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The Social Security Administration has embarked on a plan to protect retirees from having their Social Security numbers stolen: It’s issuing to the 44 million Americans on the program new Medicare cards that don’t have your Social Security number on them. But the crooks are one step ahead, using widespread […]

CHICAGO — An aviation security officer who was fired after forcibly dragging a passenger from a plane last year is suing United Airlines and the city of Chicago, claiming he wasn’t properly trained to deal with such a situation and he was defamed in the aftermath. James Long was one […]

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office is reviewing a sexual assault case against Kevin Spacey, CBS News has confirmed. The case was presented by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department last Thursday; no further details were provided.  More than a dozen men have accused the former “House of Cards” […]

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens admitted to an extramarital affair but defiantly refused to resign in a statement issued ahead of a special legislative committee issuing an investigative report related to an extramarital affair the Republican engaged in before his election. “I will continue to work for the people of Missouri […]

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – Prosecutors have charged a man and a woman from Minnesota with murder in the death of a 6-year-old boy they were caring for. Newly released court documents obtained by CBS affiliate KVLY indicate the boy, Justis Rae Burland, suffered horrific injuries. Bobbie Bishop, 40, and Walter Wynhoff, 44, both […]

MONTPELIER, Vt.  — Vermont on Wednesday raised the age to buy firearms, banned high-capacity magazines and made it easier to take guns from people who pose a threat — the first significant gun ownership restrictions in state history, signed into law by the Republican governor. It’s a remarkable turnaround for […]

WASHINGTON — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged Wednesday that regulation of social media is “inevitable” and disclosed that his own personal information has been compromised by malicious outsiders. But after two days of congressional testimony, what seemed clear was how little Congress seems to know about Facebook, much less what […]

TORONTO – Alleged Toronto serial killer Bruce McArthur is now facing a seventh murder charge involving a missing man whose family initially thought he had abandoned his wife and two daughters. The prosecution said in the courthouse Wednesday that McArthur, a 66-year-old landscaper, has been charged with first-degree murder in the […]

CBS News has obtained an August 2017 report prepared by the Environmental Protection Agency’s office of inspector general that contains a list of 13 threats made against EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and his family. The threats range in severity, credibility and specificity. One tweet flagged by investigators said, “Pruitt, I’m […]

Last Updated Apr 11, 2018 6:15 PM EDT FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Public defenders of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz say he should continue to be represented at taxpayer expense because he likely doesn’t have the assets to pay a private lawyer for a multi-million dollar case. The Broward County Public […]