attorney general has received more than 2,400 reports of price gouging. Consumers in parts of the state report cases of water selling for more than $9, more than double its regular cost, while…
FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) - The Latest on Hurricane Dorian (all times local): 8 p.m. Dorian is scraping the central part of Florida's east coast as it tracks offshore. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Dorian is now about 110 miles…
A month after 22 people were fatally shot at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, the retailer is requesting that customers refrain from openly carrying guns into its stores. The company also plans to stop selling some types of ammunition…
Fact check: Trump on gun control WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he's waiting for the White House to chart a path forward on gun violence legislation following another mass shooting in Texas. Asked about a Senate vote on…
Boat fire rescuers on what they can't "unsee" The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for victims of a deadly fire on a commercial diving vessel near the Southern California coast. Rescuers recovered 20 bodies as crews worked to…
Devastating images show Dorian ravaging the Bahamas Hurricane Dorian fast facts As of 5 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Dorian was a Category 3 storm battering Grand Bahama Island, the National Hurricane Center said. It had been a Category 5. The storm…
The prime minister of the Bahamas said parts of his country, which is just 200 miles southeast of Florida, were in "the midst of a historic tragedy." Hurricane Dorian was stuck in place over the island nation, pounding the northern…
Mike Pence interviewed by Major Garrett Vice President Mike Pence's staff is defending his decision to stay at one of President Donald Trump's properties while in Ireland amid criticism by Democrats that he's enriching Trump at taxpayers' expense Pence's chief…
Joe Biden entered the Democratic primary promising "from day one" to reject campaign cash from lobbyists. "I work for you — not any industry," he tweeted. Yet hours after his April campaign kickoff, the former vice president went to a fundraiser at the home…
Nearly a quarter of Florida's population is over 60; 93 nursing homes and seven hospitals have been evacuated ahead of Hurricane Dorian. But some residents don't want to leave. That includes 96-year-old Patricia Laurencelle, who told "CBS Evening News" she…
Bahamas take "catastrophic" hit from Hurricane Dorian Hurricane Dorian fast facts: As of 8 a.m. EDT Monday, the National Hurricane Center said Dorian was a Category 5 storm battering the Bahamas. Forecasters say Dorian may spare the U.S. a direct…
President Trump's top official at the Department of Homeland Security defended the administration's controversial decision to divert millions in disaster relief funds to the southern border for immigration enforcement as his agency prepares to respond to a powerful storm heading…
Mass shooting in West Texas Another mass shooting in America has left at least seven people dead, including an alleged gunman who was killed by police. Two dozen more people were left wounded in the rampage outside Odessa, Texas —…
States of emergency declared in Florida, North Carolina and parts of Georgia ahead of Hurricane Dorian's arrival Hurricane Dorian fast facts: As of 8 a.m. ET Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said Dorian had grown to a Category 5 storm,…
A group of Arizona State University students from China were flying back to the school for the fall semester when they were detained at Los Angeles International Airport by Customs and Border Protection. The university is seeking answers as to…
At least 10 teenagers were injured when a shooting broke out after a high school football game in Mobile, Alabama, on Friday night, authorities said. Nine of the victims suffered gunshot wounds. Deangelo Parnell, 17, was arrested and charged on…
Florida braces for Hurricane Dorian: "Time is running out" Hurricane Dorian fast facts: New forecasts say Dorian may spare Florida from a direct hit and make landfall over South Carolina on Wednesday or Thursday. State of emergencies are in effect…
Minor league baseball pitcher Blake Bivens shared a heartbreaking Instagram post honoring his wife, son and mother-in-law Thursday night. It's his first public statement since all three were found dead in Virginia earlier this week. "Two days ago my heart…
Hackers planted spyware on iPhone users' devices over a two-year period by exploiting a vulnerability in the technology's operating systems, Google said Friday. The bad actors targeted a group of infected websites that, when visited by iPhone users, attacked the…