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Rep. Adam Kinzinger wants to save the Republican Party from Donald Trump. His first challenge: Convincing the party it needs to be saved."That, I think, is the question," said Kinzinger, who is beginning his sixth term as an Illinois congressman.…
When Novak Djokovic was just seven years old, he'd make his own Wimbledon trophy and imagine he was the best tennis player in the world.As the Serb speaks about the journey he's been on in the intervening 26 years, even…
Derick Almena, the leaseholder of a dilapidated Oakland warehouse -- dubbed the "Ghost Ship" -- that went up in flames, killing 36 people, was sentenced to 12 years in a plea deal that was accepted by Alameda County Superior Court…
Coronavirus cases in the US are dipping and the number of daily vaccinations is rising. But public health experts are pressing two key concepts they say show that Americans still need to mask and distance for a while longer:First, case…
A Kentucky judge on Monday dismissed charges against Kenneth Walker III, the boyfriend of Breonna Taylor who was killed by police when a "no-knock" search warrant was executed on her home in Louisville on March 13, 2020.Walker was accused of…
Click here for updates on this story NEW LONDON, Connecticut (WFSB) -- A New London mother is on suicide watch after she faced a judge on charges that she killed her own son.Tiffany Farrauto, 33, was charged with murder and risk…
Gov. Greg Abbott's decision to "open Texas 100%," lifting all Covid-19 restrictions and end his state's mask mandate on March 10, is a political ploy that places his poll ratings above the health and safety of 29 million Texans. It's…
White and Black Americans' perceptions of race relations and the circumstances around George Floyd's death remain split, a new poll has found.Ahead of the trial of Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis Police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd,…
Wall Street was in rally mode Monday — for the most part. Tech stocks and other momentum darlings — the so-called FAANG stocks — weren't invited to the party.The Dow rose more than 300 points, or 1%, as investors cheered…
President Joe Biden will deliver his first primetime address this Thursday, commemorating the milestone of one year since the global pandemic coronavirus shut down much of the nation."The President will deliver his first primetime address to commemorate the one-year anniversary…
While much has been written this year about atmospheric rivers, avalanche warnings and even flash flooding, the western half of the United States is experiencing a crushing drought.The weather patterns have left parts of the Northwest soggy. Still, 80% of…
Kathy Gillcrist knew she was adopted, but what she didn't know is that a search for her birth parents would lead her to the FBI's most wanted list.Gillcrist, 63, told CNN affiliate WECT that she took a home DNA test…
Harry and Meghan's interview with Oprah Winfrey was a cultural earthquake, with upwards of 17 million viewers measured by Nielsen's TV ratings scale.CBS, citing Nielsen data, said the two-hour special averaged 17.1 million viewers on Sunday night in the United…
The walls are closing in on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.Powerful state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins called for her fellow Democrat's resignation on Sunday after two more former aides came forward alleging inappropriate conduct by the governor, including one…
New York City's public high schools will reopen for in-person learning on March 22, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday.The city's high schools are the final group within the largest school district in the country to be welcomed back to…
Health experts have long argued that face masks are critical to slowing the spread of the coronavirus and ending the pandemic. But some elected officials and their constituents still refuse to wear them.Last week, President Joe Biden criticized states, including…
Novak Djokovic has broken Roger Federer's all-time record for most weeks spent as the men's world No.1.The Serbian has now topped the ATP rankings for a combined 311 weeks, surpassing Federer's tally of 310 on Monday.Djokovic has enjoyed five different…
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, one of the world's richest people, has re-married after her 2019 divorce from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.Seattle teacher Dan Jewett acknowledged his marriage to Scott this weekend on the couple's webpage for the Giving Pledge, a philanthropic…
Did you miss it? Oprah Winfrey's long-awaited interview with Prince Harry and Meghan aired Sunday night, but you can still watch the bombshell discussion online.Here's what fans (and skeptics) of the Sussexes need to know:When did the interview air?"CBS Presents…
Newly-released police body camera footage shows a California man telling Fresno police officers, county sheriff's deputies and paramedics that he can't breathe as they restrain him in the moments before he died in 2017.In an introduction to the edited video…
