Washington — Roger Stone, the longtime GOP operative under federal indictment, has been barred from using social media after a federal judge found he had violated a gag order preventing him from publicly discussing the charges against him. After a…
Mark Sanford, the former Republican South Carolina governor and congressman, is considering a GOP presidential bid against President Trump, CBS News has confirmed. A spokeswoman for Sanford confirmed that he is "actively considering" a bid but has set no timetable…
Baton Rouge police have arrested a suspect in the murder of Sadie Roberts-Joseph, a local activist who was found dead in her trunk last week. The suspect, Ron Germaine Bell, was a tenant in one of Roberts-Joseph's rental home who…
San Juan, P.R. — Defying growing calls for his immediate resignation, Puerto Rico's beleaguered Gov. Ricardo Rosselló on Tuesday vowed to remain in office and bring more transparency and accountability to the Puerto Rican government. In recent days, his office…
The number of deaths attributed to the AIDS virus has declined by one-third worldwide since 2010, according to a new report by UNAIDS, a joint United Nations program. There were 770,000 AIDS-related deaths in 2018, down 33 percent over eight…
Prime Day protests for Amazon workers Some customers reported a glitch on Monday that prevented them from loading items into their Amazon carts. It's the second straight year of technical glitches for Prime Day, following last year's site outage. EBay…
Tanya Gersh, a Montana real estate agent, embraces her father, Lloyd Rosenstein, following a hearing at the Russell Smith Federal Courthouse on July 11, 2019, in Missoula Ben Allan Smith / AP Helena, Mont. -- The publisher of a neo-Nazi…
Effective immediately, family planning clinics that are funded by taxpayers must stop referring women for abortions, the Trump administration said Monday. The Health and Human Services (HHS) Department formally notified clinics that it will begin enforcing the ban on abortion…
A damaged gas line likely sparked an explosion that leveled a home in a Murrieta neighborhood, leaving at least one person dead and 15 others injured, CBS Los Angeles reports. The explosion occurred before 12:15 p.m. in an area where…
A man who began stabbing himself in the neck when approached by an officer is accused of killing a 17-year-old girl and posting photos of the homicide online, police said Monday. Authorities identified the suspect as Brandon Clark, according to…
A 60-year-old Huntington Beach camper reported missing in Inyo County has been found safe, CBS News Los Angeles reported. The search for Sheryl Powell, 60, of Huntington Beach resumed Monday morning after she went missing in the Bristlecone Pine Forest…
Jeff Bezos has made a name for himself as the billionaire CEO of Amazon. But his other venture, Blue Origin, is focused on the future of space exploration. In an exclusive interview with "CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O'Donnell, Bezos…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said Monday that 62 current and eight former Border Patrol employees are under internal investigation following revelations of a secret Facebook group that mocked lawmakers and migrants. Most are under investigation for posts that…
Charlottesville, Va. -- An avowed white supremacist was sentenced to life plus 419 years on federal hate crime charges Monday for deliberately driving his car into anti-racism protesters during a white nationalist rally in Virginia. James Alex Fields Jr., 22,…
The Trump administration on Monday moved to end asylum protections for most Central American migrants in a major escalation of the president's battle to tamp down the number of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. According to a new rule published in…
There are new calls this morning for the governor of Puerto Rico to resign, after leaked conversations reveal his part in a profane and derogatory group chat. The island has struggled to recover from Hurricane Maria in 2017, and Governor…
In the debate over how to best ensure optimal healthcare for Americans, former Vice President Joe Biden is rooted on not allowing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to be whittled away in the courts by the Trump Administration. Biden instead…
FAA finds new potential risk in 737 Max American Airlines announced on Sunday it will be extending cancellations of the Boeing 737 Max from its flight schedule through November 2 — much longer than expected. The Boeing 737 Max has…
Amazon will parade 48 hours of deals for Prime Day 2019, but all that internet traffic will also attract scammers looking to steal shoppers' information. Consumers on the hunt for a bargain should check whether emails they purportedly received from…
President Trump's top official at Customs and Border Protection (CBP) tried to quell fears by immigrant advocates and Democratic lawmakers that the expected roundups of undocumented families in major cities across the country will separate parents from their children, saying…
President Trump said on Twitter Sunday that "'Progressive' Democratic Congresswomen" should "go back" to their countries — even though three of the four lawmakers he was seemingly referring were born in the U.S. and all are American citizens. His tweets…
Watch coverage of the Apollo 11 50th anniversary Tuesday on "CBS This Morning,""CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell," and streaming on CBSN. A CBS News prime-time special, "Man on the Moon," airs Tuesday night at 10/9c. In a culture steeped in…
Barry makes landfall, weakens to tropical storm The Humane Society of the United States flew more than 120 dogs and cats to safety before Hurricane Barry made landfall in Louisiana on Saturday. The nonprofit said all of the animals are up…
Two years after young progressive Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shook the national Democratic Party by defeating former New York Rep. Joe Crowley in a primary, several longtime New York City area representatives are facing primary challenges — and being the establishment candidate…