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A Tennessee woman claimed she struck and injured two pedestrians in Doral over the weekend because she was in “fear for her life.” According to police, Danlesha Nicole Hall, 30, of Nashville, was driving a rental car, a white Ford Fusion, when she fled the scene after hitting another car at...

A week after leaving the Democratic primary for Florida governor, state Sen. Annette Taddeo has endorsed U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist for the job of challenging Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in the fall. Taddeo urged other Florida Democrats to rally around Crist. Crist is a Democratic congressman...

Albanian officials on Monday declared the Vjosa River and its tributaries a future national park, a move aimed at preserving what they called one of the last wild rivers in Europe. The Albanian Ministry of Tourism and Environment signed an agreement with the California-based Patagonia...

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Native Americans prosecuted in certain tribal courts can also be prosecuted based on the same incident in federal court, which can result in longer sentences. The 6-3 ruling is in keeping with an earlier ruling from the 1970s that said the same about a more...

British health officials have detected another 104 cases of monkeypox in England in what has become the biggest outbreak beyond Africa of the normally rare disease. The U.K.’s Health Security Agency said Monday there were now 470 cases of monkeypox across the country, with the vast majority in...

The death of a Black teenager at a Kansas juvenile detention center was foreshadowed five years earlier by a state inspection of the facility that noted systemic deficiencies in its handling of children with mental health issues, according to a federal civil rights lawsuit filed Monday. Cedric...

Longtime CBS News correspondent Richard Schlesinger, a fixture on the newsmagazine “48 Hours,” is retiring after nearly four decades at the network. The New York-based Schlesinger, who had also reported for the “CBS Evening News,” “CBS Sunday Morning” and occasionally anchored, joined the...

National retailers have acknowledged a shortage of period products. The shortages for tampons across the country appear to stem from supply issues with cotton and plastic. The war in Ukraine may be affecting supply because Russia and Ukraine are both major exporters of fertilizer used to grow...

Wall Street looks like it will open the week with more losses, with the S&P; 500 falling to a level that market observers consider to be a so-called bear market. Rising interest rates, high inflation, the war in Ukraine and a slowdown in China’s economy have led investors to reconsider what...

The European Space Agency has released a trove of data on almost 2 billion stars in the Milky Way, collected by its Gaia mission in an effort to create the most accurate and complete map of our galaxy. Astronomers hope to use the data to understand better how stars are born and die, and how the...

A seventh member of the Haitian delegation for the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games has gone missing while visiting central Florida for the athletic competitions. The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office says Louis Jacques Wilguens was last seen getting off a bus at a Walt Disney World resort a day...

The leader of the U.S.-backed opposition in Venezuela has been physically attacked during a visit to a rural community. That’s according to members of his parallel government, who on Saturday accused a group of ruling party associates of carrying out the attack. A photo accompanying the...

The German government is setting in motion plans to legalize the sale of cannabis for recreational purposes, aiming to have legislation ready later this year. The Health Ministry said Monday that it will start holding expert hearings on various aspects of the issue Tuesday. It said that more...

Popeyes is celebrating 50 years in business with a trip back to 1972. A week long deal beginning Sunday will offer up two pieces of bone in fried chicken for 59 cents. There will be a $5 order minimum to get that deal. The national chicken chain will announce more celebration deals throughout...

The British government’s plan to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda undermines the “basic dignity” of people who are escaping war and oppression, a lawyer argued Monday during an appeals court hearing aimed at blocking implementation of the policy. The Court of Appeal in London is hearing an...

As public pressure mounts for more information on the deadly Uvalde school shooting, some are concerned that Texas officials will use a legal loophole to block records from being released — even to the victims' families — once the case is closed. Since the May 24 shooting at a Texas elementary...

Britain’s government is expected to introduce legislation Monday that would unilaterally change post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland amid opposition from lawmakers who believe the move violates international law. The legislation would let the government bypass the so-called Northern...

A weeklong strike by thousands of truckers in South Korea has triggered major disruptions in cargo transport and production that have caused 1.6 trillion won ($1.2 billion) in damages, officials said Monday. An extended strike may eventually worsen the global supply chains already battered by...

Budvar, the Czech brewer that has been in a long legal dispute with U.S. company Anheuser-Busch over use of the Budweiser brand, increased its beer exports last year despite the pandemic. Budejovicky Budvar NP, a 126-year-old state-owned brewery, said Monday its exports were up a record 11% in...

Surely many in the audience were thinking it, but “Company” director Marianne Elliott said it most directly at Sunday's Tony awards: In the devastating two years since the pandemic hit, it “felt at times that live theater was endangered.” As in, the industry might never recover. The exuberant...