Echo Park, California — Los Angeles Police Department investigators officers are searching for the driver of a Tesla seen on video jumping an intersection in this neighborhood, CBS Los Angeles reports. The video, which has gone viral, was recorded at around 12:10 a.m. Sunday and shows the vehicle speeding uphill …

South Carolina officials say they won’t file charges against a boater who fatally shot a man that he helped rescue from the water. A statement from the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office says 10th Judicial Circuit Solicitor David Wagner ruled  that the Tuesday shooting of 29-year-old Nathan Drew Morgan by an …

Hate crimes against Jewish people in New York City surged last month, more than quadrupling in February compared to same month last year, according to New York Police Department statistics. Police logged 56 suspected antisemitic hate crimes citywide in February, up from 11 in February 2021. In January there were …

Stocks rallied and oil prices fell sharply Wednesday as the big swings shaking global markets go in both directions amid uncertainty about the war in Ukraine. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 654 points, or 2%, to close at 33,286. The S&P 500 rose 3.6%, ending a four-day losing streak, …

Half a century ago, the life expectancy of Black Americans was significantly lower than the life expectancy of White Americans — 10 years lower, back in the 1960s and 1970s, for instance. But that life expectancy gap has been whittled down in recent decades to just three years, thanks in …

President Biden has now interviewed the three Supreme Court candidates at the top of his list to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer — Ketanji Brown Jackson, Michelle Childs and Leondra Kruger — according to three sources. The sources did not say when or where the interviews took place. Jackson is …

The cost of streaming television shows and movies, once seen as a much cheaper alternative to owning a cable box, is rising.  Streaming services including Amazon Prime, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu and Netflix are upping their monthly subscription fees now that they’ve gained a foothold in the market and can …

“CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King sat down with the parents of Bakari Henderson for their first interview before they return to Greece for a retrial in their son’s murder case.  Bakari Henderson was 22 years old and on a business trip in Zakynthos, Greece in 2017 when he was chased down by an angry …

Job growth around the U.S. was robust in January with employers adding 467,000 new hires, surprising economists who had forecast that the COVID-19 wave caused by the Omicron variant would dampen payrolls. The leisure and hospitality sector led the increase, adding 151,000 jobs in January, the U.S. Department of Labor …

Washington — The National Archives and Records Administration will release records from Vice President Mike Pence  to the House panel investigating the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, despite efforts by former President Donald Trump to shield their release. David Ferriero, archivist of the United States, told Trump in …