A suspect sought in the shooting of two Maryland police officers was in custody Friday morning, authorities said. He’d been surrounded by law enforcement after fleeing from the vehicle he’d stolen from a detective he shot Thursday night, authorities said. Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies surrounded the suspect …

Chinese scientists said they have successfully cloned three “super cow” calves that, once fully grown, are capable of producing 50% more milk than the average American cow. The cloning experiment began last year at Northwest University of Agricultural and Forestry Science and Technology in Shaanxi, China. Scientists sampled tissue from …

A man suspected of throwing a Molotov cocktail at the front door of a synagogue in northern New Jersey last weekend will remain in custody without bail following his arraignment Thursday, according to federal prosecutors. Nicholas Malindretos, 26, of Clifton is charged with attempted use of fire to damage and …

Tom Verlaine, a guitarist and co-founder of the seminal proto-punk band Television, has died at the age of 73 following a brief illness, CBS News has learned. Verlaine’s death was confirmed in a statement Saturday to CBS News from Jesse Paris Smith, daughter of musician Patti Smith, a frequent collaborator …

The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge eased further in December, and consumer spending dipped — the latest evidence that the Fed’s series of interest rate hikes are successfully putting the brakes on the economy.  Friday’s report from the Commerce Department showed that prices rose 5% last month from a year …

The Department of Justice has arrested a 36-year-old Florida woman after she allegedly committed a “years-long scheme” to defraud an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor of his life savings. The department said that over the course of more than four years, Peaches Stergo took over $2.8 million from the survivor.  Stergo was …

A man considered one of the chief aides to convicted drug boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman pleaded guilty Friday in Chicago federal court to distributing more than 150 kilograms of cocaine and more than 30 kilograms of heroin. Felipe Cabrera Sarabia, 51, known as “The Engineer,” faces a minimum of …

New York City residents can now get abortion pills free of charge. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on Wednesday was set to begin dispensing the pills, which work as an alternative to surgical abortions, at a health clinic in the Bronx. Additional clinics in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens …

Police are asking the public for help in their search for a missing Brookfield, Massachusetts woman, CBS Boston reports. Brittany Tee, 35, was last seen Tuesday night leaving her boyfriend’s house, authorities said. She was reported missing Friday.  Local and State Police searched the neighborhood of Tee’s boyfriend for clues …

The office tracking reports of UFOs has added nearly 400 additional sightings to its catalog over the last year, either because of new sightings or older sightings discovered in existing files, bringing the total number of UFO sightings to over 500.  On Thursday, the Office of the Director of National …