Over a million people packed into New York’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve to ring in 2020. They and millions more television viewers watched a nearly 12,000 pound Waterford crystal ball drop to tick off the final seconds of 2019. Following a recent string of attacks against Jewish people …

Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Celebrity chef Gary Rhodes, who helped transform the stodgy reputation of British food, has died aged 59 with his wife Jennie by his side, his family said Wednesday. Rhodes’ family said in a statement that he died Tuesday, but did not elaborate on the cause of …

The NFL organized a workout for Colin Kaepernick on Saturday in Atlanta. At least 11 NFL teams have RSVP’d. It’s an unusual move for the league to host something like this for a single player, especially one as controversial as Kaepernick, CBS News correspondent Kenneth Craig reports. Some football insiders are wondering: …

The Washington Nationals made history when they won their first World Series last week. Outfielder Gerardo Parra helped turn things around for the Nationals when he joined the team in May, but he may be remembered more for giving the team a new anthem: “Baby Shark.” It all started when …

Ronan Farrow alleges in his new book “Catch and Release” that NBCUniversal CEO Stephen Burke was warned about problems of sexual abuse at NBC News as early as 2015, two years before anchor Matt Lauer was fired.Farrow also claims Burke had ties to Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and it was …

Former NBA player Andre Emmett was was shot and killed in Dallas early Monday morning, his family confirmed to CBS Dallas/Fort Worth. Emmett was found lying on the side of a road by a passerby at 2:30 a.m. The 37-year-old had a gunshot wound, and Dallas Fire Rescue transported him …

In an emotional Twitter thread and Instagram post, singer-songwriter Sam Smith announced Friday that their gender pronouns are they/them. The star previously came out as non-binary earlier this year.  “After a lifetime of being at war with my gender I’ve decided to embrace myself for who I am, inside and …

“The Warehouse,” a new sci-fi novel from author Rob Hart, weaves a tale of a workplace so bent on making profits that workers are slowly transformed into modern-day slaves. It’s a dystopian vision of another world — but a world that, for some, is frighteningly similar to the one we …

R&B singer R. Kelly was arrested Thursday in Chicago on federal sex trafficking charges. Law enforcement sources told CBS News he was arrested by the New York Police Department and federal Homeland Security agents. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in northern Illinois said Kelly is facing 13 counts, including child pornography, …

A previously-unseen performance by the late, great Freddie Mercury has been unveiled by the singer’s long-time friend. The song, “Time Waits For No One,” was released on Mercury’s website “after four decades buried deep in the vaults,” a statement on the site reads. Not only can fans download an audio …