Attorneys general in 17 states and the District of Columbia are demanding federal regulators create a side-impact crash-test standard and better labeling standards for children’s car seats. In a letter sent Tuesday to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Steven Cliff, the acting administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, …

Having sat at home for much of 2020 because of the pandemic, Americans are heading out in droves to national parks like Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, and Yosemite National Park in California. Overcrowding in recent weeks has prompted park officials to launch online reservation systems at places like Maine’s …

An unopened copy of Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. that was bought in 1986 and then forgotten about in a desk drawer has sold at auction for $660,000. Heritage Auctions in Dallas said the video game sold Friday. The auction house said the video game was bought as a Christmas gift …

Houston Texans wide receiver Will Fuller V announced he has been suspended for six games after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug banned by the NFL’s drug policy, he announced on Instagram. Fuller is expected to become a free agent at the end of this season. “Earlier this year, I …

Many beloved events and activities have been canceled this year, but one has weathered the pandemic: Fat Bear Week. The annual competition, which kicks off on Wednesday, asks voters to decide which brown bear at Brooks River in Alaska’s Katmai National Park has been most successful in packing on the …

The family of a Florida man who disappeared in 1997 and who appeared on the hit TV series “Tiger King” has hired a lawyer and is offering $100,000 in exchange for information to help solve the case. Attorney John Phillips held a news conference in Tampa Monday and announced an …

Graphic artist Milton Glaser, whose innovative and iconic designs graced advertising materials for institutions and companies, the covers of books and record albums, posters, grocery store aisles, TV commercials and T-shirts for a half-century, died on Friday, June 26. He was 91. Glaser achieved a certain immortality with his 1977 …

Hank Steinbrenner, the co-owner of the New York Yankees, died at his home in Clearwater, Florida, from a longstanding health issue, the team announced Tuesday. He was 63. Steinbrenner and his brother Hal inherited the baseball team from their father George, who passed away in 2011.  “Hank was a genuine …

No one can control the weather, but there IS someone at CBS who can make the sun come out. Meet our associate director Jessica Frank, our “keeper of the suns.”  For 20 years, she’s been handpicking every shining example of sun artwork to appear on our program – that’s about …

When social media speaks, Popeyes is listening. Shortly after Beyoncé’s latest fashion collection came out earlier this year, some fashionistas on Twitter noted that the singer’s new maroon and orange outfits resembled the uniforms worn by the fast-food company’s workers.  Beyoncé had partnered with Adidas in relaunching the performer’s athletic-wear …