Michael Perez never planned on becoming a cybercriminal.   In the 1980’s, as personal computers were just starting to appear in homes across the country, Perez was a young boy who found tinkering with technology much more entertaining than toys. By the time he was 12 years old, he was …

A clown came to Marlene Warren’s door on a May morning in 1990, handed her carnations and balloons, and then shot her dead in front of her son. On Tuesday, her husband’s alleged mistress and future wife finally pleaded guilty to being the killer — even though she still insists …

Washington — Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, who helms the Senate Judiciary Committee, requested Chief Justice John Roberts appear before the panel on May 2 to answer questions about ethics rules governing the Supreme Court and potential reforms following a series of revelations about Justice Clarence Thomas’ close ties to a …

Southwest Airlines has resumed flights after grounding all planes in the U.S. following a technology glitch. In a statement at 11 a.m. Eastern time, the budget carrier said it had “resumed operations” after requesting a ground stop Tuesday morning “to work through data connection issues resulting from a firewall failure.” …

Latonya Allen was chaperoning her daughter’s Sweet 16 party at a small dance studio in Dadeville, Alabama, when rumors started spreading that someone had a gun. Allen temporarily stopped the party, turned the lights on and told people if they were over 18 and had a gun they had to …

Washington — The Lincoln Memorial, a towering monument to a towering figure in U.S. history, lures eight million visitors a year, and since it opened in 1922 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., has been one of America’s most iconic landmarks. Beginning this summer, the National Park Service will begin …

Fans of Sriracha are grappling with a new shortage of the popular chile-based sauce as its manufacturer experiences an “unprecedented” inventory crunch stemming from last year’s drought. Huy Fong Foods, the hot sauce maker, told CBS MoneyWatch it has a “limited supply” of the sauce despite resuming “some production” last …

Justin Jones was one of two Tennessee lawmakers who were expelled from the state’s House of Representatives by a Republican majority following a protest over gun violence that made its way onto the House floor earlier this month. Jones was reinstated this week after garnering national attention after his passionate …

A 5-year-old girl was killed in a weekend shooting on a highway in the San Francisco Bay Area, authorities said Sunday. The shooting happened at about 7 p.m. Saturday on Interstate 880 near Milpitas, according to the California Highway Patrol. Responding officers found a vehicle on southbound I-880 in Fremont,  …

Madison, Wis. — Republican state Rep. Dan Knodl defeated a Democratic attorney to win an open Senate seat in Tuesday’s special election, creating a GOP supermajority in the chamber that could be used to impeach Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and other office holders. Knodl defeated Jodi Habush Sinykin in the …