The commission tasked with renaming military assets bearing the names of Confederate leaders released new recommendations for nine military installations, with some names honoring women and African Americans. Until now, these posts have exclusively been named for White men. The congressionally mandated Naming Commission issued its initial recommendations for the …

For Zack and Brie Smithey, the smell of old tires will be forever associated with home. “It reminds me of the beginning stages of the construction here,” he said, in the couple’s dream home in St. Charles, Missouri. (Note: The house does not smell like tires.) In 2016, the couple …

Washington — Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said Sunday that the suspected gunman who opened fire at a supermarket in the city, killing 10 and wounding three, “came here to take as many Black lives as possible.” “We are certainly saddened that someone drove from hundreds of miles away, someone not …

Milk banks across the country are collecting donated breast milk from lactating women and distributing it to babies struggling amid a national shortage of baby formula that experts are calling a “crisis.” If you’ve never heard of a mothers’ milk bank, you’re not alone.  “It’s my impression that it’s very …

A New York court halted the use of a DNA crimefighting tool that has helped crack cold cases and put murderers behind bars, but has also raised privacy and racial discrimination concerns, because state lawmakers never approved the practice. Known as familial DNA searching, the technique allows law enforcement agencies …

Starbucks is objecting to a meeting this week between President Joe Biden and Starbucks union organizers, saying that because it wasn’t invited to the event the meeting had a “lack of representation.” In a May 5 letter provided to CBS News by Starbucks, the coffee chain said it is requesting …

The possible suspect in the fatal shooting of the owner and two employees of a Biloxi, Mississippi, motel and subsequent death of a person shot during a carjacking was found dead after a standoff with police Wednesday, authorities said. Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer identified the possible suspect as 32-year-old …

Arkansas is suing Family Dollar over the discovery of more than 1,000 dead rodents in a distribution facility in the state that prompted the discount retail chain to recall items purchased from hundreds of stores in the South. The lawsuit, filed Thursday by Attorney General Leslie Rutledge in state court, …

Seven Navy sailors assigned to the USS George Washington have died by suicide during the time the aircraft carrier has been undergoing a yearslong overhaul in Newport News, Virginia, the Navy said Thursday.  The Navy acknowledged Thursday that in addition to the four suicides in the past year that CBS …

A new musical about the Titanic, featuring Celine Dion songs – and a character based on the pop icon – is coming to New York. “Titanique,” produced by Tony Award-winning producer Eva Price, is set to star Broadway actress Marla Mindelle as Celine Dion, who narrates the stage send-up of …