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CHANGSHA, China — A well-known climber who has thousands of followers on the social network Weibo died while performing a skyscraper stunt in China, BBC News reports. Wu Yongning, 26, died on Nov. 8 after falling from a 62-story building in the city of Changsha.  Yongning’s death was confirmed by […]

FARGO, N.D. — A North Dakota woman has pleaded guilty to conspiring to kill her pregnant neighbor so she and her boyfriend could keep the baby, though officials remained tight-lipped about how the victim died. Thirty-eight-year-old Brooke Crews could face life in prison for the death of 22-year-old Savanna Greywind, of […]

Last Updated Dec 11, 2017 6:22 PM EST A video depicting a local news broadcast about a school shooting that has yet to occur is the latest public service announcement created by Sandy Hook Promise to help bring awareness to the warning signs often displayed by people who are at […]

Last Updated Dec 11, 2017 1:22 PM EST SACRAMENTO — A woman was arrested and charged after she threatened to kill fellow passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight from Portland to Sacramento. The chaotic scene was captured on video that a fellow passenger sent to CBS Sacramento. The incident on […]

Academy Award-winning actress and director Jodie Foster says that, in the wake of growing allegations about sexual harassment and assault, a time of “truth and reconciliation” — similar to what followed the end of apartheid in South Africa — may be needed. Foster, appearing on “CBS This Morning” on Monday, […]

The enormous run-up in bitcoin’s price this year has spurred talk that it’s a bubble bound to burst. That sounds ominous. But take heart: If bitcoin’s bubble pops, the pain likely will be restricted to those who bet on the cryptocurrency — and not harm the wider market and economy […]

Last Updated Dec 11, 2017 11:55 AM EST NEW YORK — New York City police have identified the suspect in an explosion in a crowded subway corridor near the Port Authority bus terminal Monday morning as 27-year-old Akayed Ullah. Police say Ullah was carrying an “improvised low-tech explosive device” when it […]

Last Updated Dec 11, 2017 12:29 PM EST NEW YORK — A man detonated an improvised explosive device in an underground passageway at a major commuter hub in New York City Monday morning, officials said. New York Police Commissioner James O’Neill identified the suspect as Akayed Ullah, 27, who sustained […]

Last Updated Dec 11, 2017 12:29 PM EST NEW YORK — A man detonated an improvised explosive device in an underground passageway at a major commuter hub in New York City Monday morning, officials said. New York Police Commissioner James O’Neill identified the suspect as Akayed Ullah, 27, who sustained […]

NEW YORK — A man detonated an improvised explosive device in an underground passageway at a major commuter hub in New York City Monday morning, officials said. New York Police Commissioner James O’Neill identified the suspect as Akayed Ullah, 27, who sustained injuries from the blast and was in police […]