Suspected WWII bomb explodes in Indonesia, killing 5 people
A suspected shell left over from World War II exploded under a house, killing five people and wounding nearly 20, police said Monday.
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A suspected shell left over from World War II exploded under a house, killing five people and wounding nearly 20, police said Monday.
David Schaecter died in 2025 at 96-years-old and he was the only survivor from his family of 105 people to survive the Holocaust.
U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class Clyde C. McMeans, 26, was one of the 103 USS California crewmen killed during attacks on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
The discovery caused officials to evacuate 18,000 people on Wednesday, the largest such operation ever in the city, emergency services said.
The USS Arizona sank just nine minutes after being bombed, and its 1,177 dead account for nearly half the servicemen killed in the attack.
The photos showed "the last moments" of 200 men executed at an Athens shooting range on May 1, 1944, Greece's the culture ministry said.
Unexploded bombs dating back to past wars have been discovered in Serbia and around the world in recent years.
D-Day veteran Charles Shay was awarded the Silver Star for repeatedly plunging into the sea and carrying critically wounded soldiers to relative safety.
For nearly 20 years, Thomas Sanders has partnered with Belmont Village locations across the country to capture veterans as they tell their stories of service.
Authorities say a World War II-era bomb discovered by children on a Southwest Florida beach was safely removed after prompting an evacuation.
Robert Van Heck's family receieved an ominous letter from the Marine just minutes before learning he was killed, according to a news article.
U.S. Navy Seaman 2nd Class John C. Auld, 23, was from Newcastle, England, and died aboard the USS Oklahoma on Dec. 7.
Suzanne Flament-Smith hopes that the letter inside goes to its rightful home.
The plane was en route from Tallinn to Helsinki when it was downed by Soviet bombers on June 14, 1940.
CBS News Miami's Steve Maugeri talks with John McHugh, who helped feed American soldiers during the Second World War.
On the eve of the Allied invasion of Europe in June 1944, General Dwight Eisenhower made a "soul-wracking" decision to move forward despite warnings by the head of Allied airborne operations against the plan.
U.S. D-Day veteran Command Sergeant Major Henry C. Armstrong returns to Normandy for the first time in 80 years, with mixed emotions.
In France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Allied forces' pivotal D-Day landings in Normandy, President Biden honors WWII troops who freed Europe from tyranny.
In the immediate lead-up to D-Day, naval codebreaker Jean Sims was one of the few who knew a major operation was coming.
Three C-47 transport planes, a workhorse of World War II, dropped three long strings of jumpers, their round chutes mushrooming open in the blue skies with puffy white clouds.
Almost 160,000 Allied troops landed at Normandy on June 6, 1944, in a massive operation designed to break through heavily fortified German defenses and begin the liberation of Western Europe.
The USS Harder -- which earned the nickname "Hit 'em HARDER" -- was found off the Philippines, sitting upright and "relatively intact."
A book with records of a U.S. Navy destroyer's trips during World War II was found in a piece of furniture far from the now-sunken ship.
Of the millions of women who performed exceptional service, just dozens have survived long enough to see their work recognized.
A 100-year-old American World War II veteran plans to marry his 96-year-old fiancee in France as part of that country's 80th anniversary celebration of D-Day.
Police said the Fort Lauderdale Traffic Homicide Unit was at the scene due to the seriousness of the injury.
The typical American's paycheck has grown faster since 2019 than in any stretch since the early 1980s. But prices climbed nearly as fast, swallowing about 80% of the wage increase.
Friday's jobs report showed employers shed jobs last month, rather than adding 95,000 new hires that had been forecast by economists.
Witnesses told deputies that David Charette Jr. killed the kittens in front of his teenage daughter when she would "act up."
The wet weather on Friday won't be as widespread as the past few days, but some storms may produce heavy rain and localized flooding.
Police said the Fort Lauderdale Traffic Homicide Unit was at the scene due to the seriousness of the injury.
The typical American's paycheck has grown faster since 2019 than in any stretch since the early 1980s. But prices climbed nearly as fast, swallowing about 80% of the wage increase.
Friday's jobs report showed employers shed jobs last month, rather than adding 95,000 new hires that had been forecast by economists.
Witnesses told deputies that David Charette Jr. killed the kittens in front of his teenage daughter when she would "act up."
The wet weather on Friday won't be as widespread as the past few days, but some storms may produce heavy rain and localized flooding.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The Supreme Court in June struck down President Trump's earlier executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship.
Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was hospitalized on June 14.
The Senate is searching for a deal to speed up consideration of a number of priorities, including a measure to fund the government and Todd Blanche's confirmation as attorney general.
The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions during testimony before the committee last week.
"They are picking up law-abiding citizens. They're destroying families, jobs," said a Texas man who regrets his vote for President Trump after his fiancée, an immigrant from Venezuela, was detained by ICE.
Months after leaving TV news, Rodriguez is competing against former prosecutor Robin Peguero for the CD-27 nomination.
On Sunday, Collins spoke about the ruling on this week in South Florida and explained why he believes he is trailing the Republican frontrunner, Byron Donalds.
CBS Miami's Jim DeFede spoke to former Republican State Senator Jeff Brandes, president of the Florida Policy Project, who is behind one of those lawsuits.
As Florida attorney general, it was Moody and her office that approved the diversion of $10 million of taxpayer money to the Hope Florida Foundation
The sordid life of Fabian Basabe is one CBS Miami first began covering on this show three years ago.
Two Michigan residents who had "significant underlying health conditions" have died after contracting cyclosporiasis, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said.
Since May, more than 11,000 cases of illness caused by the parasite cyclospora have been reported in 41 states. This comes after the Trump administration drastically cut FDA and CDC staff, prompting one expert to call this summer's outbreaks "a national wake-up call."
The case accuses OpenAI of practicing medicine without a license and failing to safeguard users seeking health advice.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Ariana Grande had been due to star alongside her "Wicked" co-star Jonathan Bailey in a production of "Sunday in the Park with George" in 2027.
Vincent Pastore played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on all six seasons of "The Sopranos," which aired from 1999 to 2007.
Four women say Hollywood star Jared Leto committed sexual crimes against them when they were teenagers, in interviews with the BBC.
Carly Simon, the singer known for 1970s hits like "You're So Vain," announced she has Parkinson's disease and also was treated for basal cell carcinoma.
Paramount Skydance on Friday said it would delay the deal until as late as June 2027.