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Joe and Gina Mistretta bought a potted Scotch pine 34 years ago, when it was about three feet tall. Back then, it was so small it could only hold one string of lights. When the holiday was over, out it went — not to the trash or a recycling bin, […]

Last Updated Dec 23, 2017 12:46 PM EST ZAMBOANGA, Philippines — A tropical storm in the southern Philippines unleashed flash floods that swept away people and houses and set off landslides, reportedly leaving more than 120 people dead and 160 others missing, officials said Saturday. Most of the deaths from […]

Last Updated Dec 22, 2017 10:32 PM EST SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from California Friday evening, boosting a fourth batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites into orbit in the rocket-builder’s 18th launch this year — a modern record — and its fourth for the satellite telephone company. The […]

CHICAGO — Some sad news before the holidays. Brookfield Zoo near Chicago made the decision Friday to euthanize Aussie, the oldest male polar bear in an accredited North American zoo, CBS Chicago reports.  Zoo officials say Aussie was euthanized Friday after staff determined that “it was the right time” as his […]

WASHINGTON — Before dawn at the White House Friday, with President Trump inside the residence, a silent night suddenly roared toward daybreak. A Secret Service dog, alarmed by a would-be intruder, rushed the target, part of the first-ever live security drill on White House grounds. The goal is to find […]

Last Updated Dec 22, 2017 5:51 PM EST Federal officials say they’ve arrested a man who they say was planning a terror attack on Christmas Day in San Francisco in support of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), CBS News justice correspondent Paula Reid reports. Everitt Aaron Jameson, […]

Former astronaut Bruce McCandless II, a retired Navy captain and son of a Medal of Honor recipient who joined NASA during the buildup to the Apollo program, served as capsule communicator when Neil Armstrong took his historic first step on the moon and later flew in space twice during the […]

Last Updated Dec 22, 2017 5:39 PM EST Former astronaut Bruce McCandless II, a retired Navy captain and son of a Medal of Honor recipient who joined NASA during the buildup to the Apollo program, served as capsule communicator when Neil Armstrong took his historic first step on the moon […]

Last Updated Dec 22, 2017 8:13 PM EST Federal officials say they’ve arrested a man who they say was planning a terror attack on Christmas Day in San Francisco in support of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), CBS News justice correspondent Paula Reid reports. Everitt Aaron Jameson, […]

Last Updated Dec 22, 2017 8:13 PM EST Federal officials say they’ve arrested a man who they say was planning a terror attack on Christmas Day in San Francisco in support of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), CBS News justice correspondent Paula Reid reports. Everitt Aaron Jameson, […]