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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 […]

LONDON — The daughter of an Russian ex-spy who was poisoned after she was exposed to the nerve agent novichok is speaking out for the first time since being released from the hospital. Yulia Skripal was discharged from Salisbury District Hospital on Monday and taken to an undisclosed location. The Metropolitan […]

Last Updated Apr 11, 2018 4:16 PM EDT White House press secretary Sarah Sanders briefed reporters Wednesday, as the world awaits a U.S. response to the chemical attack in Syria, and for the first time since Speaker of the House Paul Ryan announced earlier Wednesday he will not be running […]

Last Updated Apr 11, 2018 5:39 PM EDT White House press secretary Sarah Sanders briefed reporters Wednesday, as the world awaits a U.S. response to the chemical attack in Syria, and for the first time since Speaker of the House Paul Ryan announced earlier Wednesday he will not be running […]

Can President Trump fire special counsel Robert Mueller? Well, it’s complicated. Why? Last month, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said that Mr. Trump “certainly believes” he has the power to fire Mueller. “We’ve been advised that the president certainly has the power to make that decision,” she told reporters. […]

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has admitted he made “grave errors” in judgment in Chile’s sex abuse scandal and invited the abuse victims he had discredited to Rome to beg their forgiveness. In an extraordinary letter published Wednesday, Francis also summoned Chile’s bishops to the Vatican for an emergency meeting […]

SALT LAKE CITY  – Apologies were offered and tearful expletives were thrown Tuesday during the sentencing of a Utah man convicted of murdering a woman and trying to suffocate her 5-year-old daughter. Jason Black, 27, turned to the parents, sister and husband of the woman he fatally shot in May […]

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi forces said on Wednesday that their air defense systems intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Shiite rebels, directed at the kingdom’s capital, Riyadh. Saudi state-run TV channel al-Ekhbariya carried the official statement as residents of the capital posted on social media their accounts of […]

A popular Reddit account linked to the Russian trolling company Internet Research Agency (IRA) circulated a fake Hillary Clinton sex tape on the website during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Reddit user “Rubinjer” shared a gif of the false pornographic video titled “Leaked Hillary Clinton’s Hotel Sex Tape with Black […]