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A voter lines up in a polling place to cast a ballot for the 2020 general election in Springfield, Pa., which is located in the Philadelphia suburb of Delaware County.

Pennsylvania voting officials are still fighting election deniers

Voting officials in Pennsylvania continue to deal with election misinformation. Voting rights advocates hope some election reforms could help fend off any disruptions in 2024.

State Rep. Quentin Williams, D-Middletown, applauds during Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont's state of the state address, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, in Hartford, Conn. Williams was killed overnight in a wrong-way highway crash after having attended the governor's inaugural ball hours and after having been sworn in to a third term, House Democratic leaders said Thursday.

A rising star in Connecticut politics dies in a collision with a wrong-way driver

A Connecticut state representative who was considered a rising political star was killed when a wrong-way driver crashed into his vehicle Thursday, state police said. The other driver also died.

Travelers wait next to their luggage near the Southwest Airlines baggage claim area at the Nashville International Airport after the airline canceled thousands of flights in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday.

Southwest cancels another 4,800 flights as its reduced schedule continues

The airline's CEO says the company is hoping to be "back on track before next week." But until then, it's continuing on a reduced schedule.

Local resident Fidel Osorio rescues a dog from a flooded home in Merced, California, on Tuesday. Relentless storms were ravaging California again Tuesday.

Rescuers search for a 5-year-old swept away by floodwaters in California storms

More than 100,000 customers were without power and millions were under flood warnings as powerful storms continue to hit California. The death toll from recent storms is now up to 17.

Conspiracy theorists hounded Grant Wahl's family when he died. Now they're back

Grant Wahl's death at the Qatar World Cup set off conspiracy theories that persisted long after they were disproven.

Who is Robert Hur, the special counsel testifying in the Biden documents probe?

Hur spent much of his legal career serving in multiple positions in the Department of Justice. He is also the former U.S. attorney in Maryland, appointed by then-President Donald Trump.

Phil McGraw, pictured here at a 2016 premiere, plans to end his long-running daytime TV show to take on a new prime-time partnership.

Phil McGraw, America's TV shrink, plans to end 'Dr. Phil' after 21 seasons

CBS Media Ventures announced it would stop producing new episodes of Dr. Phil after the 2023 season. The show's host plans to expand his following with a new "prime-time partnership."

Brazil's ex-president, Jair Bolsonaro, pictured here at a Nov. 1 press conference, has been staying in Orlando, Fla., as his home country investigates his supporters' attack on government buildings.

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro has applied for a 6-month visa to remain in the U.S.

The ex-president left Brazil for Florida a week before his supporters rioted in Brasilia. Analysts say his special diplomatic visa expired Tuesday, leaving U.S. authorities to decide his legal status.

The suspected Chinese spy balloon drifts to the ocean after being shot down off the coast in Surfside Beach, S.C., on Saturday.

The U.S. has downed a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina

The suspected Chinese spy balloon was noticed in Montana and slowly crossed the U.S. China expressed its "strong dissatisfaction and protest" over the downing.

Virginia Republican Glenn Youngkin on Friday became the latest governor to ban the TikTok app from state agency devices.

Virginia joins several other states in banning TikTok on government devices

Several Republican governors have banned TikTok on their agencies' phones and computers. The U.S. Senate approved a bill that would ban the wildly popular app from devices issued by federal agencies.

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