A senior law enforcement official in Mount Vernon, New York, was arrested and charged with attempted murder after prosecutors say she drove her 20-year-old son to and from a gang-related shooting outside the Bronx Criminal Courthouse, then helped him change clothes to dodge detection. Jennifer Lacka...

A cold front near Denver International Airport forced more than 20 flights to divert to Colorado Springs on Monday evening, injuring at least five passengers and sending one to the hospital in stable condition. The first diverted planes began touching down at Colorado Springs Municipal Airport aroun...

America's two most advanced stealth aircraft, the B-21 Raider bomber and the Boeing-built F-47 fighter, are progressing faster than planned, with the first operational bomber set to arrive at Ellsworth Air Force Base in 2027. Gen. Dale White, director of Critical Major Weapon Systems for the U.S. Ai...

A North Carolina family wants answers after three relatives were found dead inside a Rocky Mount home where the city had recently cut off electricity, and officials have yet to explain why they refused partial payment on a bill topping $2,000. Rocky Mount police forced entry into a home on King Char...

The Navy removed the commanding officer of the ballistic missile submarine USS West Virginia on July 30 after losing confidence in his leadership, the latest in a string of firings that raises hard questions about accountability at the top of the fleet. Joseph Sammur was relieved of command of the U...

A 58-year-old Hickory, North Carolina, woman believed to have been abducted from her own home was found dead in a wooded area, and a registered sex offender with prior kidnapping convictions now faces felony murder charges. Robin M. Doyle's body was discovered Friday afternoon in a remote stretch of...

Bernalillo County, New Mexico, agreed to a $2 million settlement with the families of four first responders killed in a 2022 helicopter crash that federal investigators blamed on poor maintenance and a known engine defect. The settlement, reached on June 19, resolves two lawsuits filed in state dist...

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told CBS News he had no note suggesting Nancy Guthrie was dead, then released two ransom notes the very next day, one of which said she "perished shortly after she was taken." The contradiction landed in the middle of an already troubled investigation. On Thursday, Na...

An estimated 50,000 to 60,000 migrants surged from Morocco into the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta over several days, leaving at least 72 dead by drowning and stampede, and exposing yet another border left undefended until the bodies started washing ashore. Guardia Civil officers pulled corpses fro...

An off-duty state trooper and an armed civilian returned fire on a gunman at a Twin Falls, Idaho, In-N-Out Burger, and police say their intervention drove the shooter away from the restaurant and prevented more deaths. Chad Williams, 24, opened fire with an AR-style rifle at the recently opened rest...