Party City has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after struggling with rising prices and a pullback in customer spending. The costume and party supplies chain is planning an expedited restructuring that it said would substantially lower its debt and free up cash. The company, founded in 1986 and based …

Alabama’s new secretary of state announced the state’s withdrawal Tuesday from a 32-state voter registration partnership, a data-sharing effort that was designed to maintain accurate voter rolls but has sometimes become the target of conservative ire and conspiracy theories. A day after being sworn in, Wes Allen sent a letter …

A 21-year-old Texas man remained jailed Friday after authorities accused him of killing and decapitating his wife. Jared Dicus has been charged with murder in the death of 21-year-old Anggy Diaz. Dicus is being held on a $500,000 bond. Waller County Sheriff Troy Guidry said authorities found Diaz’s body Wednesday …

Anna Kendrick told “CBS Mornings” a past relationship she was in caused her to have a “classic emotional, psychological breakdown.”  She drew from her experiences to play a woman pushed to the breaking point by her psychologically abusive boyfriend in her new film, “Alice, Darling.”  “It was a really sustained …

A federal regulator has walked back comments about banning gas stoves after backlash to the idea of a ban reached a fever pitch this week.  Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Richard Trumka, Jr., told Bloomberg in an interview this week that a ban was “on the table” for gas stoves, which …

A West Virginia journalist lost her job last month after she reported about alleged abuse of people with disabilities within the state agency that runs West Virginia’s foster care and psychiatric facilities. Amelia Ferrell Knisely, a reporter at West Virginia Public Broadcasting, said she was told to stop reporting on …

The House has tried — and failed — to elect a new speaker multiple times this week, leaving the chamber effectively in limbo. It’s the first time in 100 years the House has struggled to elect someone for the role, and until it does, there are no rules. That means …

A Utah man fatally shot his five children, his mother-in-law and his wife, then killed himself two weeks after the woman had filed for divorce, according to authorities and public records. Enoch Police Chief Jackson Ames said during a Thursday press conference that officers had been involved in investigations involving …

Hershey’s misled buyers of its dark chocolate by not disclosing the products contain lead and another potentially harmful chemical, according to a lawsuit filed against the candy maker.  Nassau County, New York, resident Christopher Lazazzaro said he would not have bought dark chocolate products sold by Hershey had it revealed …

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol has withdrawn its subpoena of former President Donald Trump, according to a letter from the committee chair to Trump’s attorney and obtained by CBS News. The withdrawal comes as the committee’s authority to operate comes to a …