(CBS DETROIT) – Authorities say the brother of U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee was killed in a shooting early Tuesday morning in Genesee County, Michigan. The victim’s son has been charged in connection with his death. In a press conference, Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson said Timothy E. Kildee, 57, was reportedly shot at his home in Vienna Township following an …

Recent climate reports have shown alarming trends as 2023 was confirmed as the hottest year on record and rising temperatures led to the loss of 1 million square kilometers of arctic ice in the last year. As the Biden administration is committing nearly $4 billion toward jumpstarting a new carbon capture industry in the U.S., CBS News was given an …

Three juveniles, aged 11, 12 and 16, were arrested Tuesday in connection with a bank robbery in Houston last week. “All three suspects known as the ‘little rascals’ are in custody,” charged locally with robbery by threat, FBI Houston said on social media. Because they are juveniles, no additional identifying details will be released, the FBI added. FBI Houston tweeted …

Washington — FBI Director Christopher Wray offered unusually expansive comments Tuesday on recent high-profile crimes and their intersection with the work of the FBI. He talked about how FBI agents are working with law enforcement to “help achieve justice” in the case of murdered University of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, who investigators say was killed by a Venezuelan migrant …

Spring started a little earlier than usual this year. Tuesday,March 19 at 11:06 p.m. EDTmarked the vernal equinox for the Northern Hemisphere, when the sun was directly over the equator and its energy was in balance between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, according to the National Weather Service. Most years, the season typically changes on March 20th or 21st. So, …

The Mega Millions jackpot soared to an estimated $977 million when no winning tickets were sold for Tuesday night’s grand prize of roughly $893 million. And the pot of gold it could climb even higher as more tickets are gobbled up for the next drawing on Friday night. The winning numbers for Tuesday’s jackpot were 24, 46, 49, 62 and …

Billionaire philanthropist and Amazon co-founder MacKenzie Scott announced Tuesday that she has donated another $640 million of her fortune to hundreds of nonprofit organizations. Scott has already given billions to charity, but she changed her approach slightly for this most recent round of donations. For the first time, she set up an open callfor nonprofits to directly apply for a …

Four accusers of a military doctor at the center of a massive sexual abuse prosecution say they were “severely and irreparably harmed” by the Army and the Defense Department whose negligence failed to protect them from abuse, according to new federal civil complaints filed Tuesday. The physician, Maj. Michael Stockin, is facing charges from Army prosecutors who allege the misconduct …

Washington — Former President Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to find that former presidents are entitled to sweeping immunity from criminal prosecution for acts taken while in office, arguing that the “long history of not prosecuting” his predecessors demonstrates that the power to do so does not exist. “From 1789 to 2023, no former, or current, president …

London —A 2023 photo of the late Queen Elizabeth II and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, credited to Catherine, the Princess of Wales, has been flagged as “digitally enhanced at source” by international photo agency, Getty. The move came after a more recent image, a British Mother’s Day photo released by Kensington Palace in March, was found to have been digitally …