Longtime Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont had a “successful” hip replacement surgery Thursday afternoon after breaking it a day earlier, his office said in a statement. The 82-year-old Democrat is “comfortably recovering” at a hospital in the Washington, D.C., area, the statement read. He will begin physical therapy after “sufficient …

A Georgia man who was recently sentenced to death in the killings of two corrections officers during an escape attempt five years ago has died in prison of an apparent suicide, corrections officials said. Prison guards found Ricky Dubose unresponsive in his cell at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison …

Politicians use public airwaves to persuade American voters every election year — and broadcasters must air their ads, no matter how controversial — due to a law passed nearly nine decades ago. The Communications Act of 1934 states broadcasters have “no power of censorship” over any “legally qualified candidate” for …

More than a quarter of the nearly 800 abortion clinics in the U.S. would quickly shut down if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, according to newly released research. The nation’s highest court is expected to issue a decision by the end of the month on whether to upend …

Maine police said Tuesday they’ve made an arrest stemming from a 37-year-old homicide investigation into the death of a baby in the far northern part of the state. The baby’s body was discovered in Frenchville in December 1985, after a Siberian Husky carried the body of the newborn several hundred …

A red, white and blue paint scheme for the new Air Force One fleet that was approved by former President Trump has been scrapped over cost and other concerns, an administration official confirmed to CBS News.  Politico first reported the scrapped paint scheme for the new Air Force One fleet. …

[This story previously aired on November 6, 2021. It was updated on June 4, 2022.] Since 1975, the tony neighborhood of Belle Haven, in Greenwich, Connecticut has been haunted by the death of Martha Moxley, a 15-year-old girl who was bludgeoned with a golf club. What happened to Moxley has …

Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants to slash jobs at the electric carmaker based on a “super bad feeling” he has about the economy, Reuters reported Friday. Musk said he needs to cut about 10% of his workforce in an email sent to company executives, according to the Reuters report.   …

Hundreds of thousands of students who attended the for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain will automatically get their federal student loans canceled, the Biden administration announced Wednesday, a move that aims to bring closure to one of the most notorious cases of fraud in American higher education. Under the new action, anyone …

In the hours following the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday, some parents still didn’t know where their children were. Students from Robb Elementary School, where a gunman opened fire, killing at least 19 children and two adults, were taken to a local civic center, where parents were later …