Recent advances in reproductive technologies and genetic screening hold tremendous promise for the elimination of harmful inherited diseases, but they also may pose significant national security challenges, said Jamie Metzl, a technology and geopolitics expert and author of a new…
Many schools in the Denver area will be closed Wednesday as authorities conduct what they're calling a "massive manhunt" for a young woman they say is "infatuated" with the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School. They say she made threats…
Prosecutors in Boston are expected to seek between four to 10 months of jail time for actress Felicity Huffman, who has pleaded guilty in connection with the college admissions scandal, a source familiar with the matter told CBS News. Federal…
Police say woman caused school lockouts Twenty schools in Jefferson County, Colorado, were placed on lockdown Tuesday as the FBI searched for a woman they said is "armed and extremely dangerous." The lockdown, which mean the doors were locked but…
Officials in San Diego County have issued an alert after three people have suffered documented fatal overdosed from a new form of the drug fentanyl know as carfentanil. It would only take 2 mg of the drug to cause a…
Packages of Chewy Chips Ahoy cookies sold at Walmart and other retailers nationwide are being recalled because they many contain an "unexpected solidified ingredient." Nabisco parent Mondelez Global issued the recall on Tuesday after receiving reports of "potential adverse health…
Washington — Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has a new job: a more than $100,000-a-year post with a gold mining firm that's pursuing project approvals involving the federal agency that Zinke left fewer than four months ago. Zinke told The Associated…
Bernie Sanders isn't letting a new focus on his own tax status as a millionaire deter him from bashing corporations including Amazon and Netflix that paid no taxes last year, calling them a "disgrace" and noting that "millions of people…
The U.S. government has said it could take two years to reunite immigrant children separated from their families, but the ACLU yesterday called for a much shorter timeline: Just three months. On April 5, the government said in papers filed…
New York — Walmart is teaming up with Kidbox, the 3-year-old online styling service for children, to offer its customers an exclusive, curated style box. Starting Tuesday, Walmart customers will get access to more than 120 premium children's brands, including…
Bernard Arnault, one of the world's richest men, is donating 200 million euros to fund the reconstruction of Notre Dame – that's about $226 million. Arnault and his family announced the donation via their company's Twitter account. Arnault is the…
Jasper, Ark. -- A 20-year-old university student died after falling off a cliff in northwestern Arkansas, authorities said. Newton County Sheriff Glenn Wheeler says Andrea Norton was fatally injured on Saturday when she accidentally fell from a rock formation near…
Los Angeles -- The Los Angeles Dodgers and the rest of Major League Baseball celebrated Jackie Robinson Day Monday. This year was special for the annual event, since it marked what would have been the baseball legend's 100th birthday, noted…
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, a Democrat, and GOP ranking member Devin Nunes came together in a rare bout of bipartisanship to demand "full visibility" into the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller, citing the probe's counterintelligence origins and…
He has spent years railing against the excesses of the wealthiest Americans, but Sen. Bernie Sanders is now among those that can be called a millionaire, according to his federal tax returns. The independent senator from Vermont, who is leading…
The white man suspected in the burnings of three historically black churches in Louisiana will remain in jail, denied bond Monday by a judge, as state prosecutors added new charges declaring the arsons a hate crime. Holden Matthews, 21, the son…
San Francisco's Lombard Street and its twisty path have become a tourist destination. But its popularity causes lots of local street congestion as drivers wait their turn to cruise down. That's prompting proposals that could entail reservations and fees to…
Despite doubts, Tiger Woods returns to the top President Trump said Monday he is awarding Tiger Woods the Presidential Medal of Freedom after his remarkable comeback to win the Masters on Sunday after a 14-year drought. "Spoke to @TigerWoods to…
Flames can be seen shooting through the roof of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris this afternoon.
From kicking back while munching on bamboo to watching their roly-poly bodies tumbling on the ground, giant pandas are an iconic attraction at the San Diego Zoo. But now visitors are lining up for a last look at the adorable…
By Kathryn Watson Updated on: April 15, 2019 / 12:09 PM / CBS News White House braces for Mueller report Attorney General William Barr will release the redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report Thursday morning, Justice Department spokeswoman…
Far from the din of Washington, Ivanka Trump toured businesses run by women in Ethiopia on Sunday while promoting a White House global economic program for women. President Donald Trump's daughter and senior adviser visited a coffee shop and textile…
Alachua, Fla. -- A large, flightless bird called the world's "most dangerous" attacked and killed its owner when the man fell on his farm in Florida, authorities said Saturday. The Alachua County Sheriff's office told CBS affiliate WGFL-TV that a…
Hundreds of thousands of people are waking up without power Monday as a deadly storm system moves into the Northeast. Over the weekend, the same system decimated communities in the South. At least 10 tornadoes damaged or destroyed more than…