A man accused of kidnapping a woman in New Mexico and holding her captive for nearly a year in various states until she escaped to a New Jersey gas station has been indicted on six new charges by a state grand jury, officials said on Thursday.  James W. Parrillo Jr., 57, …

An IRS whistleblower who claims the Justice Department interfered with the Hunter Biden criminal probe says that “he and his entire investigative team are being removed” from the investigation, according to a letter sent Monday by his attorneys to Congress. Whistleblower’s lawyer meets with congressional panels One of the attorneys, …

Starbucks is famous for encouraging customers to create their own personalized concoctions. But at least one of those special requests will now cost you extra.  Starting Tuesday, the coffee chain will charge customers a dollar extra to get their Refresher beverages made without water, angering some brand loyalists. Starbucks said …

Lady A, the chart-topping country music trio, has been making music together for 17 years. However, in August of last year, the group postponed their tour to allow bandmate Charles Kelley to seek treatment for alcohol abuse.  Kelley, who has won seven Grammys with Lady A, revealed exclusively to “CBS …

The verdict in a murder trial that has captured national attention in part for its fringe religious aspects will be livestreamed, the presiding judge ruled Tuesday. Closing arguments are set for Thursday. Prosecutors rested the state’s case Tuesday against Lori Vallow Daybell, the so-called doomsday mom who is charged with murder …

Workers at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory smelled “rotten eggs” before a powerful natural gas explosion that leveled one building, heavily damaged another and killed seven people, federal safety officials said Tuesday in a preliminary report. The National Transportation Safety Board’s five-paragraph account of the fatal explosion confirmed earlier reporting by The …

A hair found stuck to duct tape wrapping the body of a 7-year-old boy matched the child’s mother, a DNA analyst told jurors Monday in the woman’s triple murder trial. The hair, found on tape attached to a black plastic bag wrapping the body of Joshua “JJ” Vallow, contained a …

Two hospitals that refused to provide an emergency abortion to a pregnant woman who was experiencing premature labor put her life in jeopardy and violated federal law, a first-of-its-kind investigation by the federal government has found. The findings, revealed in documents obtained by The Associated Press, are a warning to …

Health experts have been sounding the alarm about PFAS, human-made toxic chemicals that last so long in the environment and people that they’ve been called “forever chemicals. The compounds have been linked to cancer and other illnesses, and more than 95% of all Americans who have been tested have detectable …

Washington — The House on Wednesday passed a bill that would raise the debt ceiling and slash trillions of dollars in government spending, delivering House Speaker Kevin McCarthy a victory in his efforts to pressure the White House to begin negotiations ahead of a fast-approaching deadline to avoid a default. …