Democrats spurred the recall effort over Walker's efforts to weaken public unions. Tens of millions of dollars have poured in from outside the state, mostly for Walker, pictured on the right with Mayor Barrett during a recent debate.
Josephine and Jennifer Onita were returning from the wedding of a close friend in Nigeria.
Exit polls show Gov. Scott Walker leading challenger Tom Barrett, 52-48% tonight. A state official says the turnout appears strong. Democrats spurred the recall effort over Walker's efforts to weaken public unions.
A bus driver has sued a Connecticut hospital, saying staff at an affiliated facility failed to promptly and properly treat his painful erection and watched a baseball game on television while he waited.
The U.S. is in the midst of an economic recovery that history suggests will take 10 years, former President Bill Clinton said in an interview Tuesday with CBS News.
MTV's "Teen Mom" reality star Amber Portwood was sentenced to five years in prison after asking an Indiana judge to reimpose her previous sentence from a December drug arrest.
The FBI has added an alleged murderer and rapist to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Fidel Urbina, a 37-year-old former Chicago resident was named to the roster Tuesday.
The news that Abu Yahya al-Libi, the No.2 leader of al Qaeda, is now confirmed to have been killed in a CIA drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region along the border with Afghanistan further underlines that the terrorist group that launched the 9/11 attacks is now more or less out of business.
An early estimate from the Navy puts the price tag for repairs of a fire-damaged submarine in the range of about $400 million, a figure that suggests the nuclear-powered USS Miami will be repaired instead of scrapped, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said Tuesday.
A 17-year-old has been charged with three counts of aggravated murder in the school shooting deaths of three students and the wounding of three others, according to an indictment released Tuesday.
A sudden, violent storm in southeast Missouri has left a man and his two adult sons dead.
A western Ohio high school runner who helped a struggling competitor finish their race is being praised for her sportsmanship and trying to cope with the attention it has sparked.
Queen Elizabeth II gave thanks for four days of spectacular Diamond Jubilee celebrations in an unusual televised broadcast Tuesday after a flyover at Buckingham Palace brought the occasion to a colorful close.
Authorities said they had to cut a wig off a bank robber to get him out of an air duct where they found him early Sunday, after he tred to run off with $100,000 he stole from a suburban Chicago bank vault, CBS Chicago reports.
After President Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage, a group organizing a fundraiser on his behalf suddenly had to find a bigger venue. The event, featuring the pop singer Pink, is one of two LGBT-organized fundraisers Obama is expected to attend on the West Coast on Wednesday.
Mickey Mouse and the Disney family want their fans to grow up to be healthy adults, and are stepping up their fight against childhood obesity.
Police say a TV weatherman in Tennessee was wounded by a bolt from a crossbow during a break-in at his home by a man he once lived with. The suspect has now been charged with attempted first-degree murder.
A man suspected of stealing clothing and body wash from a Southern California Walmart died after a fight with store security workers who caught him in a parking lot on Friday.
China told foreign embassies Tuesday to stop publishing their own reports on air quality in the country, escalating its objections to a popular U.S. Embassy Twitter feed that tracks pollution in smoggy Beijing.
As voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide the fate of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, reports out of the state suggest that robocalls are being placed informing voters, falsely, they don't have to vote if they signed the recall petition.
