On Saturday, a gunman killed 22 and wounded dozens in a shooting in El Paso, Texas. The next day, a team of specially trained "facility dogs" arrived to help provide comfort to those impacted by the traumatic event. Three dogs…
Dow Jones plummets amid U.S.-China tensions The Treasury Department on Monday formally accused China of manipulating its currency, escalating trade tensions between the world's two biggest economies. The move came after the Chinese government lowered the value of the yuan in…
Hours after a web security and network provider cut off 8chan, a controversial far-right online forum linked to white supremacy, the website's new provider is facing repercussions. The suspected terrorist who shot and killed 22, and injured 24 more in…
Mexico demanded protections for Mexican and Mexican-American communities in the U.S. after at least 22 people — eight of whom were identified as Mexican nationals — were killed in a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas on Saturday. The Justice…
Chicago — As the nation grapples with mass shooting tragedies in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, dozens of people were shot in Chicago over the weekend. Two mass shootings occurred in less than three hours on Sunday. In all, seven…
Witness speaks about being in El Paso shooter's crosshairs Two more people have died from Saturday's mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, raising the death toll in that attack to 22, authorities said. El Paso police said…
3 people bitten by sharks at Florida beach Three people were bitten by a shark within a 24-hour span at a Florida beach. It happened Sunday at New Smyrna Beach. The community is known as the "shark bite capital of…
President Trump called out "white supremacy" by name Monday and and urged the nation to condemn it with one voice in the wake of the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, and the racist manifesto authorities believe the suspect posted…
Stock plunged on Monday after the U.S. and China ratcheted up their trade war, with China letting its currency drop to an 11-year low. The Dow lost more than 600 points, or 2.2%, as of 10:45 a.m. Eastern time. If…
Trump downplays new N. Korea missile tests South Korea and the United States are preparing to hold their annual joint military exercises despite warnings from North Korea that the drills could derail fragile nuclear diplomacy, Seoul's military said Monday. Choi…
Puerto Rico's constitutional crisis was expected to deepen on Monday after the island's Senate filed a lawsuit seeking to oust a veteran politician recently sworn in as the island's governor as legislators squabble over who should lead the U.S. territory.…
FBI issues warning on domestic terrorism 8chan, the website where the suspected El Paso gunman posted a hate-filled screed, was down on Monday. The site wasn't available after its website security and network provider Cloudflare said it would no longer…
After a weekend that left at least 29 people dead and dozens injured in two separate mass shooting events, President Trump is calling on lawmakers in Congress to reconsider background check legislation as a first step to addressing the nation's…
A spokesman for Mitch McConnell said the Senate majority leader tripped outside his home in Kentucky early Sunday and suffered a shoulder fracture. David Popp, a spokesman for the Kentucky Republican, said in a statement Sunday afternoon that McConnell fell…
CBSNNine people in Ohio were killed in the second mass shooting in the U.S. in less than 24 hours, and the suspected shooter is also deceased, police said. Dayton police tweeted that an active shooter situation began at 1 a.m.…
An elementary school in Georgia is being criticized after a poster depicting "appropriate" and "inappropriate" hairstyles for students went viral. All of the students featured on the poster are black. A parent of a student at Narvie Harris Elementary School…
All unaccompanied children have been removed from the Homestead migrant detention facility in Homestead, Florida, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed on Saturday. Homestead, which has been criticized by politicians for its treatment of unaccompanied minors, was…
Encinitas, Calif. -- A popular surfing beach was closed Saturday after a cliff collapsed, sending tons of sandstone onto beachgoers and killing three people. A 30-foot-long slab of the cliff plunged onto the sand near Grandview Beach north of San…
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. ruled Friday against the Trump administration's asylum ban, finding that it violates the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), which oversees the ways federal rules are established. Judge Randolph Moss vacated the government's policy barring migrants…
Entenmann's Little Bites Soft Baked Cookies sold by Walmart, Target, Publix and other retailers across the country are being recalled because the product might contain a choking hazard -- visible blue pieces of plastic -- in the packaging. The recall involves…
Boston's iconic "Make Way for Ducklings" art piece has been a staple in the city's public gardens for over 30 years. On Friday, the bronze ducklings were put in cages – a statement on the migrant detention centers at the…
President Trump issued a two-part tweet saying his pick to take over as director of national intelligence, Congressman John Ratcliffe, Republican of Texas, is no longer his nominee, citing what he considered unfair media scrutiny. Our great Republican Congressman John…
The U.S. is prepared to draw down the 14,000 troops in Afghanistan to 8,000 or 9,000 as part of a peace deal with the Taliban, according to U.S. officials, CBS News' David Martin confirms. It remains unclear, however, how close…
A New York City police department administrative judge has recommended that a police officer should be fired over the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, a black man whose dying words — "I can't breathe" — became a national rallying…