Two teachers recounted near-miss confrontations with a teen gunman who broke into a St. Louis high school Monday morning, fatally shooting a teacher and a teenage girl, and wounding seven others before police killed him in an exchange of gunfire.   Police Chief Michael Sack identified the shooter as 19-year-old …

The Justice Department has filed its response to an appeals court’s decision to pause the Biden administration’s student debt relief program, arguing that the program is lawful and that the states lack standing to intervene and the pause puts public interest in jeopardy. But if the court must put the …

Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, will now be receiving legal counsel on a “variety of business matters” from a team of lawyers including Camille Vasquez, one of the attorneys who represented Johnny Depp in his defamation trial, a spokesperson for the law firm Brown Rudnick told CBS News. No other …

Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León told CBS Los Angeles on Wednesday that he has no plans to resign after a leaked audio recording captured him, Councilmember Gil Cedillo, Council President Nury Martinez, and L.A. County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera making racist comments in October 2021. De …

Searing inflation is driving Americans to make more purchases on their credit cards, leading leading them to amass more debt that is becoming costlier as the Federal Reserve hikes interest rates.  Early in the pandemic, many families had more cash on hand as they cut their spending on things like …

The trial of a Florida woman accused of dressing up as clown in 1990 and fatally shooting the wife of a man she later married has been postponed following the disclosure of a law enforcement file containing information about other clown-sighting leads at the time. Prosecutors informed defense attorneys for …

Los Angeles City Council president Nury Martinez announced her resignation as president Monday after she was heard making racist comments about a councilmember’s Black son in a leaked audio recording of a conversation with other leaders. “As a mother, I know better and I am sorry,” Martinez said in a …

About 23 million California residents are likely to receive an “inflation relief” check within days, part of Governor Gavin Newsom’s plan to offer financial assistance to many working families walloped by high gasoline prices.  The checks are part of a $17 billion relief package that also suspended the state’s sales …

One person was wounded when a suspect opened fire at a Hampton Inn in Dearborn, Michigan, police said Thursday. The suspect was taken into custody later that night after barricading themselves in a hotel room for hours, according to police.  Police said they first responded to a report of shots …

The Federal Reserve is moving full speed ahead to curb inflation by hiking interest rates — even as officials concede that will put many Americans out of work. In defending its policies, meanwhile, the Fed has said there’s no “painless way” to lower food, rent and other prices. Yet while …