Cases of measles are surging to alarmingly high levels around the globe, a new report from UNICEF warns. Ten countries account for more than 74 percent of the total increase, and the disease has reemerged in several nations that had…
The chairman of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings, demanded that the White House turn over security clearance records, following a New York Times report that President Trump ordered chief of staff John Kelly to give his…
Five California officers have been cleared of criminal charges in the fatal Taser encounter with an unarmed man in Millbrae last year, a district attorney announced Friday. Video of the incident was also expected to be made public Friday afternoon.…
A former Virginia high school teacher was sentenced Friday to nearly three years in prison for hacking into private digital accounts of celebrities and others. Christopher Brannan was the fifth person charged in the 2014 "celebgate" scandal in which hackers…
Amid reports that former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is talking with some 2020 contenders, one presidential candidate suggested Friday that he has no plans to meet with the former secretary of state. "Hillary has not called me," Sen. Bernie…
YouTube is now banning comments on most videos featuring minors to protect them from child predators. It comes after reports that predators were allegedly using YouTube's comment section to share timestamps of when children were in compromising positions. YouTube CEO…
Pence says Space Force to launch this year More details about the Pentagon's newest branch of the armed services are being released Friday. The Defense Department has submitted a proposal to Congress for the Space Force, the sixth military service…
The Trump administration expects the number of immigrants sent back to Mexico to await their asylum hearings to "grow exponentially" in the next few weeks as it expands the program to additional cities along the southern border. On a conference…
Lyft has filed for an initial public offering that would raise $100 million, according to securities filings. The ride-hailing company would be traded under the ticker "LIFT," and is seeking to create a dual-class stock structure that would concentrate voting…
Morrisville, Pa. — A mother accused of killing her 13-year-old son and four other family members pulled the boy out of school about two weeks earlier, a school official said. Morrisville Superintendent Jason Harris said Thursday that Shana Decree notified…
The family of a missing Boston mother says her body was found Thursday in the car of the man accused of kidnapping her, reports CBS Boston. Jassy Correia was last seen early Sunday morning at a nightclub in Boston's Theater…
After more than a week of backlash, Walmart is pledging to make "every effort" to find other roles for disabled workers who'd accused the retailer of targeting them as it prepares to eliminate the "people greeter" job at 1,000 stores.…
PICU nurse adopts patient A nurse who always wanted to be a mother says God put her in the right place at the right time, and now she has a son. Angela Farnan has been a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit…
Former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe told "CBS This Morning" on Friday he "wouldn't dismiss Mr. [Michael] Cohen as a witness" despite his credibility problems. In explosive testimony earlier this week before the House Oversight Committee, Cohen accused President Trump…
A Tennessee school district has issued an apology for a social studies assignment that asked students to pretend to be slave-owners and brainstorm expectations for their slaves. The Tennessean reported Thursday that Williamson County Schools and Sunset Middle School apologized…
The parents of Otto Warmbier, the American student who died after being imprisoned by the North Korean regime, responded for the first time Friday to President Trump's comments siding with dictator Kim Jong Un on the death of their son.…
President Trump appeared to exhibit some restraint during his trip to Vietnam, not firing back as his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen described him as a "racist" and a "conman" in a nationally televised congressional hearing, and even offering some laudatory…
A man faked his own abduction and robbery because he couldn't pay the $50,000 he owed in a Super Bowl pool, New York State Police said. The Associated Press reports 60-year-old of Robert Brandel of North Tonawanda, New York, was found…
Every year, nearly 16-thousand recruits take on the challenge to endure 13 weeks of boot camp in Parris Island to earn the title of Marine.
WASHINGTON — Senate opponents of President Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the Mexican border have moved very close to having enough votes to prevail, and one Republican suggested the president risks a rebuff by the GOP-led chamber if…
The last time NASA astronauts flew to the International Space Station on an American spacecraft was nearly eight years ago. Since then, NASA has relied on Russia for rides. That could soon change. On Saturday morning, SpaceX will launch its…
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee entered the crowded race for the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday, hopeful that his focus on sweeping efforts to mitigate climate change will resonate with voters and draw sharp contrasts with the environmental policies of President…
U.S. offers $1M reward in hunt for bin Laden's son Eight years after a Navy SEAL team shot and killed Osama bin Laden, the U.S. government is offering $1 million for help tracking down the son of the Sept. 11…
The Federal Trade Commission report that fraud was the top consumer complaint for the first time ever in 2018. No wonder: Consumers lost nearly $1.5 billion to fraud last year -- about 40 percent higher than the year before. Following fraud at…