Firefighters across the western U.S. are battling dozens of wildfires. One of the biggest is in California, where more than 80,000 acres have burned in three counties. CBS News correspondent John Blackstone reports.
There have been at least three heat-related deaths since dangerous temperatures started last week. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 600 people are killed by extreme heat every year. CBS News national correspondent Jericka Duncan reports.
Liberty Island in New York was evacuated on the Fourth of July after a woman climbed onto the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. CBS News correspondent Anna Werner has the latest.
It's been more than a week since 12 boys and their soccer coach got trapped inside a cave in Thailand. The rescue is complicated because they don't know how to swim, and the path out includes a long swim through a dark and narrow space. CBS News foreign correspondent Ben Tracy has the latest.
British police confirmed late Wednesday that a man and woman were poisoned by the same nerve agent used in March on an ex-Russian spy and his daughter just seven miles away. CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports.
Parts of Houston were under water on the Fourth of July after up to seven inches of rain fell in parts of the city. The conditions forced the cancellation of the city's Freedom Over Texas celebration.
Joey "Jaws" Chestnut extended his reign as champion eater at the annual Nathan's Famous contest, downing a record 74 hot dogs. Miki Sudo held onto her title as the top women's competitor at the annual Brooklyn eat-off.
British officials have said ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal, his daughter were poisoned with nerve agent developed in Soviet times
President Trump hosted a Fourth of July celebration for military families on Wednesday
ISIS posted on social media that the son of its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, died while fighting Russian and Syrian government forces.