An environmental activist who was fatally shot by Georgia law enforcement in January was sitting cross-legged with their hands in the air at the time, the protester’s family said Monday as they released results of an autopsy they commissioned. The family of Manuel Paez Terán held a news conference in …

The House Freedom Caucus launched its opening salvo in the upcoming fight over raising the nation’s debt ceiling Friday, as members of the conservative group said they would agree to raise the debt limit for the first time in their careers if several of President Biden’s legislative accomplishments are rolled …

Katja Rivera, 64, is a massage therapist and theater director in Berkeley, California, who said she’s never earned more than about $30,000 a year. When her two daughters were small, she sometimes earned much less. But Rivera was married for 10 years to a man who has consistently earned much …

A jury in South Carolina reached a verdict of guilty on all counts after less than three hours of deliberations in the case of disgraced former attorney Alex Murdaugh, who was accused of killing his wife and son in 2021.  Murdaugh, 54, was convicted Thursday on four counts: the murder of …

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is fighting for reelection Tuesday after a history-making but tumultuous four years in office and a bruising campaign threaten to make her the city’s first one-term mayor in decades. Lightfoot in 2019 became the first Black woman and first openly gay mayor of the third-largest U.S. …

A “hunger cliff” is looming for millions of Americans, with 32 states set to slash food-stamp benefits beginning on Wednesday. The cuts will impact more than 30 million people who are enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, in those states, according to data from the U.S. Department …

Former President Donald Trump characterized the federal response to the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, as a “betrayal” during a visit to the village where residents and local leaders are increasingly frustrated more than two weeks after the disaster. Trump, wearing his trademark red “Make America Great Again” …

“CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King was presented with the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication on Tuesday. The award, which is named for the late CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite, honors leading figures in journalism.  “(King’s) approach …

Two days after Tesla fired dozens of workers at its plant in Buffalo, New York, the electric car maker denied the firings were related to a union campaign launched at the facility earlier this week.  In a blog post, Tesla said the decision to fire the employees was made February …

A jury found Viktoria Nasyrova guilty of poisoning her look-alike friend with cheesecake in order to steal her identity. On Wednesday, Nasyrova, 47, was convicted of attempted murder, attempted assault, unlawful imprisonment and petit larceny. She is scheduled to be sentenced on March 21 and faces up to 25 years …