The Biden administration announced Friday the U.S. would investigate recent hacks linked to a teenage cybercriminal group that focused on extortion. The U.S. Cyber Safety Review Board, a 15-member panel of experts from across government and private sector, will probe a series of high-profile hacks by the group, known as …

CNN plans to lay off an unknown number of employees Thursday as the network grapples with reduced advertising revenue and a looming recession. In a Wednesday email to staffers obtained by CBS MoneyWatch, CEO Chris Licht said this week’s cuts “will be a difficult time for everyone.” Some CNN contributors …

Police killed a man in Southern California late last week after he opened fire on a SWAT team that had been dispatched to chase down his car on an eastbound freeway, authorities said.  The man, identified as 28-year-old Austin Lee Edwards, was wanted in connection with a triple homicide in …

Grayson Chrisley, the son of Todd and Julie Chrisley, was hospitalized after a car accident in Nashville, Tennessee, earlier this month. The Chrisleys are known for “Chrisley Knows Best,” a reality show that followed the for the past nine years, along with its various spinoffs. The accident occurred on November …

Miami — Federal prosecutors have charged eight people with smuggling endangered monkeys, including a Cambodian wildlife official who was arrested in the U.S. while traveling to a conference on protecting endangered species. The official, plus a colleague in that country’s wildlife agency and six people connected to a Hong Kong-based …

The IRS last month began alerting 9 million people that they could still claim thousands in stimulus and Child Tax Credit payments. If you are one of those people, you have only one day left to claim the funds, with the tax agency setting a deadline of November 17 to …

A Texas grand jury has indicted a husband accused of slipping a medicine used for abortions into his wife’s drinks in hopes that it would end her pregnancy. Mason Herring, a 38-year-old Houston attorney, was indicted on two felony counts, including assault of a pregnant person, under charges handed up …

Exhilaration swept through Wall Street Thursday after a government report showed that U.S. inflation eased by even more than economists expected last month.   The S&P 500 jumped 208 points, or 5.6%, to close at 3,956. The Dow rose 1,201 points, or 3.7%, to 33,715 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq surged 7.4%. Treasury …

Consumer prices across the U.S. slowed their upward march last month, raising hopes that the fiercest inflation in 40 years may be easing. The consumer price index increased 7.7% over the 12 months ending in October, the Labor Department said Thursday — the lowest rate of inflation since January and …

The following is a transcript of an interview with Keisha Lance Bottoms, a senior adviser to President Biden and former mayor of Atlanta, that aired Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: We turn now to Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta. She now serves …