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...

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...

A 25-year-old Texas man faces a felony cattle theft charge after allegedly buying 77 head of cattle with worthless checks totaling more than $159,000, a case that required multiple law enforcement agencies to crack. Payton Dean Carroll of Barry, Texas, was charged with felony second-degree cattle th...

An 80-year-old Ohio congresswoman is recovering from non-life-threatening injuries after a hit-and-run driver struck her vehicle on a Sunday morning trip to church, and the person responsible is still at large. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, a Democrat who has represented northern Ohio for more than four decade...

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...

A gunman with an AR-style rifle killed at least two people and wounded several others at an In-N-Out Burger drive-thru in Twin Falls, Idaho, on Saturday afternoon before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but not before an armed bystander fired back. The shooting began at 3:00 PM local time at...

Death certificates from a Grand Haven Township, Michigan, home where eight family members died now suggest the mother was killed a day before her six children, a detail that deepens the horror of a case investigators are still piecing together. Amanda "Mandy" Karolkiewicz, 39, and her six children, ...

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B stealth fighter jet crashed and burst into flames near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in California, the latest in a string of military aviation mishaps this year. The pilot ejected before impact and was rushed to a local medical facility in stable condition, the Marine C...

Authorities released two ransom notes demanding millions in bitcoin for the return of Nancy Guthrie, and her daughter, Today Show host Savannah Guthrie, is now begging the public to help identify whoever wrote them. Nancy Guthrie, 84, disappeared from her home on Feb. 1. For months, the case drew li...