One group of taxpayers is getting a big break that may help them come out ahead under the new tax rules. That group includes small-business owners and freelancers as beneficiaries of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which allows these…
A New Jersey couple accuses a cruise line of abandoning them in Mexico during a medical emergency. Carol and Bertram Palk claim they were told to get off Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas because the medical staff couldn't treat…
An Amtrak train has been stuck in wintry conditions outside Oakridge, Oregon since Sunday evening after hitting a tree that fell onto the tracks, the railroad says. It's carrying 183 passengers. Oakridge is some 45 miles southeast of Eugene. Amtrak…
A Girl Scout troop was standing outside in near-freezing weather Friday in South Carolina when a man approached their table and bought seven packs of the Girl Scout cookies they were selling. Then, he came back and bought the rest…
Univision anchor Jorge Ramos, one of the most well-known journalists in Spanish-language television in the U.S., said he and his crew were detained by the Venezuelan government Monday night after their interview with the country's embattled President Nicolás Maduro was…
During a closed-door hearing on Tuesday that could last hours, investigators from the Senate Intelligence Committee are expected to grill President Trump's former attorney and confidant Michael Cohen about his involvement in plans to develop a Trump Tower in Moscow…
Elon Musk seen Nov. 8, 2018. Reuters Tesla CEO Elon Musk's tweeting habits have triggered another legal challenge from stock market regulators worried about him using his Twitter account to mislead investors. The latest dust-up emerged late Monday when the…
Charlotte Shaw and Rich "Tito" Lannom, met in 1964 and were married soon after. For the next two and a half years, they moved around the country as Lannom trained to be a Navy pilot. "We were there for each…
Washington - Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said she doubts that President Donald Trump has a good grasp of monetary policy and what the central bank does. In an interview with radio program Marketplace aired on Monday, Yellen said,…
El Dorado County, California — Investigators in El Dorado County, California, have identified the same man as the killer of a young woman in 1977 and a teen girl in 1979 using an emerging DNA technique that relies on genealogy.…
Chicago — R. Kelly has posted bail after spending the weekend in a Chicago jail on sex abuse charges, authorities said Monday. Cook County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Sophia Ansari told CBS News around 4 p.m. Central Time that he was expected to…
Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein believes special counsel Robert Mueller's final report on the investigation into Russian meddling during the 2016 presidential election will be handled appropriately by the new attorney general, William Barr. Asked Monday about the report's highly-anticipated…
Liberal billionaire activist Tom Steyer argues that special counsel Robert Mueller's final report should be released to the American public because the far-reaching Russia investigation has been funded indirectly by taxpayers. "I think in all of this the question is going…
An American citizen who had been held captive by Yemeni rebels has been freed after a year and a half in captivity, President Trump announced Monday. Danny Burch was "recovered and reunited with his wife and children," the president tweeted.…
Facebook is vowing to improve its system for reviewing and screening out violent and disturbing content after a report said some of its moderators are low-paid contractors who develop PTSD-like symptoms from the grueling work. The social media giant said…
Spain just surpassed Italy as the world's healthiest nation. That's according to this year's edition of the Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index, which ranks 169 countries on factors that contribute to overall health. Six of the top 10 countries were in…
Nike unveiled a new 90-second commercial that tackles the gender bias women face at work and in life, featuring several prominent female athletes. Tennis star Serena Williams narrates the "Dream Crazier" ad, which debuted during Sunday night's Academy Awards. The…
As more lawsuits claiming a link between Roundup and cancer move forward, a new report claims the main ingredient found in the weed killer is showing up in organic beer and wine. U.S. PIRG tested samples of popular beer and wine…
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft visited a Florida massage parlor for sex acts on the morning of the AFC Championship Game, which he attended in Kansas City later that day, authorities said Monday. It was his second visit to…
Stocks marched higher on Wall Street Monday after President Donald Trump agreed to hold off on raising tariffs on Chinese goods, which would have escalated a damaging trade war between the world's two largest economies. Investors had been growing increasingly…
Boston Market frozen meal recall More than 86 tons of frozen Boston Market dinners are being recalled from retailers across the U.S., as well as from a Defense Department facility, after consumers reported that some items contained pieces of glass…
Imagine climbing to the top of a peak more than five miles high, an elevation mountaineers call the "death zone." The air has about one-third of the oxygen it does at sea level and the human body literally starts shutting…
Trump and Kim Jong Un to meet in Vietnam As President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un prepare this week for their second summit, recent CBS News polling has found that few Americans believe North Korea has…
What's behind lower tax refunds? Three weeks into tax season, Americans' tax refunds are shrinking. The average refund issued through Feb. 15 was 16 percent smaller than this time last year, according to data released by the Internal Revenue Service.…