Tropical Storm Dorian threatens Caribbean Tropical Storm Dorian was barreling toward the Caribbean Monday afternoon. It could hit Barbados Tuesday and Puerto Rico by late Wednesday. A hurricane watch has been issued for the island nation of St. Lucia. Forecasters…
Home prices in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., have jumped more than $100,000 since Amazon announced last year that it planned to build a corporate headquarters in Crystal City, Virginia. The Virginia cities of Arlington and Alexandria are now…
Target is hoping to bring the magic of such characters as Mickey Mouse and Elsa to its own customers by opening permanent Disney sections at a cluster of stores starting this fall. The stores will carry 450 Disney-branded items including…
Last Updated Aug 26, 2019 8:10 AM EDT A California sheriff's deputy is facing a criminal investigation after his bosses said he fabricated a story about being shot by a sniper. Twenty-one-year-old Angel Reinosa said he was hit in the…
Updated on: August 25, 2019 / 7:27 PM / CBS/AP Tropical Storm Dorian heading to Caribbean Forecasters say the fourth tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season has strengthened as it moves toward the Lesser Antilles. The U.S. National Hurricane…
Astronaut Anne McClain is facing the first allegation of a crime committed in space, reports The New York Times. McClain's estranged wife, Summer Worden, accused the astronaut of accessing her bank account while on a six-month mission aboard the International…
Lightning strike halts PGA tournament Five people were injured Saturday when lightning struck a 60-foot pine at the Tour Championship, showering the area with debris, Atlanta police said. The third round of the season-ending PGA Tour event was suspended for…
It has been two years since Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas. Along with Hurricane Katrina, Harvey stands as the costliest storm on record, with damage estimated at $125 billion. When Harvey struck on August 25, 2017, Houston had never…
Federal health officials are investigating nearly 200 cases of severe lung illnesses among vapers. Concerns over the health risks associated with vaping only grew when an adult in Illinois, who recently used e-cigarettes, died from an unexplained pulmonary illness. That…
Tom Brady just suffered a rare loss — his trademark application has been denied by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The New England Patriots quarterback tried to trademark "Tom Terrific" earlier this summer. The office refused the request made…
A teenage girl visiting from New Zealand was infectious with the measles virus when she visited Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Park and surrounding areas this month, CBS Los Angeles reports. According to the Orange County Health Care Agency, the…
President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday that his administration will boost tariffs on $550 billion in Chinese imports in retaliation for China's decision on Friday to hike trade levies on $75 billion in U.S. products. The move deepens a trade…
Doctor warns about dangers of vaping Illinois health officials said that a patient who contracted a serious lung disease after vaping has died, which could make it the first death in the United States linked to the smoking alternative that…
Representative Steve King, a Republican from Iowa and an outspoken abortion opponent, will hold a press conference at 3 p.m. ET to discuss "the importance of maintaining a no exceptions position on abortion in federal and state legislation." He'll be…
Two Ohio mothers separately raised concerns about something their kids were asked to do by a youth football league: sell tickets to raffle off an AM15 rifle. Sari Brittain says her 4-year-old daughter, a new New Richmond Junior Lions Football…
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg completed a three-week course of radiation therapy to treat a tumor on her pancreas, according to a release sent by the Supreme Court Friday. The tumor was treated "definitively," according to the statement, and there is…
How China trade war may slow economic growth Stocks slumped on Friday after China announced retaliatory tariffs on $75 billion of U.S. goods, setting off President Donald Trump on a Twitter rant. Mr. Trump first seemed to invite the Federal…
President Donald Trump is ordering U.S. businesses to "immediately start looking for an alternative to China," including bringing their manufacturing back to the U.S. The president issued the directive in a series of tweets on Friday morning after China hiked…
Most people know how it feels to have some water left in your ear after a shower or a dip in the pool. But a Kansas City woman was horrified to learn that in her case, that waterlogged feeling was…
Lawyers and other experts say retailers face growing legal exposure for gun violence that take place in or around their stores. After a 2014 mass shooting at Jewish community center in Kansas, the retailer reached settlements with two families. Walmart…
China is hiking tariffs on $75 billion of U.S. products, it said on Friday, deepening a trade war that threatens to tip the global economy into recession. The move comes in retaliation for President Donald Trump's planned increase, The tariffs…
By Caitlin O'Kane August 23, 2019 / 10:24 AM / CBS News Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kris Jenner are just a few of the celebrities using their platforms to call for action against the raging fires in the…
David Koch dead at 79 Billionaire conservative icon David Koch has died at age 79, CBS News has confirmed, according to a source close to the Koch family. The New York resident was suffering from deteriorating health as of late,…
The accused Capital One hacker is a flight risk, a threat and should be kept locked up until her trial, U.S. prosecutors said in court documents filed ahead of a Friday detention hearing in Seattle. Paige Thompson, a former Amazon…