Americans largely shrugged off higher prices last month and stepped up their spending at retail stores and online, providing a boost to the economy. Retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 1.7% in October from September, the U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday. That’s up from 0.8% in the previous month. “Today’s stronger-than-expected …

The following is a transcript of an interview with Governor Jared Polis of Colorado that aired Sunday, November 14, 2021, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: Welcome back to FACE THE NATION. Colorado is one of several states dealing with a new spike in COVID cases. Their governor, Democrat Jared …

New Jersey Republican Jack Ciattarelli’s campaign says they are waiting for more votes to be counted in the governor’s race before deciding whether to concede or move forward with a recount. CBS News projected last Wednesday that Democratic Governor Phil Murphy would be reelected. Murphy currently leads Ciattarelli by 65,404 …

The Justice Department is suing to block a $2.2 billion book publishing deal that would have reshaped the industry, saying consolidation would hurt authors and, ultimately, readers. German media giant Bertelsmann’s Penguin Random House, already the largest American publisher, wants to buy New York-based Simon & Schuster, whose authors include …

A grand jury in Westchester, New York, on Monday indicted Robert Durst on second-degree murder charges in the disappearance of his first wife, Kathleen, decades after she was last seen and after he was convicted in September of the 2000 murder of friend Susan Berman.  Durst faces a charge of …

Democrats are considering a new tax on billionaires that would help fund their proposed $3.2 trillion social spending package. Although some critics of the plan say it opens the door to tax hikes on a broader swath of Americans, the proposal would only impact taxpayers with more than $1 billion …

Gas prices are going up, but that doesn’t seem to be deterring drivers. Though gas now costs $1.22 per gallon more than it did a year ago, according to industry experts, the American public is still filling its tank. “With the U.S. economy slowly recovering from the depths of the pandemic, …

Washington – A federal judge in West Virginia ordered the wife of a Navy submarine engineer accused of trying to sell confidential data to a foreign nation detained until her trial, rejecting her lawyers’ arguments for her release.  Diana Toebbe, who on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to one count of …

Moline, Illinois — More than 10,000 Deere & Co. workers went on strike Thursday at midnight after “the company failed to present an agreement that met our members’ demands and needs,” The United Auto Workers union said in statement. The union had said its members would walk off the job …

A 20-year-old student at the University of Delaware has been arrested and charged for the alleged kidnapping, assault and strangling of an unnamed female student at an apartment last week. Brandon Freyre was charged with kidnapping second degree, assault second degree, strangulation, terroristic threatening, assault third degree, and criminal mischief. …