California is currently monitoring 8,400 people for the coronavirus as doctors try and work out how a woman in the state contracted the illness without any connection to a likely origin. Multiple health care personnel who were exposed to the patient in the days before her diagnosis are also being kept in isolation and even quarantine. Governor Gavin Newsom announced that federal officials have promised to send more testing kits as part of the government’s emergency initiative to increase coronavirus testing capabilities nationwide. Carter Evans is in California reporting on how the state is attempting to contain the disease.

A party colleague of Malaysia's interim leader Mahathir Mohamad will be its prime ministerial candidate, and not the veteran leader who quit as prime minister this week, the party said on Friday.

As part of a new BBC blog series, Maura Hannon from Switzerland shares what she spent her money on this week.

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc would cut about 500 jobs, including management positions, as part of a restructuring program to turn around its business, the home-furnishing retailer said on Thursday.

Home furnishing retailer Bed Bath & Beyond Inc said on Thursday it would cut about 500 jobs, including management positions, as part of a restructuring program.

Researchers found that eating walnuts daily as part of a healthy diet was associated with increases in certain bacteria that can help promote health. Additionally, those changes in gut bacteria were associated with improvements in some risk factors for heart disease.

Laurie Hernandez won two medals at the Rio Olympics, a gold as part of the Final Five and a silver on balance beam

A former Rupublican congressman has denied claims he offered a pardon to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on behalf of US President Donald Trump.

Thousands of morning commuters in Canada were forced to find alternative routes Tuesday after demonstrators set fire to tracks on the route toward Niagara as part of a new railway blockade to protest construction on a $5 billion pipeline project in northern British Columbia that crosses indigenous lands. 

A California couple who lost their jobs two years ago have found themselves living in a motel with their two children for a year as they struggle to recover their financial situation like hundreds of families all over the state. More than 17,000 children are estimated to be homeless in just the Los Angeles unified school district alone. Maria Elena Salinas speaks to the family as part of CBS News’ Eye on America series exploring the country’s ongoing homeless crisis.