Florida State Senator Lauren Book often has told the story about how she was sexually abused by her nanny for six years when she was a child. She channeled the pain into a lifetime of helping other abuse survivors. Now after years of working hard to heal herself and restore …

The man suspected of fatally stabbing a 24-year-old UCLA graduate student while she worked alone at a furniture store last week has been arrested. Shawn Laval Smith, 31, was taken into custody just before 12 p.m. local time Wednesday, the Los Angeles Police Department tweeted. Authorities found Smith in the …

President Biden met Thursday afternoon with Senate Democrats, saying “as long as I’m in the White House … I’m going to be fighting for these bills,” hours after Senator Kyrsten Sinema, one of two Senate Democrats known to oppose changes to Senate rules, said Thursday on the Senate floor that …

Jamie Lynn Spears broke her silence Wednesday on her family’s conservatorship over her sister and pop star Britney Spears. In an interview with Good Morning America, Jamie Lynn said she “took no steps” to be a part of Britney’s controversial conservatorship.  On November 12, a California judge terminated Britney’s conservatorship, …

Inflation soared 7% in 2021, the biggest increase in nearly 40 years, the Labor Department said on Wednesday. The Consumer Price Index, which tracks the price of a broad range of goods and services, increased 7% from the year before in December, although its rate of month-to-month increases slowed from …

The “CBS Mornings” series “What’s New In ’22” takes a closer look at the stories and trends that will define the year ahead. The travel industry has faced new restrictions, canceled trips, destination closures and job losses over the past year. What can we expect in 2022? CBS News senior …

The parents of actor Alicia Witt were found dead inside their Massachusetts home by police after she hadn’t heard from them in several days and asked a relative to check on them. The deaths of Robert Witt, 87, and Diane Witt, 75, who were found Monday night, are not considered …

New York — Ghislaine Maxwell’s defense rested its case Friday after two days of presenting evidence on the British socialite’s behalf. Not among that evidence: testimony from the longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate herself. Around a half-hour after Maxwell told the court Friday she would not testify in her own defense …

Washington — February 2, 2019, is the day Kevin Byrd says he narrowly avoided being shot and killed. Byrd, now 41, was in his car in a parking lot in Conroe, Texas, trying to learn more information about a car crash involving an ex-girlfriend. A man whose son was involved …

An independent third party will investigate the events leading up to the deadly shooting at a Michigan high school last month. Ethan Crumbley, 15, is accused of killing four people and wounding seven others in a mass shooting at Oxford High School on November 30.  Oxford Community Schools superintendent Tim …