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Web Extra: Consumer Fireworks Safety

(CBS Newspath)--Fourth of July celebrations are known for fireworks big and small. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning that there's been an uptick in fireworks-related injuries over the past 15 years. Here are…

Bodies of 3 missing kids, woman found in Minnesota lake

VADNAIS HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — The bodies of three young children and a woman believed to be their mother have been recovered from a Minnesota lake, and authorities say the deaths are being investigated as a homicide. Meanwhile, the body…

Mattel creates another Bowie-inspired Barbie

By Margie Szaroleta NEW YORK (AP) - The Barbie doll is embracing the David Bowie look again. Mattel has created a version of Barbie based on Bowie's look in his “Life on Mars?” video. She's got a modified red haircut,…

Same-sex couples updating legal status after abortion ruling

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Emails and phone calls from same-sex couples, worried about the legal status of their marriages and keeping their children, flooded attorney Sydney Duncan’s office within hours of the Supreme Court’s decision eliminating the constitutional right to abortion.…

FEMA releases largest update to its mobile app in a decade

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is releasing the largest update to its mobile application in a decade, the agency announced today. FEMA is releasing the app at the beginning of a hurricane season that experts predict will be above average and a wildfire…

As holiday weekend starts, airport crowds top 2019 numbers

(AP) -- The fireworks are still a few days away, but travel for the July Fourth weekend is off to a booming start. The Transportation Security Administration said Friday that it screened more people on Thursday than it did on…

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

(AP) -- Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: A 2019 amendment to a Kentucky abortion law was proposed as satire and not seriously considered. A Department of Defense statement issued after…

Jackson sworn in, becomes 1st Black woman on Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court. In this image from video provided by the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of…