Stephen Smith is a managing editor for CBSNews.com based in New York. A Washington, D.C. native, Steve was previously an editorial producer for the Washington Post, and has also worked in Los Angeles, ...

The Pentagon was locked down and partially evacuated on Thursday due to a false alarm by a hazardous materials sensor, two sources familiar told CNN. Multiple floors and corridors inside the building ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHEYENNE — Police are determining whether criminal charges are appropriate for a man who threw a burning book into the main entry ...

CHEYENNE — Police are determining whether criminal charges are appropriate for a man who threw a burning book into the main entry area of the Laramie County Library on Monday morning. According to ...

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. (WINK)—Florida is spending billions to restore the Everglades, but restoring the water is only part of the fight. The other part is protecting what still lives there from a ...

A Burmese python named Harriet has challenged scientific understanding of the species' reproductive cycle. Harriet produced six clutches of eggs over seven reproductive cycles, a much higher rate than ...

In the chronicles of the natural world, Harriet is an evolutionary success story. For Florida, the nearly 13-foot-long Burmese python is an ecological nightmare. Called the “most interesting Burmese ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – It was a horrific start to the week for a homeowner near NW 63 rd Street and Villa Avenue. “Very lucky,” Scott Douglas with the Oklahoma City Fire Dept. said. Quite honestly, it ...

BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — An investigation has been launched into a three-alarm fire that broke out at a home in the Bronx late Thursday night. The fire was reported at 11:51 p.m. at 2166 Crotona Avenue ...

DENVER (KDVR) — The Denver Fire Department extinguished a two-alarm fire at an apartment complex in the 1100 block of South Birch Street in Glendale on Thursday. DFD said at 12:30 p.m. that the fire ...