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The first night I took the seam ripper to the heavy olive-drab fabric, my hands shook with a violence that felt like sacrilege. I was sitting on the edge of…

A Boston, Massachusetts, judge accused of trying to help an illegal immigrant avoid arrest by ICE apparently had no idea about the escape plan and only inadvertently assisted in its…

The sterile hum of the oxygen machine had been the soundtrack to my life for two grueling years, a constant reminder that the man I loved was slipping away. When…

For centuries, humanity has looked to the natural world to find reflections of the human spirit. We have mapped the stars to understand our destiny, studied the tides to comprehend…

The fluorescent hum of a midnight Walmart often serves as the backdrop for the mundane—weary shoppers navigating aisles of plastic and processed goods. But on this particular evening, the sterile…

It is tough to be a Democratic governor in a state considered to be “Red,” and it just got tougher for Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear. The governor has been popular…

Arya Permana, an Indonesian teenager who once weighed 421 lb (191 kg), was so big that he had to take showers outside in a specially constructed pool. Although he has been labeled the “world’s fattest kid,” he proves that hard work and setting goals always pay…

The Justice Department is investigating whether senior FBI officials mishandled classified materials tied to the bureau’s Russia probe. A source confirmed to CBS News that the documents were discovered inside “burn bags”…

Everyone has rough days now and then. Sometimes it’s due to a questionable decision, other times it’s just plain bad luck. The people in this roundup courageously shared their misfortunes — and while their…