A man who killed his mother and buried her body in her backyard was executed Wednesday in Texas despite his lawyers’ appeals that he should not be put to death because he had a history of mental illness. Tracy Beatty, 61, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in …

Elon Musk is set to cut about 3,700 jobs at Twitter, representing about half of the company’s staff, according to Bloomberg News, Reuters and other media reports. Employees started to receive notice Friday of whether they would lose their jobs, with some people tweeting about their status using the hashtag #OneTeam. …

Around the corner from the Milwaukee Public Market, Eden Haynes recalled seeing a DoorDash worker’s car stolen — while her children were in the car. The carjacker shot an off-duty detective in the abdomen before fleeing the scene, according to CBS58. “It’s been a crazy year,” Haynes, a Democratic voter, …

Jerry Lee Lewis, the early rock n’ roll star who skyrocketed to fame with a string of hits in the 1950s, had died, his publicist confirmed to CBS News. He was 87. The last survivor of a generation of groundbreaking performers that included Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Little Richard, …

The deaths of eight family members — including six children — found in a burning Oklahoma home are being investigated as a murder-suicide, authorities said Friday. Police are trying to determine whether both adults were involved in the killings. The children, who ranged in age from 1 to 13, were …

The already massive Powerball jackpot keeps on growing and now has hit an estimated $800 million — its second-biggest ever and fifth largest in U.S. lottery history. No winning tickets were sold for Wednesday night’s Powerball jackpot of about $700 million, the game’s biggest this year. So for Saturday night’s …

Washington — With time running out before the election, President Biden highlighted his administration’s push to crack down on so-called junk fees that banks and other companies charge their customers. The announcement comes after months of high inflation has eaten away at Americans’ savings and made the economy the top …

Defense attorneys for billionaire Thomas Barrack said Friday they plan to call him as a witness in his own defense as Barrack’s trial for allegedly acting as an unregistered foreign agent nears its conclusion. Judge Brian Cogan indicated Friday afternoon that the decision to call Barrack was a surprise “at …

A lawsuit alleging that Barilla misleads customers into believing its pasta is made in Italy can move forward starting next month, a federal judge ruled this week.  Two California residents, Jessica Prost of Los Angeles and Matthew Sinatro of San Francisco, claim that Barilla is falsely labeling some of its …

A Michigan man who acknowledged killing another man and hanging the mutilated body from a ceiling will face life in prison without parole after a judge said Wednesday that it was premeditated murder. Mark Latunski pleaded guilty in September. But it was up to a judge to determine whether the …