Archives: 2018

Drake surprises girl awaiting heart transplant

Drake surprised 11-year-old Sofia Sanchez at a children’s hospital in Chicago. The girl is awaiting a heart transplant and one of her birthday wishes was to meet the rapper. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Eleven-year-old Sofia Sanchez is “in her feelings” about Drake, who made a surprise visit to the girl’s hospital room on Monday. Sanchez…

Senator wants answers on “questionable” travel insurance practices

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Families divided by war in North and South Korea reunite

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“I am stoked”: Surfing is now California's official sport

LOS ANGELES — “Let’s go surfing now, everybody’s learning how,” the Beach Boys have been telling us in song since 1962. And if you haven’t started listening by now — and you live in California — perhaps it’s time you did. Surfing became the official sport of California on Monday. So grab a board, catch a wave and again as the…

Lawyer reveals how Harvey Weinstein reacted to Asia Argento report

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Twitter co-founder Ev Williams on the virtues of boredom

In our series, Pay Attention, we explore ways to sharpen our focus and recapture our attention from distracting technology. “CBS This Morning” co-host John Dickerson spoke with Twitter co-founder Ev Williams, who Forbes called “the LeBron James of online publishing.” He stepped down as Twitter CEO in 2010 and later started the blogging platform Medium. Williams, who remains on Twitter’s…

Full list of 2018 MTV Video Music Awards winners

Cardi B accepts an award onstage during the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Theo Wargo/Getty Images Music stars gathered at New York’s Radio City Hall on Monday for the MTV Video Music Awards. Camila Cabello took the night’s biggest honors – artist of the year and video…

Eye Opener at 8: Top al-Qaeda bomb maker believed to be killed

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Colorado man accused of killing family says wife strangled daughters

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Priest says he warned church about Cardinal McCarrick's alleged abuse

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Teacher walking her dog killed in N.C. alligator attack

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Eye Opener: Bombshell allegation in Colorado murder case

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Priest says he warned Vatican about Cardinal McCarrick in 2000

A New York City priest says he warned senior Roman Catholic officials about Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who was suspended last month over claims he sexually abused seminary students and an altar boy. Cardinal Sean O’Malley, of Boston, apologized Monday night for brushing aside the allegations against McCarrick. Father Boniface Ramsey told CBS News’ Nikki Battiste he repeatedly complained about the…

Support for charter schools, private school vouchers up, survey finds

Support for charter schools and private school voucher programs has gone up over the past year, with Republicans accounting for much of the increase, according to a survey published Tuesday. The findings by Education Next, a journal published by Harvard’s Kennedy School and Stanford University, come as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos promotes alternatives to traditional public schools. Forty-four percent of…

States aim to stop internet release of 3D-printed gun plans

A federal judge in Seattle is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday on whether to block a settlement the U.S. State Department reached with a company that would allow it to post blueprints for printing 3D weapons on the internet. The federal agency had tried to stop a Texas company from releasing the plans online, arguing it violated export regulations. But…

Trump to rescind Obama-era coal emissions standards

The Trump administration is set to roll back the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s efforts to slow global warming, the Clean Power Plan that restricts greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants. A plan to be announced in coming days would give states broad authority to determine how to restrict carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to…

Army reinstates at least three dozen discharged immigrants

At least three dozen immigrant recruits who were booted from the U.S. Army after enlisting with a promised pathway to citizenship are being brought back to serve, according to court records filed Monday. Since Aug. 17, the U.S. Army has reinstated 32 reservists, and revoked discharge orders of another six enlistees who had sued. Another 149 discharges have been suspended…

FBI investigates computer hacks in two California House campaigns

A person works at a computer during the 10th International Cybersecurity Forum in Lille on January 23, 2018. / Philippe Huguen / AFP/Getty Images The FBI launched investigations after two Southern California Democratic U.S. House candidates were targeted by computer hackers, though it’s unclear whether politics had anything to do with the attacks. A law enforcement official told The Associated…

U.S. deports former Nazi camp guard, 95, to Germany

NEW YORK — The last Nazi war crimes suspect facing deportation from the U.S. was taken from his New York City home and spirited early Tuesday morning to Germany, the White House said Tuesday. The deportation of the 95-year-old former concentration camp guard, Jakiw Palij, came 25 years after investigators first confronted him about his World War II past and…

Cold Front Brings More Pleasant Weather.

TODAY: The cold front that brought severe storms across our area last night will pass through our area this morning, bringing with it a drier, more comfortable airmass. Prior to the frontal passage, an isolated shower will be possible, but that chance will end by mid morning.  Winds out of the south in the morning, shifting out of the northwest…

IndyCar driver Robert Wickens to have surgery following violent crash

A look at the moment Robert Wickens goes airborne at the IndyCar race on Sun., Aug. 19, 2018. IndyCar/NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) ALLENTOWN, Pa. — IndyCar driver Robert Wickens will have surgery for a spinal injury suffered in a violent crash at Pocono Raceway. IndyCar said in a statement the 29-year-old Canadian was scheduled for surgery Monday night in an Allentown…