Workers are getting paid to teach AI how to do their jobs

She gave up on a dream of growing her family after a terminal diagnosis. Then her husband "flipped a light switch."

After they struggled for years to make ends meet, a daughter opened her home to her mother

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Trump Mobile says its phone will ship this week, almost a year after announcing the device

"A world flickering with industrial booms and busts, construction, and blackouts, as well as more gradual shifts": New maps from NASA using nearly a decade's worth of data show how the use of artificial light has shifted over the years.

The top federal prosecutor in the nation's capital announced on Friday her office is planning to target parents if their teenagers violate the local curfew, in a move aimed at curbing the growing problem of "teen takeovers."

As the U.S. military races to adapt low-cost, expendable drones for battlefield use, an Army explosive safety specialist warned that the Defense Department's rush to innovate may be outpacing basic explosive safeguards, raising the risk of accidents.

The crew of a U.S. Coast Guard ship simultaneously intercepted three boats carrying illicit drugs in the Caribbean Sea, seizing over three tons of cocaine and stopping what the agency called a "triple threat," officials said Thursday.

As the globe transitions into an El Niño climate pattern, temperatures in the waters in the Pacific Ocean are on the rise. It comes just as the Eastern Pacific hurricane season officially begins on Friday, May 15.

Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee announced Friday that he's dropping his bid for reelection in the state's ninth congressional district, a seat he's held since 2007.

The FDA's recent decision to withhold approval of a new skin cancer treatment fell like a hammer on doctors who treat melanoma and patients who saw that the drug had prolonged the lives of a third of the participants in a clinical trial.

After steering the Federal Reserve through a series of major economic shocks, from the pandemic to the highest inflation in 40 years, Jerome Powell will leave a legacy defined by managing crisis and an unwavering defense of the central bank's historical independence.

A pair of Senate Democrats is demanding answers on airplane evacuation testing that's nearly two years overdue and the FAA's decision to allow airlines to be able to reduce the number of flight attendants on some long-haul widebody flights.

American passenger from hantavirus-hit cruise ship speaks about life in quarantine

5 Italian tourists killed in Maldives cave diving accident as authorities search water for bodies

Oklahoma becomes latest state to sue Roblox over child safety concerns

Ebola outbreak in Congo kills dozens, may be hitting hundreds more, Africa's CDC says

ICE releases wife of U.S. Army soldier and Afghanistan veteran, after a monthlong detention

Blue-green diamond called the "world's rarest" sells for record $17.3 million at auction

National Recording Registry adds Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Ray Charles and more. See the 2026 list.

New Yorker describes hantavirus quarantine experience after cruise ship outbreak: "Trying to stay positive"

Trump demands Medicaid data for deportation. Some states go a step further.

Researchers say they have identified four sailors who were among 129 who died during a fatal polar expedition in 1845, resolving a decades-long debate about the identity of one of the men on the mission.

The head of U.S. forces in the Middle East told senators that the bombing campaign against Iran, named Operation Epic Fury, achieved all of its objectives to "significantly degrade" the country's military capabilities, even as Tehran continues to claim control of the Strait of Hormuz.

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers will launch a new U.S.-Mexico caucus on Thursday, aimed at strengthening ties between the two countries on trade, security and culture at a moment of mounting tension in the bilateral relationship.

The owner of a healthcare software company was convicted of massive Medicare fraud on Thursday, the Department of Justice said, ending what Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche called "one of the most egregious fraud schemes in Florida history."

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks is stepping down from his position, three Department of Homeland Security sources told CBS News on Thursday.

At least seven people were killed in Kyiv, many in a strike that leveled an apartment building overnight, while 20 more remain missing, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The Senate unanimously agreed to adopt a resolution that will withhold senators' pay during a lapse in funding for any federal agency.

Efforts to unseat British Prime Minister Keir Starmer broke out into open rebellion Thursday, with one potential rival resigning from the Cabinet and another clearing the way for her to enter any future leadership contest.

A jury in Chicago awarded $49.5 million in damages Wednesday to the family of a 24-year-old American who perished in a 2019 Boeing 737 MAX crash.

Psyche will travel quite close to Mars, coming within just 2,800 miles of the red planet's surface at its nearest point, according to NASA.

Hero pilot recounts crash landing, rescue in Atlantic Ocean: "My first thought was, 'We didn't die'"

Tourist accused of hurling rock at endangered Hawaii monk seal's head is arrested by federal agents

China's Xi warns Trump about "conflicts" if Taiwan isn't "handled properly"

Overdose deaths fall for 3rd straight year amid a changing drug supply and funding cuts

Researchers say the U.S. is experiencing a "reading recession" that predates the pandemic. But some places are bucking the trend, chalking up higher test scores.

A woman from Pennsylvania found a 3.09-carat white diamond at a state park in Arkansas — and it brought her "an unexpected moment of light," Arkansas State Parks said.

A 27-year-old man was killed in a black bear attack over the weekend in northern Saskatchewan, according to local authorities and his employer.

The Department of Justice is investigating suspicious trading timed to swings in the oil market, according to two sources familiar with the investigation.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a secret visit to the United Arab Emirates recently, where he met with Mohammed bin Zayed, the country's president, sources told CBS News.

President Trump arrived in China alongside a delegation of billionaire U.S. executives, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, underscoring the high stakes for American companies as Washington and Beijing negotiate over trade, artificial intelligence and the Iran war.

A Japanese company making ferocious-looking robot wolves is being swamped by orders after record numbers of fatal bear attacks on humans last year.

BREAKING: The South Carolina Supreme Court overturns Alex Murdaugh's double murder conviction and orders a new trial.

Illinois health officials investigating possible hantavirus case in Winnebago County not linked to cruise ship

Trump promised to hold 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo. A year later, it's mostly empty.

Sons of Kouri Richins, author convicted of murdering husband, say they'd feel unsafe if she wasn't in prison

Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player, dies at 47 from brain cancer

Trump says "I don't think about Americans' financial situation" in Iran talks, calls nuclear threat "only thing that matters"