Archives: 2018

Trump administration eyes protected Arctic land for drilling

The Trump administration is taking steps aimed at opening for drilling millions of acres of Alaska Arctic land that was protected under the Obama administration. The Anchorage Daily News reports the U.S. Department of the Interior has begun talks with state officials and the North Slope Borough, aiming to update the 2013 management plan that kept drilling off about half of the…

California considers limiting broad “felony murder” law

Brandon Hein was 18 when he and three other teenagers were charged in the 1995 stabbing death of the 16-year-old son of a Los Angeles police detective. One of Hein’s friends pulled a knife during a fistfight over marijuana. James Farris III died; Jason Holland testified that he committed the stabbings in a backyard clubhouse, but Hein was also sentenced…

Missing hiker survived 6 days eating berries and bees

COUGAR, Wash. — An Ohio man who was missing on Mount St. Helens was found Wednesday on a flank of the peak nearly a week after he set out on a day hike and survived by eating berries and bees, authorities and the man’s relatives said. Matthew B. Matheny, 40, of Warren, Ohio, was in good condition, talking and did…

Endangered/Missing child alert canceled

UPDATE: Briley S. Lee was found safe. According to the Jackson CBS affiliate station, the parents are now in custody.   JACKSON, Miss. (WCBI)- State investigators are searching for a 19-month-old girl from Jackson. Mississippi Bureau of Investigation said in a press release, Briley S. Lee was last seen shortly before 11 Wednesday night in the 600 block off I-55…

Dozens O-D on synthetic marijuana in New Haven, Connecticut

Last Updated Aug 16, 2018 6:12 AM EDT NEW HAVEN, Conn. — At least 71 people have overdosed from synthetic marijuana in Connecticut with at least 52 of them at or near a Connecticut city park, authorities said late Wednesday. Most of the overdoses happened on the New Haven Green — a downtown park near Yale University — throughout the…

Higher Rain Chances Return

TODAY: Highs in the low 90s, with a heat index around 100°. A few scattered showers and storms will develop in the afternoon. An isolated strong storm cannot be ruled out. Chance of rain around 40%. An isolated shower or storm is possible overnight, otherwise mostly cloudy with a low in the low 70s. FRI/SAT/SUN: Numerous showers and storms, with highs…

Husband confesses to killing pregnant wife, 2 young daughters: Report

Shanann Watts and daughters Bella and Celeste in undated family photos  CBS Denver The husband of a missing, pregnant Colorado woman has confessed to killing her and their two young daughters, who were also missing, CBS Denver reports. Shanann Watts, 34, and the daughters, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3, were reported missing Monday, and a desperate search for them began….

New Pearl Jam poster shows White House in flames

Last Updated Aug 15, 2018 11:37 PM EDT Pearl Jam unveiled a new poster Tuesday that showed the White House in flames as a bald eagle picks at a skeleton with hair similar to President Trump’s. The band’s bassist, Jeff Ament, and artist Bobby Brown drew the poster together to commemorate their Missoula, Montana, show Monday. In another post, Ament…

Turkey's economy plummets amid U.S. sanctions

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Colorado pregnant woman, 2 young daughters go missing

Shanann Watts and her two daughters were reported missing since Monday.  CBS Denver A desperate search is on for a Colorado woman, who is 15 months pregnant, and her two young children that were reported missing since Monday. The FBI and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) have joined in the search after the disappearance of Shanann Watts, 34, and…

Ringo Starr celebrates anniversary of joining the Beatles

Ringo Starr, poses for photographers after being awarded a knighthood, during an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace, in London, on March 20, 2018. AP It was 56 years ago today … Ringo Starr on Wednesday celebrated the anniversary of the fateful day he joined the Beatles — replacing their original drummer and giving the world the Fab Four. “56 years…