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Longtime photographer and reporter Mary Compton, 64, of Country Club Hills taught her children to "give and have a big heart," her daughter said. Compton died Christmas Eve after battling ovarian cancer.

The Southern District of Texas has sworn in the first Asian American as the 24th presidentially-appointed U.S. Attorney.

U.S. prosecutors suspect a Wyoming company of potentially concealing problems with a pipeline that broke in 2015 and spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude into the Yellowstone River.

Harley Crane is discharged after 140 days in hospital, a week after her brother Harry.

Houston did not disappoint in the weird news department this year.

All six people, including two juveniles, are charged with one count of burglary and one count of retail theft.

From May 2011 to September 2015, Crane also supplied high performance butterfly valves that contained Monel bolting. The civil settlement includes the resolution of claims brought under the qui tam or whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act by Corla Jacobson, a former Crane employee. The False Claims Act permits private parties to sue for false claims on behalf of the United States and to share in any recovery. Ms. Jacobson will receive $855,728 of the False Claims Act settlement. The claims resolved by the settlement are allegations only and there has been no determination of liability.

HOUSTON – A man faces charges after he jumped a fence, climbed a ladder a hijacked a crane in downtown Houston last week. Following the incident, Timothy Elijah Gonzales was charged with criminal mischief and possession of a controlled substanceTimothy Elijah Gonzales (KPRC 2)Houston police said they were called to a construction site around 3 a.m. due to “suspicious activity.” Gonzales was about 15 stories up. When he climbed up there, investigators said the man walked along the catwalk and got inside the cab of the crane. Police said he managed to move the crane at one point. SWAT got the man down from the crane around 6:13 a.m. and he was compliant.

CRANE, Texas Officials say five people were killed including three young children in a vehicle collision in West Texas. The Texas Department of Public Safety said 23-year-old Bailey Nisbet was driving a sport utility vehicle south on U.S. Highway 385 early Friday morning when it drifted into the northbound lane and struck a pickup truck. Officials said Nisbet, of Baytown, and the driver of the pickup truck, Carl Rice, 67, of McCamey, were both killed, as were the three children riding in Nisbet's vehicle. The accident happened just south of Crane, which is about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of Odessa. Officials identified the children who died as 5-year-old Kimber Nisbet, 3-year-old Kamberee Nisbet and 11-month-old Kasen Nisbet, all of Baytown.

An investigation is underway in New York City to determine why a massive crane collapsed, killing one person. Wall Street worker David Wichs was killed when he was hit by part of the crane. The crane crashed Friday in strong winds as it was being lowered to safety. Three people were also injured by debris, two of them seriously. Several parked cars were crushed in the mishap and the crane is still blocking streets. DeMarco Morgan reports.

A crane collapse in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca has left dozens dead. CBSN's Vladimir Duthiers has the latest information.

Crane moves last of classic Corvettes from sinkhole A crane finally pulled the last of eight classic Corvettes out of a sinkhole yesterday. The cars fell through the floor at the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky earlier this year. Charlie Rose reports.