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The Department of Homeland Security released its report into the mistakes made by the Secret Service in September's White House fence jumping incident. Among the findings was that a guard was making a phone call instead ...

A CBS News investigation traced the birth of the ISIS terror group to Camp Bucca, a U.S. military prison in Iraq. At least 12 of ISIS's top officials, including leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, served time there. Clarissa Wa...

Latest reports show that COVID-19 lockdown and response has pushed back the fight against tuberculosis (TB which is world's top killer infectious disease), to 2008 levels! On a positive note though, there are new potenti...

WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden is including rivals Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China among the invitees to the first big climate talks of his administration, an event the U.S. hopes will help shape, spe...

The initial probe into the blockage by the Ever Given focuses on a seasonal sandstorm and a sudden burst of wind.

PHILADELPHIA -- Gunfire on Friday evening killed an 11-year-old boy and wounded a teen who were riding a dirt bike in Philadelphia, police said in a statement. The 11-year-old was shot once in the neck and died at a hosp...

A Philadelphia woman whose abduction was captured on surveillance video over the weekend has been found safe in Maryland, and a suspect is in police custody. The arrest ends a three-day search, and is the answer to a mot...

Seven people were wounded in a Friday night shooting in Philadelphia, police there said. Three of the wounded were in critical condition four were stable, news outlets reported. A person of interest was in custody. The s...

"It's always an angry white man. always," ex-editor Hemal Jhaveri had said Monday in her offending tweet -- which she admitted in a Medium post on Friday had been "careless."

James Dye, a 64-year-old Kansas resident, was charged Thursday with the 1979 murder of Evelyn Kay Day in Greeley, Colo.

Deputized to “fix” the migrant surge crisis, Vice President Kamala Harris has no plans to visit the US-Mexico border — but Donald Trump may go there “soon,” according to an aide to the former president. Harris ...

Some of the members had been installed under former President Donald Trump.

A Lear jet crashed in Freeport while attempting to land at Grand Bahama Airport. The accident killed all nine people on board, including Myles Munroe, a prominent minister. Norah O'Donnell reports.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, says the presidential ambitions of some of his members won't hinder the Senate's functioning.

Tennessee's transgender students will be required to compete in school sports according to their birth sex after Gov. Bill Lee signed the bill Friday.      

Former President Trump is applauding a Republican-led election reform bill in Georgia, a state he narrowly lost in November in a defeat he falsely chalked up to voter fraud. "Congratulations to Georgia and the Georgia St...

The 9-year-old twins didn't flinch as each received test doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine — and then a sparkly bandage to cover the spot. "Sparkles make everything better," declared Marisol Gerardo as she hopped off ...

For six decades Ann Roth has been designing costumes for stars of the stage and screen. A Tony Award- and Oscar-winner, she's considered the top of her craft, and a favorite of actors. Rita Braver takes us backstage with...

Freshman Nolan Burch was pledging at the Kappa Sigma Fraternity when paramedics discovered him unconscious and not breathing on Wednesday. Law enforcement officials confirm that alcohol was a factor in his death and are ...

Plants in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany will add to Europe's lagging supplies. Here's the latest on the pandemic.

The leader of ISIS released a new audio tape Thursday with more threats to the U.S., promising "volcanoes of jihad." Also, there are reports out of Syria that ISIS is teaming up with a rival al Qaeda affiliate. CBS News ...

Sources tell CBS News a plane is on the way to Sierra Leone to pick up the doctor who contracted the disease there. The patient should arrive at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha on Saturday. Norah O'Donnell reports.