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Last Updated Apr 11, 2018 8:02 PM EDT The FBI search and seizure warrants executed against President Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen mentioned President Trump’s name several times, sources familiar with the documents tell CBS News’ Jeff Pegues. Sources who’ve seen the warrants told Pegues it appeared to them that […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens initiated a physically aggressive unwanted sexual encounter with his hairdresser and threatened to distribute a partially nude photo of her if she spoke about it, according to testimony from the woman released Wednesday by a House investigatory committee.  The graphic report details […]

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Decades after they say Bill Cosby knocked them out with intoxicants and sexually assaulted them, three of his accusers confronted the 80-year-old comedian in court Wednesday, with one woman pointedly calling him a “serial rapist” and another asking him through her tears, “You remember, don’t you, Mr. […]

SANTA TERESA, New Mexico — California says it’s joining three other states in sending National Guard troops to the Mexican border. Up to 4,000 troops will assist in the crackdown on illegal crossings and drug smuggling. Attorney General Jeff Sessions visited the region Wednesday and delivered a pep talk to law enforcement.  […]

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 […]