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…
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has sued the FBI and Justice Department over his 2018 firing, claiming his right to due process was violated and ultimately blaming President Trump. McCabe filed the suit Thursday in the U.S. District Court…
Many American families may be taking their summer vacations at the end of August — and so are thousands of tarantulas, which will crawl toward Colorado at the end of the month. Every year, a mass migration of tarantulas shows…
Two women were stabbed, one fatally, right in front of a police officer Thursday morning in the middle of downtown Pittsburgh at a bus shelter. The incident was reported around 11:40 a.m., CBS Pittsburgh reports. The incident was nearby a…
More than half of American beaches have high levels of E. coli bacteria at least one day a year. The bacteria, present in animal and human waste, get into water from waste treatment plants or storm water runoff. Beaches in…
After his wife died, Chuck Wagner went on an 11,000-mile road trip across the United States. He made the journey alone, but it was almost as if his wife Lorraine was with him. Chuck and Lorraine were married for 48…
At least four people are dead in a series of stabbings in Orange County, California, on Wednesday and several others critically wounded, police said. The suspect is in custody, police said. There are at least eight different crime scenes, police…
U.S. immigration authorities on Wednesday rounded up hundreds of undocumented workers in food processing plants and other work sites during a sprawling operation in Mississippi that officials touted as the largest immigration enforcement sweep in a single state in U.S.…
Some Walmart workers are demanding that the retail giant stop selling firearms after shootings at two of the company's stores left 24 people dead. Walmart is among the nation's biggest vendors of firearms and ammunition, selling guns in roughly half…
The Department of Justice unveiled charges Tuesday against a Pakistani man who allegedly bribed AT&T employees to illegally unlock cellphones on the company's network. Muhammad Fahd, 34, made his first court appearance in Seattle federal court a day earlier. According to…
Cooking is arguably both an art and a science — and if you're a physicist with some 4,500-year-old yeast in your cupboard, then it's a history lesson, too. Seamus Blackley, a scientist and video game designer, recently baked loaf of…
How big is Amazon’s carbon footprint? FedEx is cutting ties with Amazon as the online retailer builds out its own delivery fleet, directly competing with the shippers who used to deliver its packages. The company announced Wednesday that it would…
A man who was injured after an apparent shark attack off of Key Biscayne was released from the hospital on Tuesday. Mario Avila, 37, told CBS Miami he was attacked by a shark on Saturday while scuba diving – and…
Nashville, Tenn. -– A woman who said she was a 16-year-old sex-trafficking victim when she killed a man in 2004 was released from prison early Wednesday seven months after being granted clemency. According to the Tennessee Department of Correction, Cyntoia…
Attorneys submitted arguments by a Tuesday noon deadline in what many consider the biggest decision in the 119-year history of Puerto Rico's Supreme Court: Who will be the governor of the U.S. territory mired in political and economic turmoil. After…
The American Civil Liberties Union challenged the Trump administration's broad expansion of deportation powers, alleging in a federal lawsuit Tuesday that it violates constitutional rights and could lead to errors, including deporting U.S. citizens. The case was filed on behalf…
The mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton have brought a new wave of attention to a gun control bill that was passed by the House more than five months ago — and has been stalled by Senate Majority Leader…
By Sophie Lewis August 6, 2019 / 5:05 PM / CBS News Shark sightings on the rise off East Coast Going for a walk on the beach should be relaxing — except if you happen to spot about half a…
Electric scooters, which have exploded in popularity since 2017, claim to be carbon-free. But a new study has found they emit about half as much as a conventional car. The aluminum, rubber and lithium used to make these short-lived devices…