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Alexandra Andrews's debut novel follows a Machiavellian aspiring writer who becomes entangled in her work for a best-selling fiction writer.

Jacob Chansley -- the bare-chested Arizona man who wore a furry headdress, horns, and elaborate face paint during the Jan. 6 riot -- told "60 Minutes" in his first comments from jail that his actions weren't an attack ag...

Fewer than a third of prominent pro-democracy activists charged under a new national security law were granted bail Thursday after a hearing at a Hong Kong court.

Seven college students died and four were injured during a tragic incident in Bolivia when a railing collapsed, sending them falling from a fourth-floor balcony. Wild video of Tuesday’s incident showed a mass of studen...

Governments of all countries agreed in February 2020 by adopting the Stockholm Declaration to reduce the maximum speed limit to 30 kilometer per hour (kph) to reduce road-traffic crashes and deaths. This promise was also...

The father of Michael Brown and other activists from Ferguson, Missouri, are demanding financial support from Black Lives Matter after the organization revealed it raised over $90 million last year. Michael Brown Sr., wh...

His comments come a day after he slammed FBI Director Christopher Wray for failing to answer written questions from lawmakers in hearings involving FBI witnesses over the last four years.

Since Alexey Navalny's arrest, some Russians are reëvaluating their compromises, questioning whether the price of success--or merely getting by--has become untenable.

Dino Rasera lost everything when afire destroyedhis apartment last month. He even thought he lost hisdog, Marble, until two weeks later when they were finally reunited. Before the fire, Rasera and his dad -with their dog...

The sentencing judge called the former Cleveland Browns player a sexual predator who preyed on marginalized women.

The man who plowed his rental car onto a Toronto sidewalk in 2018, killing 10 and badly injuring 16 others, was found guilty Wednesday by a judge who rejected the defense that his autism cleared him of criminal responsib...

Washington, D.C. is on heightened alert and the U.S. House has canceled its Thursday session after a new law enforcement bulletin warned "militia violent extremists" have discussed plans to take over the Capitol on or ar...

A koala and her baby who were rescued from the devastating Australia wildfires of 2019-20 have been returned to the wild.

President Biden blessed the plan to lower the income cap for Americans receiving checks of up to $1,400, a crucial concession to moderates whose backing is needed to pass the bill.

The junta has so far ignored the global condemnation, responding to the uprising with escalating strength.

Lawmakers in China are meeting over the next week for their annual Two Sessions parliamentary conference. The current tense state of U.S.-China relations will have a looming presence at the week-long meeting. CBSN contri...

From the constant Dunkin' to the ex-girlfriend cardboard cutout, the internet has had a collective sad king during the pandemic

1. Fifteen years ago, as Victoria Johnson read a used book she had just purchased, a photograph fell out. Johnson, a professor in New York, kept the photo and would look at it often, wondering about the family pictured. ...

The withholding of essential healthcare is war crime and a violation of all international laws and humanitarian standards, writes Mike Shingane.

With phrasing fit for a queen, Meghan Markle claims the royal family has been lying and spreading gossip about her and Prince Harry as the rift between the couple and Buckingham Palace keeps growing.

A New Zealand man is facing criminal charges after allegedly posting online threats against two Christchurch mosques that were the sites of a terrorist attack that left 51 people dead.

Illinois Democratic leaders on Wednesday night selected U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly of Matteson as their new state party chairman and the successor to embattled former House Speaker Michael Madigan, who held the post for 32 ye...