The American Medical Association (AMA), which often shies away from weighing in on overtly political matters, is suing the state of North Dakota over medical practices, which the AMA says directly "contradict reality and science." In its lawsuit filed last…
E-cigarettes are now subject to a 92% tax in the state of Vermont. The bill is aimed at curbing youth vaping. E-cigs and other tobacco-substitute products will be taxed at the same rate as snuff an pipe tobacco are. A…
Fox News host Tucker Carlson defended President Trump's brief meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and sparked some controversy of his own with his commentary this weekend. Carlson was there as Mr. Trump became the first sitting U.S.…
Chicago police speak on weekend gun violence Fifty-six people were shot in Chicago over the weekend, including four fatally, according to the Chicago Sun Times. This is the second time in the last month that at least 50 people in…
Facebook plans to ban misinformation about the 2020 Census as well as a range of disruptive information about the elections. The company is also making a public, searchable database of all jobs and credit ads listed on its platform. The…
More than 3,400 drugs have boosted their prices in the first six months of 2019, an increase of 17% in the number of drug hikes from a year earlier. The average price hike is 10.5%, or 5 times the rate…
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Legislature wrapped up what has been a whirlwind of a session Sunday, with Democrats ultimately delivering some of their biggest legislative priorities to the governor's desk hours before a midnight deadline. Senate Majority Leader…
A Florida man faces an attempted murder charge for dragging a sheriff's deputy nearly 100 yards in his car after driving away during a tense traffic stop. The incident was captured on both the deputy's body cam and dash cam.…
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina urged President Trump to prepare to send the "strongest signal possible" to Iran if the government in Tehran fulfills its threat to breach the limits on uranium supply established by the 2015 nuclear…
Reporting by Mola Lenghi, Jose Diaz Jr., Russell Midori, Alyssa Estrada Since the start of the year, at least eight American tourists have died while vacationing in the Dominican Republic, and questions are also being raised about several more deaths…
CBS News' David Martin has been to see a one-man play called "Beyond Glory," which tells several combat heroes' stories in their own words. It begins at Pearl Harbor with Chief Petty Officer John Finn scrambling to fight off Japanese…
A 73-year-old hiker missing in the Los Angeles area was found by rescuers on Saturday — one week after disappearing. Montrose Search and Rescue teams announced in a tweet that Eugene Jo was discovered alive near La Crescenta. Jo was…
President Trump issued a Twitter invitation Saturday to North Korea's Kim Jong Un to meet for a handshake at the Demilitarized Zone that separates the North and South, and expressed a willingness to cross the border for what would be…
Sen. Kamala Harris raised $2 million in the 24 hours after the first Democratic debate on Thursday, according to her campaign. She received donations from 63,277 people, 58% of whom were new contributors. The campaign said it was its best…
It may be known as the Forgotten War, but what happened in a freshly divided Korea between 1950 and 1953 left more than 600,000 people dead. Cliff Benoit served in the Army during the war, and survived. He's now 90…
New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport has resumed flights after a United Airlines plane made an emergency landing on Saturday morning, officials said. United Flight 2098 left LaGuardia Airport around 8:30 a.m. It was traveling toward Houston when it experienced…
San Diego — A 2-year-old boy has died and three others were sickened after contraction the E. coli bacteria at the San Diego County Fair, local health officials said. The exact source of the bacteria is still under investigation, but…
A federal judge on Friday prohibited President Trump from tapping $2.5 billion in military funding to build high-priority segments of his prized border wall in California, Arizona and New Mexico. Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. in Oakland acted in two…
Man charged in death of college student A man has been charged in the death of University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck. Police charged 31-year-old Ayoola Ajayi with aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping and desecration of a body, Salt Lake City…
Luis Alvarez, a former New York City police detective who fought for the 9/11 Victim Compensation fund, died on Saturday, his attorney said. He was 53. "It is with peace and comfort, that the Alvarez family announce that Luis (Lou)…
If you wound up paying additional tax for 2018, the IRS has some advice. The agency recommends that you review your paycheck's tax withholding as soon as possible. Chances are the new tax law did cut your tax liability, but…
The Supreme Court won't revive Alabama's ban on the most commonly used procedure in second-trimester abortions. The measure has been blocked by lower courts. The justices on Friday rejected the state's appeal in which it sought to enforce a law…
West Virginia isn't the first state to offer free college tuition for in-state students, but it has come up with a novel requirement. In addition to some typical requirements, such as achieving a certain GPA, students must also pass a…
On the last day of its term, the Supreme Court decided to take up a challenge to the Trump administration's decision to end an Obama-era program that allowed undocumented immigrants who came to U.S. illegally as children to apply for…