When Sharon Thompson was a girl, she used to get a bad feeling when she walked by an imposing statue of a man on the edge of Central Park near East Harlem. On Thursday, Thompson learned the story behind the statue when a local news station[...]

He's big and he's loud.A nearly 700-pound blind California sea lion named Buddy has taken up residence at the Los Angeles Zoo, where his vocalizations can be heard throughout the 133-acre (54-hectare) facility. The zoo said Monday the[...]

The Confederate flags had been in a Manhattan apartment window for over a year. And then, in a matter of days last week, they were met with hurled rocks, a punched-out window, a tarp hung over them and legal action. By Monday, the lighted flags[...]

This one's worth a double take. University of Central Florida interns recently found a two-headed baby loggerhead sea turtle in Brevard County. Loggerheads are know for their massive heads. But two? MELBOURNE, Fla. — This one's worth a[...]

Chelsea Clinton has Barron Trump‘s back. On Monday, the former First Daughter, 37, took a stand for President Donald Trump‘s 11-year-old son after a publication printed a story titled, “It’s High Time Barron Trump Starts Dressing Like He’s In the[...]

Officials have suspended the search for five Army soldiers who were aboard a helicopter that crashed during offshore training in Hawaii last week. Army and Coast Guard officials on Monday notified the families of the missing soldiers that they[...]

As the moon made its way across the sun during a rare solar eclipse on Monday, Charlotte Roel Easterly said hello to the world. The 7-pound, 11-ounce baby girl was born at Sacred Hospital at 1:36 p.m. CT at the exact moment of the height of the[...]

Federal officials are working with sheriffs on a legal maneuver to gain access to undocumented immigrants in local jails, a practice now limited by the courts.The Trump administration is working with like-minded sheriffs from around the country on a [...]

Tony Dokoupil investigates white supremacy's rise in America and how its adherents hope to infiltrate the mainstreamWatch "CBSN: On Assignment" Monday at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and on our streaming network[...]

The cause of the crash in Hyden, Kentucky, is under investigation, authorities said.In the early part of the afternoon, Alyssa Noble's 2001 Lincoln LS crossed the center line, struck a utility pole and then hit two women on the sidewalk in Hyden,[...]

Millions of sky-watchers gazed heavenward Monday as the moon's shadow raced eastward along a slender corridor bisecting the mainland United States, blotting out the sun in a grand celestial show that had not been visible all across America in[...]

An Idaho state lawmaker is facing backlash for sharing a conspiracy theory that former President Obama helped to orchestrate the violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., as part of a plot to take down President Trump. Idaho Rep.[...]

<p>Vanessa Palacios never pictured being a bride and certainly never wanted a traditional wedding.</p>GREENVILLE, S.C. — Vanessa Palacios never pictured being a bride and certainly never wanted a traditional[...]

<p>When William and Amanda Green took their two boys on a weekend outing, they headed for the Zoar Valley Gorge, a rugged area not far from their Buffalo, New York, home that includes waterfalls, forests and cliffs that plunge as much as 40[...]

Republicans and Trump voters are among the only Americans more likely to support sending more troops to Afghanistan.He insisted repeatedly on the campaign trail that he had opposed the war in Iraq; the public record made clear that, to the contrary, [...]