Senate Approves $60.4 Billion Sandy Aid Bill
Posted: 8:05 PM The Senate has approved a $60.4 billion emergency spending package for Hurricane Sandy recovery that was backed by Democrats.
Posted: 8:05 PM The Senate has approved a $60.4 billion emergency spending package for Hurricane Sandy recovery that was backed by Democrats.
Posted: 4:56 PM Four national retailers agreed to recall more than 150,000 Nap Nanny baby recliners after at least five infant deaths and dozens of reports of children nearly falling out of the recliners, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday.
Updated: 10:27 AM UPDATE: President Barack Obama has told congressional leaders that the time to act on averting the fiscal cliff is now.
Updated: 11:50 AM The prospects for a deal remain far from certain and barring an agreement, a combination of tax increases and spending cuts will take effect in January that experts warn will harm the economy.
Updated: 10:21 AM Amid partisan bluster, top members of Congress and President Barack Obama were holding out slim hopes for a limited fiscal deal before the new year.
Updated: 1:02 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - Four national retailers have agreed to recall more than 150,000 Nap Nanny baby recliners after at least five infant deaths and dozens of reports of children nearly falling out of the recliners.
Posted: 7:45 PM The Senate's top Republican says President Barack Obama has asked congressional leaders to convene at the White House for last-minute talks on a deal that avoids automatic tax increases and broad spending cuts.
Posted: 6:23 PM A man suspected in a shooting spree that targeted motorists along the Interstate 96 corridor in four southeast Michigan counties is facing fresh charges, including terrorism.
Posted: 5:52 PM Finding a lost wedding ring along a snowy highway is hard enough. But a Good Samaritan in Northern California also has to track down the man it belongs to.
Updated: 9:56 PM Newtown is trying to keep Sandy Hook Elementary school students occupied with fun activities while they remain out of school following the massacre at their school.
Posted: 4:53 PM Aides to President Barack Obama are disputing reports that he is sending lawmakers a scaled-down plan to avoid the "fiscal cliff." And they're giving no indication whether he will invite congressional leaders to a White House meeting later today or tomorrow.
Posted: 3:32 PM A nonprofit group is reporting that the number of law enforcement officers who died while performing their duties declined this year compared to 2011.
Updated: 2:56 PM Military-style semiautomatic rifles have been used in at least four high-profile shootings in the past year. A look at the guns, their history and why they're so popular.
Posted: 2:44 PM A New York City woman has been arrested by federal authorities who say she tried to scam donors by posing as a relative of one of the children killed at a Connecticut elementary school.
Updated: 9:13 AM Classroom teachers could stop school shootings by carrying concealed weapons, say gun-rights advocates who plan to offer the required training Thursday for 200 Utah teachers.
Updated: 11:50 AM (CBS News) Earlier this week, the Gannett-owned The Journal News, a newspaper covering three counties in the Hudson Valley, published an interactive map revealing the names of addresses of thousands of people who are licensed to own a handgun in New York's Westchester and Rockland counties.
Updated: 11:31 AM What happens if the country is forced over the "fiscal cliff" on January 1?
Updated: 9:29 AM The death toll from a powerful winter storm that pushed through the nation's midsection into the Northeast has risen to 12.
Posted: 1:05 PM As the nation teeters on the edge of the so-called "fiscal cliff," President Obama returns to Washington Thursday to resume negotiations with Congress over a deal to keep taxes from going up on Americans.
Updated: 1:12 PM Retailers are hoping that shoppers who held back on pre-Christmas spending will start to make up for that today.
Updated: 11:48 AM U.S. holiday retail sales this year are the weakest since 2008, after a shopping season disrupted by storms and rising uncertainty among consumers.
Updated: 11:48 AM No matter what happens with the "fiscal cliff," new taxes are coming on the first of January to help finance President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
Updated: 6:07 PM Police have found human remains in the burned-out home of the Webster, N.Y., ex-con who killed two firefighters and believe the victim is the gunman's sister.
