As cities and states enact measures to curb pollution from plastic, some retailers are opting to get rid of the disposable bags altogether. With a 10-cent tax on disposable plastic bags taking effect in Connecticut, Big Y Food and Stop…
Where China tariffs will hurt consumers President Donald Trump is renewing a threat to impose additional tariffs on Chinese imports. Barring a trade deal, starting Sept. 1 the U.S. will apply a 10% tariff on $300 billion in Chinese goods,…
An Arizona man is suing a body-donation company for selling his mother's body to the military for blast testing. Jim Stauffer believed his mother's body would be used for medical research. Instead, it was used to test bomb impact. More…
The Senate passed a Trump-backed budget deal cut between the White House and Democratic congressional leaders Thursday. The budget will raise spending by $324 billion and would also suspend the debt ceiling until July 2021, eliminating the prospect of an…
Doctors associated with Harvard and Johns Hopkins called for an investigation into health care at border facilities in a letter to members of Congress Thursday. The letter comes in response to the deaths of six migrant children either in government…
Newlywed drowns during first ocean swim An Iowa seminary student honeymooning in Florida drowned when he was swept out to sea on his first time in the ocean, officials said. St. Johns County Sheriff's Office says Dalton Cottrell, 22, of…
Lawyer suggests mom staged own disappearance A new report says a shirt belonging to a missing Connecticut woman has been found stained with her blood along with a bra and cleaning supplies. The Hartford Courant reports police have found a shirt they…
Junction City, Ky. -- A massive explosion rocked an area of Lincoln County, Kentucky early Thursday morning, leaving at least one person dead, reports CBS Lexington affiliate WKYT-TV. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office said the blast occurred in the Moreland community…
Law enforcement gathered at a New York hospital Wednesday in a moving show of support for an 11-year-old boy diagnosed with brain cancer. John Hoague-Rivette left the hospital and was transported to hospice care, according to CBS affiliate WRGB. The…
Washington — Surprising audio recordings have surfaced of a phone conversation nearly a half century ago between President Richard Nixon and future President Ronald Reagan. The recordings were released by the National Archives, and they capture the men using racist…
Pentagon — Osama bin Laden's son, Hamza, has been killed, eight years after U.S. forces killed his father. Hamza bin Laden was in line to head al Qaeda, the terror group founded by his father. One official tells CBS News…
A F/A-18E Super Hornet jet from the U.S. Navy has crashed Wednesday near Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, according to a tweet from the U.S. Naval Air Forces. Officials said they are unaware of any injuries at this time.…
Prosecutors have dismissed charges against a 10-year-old Michigan boy accused of assaulting another student by throwing a ball at his head during a schoolyard dodgeball game. While the boy no longer faces criminal charges, "the mother of the alleged victim had…
The 148 million consumers impacted by the Equifax date breach can request a $125 cash payment to help compensate for their privacy headaches. But that $125 offer only covers consumers who either already have credit monitoring and can prove they'll…
Eight-year-old Ashlynn Jolicoeur plays baseball like a girl — meaning she's amazing at it. Jolicoeur, who is from Toronto, has been playing the sport since she was barely old enough to walk. Her parents have home videos of her trying…
Spokane, Wash. — Bullet-resistant backpacks are now on sale at three Office Depot stores in Spokane and one OfficeMax store in nearby Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The retailer has stocked shelves with the Guard Dog Security brand backpacks billed by the manufacturer…
Anchorage, Alaska -- Authorities in Alaska are investigating the deaths of three kayakers whose bodies were found in the waters of a glacial lake. Officials in the port city of Valdez say they were found near the toe of Valdez…
Washington — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday said the federal government continues to "systematically" separate migrant children from their parents, accusing the Trump administration of violating a court order prohibiting officials from separating families unless in extraordinary…
Experts think consumers could see higher fares going into the holiday season because of Boeing's worldwide grounding of its 737 Max plane. Southwest won't fly the Max until 2020 and will shut its Newark route, while American Airlines also took…
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a measure Tuesday requiring presidential and California gubernatorial candidates to disclose their income tax returns in order to be listed on the state's primary ballot. The bill was signed into law nearly two years after…
The body of notorious 1930s gangster John Dillinger is expected to be exhumed from an Indianapolis cemetery in September more than 85 years after he was killed by FBI agents outside a Chicago theater. The Indiana State Department of Health approved…
A 10-year-old from Canton, Michigan has been charged with aggravated assault after injuring another student during a schoolyard dodgeball game. The boy's mother, Cameishi Triplett Lindley, said that on April 30, her son Bryce was suspended from Erikkson Elementary School…
WATCH: Bison charges 9-year-old girl A young tourist was attacked by a bison at a national park in North Dakota over the weekend, marking the second such known incident in the U.S. in a week. A 17-year-old girl who was…
Deadly shooting at Mississippi Walmart Southaven, Miss. -- Officials say two people are dead and a police officer and a suspect were shot at a Walmart in the northern Mississippi city of Southaven, a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee. CBS affiliate…