‘Tis the season for sneezing and coughing — but in some cases, it may not be seasonal germs but the Christmas tree in your living room that’s making you feel those symptoms. Sometimes referred to as “Christmas Tree Syndrome,” experts say it can cause your indoor allergies to flare up …

The owner of Pornhub, one of the world’s largest adult content websites, has admitted to profiting from sex trafficking and agreed to make payments to women whose videos were posted without their consent, federal prosecutors in New York announced Thursday. Aylo Holdings, the website’s parent company, reached a deferred prosecution …

As hip-hop celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, one group stands out for its monumental influence on the genre: the Wu-Tang Clan. This month marks 30 years since the release of their debut album, “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers),” which critics say is one of the greatest hip-hop albums ever. …

For years, South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh looked his anguished clients in the eyes and promised to help them with their medical bills, their suffering or simply to survive. Then he stole some, if not all, of what he won for many of them. Those clients got to look Murdaugh …

NEW YORK — He’s considered among the greatest musicians of all time, and although he was born in New Orleans, Louis Armstrong called Queens home for the last 30 years of his life. Now, his love for his community is on display at a new exhibition in Corona. In a …

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia police are seeking tips and surveillance videos after what they called two gunpoint “stranger rapes” in the Kingsessing section of the city over the weekend.  One happened early in the morning, while the other happened in the evening, according to police.  Investigators said the first assault …

A teenage driver was in custody Wednesday on suspicion of striking three bicyclists, killing one, in a Southern California beach city last weekend, in what police called a “series of intentional hit-and-run incidents.”  In the first hit-and-run collision, a bicyclist said a black Toyota sideswiped him around 10:30 p.m Sunday night in …

Two of Hollywood’s most renowned filmmakers, Ron Howard and Ava DuVernay, are teaming up to launch an initiative aimed at revolutionizing hiring in the entertainment industry.  Howard’s Impact app, a professional hiring network tailored for television and film production, is merging its resources with DuVernay’s Array Crew, a personnel database …

Police in Northern California have solved a gruesome cold case murder more than three decades after it happened.  Vicki Johnson was killed on Jan. 3, 1991 in Seaside, a city previously known as East Monterey. Johnson’s body was found near a playground in the city’s Sabado Park neighborhood after she …

Economic growth accelerated in the second quarter of the year, adding to evidence that the U.S. may avoid a recession even as interest rates rise to a two-decade high. The nation’s economic output grew at a 2.4% annual rate in the three months ending in June, the Commerce Department reported …