FEMA mistakenly exposed personal information, including addresses and bank account information, of 2.3 million disaster victims, the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General said in a report released Friday. The breach occurred because FEMA did not ensure a private contractor only…
A "social media storm" sparked the release of DACA recipient Selene Saavedra Roman, the flight attendant whose detainment caused outrage on Friday after it was highlighted by popular travel website "The Points Guy," said Belinda Arroyo, the immigration attorney representing…
Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is finally complete, and a senior Justice Department official has told CBS News that Mueller is not recommending any further indictments. Mueller submitted the report on his findings into Russian meddling in the 2016 election…
A jury has begun deliberations in the criminal homicide trial of a white former police officer charged with killing an unarmed black teenager outside Pittsburgh last summer. In closing statements Friday, a prosecutor said former East Pittsburgh police officer Michael…
Numerous Democratic presidential candidates are saying that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's long-awaited report on Russian interference in the 2016 election and related matters must be made public. Mueller submitted his report to Attorney General William Barr on Friday, and it…
San Jose, Calif. — The 2019 March Madness tournament had its biggest upset so far on Friday when No. 13 UC Irvine defeated No. 4 Kansas State 70-64. The Friday victory was the 17th consecutive for UC Irvine, which lost…
Freeport, Maine — A lot of kids go to the park to see ducks, but 8-year-old Kylie Brown of Freeport, Maine takes her duck to see the park. As CBS News first reported a few years ago, Snowflake goes into…
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President Trump tweeted on Friday that despite an announcement from his own Treasury Department that "additional large-scale" sanctions would be imposed on the North Korean regime, he would cancel them.
New York state prosecutors and environmental authorities say they've arrested a 38-year-old man who allegedly kept live sharks in an above-ground pool in his basement and attempted to sell them online.
A 17-year-old boy who made racist threats that closed schools in Charlottesville, Virginia, for two days has been arrested, police said. Charlottesville police said in a statement that they arrested the unidentified teen Friday.He faces a felony charge of threatening…
Parkland parents say kids are still at risk A Florida school district is investigating the principal of the high school attacked by a gunman last year as part of the district's probe of the mass shooting, CBS station WFOR-TV reports.…
Iowa Rep. Steve King said in a town hall this week that victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans only ever asked for help after flooding, unlike Iowans affected by recent severe flooding, who he said "take care of each…
A judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Wisconsin Republicans' contentious lame-duck laws limiting the powers of new Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who immediately used his restored authority to pull the state out of a multi-state challenge to the Affordable Care Act.…
Tyson Foods is recalling more than 69,000 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strips because they may contain pieces of metal. The chicken strips were produced on Nov. 30, 2018. The following products are part of the recall, according to a…
Boeing said Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval for new safety updates to its software on its 737 Max jets could come as early as next week. After the crash of two Max jets that killed 346 people, the company announced…
The top Marine general issued a warning Thursday saying combat readiness has been hurt, in part by troop deployment at the southern border, as well as two recent hurricanes. The memo from Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller lists nine…
With the 737 Max still grounded and the world waiting for investigators to explain last week's deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash, the focus is increasingly on Boeing. Sources tell CBS News the fraud unit at the Department of Justice subpoenaed documents,…
Hill's Pet Nutrition is adding Science Diet and Prescription Diet varieties to its product recall They may also have toxic levels of vitamin D as other products did in a previous recall Hill's says consumers should stop feeding the food…
While there are plenty of reasons to enjoy drinking tea, you may want to let that piping hot beverage cool down a bit before you take a sip. A new study, published in International Journal of Cancer, adds to a…
Atlanta's mayor and chief of police are leading a push to re-examine evidence from a string of murders from 1979 to 1981 that terrorized the city's black community. Wayne Williams was given two life sentences in 1982 for convictions in…
Washington — House Democrats are pressing the White House to turn over information and documents related to an investigation into whether some of President Trump's advisers, including daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner, violated federal records law, threatening to…
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Thursday signed one of the strictest abortion laws in the nation — a measure that bans most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, about six weeks into pregnancy. The New York-based Center for…
Facebook on Thursday said it had for years stored millions of user passwords in plain text, explaining that it discovered the security lapse as part of a "routine" review last month. Security researcher Brian Krebs today posted an article about…