Actress Glynis Johns, best known for starring in the film “Mary Poppins,” has died at age 100.  The British actress died of natural causes on Thursday morning in Los Angeles, her manager Mitch Clem confirmed to CBS News.  In her decades-long career, Johns earned an Oscar nomination for the 1960 …

CHICAGO (CBS) — Long before Kimberly Foxx won the 2016 election and became the first Black woman to serve as Cook County state’s attorney, she was all too familiar with crime.  She had been impacted as a child herself, she had witnessed her mother living with the aftermath of a …

Though avoiding alcohol is becoming more socially acceptable with sober-curious trends hitting the mainstream, those choosing not to drink this holiday season are often still hit with a potentially triggering question: “Why aren’t you drinking?” While some people may be OK with questions about their reasons for abstaining, experts say it’s best to …

A poison specialist and former medical resident at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota is charged with fatally poisoning his wife, a 32-year-old pharmacist who died days after she went to a hospital in August with stomach distress. Authorities say Connor Bowman, 30, tried to stop the autopsy on his wife, Betty …

Depression is more than having a bad day — it’s a mental health condition that affects millions of Americans. “In general‚ about 1 out of every 6 adults will have depression at some time in their life,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which notes that it …

A Kansas man has been charged with two counts of murder after detectives in a newly formed cold case unit connected him to the deaths of two women nearly three decades ago. DNA evidence led to the arrest of 52-year-old Gary Dion Davis, Kansas City Police Chief Karl Oakman and …

Boston — Cars are getting an “F” in data privacy. Most major manufacturers admit they may be selling your personal information, a new study finds, with half also saying they’d share it with the government or law enforcement without a court order. The proliferation of sensors in automobiles – from …

NEW YORK — Hollis, Queens’, very own Run-DMC is headlining Friday’s big hip-hop concert at Yankee Stadium. CBS New York’s Maurice DuBois spoke with DMC — Darryl McDaniels. He’s involved in a lot of ventures these days, but he says his heart will always be in Hollis. Before they were …

A man who was linked to a 1984 kidnapping and rape case in Connecticut by DNA evidence decades later has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, a state prosecutor announced Wednesday, praising the victim who “had to relive this horrific nightmare” to bring justice. George Legere, 75, of Springfield, …

Leprosy — also known as Hansen’s disease — is becoming endemic in the southeastern United States, rising scientific evidence suggests.   A research letter in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says Central Florida accounted for 81% of cases reported in Florida …