California Gov. Gavin Newsom partly blamed Fox News for fueling the vitriol against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband, Paul, who was attacked by an intruder with a hammer at the couple’s San Francisco home last week.  “I’ve seen the dehumanization of Nancy Pelosi,” Newsom told CBS News’ chief …

A suspect is in custody in connection with the murders of 13-year-old Abigail Williams and 14-year-old Liberty German, who disappeared while walking on a popular trail in Delphi, Indiana, in 2017, multiple sources told CBS Indianapolis affiliate WTTV. A man was taken into custody Friday, the station reported.  The suspect’s name …

Facebook parent Meta Platforms is making a huge investment in virtual reality, but its actual reality is looking like a real disaster.  Meta shares tumbled 24% on Thursday to its lowest level in nearly four years following an earnings report that one Wall Street analyst described as a “train wreck.” …

First lady Jill Biden says she knows Hunter Biden “is innocent.” The first lady made that assertion in an interview with NBC News posted Friday. The U.S. attorney’s office in Delaware has been investigating the younger Biden since at least 2019. And a federal subpoena from that year, obtained by CBS …

Texas is suing Google, claiming the internet company illegally collects facial and voice-recognition data on millions of residents of the state without their consent. Google, which is owned by Alphabet, is violating a state consumer protection law that requires people both be informed and grant their consent before their biometric …

A collared wolf in the Lookout Mountain pack was shot and killed earlier this month in northeast Oregon and police are seeking the public’s help to find the person or people responsible. On Oct. 3, state Fish and Wildlife troopers received information from the agency that a collared female wolf …

Washington — Properties owned by the Trump Organization charged the U.S. Secret Service rates that far exceeded the government rates during former President Donald Trump’s presidency, Secret Service documents obtained by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee show.  In a letter to Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, …

U.S. stocks soared Thursday, with gains of 2% and above across all major indexes, after falling sharply in opening trading on an unexpectedly hot inflation report that strengthened the Federal Reserve’s position on the need for more aggressive interest rate hikes. The S&P 500 rose 84 points, or 2.4%, to close …

After Adnan Syed served more than 23 years in prison for a crime he claims he did not commit, learning of his exoneration “was a wonderful moment,” his lawyer said Wednesday. Attorney Erica Suter recalled her client needing to sit down to process the information.  “He was just incredibly grateful, …

NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre hosted Mississippi officials at his home in January 2019, where an executive for a pharmaceutical company Favre invested in solicited nearly $2 million in state welfare funds, according to pitch materials obtained by CBS News. A document distributed at the January 2, 2019 meeting …