In many places, local journalism is dying in plain sight. And it's having serious damaging effects on the American communities that have lost their newspapers. Local papers are closing or being consolidated at an astounding rate, often leaving behind what…
Players on the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team are ready for a battle – not on the field, but in court. They filed a lawsuit in California on Friday (International Women's Day) claiming the U.S. Soccer Federation is in violation…
A woman is recovering after a jaguar attacked her at the Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium and Safari Park in Arizona on Saturday, but she told CBS News she was not "attacked," instead calling it a "crazy accident." The jaguar has…
Irvine, Calif. -- A female student was stabbed Sunday evening while walking on the UC Irvine campus, CBS Los Angeles reports. Authorities said the unidentified student was walking her dog when she was assaulted from behind. The stabbing happened just…
Beijing — Ethiopian Airlines temporarily grounded its fleet of Boeing 737 Max 8 planes Monday, a day after one of them crashed shortly after takeoff, carving a gash in the earth and killing all 157 people on board. Thirty-five countries…
An Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday morning was a Boeing 737 Max 8, the same model operated by Lion Air that crashed off Indonesia in October 2018. While it is too early to know what caused…
The Trump administration will unveil part of the president's budget proposal on Monday, a month behind schedule. The Government Publishing Office (GPO) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will release the first phase of the president's budget Monday,…
Olympic track cyclist Kelly Catlin, who helped the U.S. women's pursuit team win the silver medal at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016, died Friday at her home in California. She was 23. USA Cycling chief executive Rob DeMartini…
A jaguar attacked a woman who crossed a barrier to take a photo with the animal at an Arizona zoo Saturday evening, officials said. The woman sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the attack at the Wildlife World Zoo in Litchfield Park,…
I have a confession. I'm addicted to the news. I'm admitting I have a problem. That's the first step to recovery, right? I often pass out with the TV blaring and my phone in my hand mid-article. As a kid…
Tonopah, Nevada, is about as isolated a place as you can find – 200 miles south of Reno, 200 miles north of Las Vegas, with one road in or out. But to those who call it home, this scenic dot…
On Thursday former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced to 47 months in prison on charges of bank fraud, filing false tax returns to hide tens of millions of dollars in income, and failure to report foreign assets. Last…
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — An Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed shortly after takeoff from Ethiopia's capital on Sunday morning, killing all 157 people thought to be on board, the airline and state broadcaster said. It was not immediately clear what caused the…
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- An Ethiopian Airlines flight with 157 people thought to be on board crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday morning from Ethiopia's capital headed to Nairobi, the airline said. The airline's statement said 149 passengers and eight crew members…
WAYNESVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Five minutes late, Darrell Todd Maurina sweeps into a meeting room and plugs in his laptop computer. He places a Wi-Fi hotspot on the table and turns on a digital recorder. The earplug in his left…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal budget deficit is ballooning on President Donald Trump’s watch and few in Washington seem to care. And even if they did, the political dynamics that enabled bipartisan deficit-cutting deals decades ago has disappeared, replaced by…
Arcadia, Calif. -- Santa Anita will reopen its main dirt track for limited training Monday nearly a week after the historic racetrack was closed to training and racing in the wake of 21 horses dying since Deb. 26. Racing is…
Family survives Colorado avalanche Two more avalanches were reported in Colorado's high country Saturday morning along minor roadways. No vehicles were caught in the slides and no one was hurt, the Associated Press reports. One avalanche, which forced Pitkin County…
Imagine a loved one brutally murdered in a foreign country -- allegedly by another American. Correspondent Peter Van Sant and his team have investigated the disturbing 1988 murder of Carolyn Abel, an American teacher in South Korea, and the loophole…
Produced by Chris Young Ritzen [This story previously aired on March 31, 2018. It was updated on March 9, 2019.] According to the FBI, sex trafficking of children in this country has become a nationwide problem. And traffickers target troubled…
Thirty-two people suffered non-life-threatening injuries due to heavy turbulence on a flight that landed Saturday at New York's JFK Airport, the Fire Department of New York tweeted. The majority of the people injured were treated and released at the scene,…
Sacramento, Calif. -- California legislators are exploring ways to make police liable for deaths related to the use of lethal force.This comes after investagators concluded that the officers who shot and killed Stephon Clark last year did not commit a…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren said in an interview with CBS News at the tech conference South by Southwest that Amazon is an example of why major tech companies should be broken up, while Warren's fellow 2020 contender Sen. Amy Klobuchar said…
Recordings of several 911 calls made after a series of deadly package bombings in Austin last year show the chaos and panic that gripped the city. In one 911 call after the first bomb detonated March 2, 2018, relatives, neighbors…