Writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, not only redefined American literature in the 1800s; he helped create the very idea of what it meant to be an American.

Filmmaker Ken Burns said it's "shortsighted" to eliminate funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as public ...

At a dock on Martha's Vineyard is the Orca, the boat from "Jaws." It's a replica, of course; the original one sank, weighed down by a five-ton man-eating shark. The guy next to the Orca, however, is ...

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The National Weather Service is warning Southern Californians that the beaches could be dangerous to finish the weekend. Alys ...

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A 90-day freeze on sweeping U.S. tariffs is set to expire on July 9. If the new tariffs take effect, country-specific rates ...

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The NYPD is investigating the carjacking of an off-duty police officer after he was forcibly removed from his car.

Rockaway Beach in Queens was temporarily closed due to shark sightings. CBS News New York's Zinnia Maldonado reports.

A man is dead after a fight on a CTA platform in the Loop Saturday night. It happened just before 10:30 p.m. at the Clark and ...