Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is renewing calls for higher taxes on the wealthy, tweeting on Saturday that “We must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share. Period.”  On Sunday, Elon Musk — the world’s richest person — fired back: “I keep forgetting that you’re still alive.” Musk, …

Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was driving at 156 miles per hour seconds before the crash that killed a 23-year-old woman, according to a police report obtained by CBS News. The 22-year-old was released from the team hours after police said he would face a felony …

Democrat Eric Adams, a former captain in the New York Police Department and Brooklyn borough president, was elected the 110th mayor of New York City on Tuesday, becoming just the second Black mayor in the city’s history. He defeated Republican Curtis Sliwa for the position.  In his victory speech Tuesday …

Washington — Families and victims of the 2015 Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting in South Carolina and the Department of Justice have reached a multimillion dollar settlement over multiple lawsuits in which the families alleged federal regulators failed to prevent convicted murderer and white supremacist Dylann Roof from purchasing the …

At least 59,000 meatpacking workers became ill with COVID-19 and 269 workers died when the virus tore through the industry in 2020. Those numbers are about three times higher than previously thought, according to a new U.S. House report released Wednesday. With workers standing shoulder-to-shoulder along production lines, the meatpacking …

Police said a woman was raped on a suburban Philadelphia train on October 13 and there were “a lot of people” around who “should have done something,” but the district attorney later disputed aspects of that account regarding the bystanders. Police said they had arrested a man connected to the …

Foreign nationals will need to be fully vaccinated to travel to the U.S. beginning November 8, according to a White House official.  The Biden administration is announcing the official start date of the new policy Friday. Fully vaccinated travelers will still need to show a negative test taken within 72 …

New York — All good things must come to an end and Matt Amodio’s historic run on “Jeopardy!” did just that on Monday’s show, leaving the Yale doctoral student with 38 wins and more than $1.5 million in prize money. Amodio failed to answer the Final Jeopardy! clue correctly and came …

The following is a transcript of an interview with Former National Security Council Senior Director for European and Russian Affairs, Fiona Hill, that aired Sunday, October 10, 2021, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: We want to bring in another former Trump White House adviser, Fiona Hill. She was a …

Washington — The Supreme Court is slated to return to the bench for the start of its new term on Monday, with the justices set to take up politically divisive cases involving the Second Amendment, religious liberty and abortion, all while battling bruised public perception of the high court’s legitimacy. …