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Sam Goodwin was near the end of a quest to visit every world country when he was snatched from a Syrian street during a phone call home.

A Norwegian lawmaker has nominated the Black Lives Matter movement for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for bringing attention to racial inequities around the world.

See how long this ridiculously moreish no-bake chocolate caramel tart lasts in the fridge This tart is wildly addictive and just what you need right now. When I was recipe-testing, it didn't last for... very long in the fridge, because everyone kept going back for another slice. The whole thing is very low maintenance, with a no-bake cereal base that you'll want to eat on its own (don't). The filling is made of a ganache with a deep miso caramel swirled through it, and very much on that edge of sweet and salty.

A Florida deputy is under investigation after a video appeared to show him body-slamming a female high school student to the ground. CBS News spoke with the teenager's mother and their attorney,... Benjamin Crump.

The Justice Department on Friday announced conspiracy charges against two members of the far-right Proud Boys who allegedly participated in the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6.

Some pictures are worth a thousand words — but this mugshot only needs six: don’t try to fight the police. A Florida man was taken into custody after police said he kept attacking two... sheriff’s deputies and their K-9 despite losing and regaining consciousness twice — and getting tased — during the scuffle, according to...

Eleven soldiers at a military base in Texas have been hospitalized after drinking a poisonous substance they thought was alcohol, Army officials said. The soldiers drank the unknown substance after a... 10-day field exercise at Fort Bliss's McGregor Range Complex ended on Thursday, Fort Bliss officials said in a statement. Officials said the soldiers thought...

The West Coast's marque music festival is set to fall victim to the pandemic for the second straight year after it was ordered canceled by the government on Friday.

The body of hero Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick will return in honor next week to the building where he gave his life. The 42-year-old New Jersey resident waspepper-sprayed and fatally... bludgeoned on Jan. 6, as rioters streamed into the Capitol to try to derail certification of President Biden's election victory. He died from his...

Saad Aljabri, once a top aide to the former heir to the throne, has said he will fight the 'recycled corruption allegations' Saudi state-owned companies have sued the country's former intelligence... chief in a Canadian court, alleging he stole billions of dollars, according to documents obtained by the news agency Agence France-Presse. The 10 subsidiaries of Tahakom Investment Co - which is owned by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund - said in the civil suit filed in Ontario superior court that Saad Aljabri committed a "massive fraud" totalling at least US$3.47bn.

Advocates are urging Illinois to use local pharmacies to help vaccination efforts at assisted living facilities, as other states have done.

Federal prosecutors charged a woman in connection to the January 6 riot at the US Capitol in Washington who they say can be heard on video making violent remarks about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Usually bandits wear masks when they stick up a convenience store, but one man went another route recently, trashing a store because he didn’t want to put on a mask. On Tuesday, a man entered... Mr. Smoke and Variety on Wilson Ave., near Keele Ste., and was soon told he had to put on a mask, according to blogTO . The man allegedly claimed to have a medical exemption for PTSD, so the store owner asked him to just cover his mouth and nose with his shirt, according to the report. View this post on Instagram A post shared by DJ Delirious (@djdelirious416) In a video of the incident, the man can be seen staring at the owner before seemingly snapping and shoving various items to the floor. He even shoves the cash register at the owner. Toronto Police were called and responded but did not...

U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, 42, who died from his injuries Jan. 7, will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer... announced Friday.

The 48-year-old reportedly told police she was worried she would be forced to move out of the flat she shared with her mother A Japanese woman who said she hid her mother's corpse in a freezer in her... apartment for a decade told police she feared eviction if the death was discovered, according to reports. Yumi Yoshino, 48, was held "on suspicion of abandoning and hiding a female body" found on Wednesday inside the freezer in a Tokyo apartment, police said.

House Democrats say Georgia Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is dangerous, and are pushing to remove her from office. Two of her Democratic colleagues are set to introduce a resolution... next week to censure her and call for her resignation. Congresswoman Sara Jacobs of California, one of the lawmakers pushing for that resolution, joined CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss.

Rep. Cori Bush is moving offices after a verbal altercation with fellow freshman congresswomen Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene over mask-wearing.       

Seals are typically resilient and adaptable to their environment, but a new study found that rapid warming in the past decade is causing a rampant physical decline in seals and their pups.

An average of more than 900 people died with COVID-19 each day in the first two weeks of this year, according to new analysis.

The prospect of border agents again turning away children is likely to renew pressure on the Biden administration.

Two transgender parents won a six-year legal battle to be able to change their own gender on their children's birth certificates. The court decision goes beyond parents' rights and will make it easier... for trans people across Quebec to determine how their gender is listed on official documents.

Sukhdeep Gill, a deputy with the Santa Clara Sheriff's Office, was arrested Friday on charges of felony vandalism and falsely reporting a crime.       

Australia left off list of nations exempt from European Union's new Covid vaccine export restrictions Follow today's coronavirus live blog 'Immunological unicorn': the Australian lab growing... coronavirus - and its startling discovery Australia's Covid vaccines rollout: everything you need to know Europe's dramatic decision to impose export controls on vaccine manufacturers could impact the rollout of the jab in Australia, after the country was left off a list of nations exempt from the new restrictions. Overnight on Friday the European Union set off a global diplomatic row when it went ahead with a threat to impose sweeping powers allowing it to block Covid-19 vaccine shipments from the bloc.

Democratic congresswoman said Marjorie Taylor Greene and her staff refused to wear masks and berated her The Democratic representative Cori Bush said she is moving her office away from that of... Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene due to safety concerns after Greene and her staff berated her and refused to wear masks.

A man is dead and a woman is fighting for her life in hospital after a shooting in the city’s Summerhill neighbourhood Friday night. Toronto Police tweeted at 8:29 p.m. that several callers had... reported hearing multiple gunshots in the area of Yonge St. and Summerhill Ave. — south of St. Clair Ave. — and seeing a man lying on the ground with unknown injuries. A suspect fled the area in a vehicle, police said. SHOOTING:Yonge St & Summerhill Ave- several callers reporting multiple gunshots heard in the area- police responding- reports of a man lying on the ground- unknown injuries- possibly 2 victims- suspect fled the area in a vehicle- use caution- will update#GO185744^al -- Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) January 30, 2021 About half an hour later cops confirmed...