Archives: 2018

Trump cancels military parade over price tag

President Trump wanted a Bastille Day-inspired grand military parade. On Friday, he halted his plans for a Veterans Day military parade this year, calling the cost “ridiculously high.” CBS News transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports. Categories: National, US & World News

Trump weighs in on Manafort trial

The jury in the financial fraud trial of Paul Manafort finished its second day of deliberations on Friday, and President Trump weighed in on his former campaign chairman. CBS News Washington correspondent Paula Reid reports. Categories: National, US & World News

Locals Team Up To Get Service Dog For Veteran

TUPELO, MISS. (WCBI) – A Gulf War veteran who battles PTSD and other service related illnesses gets a service dog, because of several Northeast Mississippi residents. It didn’t take long for Paul Gregg to start bonding with Quincy. “I can’t even put it into words, it’s unbelievable,” Gregg said. The 50 year old Jacksonville Florida resident served with the U S…

How a 95-year-old veteran gave a young boy a lesson in courage

CANTON, Ohio — The distance between a diving board and the surface of the water can feel like half a body length, especially when it is half a body length. That’s why, all summer long, 4-year-old Dylan Stich has been cheating the system, gradually lowering himself into the water like a fragile egg. “He had no interest in it, ever,” said…

“CBS Evening News” headlines for Friday, August 17, 2018

News Latest Video US World Politics Entertainment Health MoneyWatch SciTech Crime Sports Shows CBS Evening News CBS This Morning 48 Hours 60 Minutes Sunday Morning Face The Nation Video CBSN Watch Live CBSN Originals CBSN On Assignment LIVE More In Depth Photos Podcasts Mobile Radio Local Shop Alerts Log In CBSN × Terms of Use | Privacy Policy© 2018 CBS…

Rising ocean water temperatures increase risk of Pacific hurricanes

SAN DIEGO — California had it’s hottest July ever. But the heat waves weren’t only on land.  The Pacific Ocean off San Diego hit a record high this month. Last week, two hurricanes barreled through the Pacific, and there are new concerns that rising seawater temperatures could bring them closer to California. Irma, Harvey and Katrina are among the hurricanes that…

Aretha Franklin remembered for her role in the civil rights movement

DETROIT — The funeral for Aretha Franklin will be held two weeks from Friday, on August 31, in her hometown of Detroit.  As Aretha Franklin is remembered for her music, she’s also being remembered for her role in the civil rights movement. In the singer’s childhood home and hometown, the two were inextricably linked. Franklin performed for the famous all over…

Slain kids were found in oil tank and had been there for several days, court documents say

FREDERICK, Colo. — Prosecutors in Colorado are preparing to file formal charges of first-degree murder and evidence tampering against Christopher Watts, who is accused of murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters. In the latest court motions filed Friday, Watts’ attorney is asking for DNA samples to be taken from the two girls. What the defense wants to do with the…

Superintendent faces criticism as Parkland students return to school

PARKLAND, Fla. — Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, returned to class this week. The school, however, did not return to what it used to be, CBSN anchor Anne-Marie Green reports.  It’s been six months since former student Nikolas Cruz went on a rampage, killing 17 people on Valentine’s Day. On Friday, the school looked different….

Manafort trial verdict unlikely Friday

Last Updated Aug 17, 2018 3:50 PM EDT A verdict appears unlikely in the trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Friday, after the jury passed a note to the judge indicating one juror wanted to end their deliberation session by 5 p.m. Friday, CBS News’ Nicole Sganga reports. That would mean two full days of deliberation without…

Miss America says she was bullied, manipulated and silenced by pageant leadership

Cara Mund is seen at the 91st Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017, in New York.  Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The reigning Miss America says she has been bullied, manipulated and silenced by the pageant’s current leadership, including Gretchen Carlson. In a letter sent Friday to former Miss Americas, Cara Mund says she…

72 years later, melting glacier uncovers crashed U.S. WWII plane

The wreckage debris of a U.S.-WWII warplane C-53 Skytrooper Dakota that crashed in 1946, pictured on the Gauli Glacier in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland, on Wednesday, August 15, 2018. Anthony Anex / AP Last Updated Aug 17, 2018 1:41 PM EDT A heatwave in Switzerland has uncovered the wreckage debris of an American WWII plane that crash-landed in the Bernese…

Whistleblower exposes potentially fatal flaw in electronic medical records software

Millions of Americans expect their doctors to have the right information about their care at their fingertips, thanks to electronic medical records. But could faulty digital medical records cost lives? Host Alex Ferrer investigates the case of medical charting software gone wrong and  another about spoiled food being fed to Washington, D.C. school kids  on “Whistleblower,” airing Friday, Aug. 17…