SAINT PAUL, Minn. —Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota confirmed Friday he is laying off a large number of his campaign staff amid his 2024 presidential run. Phillips took to social media Friday evening to post a video announcing his reason for the layoffs, but did not indicate he is dropping out of the race. “I found it almost impossible …

CHICAGO (CBS) — The cause of death has been determined for a 5-year-old boy who was living in a migrant shelter in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood back in December. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office reported Friday that Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero died of sepsis due to an infection with streptococcus pyogenes – the bacterium that causes strep throat. An infection …

One firefighter was killed and 11 other firefighters and two civilians were injured in a massive home explosion in Northern Virginia‘s Loudoun County on Friday night, officials said. In a news briefing Saturday morning, Keith Johnson, the chief of Loudon County’s Combined Fire and Rescue System, said 911 operators received a call about a gas odor in the area of …