Seven people were wounded when shots were fired in multiple locations Sunday night in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, police said. Authorities first responded around 7:50 p.m. to a scene near a park and found more than 50 empty shell casings, according to CBS affiliate WNCN. Two gunshot victims were then found nearby. …

Students graduating from a historically Black college in East Texas were told at their commencement ceremony that an anonymous donor had paid their balances, officials said. Wiley College said in a news release that over 100 students were gathered for graduation Saturday when the school’s president made the announcement. The …

Investigators say they have arrested a mother and are charging her in the death of a baby who was found in Lake Pepin almost 20 years ago, CBS Minnesota reports. The charging documents allege Jennifer Matter was also the mother of another baby found in the Mississippi River in 1999. …

The Department of Homeland Security’s announcement of a “Disinformation Governance Board” to standardize the treatment of disinformation by the agencies it oversees has been met with an overwhelmingly negative response since it was first unveiled in April.  “It’s an awful idea, and you ought to disband it,” Sen. Mitt Romney, …

With one in five children and adolescents coping with a diagnosable mental health or learning disorder, the Child Mind Institute launched Monday its “Dare to Share” campaign, to encourage kids to talk about the issue of mental health. The campaign features celebrities, artists, athletes and role models who all share …

Airbnb will allow its employees to live and work almost anywhere around the world, fully embracing a remote work policy to attract staff and ensure flexibility. The San Francisco short-term rental company said late Thursday that under the new policy, employees can work from the office, home or during their …

Four Florida correctional officers were arrested and charged with murder in the fatal beating of a handcuffed prisoner who had thrown urine at one of the officers, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced. The guards were removing the inmate from a cell in the mental health unit of a …

Washington — The Biden administration is taking a key step toward ensuring that federal dollars will support U.S. manufacturing — issuing requirements for how projects funded by the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package source their construction material. New guidance issued Monday requires that the material purchased — whether it’s for a …

The push to unionize Amazon, Starbucks and other major U.S. companies is spreading to another employment sector that historically has resisted worker efforts to organize: America’s colleges. Students employed as residential advisers, assistant instructors and in campus dining halls are uniting to demand better pay and working conditions, as well …

From “Tron” to “The Matrix” to “Ready Player One” — The virtual world is becoming a reality.  Filmmaker Maureen Fan is one the entertainment visionaries upgrading traditional 2-D movies to an entirely new experience.  Her studio created a virtual set for the award-winning animated, interactive film “Baba Yaga,” starring Glenn …