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If passed by voters, the "California Nationhood. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute" would remove state constitutional language making California part of the U.S. and require the governor to request admission to the United Nations.

'California Nationhood' Ballot Measure Builds Steam

Acknowledging that the obstacles are formidable, the proponent of a ballot measure to sever California's ties with the United States has been cleared to start collecting signatures.

Owners of vehicles with larger VW diesel engines that have emissions-cheating software could get their cars fixed or bought back, the company says. Here, a man walks by an Audi diesel at company meetings last summer.

VW Offers Buyback Or Cash To U.S. Diesel Owners In Latest Settlement Deal

The plan would cover nearly 80,000 Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche vehicles that contain what U.S. regulators have called a cheating mechanism.

Vindication For The 'Mad King'? New Archive Gives George III A Second Chance

History hasn't been kind to the British royal who lost the Colonies. But a project that launched Saturday plans to digitize over 350,000 letters and papers that may humanize the much-maligned monarch.

Oprah Brings Her Connections To '60 Minutes'

It looked like a no-brainer for CBS News to make Oprah Winfrey a "60 Minutes" special contributor, given her close friendship with "CBS This Morning"…

Fisher-Price Little People, the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons and the simple swing are now in the National Toy Hall of Fame.

Toy Hall Of Fame: Dungeons & Dragons, Little People Honored; So Are Swings

Care Bears didn't make the cut; neither did Transformers or Uno. But it's a good day for Little People, first produced by Fisher-Price in 1959.

Volkswagen used six different "defeat devices" to purposefully skirt U.S. emissions rules, new lawsuits say. Here, VW cars are seen in a delivery tower in Wolfsburg, Germany, earlier this year.

States' Lawsuits Say VW Execs Ran A Cover-Up Of Diesel Emissions Cheating

Citing "a culture of deeply-rooted corporate arrogance" at Volkswagen, New York and Massachusetts have filed civil lawsuits against the carmaker.

Demonstrators held signs outside the Democratic National Convention on Monday in Philadelphia. On Sunday, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, announced she would step down as DNC chairwoman at the end of the party's convention, after thousands of internal DNC emails were posted by the website Wikileaks.

FBI Investigates Possible Russian Connection To Leaked DNC Emails

Hackers tied to two Russian intelligence agencies breached DNC computers in May, but whether the same hackers turned over thousands of emails to WikiLeaks is still under investigation.

Court documents show the Internal Revenue Service's office in charge of vetting applications for tax-exempt status focused on conservative groups.

Court Documents Show The IRS Focused Scrutiny On Conservative Groups

Two-thirds of the groups that faced extra scrutiny from the IRS were conservative. But the agency also closely examined applications for tax-exempt status from liberal and nonpartisan groups.

Thea Lee was named head of the Labor Department's Bureau of International Labor Affairs, which enforces trade commitments and investigates forced labor and child labor around the world.

Longtime AFL-CIO Official Takes Up Key Labor Post In Biden Administration

Former AFL-CIO trade official Thea Lee was appointed by President Biden to lead the section of the Labor Department that oversees labor rights and investigates forced labor and child labor overseas.

As Drought Parches Italy, Rome Turns Off Historic Drinking Fountains

Rome is home to more public drinking fountains — nearly 3,000 — than any other city in the world. But the city is turning off the taps as Italy faces a severe drought.

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