Archives: 2018

Florence is a Category 2: Here's what hurricane ratings mean

Hurricane Florence, which began its assault on the U.S. coast on Thursday as it lashed North Carolina, is now a Category 2 storm — a rating on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. The scale includes five categories and is based on the storm’s sustained wind speeds. It also estimates possible damage to property, ranging from “some damage” to “catastrophic.”  If a…

CBS News Poll: In what ways has public opinion changed over 40 years?

As “CBS Sunday Morning” celebrates 40 years on the air, a new CBS News poll shows the marked changes in public opinion that have occurred over sensitive topics since the show made its debut in 1979. Here are some of the issues that have seen major changes among the American public:  Optimism and the Future Americans are generally more optimistic…

For hurricane relief, company cans water instead of beer

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This week on “Sunday Morning” (September 16)

DON’T MISS OUR UPCOMING PRIME TIME SPECIAL, CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF “SUNDAY MORNING”! Featuring guests Ralph Lauren, Robert Redford, Chrissy Teigen & John Legend, and Louise Brown. Airs Friday, September 14, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT on CBS.  DVR ALERT: Make sure you set your video device to record “Sunday’s Best: Celebrating 40 Years of CBS Sunday Morning”!   …

Sessions directs U.S. Attorneys to battle nationwide injunctions

Last Updated Sep 13, 2018 2:20 PM EDT Attorney General Jeff Sessions is directing U.S. attorneys to argue aggressively against injunctions in lower courts that put the brakes on Trump administration policy nationwide, after key pieces of the president’s agenda like his travel ban have been held up in court.   Sessions issued a guideline memo instructing federal attorneys how…

35 Guns Stolen from Aberdeen Home

MONROE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI)- More than two dozen guns, are missing from a home in Aberdeen. Unnamed Suspect Caught Stealing 35 GunsSource: Monroe CO Sheriff’s Office Monroe County Sheriff, Cecil Cantrell, says his office is asking for the public’s help in finding the suspect. Investigators believe a man broke into an Aberdeen home, and stole 35 guns. If you know…

Obesity rates now top 35 percent in 7 states

In this 2014 photo, an overweight man wears a shirt patterned after the American flag during a visit to the World Trade Center, in New York.  Mark Lennihan, AP Americans continue to fatten up, with obesity rates topping 35 percent in seven states, a new report reveals. That’s up from five states two years ago. Moreover, no state had a…

Florence is a “horrific nightmare” for meteorologists tracking the storm

WASHINGTON — Oddly, the closer Hurricane Florence gets to land, the murkier its future gets. Usually when a storm approaches the coast, forecasters can tell with ever-increasing accuracy who will get walloped. Not with Florence. That’s because the weather systems that usually push and pull a storm are disappearing as Florence nears land around the border between North and South…

Puerto Rico gov.: Hurricane victims don't deserve “their pain to be questioned”

Puerto Rico’s governor is responding to President Trump’s claim that nearly 3,000 people “did not die in the two hurricanes” that hit the island last year, and he’s urging people not to politicize the recovery process. “Neither the people of Puerto Rico nor the victims deserve their pain to be questioned,” Gov. Ricardo Rosselló told CBS News.  Mr. Trump took to…

Democrats slam Trump for denying Puerto Rico death count

President Trump’s claim Tuesday that the federal response to Puerto Rico was an “unsung success,” after the governor of Puerto Rico increased the official Hurricane Maria death toll from 64 to 2,975, concerned some in Congress. But now the president’s denial of the death count altogether, claiming the other party inflated the figure to smear him, has elicited outrage from…

Police admit “mistakes” responding to toddlers standing on ledge

Police in Vallejo, California, admitted they made a “some mistakes” in their response to reports of two toddlers standing on a second story ledge on Tuesday evening. Marianne Kearney-Brown was in her office when she looked outside and spotted the children on a window ledge at a nearby loft. Brown immediately started filming and urgently called 911.  She said the…

Bob Woodward says he would release “Fear” interview tapes if needed

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