Man devotes life to rescuing hundreds of dogs Last year over 700,000 cats and dogs were euthanized in America's animal shelters — but Delaware is working to combat what animal advocates believe are unnecessary deaths. The First State is living…
A North Carolina woman is warning pet owners after her three dogs died hours following a swim in a pond filled with toxic algae last week. In a series of heartbreaking posts on Facebook, she detailed how an afternoon of…
Carnival Cruise Line's Fantasy cruise ship did not pass muster when the U.S. Centers for Disease Control inspected the vessel in July, with the CDC finding brown water coming from shower hoses and bread and bagels with flies on them.…
Lowe's is laying off thousands of workers after hiking quarterly dividends and spending billions to repurchase company shares. The home improvement chain isn't offering severance to laid-off workers, some of whom have been at Lowe's for a decade or more.…
The Trump administration on Monday rolled out some of the broadest changes in decades to enforcement of the landmark Endangered Species Act, allowing the government to put an economic cost on saving a species and other changes critics contend could…
Nashville -- After struggling to pass a six-week abortion ban earlier this year, Tennessee lawmakers are now considering one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country: a total ban on the procedure. On Monday and Tuesday, the state's…
A widespread outbreak of Legionnaires' disease has killed one person and sickened possibly dozens of others who were all guests at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel. The hotel evacuated all its guests on July 15 and remains closed. Public health officials…
Erie, Pa. -- Three of the five children who died in Sunday's fire at an Erie day care were the kids of a local volunteer firefighter. CBS affiliate WSEE-TV reports that the firefighter, Luther Jones, was responding to another call…
Jeffrey Epstein's apparent suicide Saturday morning in a federal jail launched new conspiracy theories online in a saga that has provided fodder for them for years, fueled by Epstein's ties to princes, politicians and other famous and powerful people. Online…
Salt Lake City — As America's opioid crisis spiraled into a fentanyl epidemic, prosecutors say one young Utah man made himself a drug kingpin by creating counterfeit prescription painkillers laced with the deadly drug and mailing them to homes across…
El Paso -- At a big rally in El Paso on Saturday, Latino leaders demanded the Texas legislature take up a ban on assault weapons. The city continues to struggle with the horrific shooting that killed 22 people -- and…
Financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was facing federal sex trafficking charges, has died from an apparent suicide, CBS News has confirmed. Federal prosecutors in New York alleged he abused dozens of underage girls as young as 14. Epstein, 66, had been…
Prosecutors on Friday charged a 20-year-old man with allegedly making a terrorist threat after he said he walked into a Missouri store wearing body armor and carrying a loaded rifle and handgun to test whether Walmart would honor his constitutional…
Thousands of pages of court documents were released Friday from a lawsuit filed by a woman who claims financier Jeffrey Epstein kept her as a teen sex slave. Newly unsealed documents include a sworn deposition from 2016 when one of…
"Red flag" laws that allow courts to issue orders confiscating the guns of individuals who are deemed to be a risk to others or to themselves are gaining bipartisan support after two deadly mass shootings last week in Dayton, Ohio and…
The House Oversight Committee, concerned about the involvement of guns purchased from licensed gun dealers in violent crimes, is asking the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for documents to help lawmakers investigate the issue. Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings sent…
Twitter has reinstated Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's reelection campaign account, after suspending it on Thursday for posting a video showing threats against the longtime Kentucky Republican. Twitter also restored the tweet including the video that showed the protests. "Several…
The Environmental Protection Agency has recently reauthorized the use of controversial chemical traps to kill coyotes, dogs, foxes and other wild animals across the U.S. These "cyanide bombs" are meant to protect livestock although some environmental groups are calling for…
It was a remarkable scene Thursday at Love Field in Dallas, Texas. As travelers watched from the terminal, U.S. Air Force Col. Roy Knight was welcomed home — with full military honors — 52 years after he was shot down…
The nation's largest teachers union is threatening to call for a boycott of Walmart over the retailer's gun sales. The American Federation of Teachers wants the company to stop selling firearms, as well as take other measures. The AFT has…
Dan Coats stepping down as intel chief Top intelligence official Sue Gordon is leaving the Trump administration, President Trump announced in a tweet late Thursday, meaning the Office of the Director of National Intelligence is losing its two top leaders…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is not calling the Senate back to Washington for an emergency session to address recent mass shootings, but gun control measures will be on the table when Congress reconvenes in September, he said in an interview…
Immigration authorities released hundreds of undocumented workers apprehended during a series of high-profile raids at seven workplaces in Mississippi — but immigrant communities in the area are still reeling from the massive operation. In what officials touted as the largest…
Twitter has suspended Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's reelection campaign account Thursday after posting a video showing threats against the long-time Kentucky Republican. McConnell's campaign spokesperson, Kevin Golden, called out the social platform for its decision in a statement to…