Amazon said it will expand its Prime Day to 48 hours, compared with 36 hours last year. Prime Day is scheduled for July 15-16, with Amazon promising deals on 1 million items. The event is also key for Amazon's efforts…
Migrant kids moved from unsanitary facility Acting Customs and Border Protection (CBP) commissioner John Sanders is resigning from his role as the top immigration enforcement official amid renewed scrutiny over the treatment of young migrants in U.S. custody at detention…
Border Patrol on Tuesday returned 100 migrant children to an overcrowded facility in Clint, Texas, which lawyers have recently denounced for its "inhumane" conditions, a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official told CBS News. The Border Patrol facility, located in…
The House of Representatives is set to vote on a $4.5 billion aid bill for migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border this week, despite dissent within the Democratic caucus and opposition from the White House. The bill would increase protection and…
Indianapolis, Indiana—The Indianapolis archbishop has forced a Catholic high school to fire a gay teacher, just days after another school in the city defied a similar order despite church officials saying they would no longer recognize it as Catholic. The…
New evidence paints a "disturbing picture" that racial discrimination may be the motive behind the Trump administration's push to ask everyone in the country about citizenship status, a federal judge wrote in a Monday filing. Last week, U.S. District Judge…
The Federal Trade Commission and law enforcement plan to file charges against several companies and individuals as part of a major government clampdown on illegal robocalls. The mission, known as "Operation Call it Quits," includes two FTC commissioners from the…
Mackenzie Lueck, the missing University of Utah student who disappeared more than a week ago, was last seen meeting an unknown person in the middle of the night, police say. After Lueck arrived in Salt Lake City early last week,…
The Los Angeles Dodgers said they intend to extend protective netting at Dodgers Stadium, after a line-drive foul ball hit a woman in the head Sunday. She was taken to the hospital for tests. That follows a vicious line-drive in…
McAllen, Texas — The U.S. government has now removed most of the more than 300 migrant children who were found last week living in squalid conditions at a border protection facility in Texas. Lawyers say hundreds of migrant children were…
SpaceX readied a triple-core Falcon Heavy rocket for the booster's first nighttime launch Monday in what promises to be a spectacular climb to space. The launch kicks off a complex $750 million mission to deploy 24 small science and technology…
The Treasury Department's inspector general will investigate why the Harriet Tubman $20 bill — which was set to debut in 2020 — has been delayed for years under the Trump administration. In a letter to Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of…
Rare footage released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) last week brought to life tales of aquatic monsters in murky waters. The 28-second video captured a juvenile giant squid's tentacles slowly creeping toward the camera in the Gulf of Mexico.…
Jefferson City, Missouri—A Missouri judge on Monday ruled that the state's lone abortion clinic can continue performing abortions through Friday but kicked the clinic's lawsuit out of court. St. Louis Circuit Judge Michael Stelzer extended a preliminary injunction he previously…
San Francisco this week is expected to become the first U.S. city to ban the sale of e-cigarettes. The city's board of supervisors unanimously supported the ban in a preliminary vote last week. The ordinance would pit San Francisco against…
More than 11,000 workers who prepare food for American, United and Delta airlines in 28 cities across the U.S. have voted to authorize a strike. A federal board would first have to approve a walkout, with the union representing the…
June 24, 2019 / 1:14 PM / CBS News 7 dead in New Hampshire motorcycle crash Police arrested the pickup truck driver who allegedly caused a crash in New Hampshire last Friday that killed seven motorcyclists, CBS Boston reports. New…
Authorities in South Carolina are investigating a missing persons case in Kiawah Island after finding a body with what they believe to be alligator bite marks. According to CBS affiliate WCSC, officials with the Charleston County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) began…
Concern over deaths in Dominican Republic An American died last week while vacationing in the Dominican Republic, bringing the total of U.S. citizens who died while traveling on the island to at least eight this year and 11 in the…
U.S. Border Patrol agents have found four bodies near the Rio Grande River, which forms the border between Texas and Mexico. The sheriff of Hidaldo County said the bodies appeared to be that of a young woman, a toddler and…
Investigators are trying to determine what caused a skydiving plane to crash over the weekend in Hawaii killing all 11 people on board. It's the second incident involving the same plane. The crash happened Friday just after take-off at an…
New York Mets manager Mickey Callaway cursed at a reporter, and pitcher Jason Vargas had to be restrained from charging him during a confrontation in the team's clubhouse after a loss Sunday. The dustup with beat writer Tim Healey of…
New Hampshire Deputy Attorney General Jane Young identified the seven motorcyclists who died Friday night when they were struck by a pickup truck towing a flatbed trailer. The crash happened around 6:30 p.m. when the truck and trailer collided with…
Salem, Oregon — Republican state senators in Oregon continued to engage in a high-stakes game of brinksmanship over the weekend with Democratic lawmakers, remaining away from the capitol and threatening a lawsuit over a $500-per-day fine from the Senate president. At…