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IADLEST adviser on importance of implicit bias training

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U.S. pulls Syria stabilization funding

The Trump administration will not be spending $200 million that had been planned for Syria stabilization efforts, citing successful efforts to get other countries to step up their contributions. The Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS will now put $300 million towards stabilization in Syria, which means that all projects will remain up and running. State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert told…

NYPD officers share thoughts on implicit bias training

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“Cold day in hell”: Arkansas lawmaker irked by Satanists' statue

The Satanic Temple unveils its statue of Baphomet, a winged-goat creature, at a rally for the first amendment in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018. The Satanic Temple wants to install the statue on Capitol grounds as a symbol for religious freedom after a monument of the Biblical Ten Commandments was installed in 2017. Hannah Grabenstein / AP LITTLE…

Trump declines to discuss possible Manafort pardon, as he leaves for Long Island fundraiser

Last Updated Aug 17, 2018 11:00 AM EDT President Trump wouldn’t discuss whether he would pardon former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, as the jury in Manafort’s trial deliberates his fate Friday. Mr. Trump made the comments on the White House South Lawn, before taking off for Southampton on Long Island, New York. The president did call Manafort a good…

Mormon church leader wants people to stop using “Mormon”

Then-Mormon Apostle Russell M. Nelson waits for the first session of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ 187th semiannual general conference to start in Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 30, 2017. Reuters/George Frey SALT LAKE CITY — The faith has the famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir, recently made a documentary about its members called “Meet the Mormons” and uses…

FDA clears generic rival to high-priced EpiPen

Mylan’s EpiPen, the life-saving and costly allergy treatment, will soon face a generic rival, a first in more than two decades on the market. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday cleared Teva Pharmaceutical Industries to start selling generic versions EpiPen and EpiPen Jr., years after the Israeli drugmaker requested it.  The products are the first generic treatments that compete…

Senate confirms more Trump-appointed judges

President Trump has put more judges on the circuit courts this far into his first two years than other administrations had, thanks to Senate Republicans. The Senate on Thursday confirmed two more of Trump’s nominees, bringing to 26 the number of new appellate judges that have been approved this session of Congress. The judges confirmed Thursday — U.S. District Judge…

A rare look inside NYPD's implicit bias training

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A rare look inside NYPD’s implicit bias training

First on “CBS This Morning,” a new report released Friday reveals how some of America’s police academies are addressing racial bias in the wake of controversies over shootings and the use of force. Eighty-five percent of training academies that participated in the government-funded national survey by International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST) said they have…

Trump, McConnell forge partnership as midterms approach

As the Senate convened for a rare August work period, the late-summer session serves as a reminder of how much has changed in the partnership between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Trump. This time last year, the two men were barely on speaking terms. Mr. Trump bashed the GOP leader on Twitter after the collapse of Republican efforts…

Democrats threaten to sue over Kavanaugh records

Senate Democrats say they will file a federal lawsuit next month if government agencies deny their requests for documents from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s days as an aide to President George W. Bush. The threat represents Democrats’ latest attempt to focus the public — and perhaps more importantly, senators — on potential game-changers they hope are hidden in millions…

Friends say slain Colorado mom thought husband “could be cheating”

Investigators in Colorado believe they’ve found the bodies of a pregnant mother and her two young daughters, allegedly murdered by their father.  Chris Watts made his first court appearance Thursday as the sole suspect in the case, likely facing three counts of murder in the first degree, and three counts of tampering with evidence. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reports…

For many female vets, the next mission is to run for office

A dragon winds around a cherry tree in the tattoo across MJ Hegar’s arm and back, over the shrapnel wounds she had, at one point, not wanted to see with her young children around. But nine years after being shot down in Afghanistan, then winning a lawsuit against the federal government, writing a book and now running for a Texas…

Manafort trial is free from Trump

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Donald Trump is the phantom of U.S. District Courtroom 900. His name has rarely been uttered during the two-week trial of his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort. References to his campaign and administration have slipped in only through carefully scrubbed exchanges. The Trump name has been so studiously avoided that when the trial judge said “Mr. Trump”…

Video shows 165-mph, 2,700-degree fire tornado that killed firefighter

SAN FRANCISCO — In the history of California wildfires there has never been anything like it: A churning tornado filled with fire, the size of three football fields. Recently released video from Cal Fire shows the most intense tornado ever in California history that trapped and killed a firefighter in Redding last month, CBS San Francisco reports. An official report…

Olympic star and wife turn tragedy into platform for change

Two families brought together by tragedy are now working to turn their pain into a platform for change. In June, Emmy, the 19-month-old daughter of Olympic gold medal ski racer Bode Miller and his wife, Morgan, drowned in a swimming pool. On the same day, Nicole Hughes’ energetic 3-year-old, Levi, also drowned. The lives of both families were shattered by…

Officer ambushed? Gunfire rings out during Phoenix traffic stop

Scene of officer-involved shooting during traffic stop in north Phoenix on night of August 16, 2018  KPHO-TV Last Updated Aug 17, 2018 5:33 AM EDT PHOENIX — A police officer and suspect are in critical condition after exchanging gunfire Thursday night in north Phoenix, reports the CBS affiliate here, KPHO-TV. Phoenix Police Sgt. Mercedes Fortune said the officer pulled over…