DNA test results expected today could prove a teenager who said he escaped from his kidnappers is the same boy who vanished nearly eight years ago. Timmothy Pitzen disappeared in 2011 when he was 6 years old. He was last…
People stop to admire the blooming cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. in March 2016 Mark Wilson/Getty Images Washington D.C.'s cherry blossom season has gone well this year, thanks to warm weather that has coincided perfectly with…
Washington — Since taking office, President Trump has faulted Central American governments for not doing enough to stop migrant families from heading north, and he has repeatedly threatened to cut U.S. assistance to the region — a longstanding multi-million-dollar pillar…
A suspect in a series of slashings in and around Los Angeles is seen in an image released by the Los Angeles Police Department. LAPD A man who has been suspected of riding through South Los Angeles on his bicycle,…
Infected donor organ transplants tested Looking at Conor Sullivan today, you would never know he was in organ failure three years ago. A virus attacked the Air Force veteran's heart and he needed a heart transplant. "Being on the transplant…
Woman allegedly talked her way into Mar-a-Lago President Trump, meeting and dining with senior military leaders Wednesday night, said he isn't concerned about security or espionage fears at Mar-a-Lago after a woman was arrested and charged for allegedly trespassing onto…
Analysts say this year's lower tax refunds are largely to blame for a sizable drop in retail spending in the first quarter. UBS says its initial estimate of tax refunds received this season was too optimistic by a whopping $25…
The Democratic chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee sent a formal request to the IRS requesting six years of President Trump's tax returns, a long-awaited move by Democrats to obtain the records using their House majority. Rep. Richard…
Although U.S. coal plants are becoming less profitable, global carbon emissions are higher than ever. China, the world's largest user of renewable energy, also burns the most coal. Coal is responsible for one-third of the global temperature increase since the…
A man has been slashing people's faces as he rides by them on a bicycle in and around Los Angeles, police said. Investigators told CBS Los Angeles eight people have been attacked within the past two weeks. On Monday morning,…
Washington — A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Wednesday to authorize $400 million in humanitarian aid to crisis-stricken Venezuela and intensify the U.S. campaign to isolate the increasingly authoritarian government of Nicolás Maduro, who has held on to power…
Avocado prices spiked 44 percent for the week ending Tuesday when President Trump threatened to close the U.S.-Mexico border. "This is retailers getting as many avocados as possible just in case they close the border," one trade expert said. Tomato…
Animals lawyering up? A North Carolina bill would put animal abusers' names and faces on an online registry, much like a sex offender registry. The North Carolina Animal Abuser Registry Act was introduced by Senators Floyd McKissick and Danny Britt.…
Two 17-year-old boys who jumped into a Northern California irrigation canal to rescue a dog were killed when they grabbed onto an electrified bridge, authorities said Tuesday. Jacob Hourmouzus and Jacob Schneider died of electrocution, according to the Solano County…
Recent storms may have ended California's drought when it comes to water, but not when it comes to quakes, according to scientists. The state is in the midst of an earthquake drought. Seismologists are saying there haven't been enough powerful…
The United States Department of Agriculture is ending a controversial food-safety testing practice that has been responsible for the deaths of thousands of cats since 1982. USDA officials announced on Tuesday that toxoplasmosis research will no longer use cats to…
Jens Stoltenberg, the secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), is addressing a joint session of Congress Wednesday morning. Stoltenberg met with President Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday. Mr. Trump has taken a somewhat combative stance…
A Pennsylvania judge handed out the first jail sentences in the hazing death of Penn State University sophomore Timothy Piazza. The 19-year-old student died in February 2017 after an alcohol-fueled event at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house. Piazza's death led…
Students in Indiana's Elkhart School District are served breakfast and lunch at school, but may go hungry on nights and weekends. So, the school joined forces with an innovative nonprofit to ensures kids in need have enough to eat. The…
The Facebook ads dangled what they claimed were huge state tax breaks for U.S. homeowners if they installed new solar-energy panels. There was just one hitch: None of it was true. Hundreds of scam ads used photos of President Donald…
An Alabama man is expected to appear in court Wednesday after new DNA technology linked him to a decades-old double murder. Coley McCraney, 45, faces charges in the 1999 killings of two high school students, Tracie Hawlett and J.B. Beasley.…
A federal judge on Tuesday granted Wisconsin's request to withdraw from a multi-state lawsuit seeking repeal of the federal health care law and another lawsuit challenging a rule related to the law. The orders are big wins for Gov. Tony…
La Mesa, Calif. -- Dozens of women are suing a Southern California hospital, claiming they were secretly filmed during medical procedures including having surgery and giving birth, according to a report. The lawsuit filed last week says female patients were…
Undated photo provided by attorney Chris Stewart shows LaDerihanna Holmes AP DeKalb County, Ga. -- Dekalb County Police say they've arrested a suspect in a recent hit-and-run that severely injured a nine-year-old girl who was playing in her yard, CBS…