Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Sen. Orrin Hatch may be retiring, but he wants the nation — and Google, in particular — to know he’s still kicking. The 84-year-old Utah Republican and his team poked a little bit of fun at the search engine after it erroneously declared he died more than 10 months ago. Late Monday,…
Mexico’s homicide rate is high, 15.7 for every 100,000 residents. The U.S. State Department recommends visitors exercise increased caution, and advises Americans not to visit the states of Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán, Sinaloa and Tamaulipas due to high crime. Still, the country is the most traveled to by American tourists. Categories: National, US & World News
For Jennifer Knowles and her three boys, it was a family enterprise: selling lemonade and giving all the proceeds to help children in poverty. “We were just right over here at the park right across the street from our house,” Knowles told CBS News’ Barry Peterson. “I wanted to teach my kids two important lessons of entrepreneurship and charity, lifelong…
Last Updated Jul 24, 2018 2:54 PM EDT Ivanka Trump’s namesake fashion company is shutting down, citing challenges to growth. The four-year-old company has faced headwinds since its founder, the eldest daughter of President Donald Trump, formally stepped away from her role to become a senior White House adviser. It was an early target of the “Grab your wallet” campaign…
Props are an integral part of movie-making. Whether they’re lightsabers in “Star Wars,” Indiana Jones’ whips, Yorick’s skull in “Hamlet” or the famed book of secrets in “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” props can become as iconic as a film’s character. One prop designer, Ross MacDonald, was a printer and illustrator when a call from filmmaker John Hughes changed his…
The victim suffered a single stab wound and is in recovery.
A North Carolina woman is warning others against callus scrapers used during pedicures, which she said almost caused her to lose her leg. Tracy Lynn Martinez A North Carolina woman is warning others about a salon procedure that she says almost caused her to lose a leg. Tracy Lynn Martinez said after getting a pedicure at a local salon,…
Ivey didn’t debate her Republican challengers before the June 5 primary. Maddox participated in several debates before winning the Democratic primary.
A social media challenge started by internet personality Shiggy has taken a dangerous turn — not only are people dancing to Drake’s “In My Feelings,” they’re jumping out of cars to it. Instagram/@theshiggyshow/@marinjayden/@hassanghoneim The “In My Feelings” challenge took social media by storm this month, with thousands of people recording themselves dancing to rapper Drake’s new hit song. The…
Body cam footage could possibly be released to the media in the next several days. The officer has yet to be charged.
People exercise at Planet Fitness in the Columbia Mall on July 24, 2017 in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images A man was charged after he allegedly took off his clothes at the front desk of a Planet Fitness and exercised naked Sunday, according to local reports. He also told police he thought the gym was a “judgement free zone,” CBS…
A former Northern California school groundskeeper who is suing the manufacturer of the weed-killer Roundup over his terminal cancer testified on Monday that he was accidentally drenched in the herbicide twice, CBS San Francisco station KPIX-TV reports. Roundup’s manufacturer, Monsanto, has denied Dewayne “Lee” Johnson’s claim that the company’s product causes cancer. Johnson, 46, said he sprayed 150 gallons of…
Edrick Hall was sworn in last Tuesday, but has chosen to step down and return to Indianola.
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A representative from the Sexual Offenders Assessment Board is recommending Bill Cosby be classified as a sexually violent predator. The Montgomery County District Attorney requested a hearing on the report Tuesday so a judge can decide if Cosby will be classified as a sexually violent predator. No date had been set for the hearing as of early…
This Oct. 19, 2011 image provided by RMS Titanic, Inc. shows a porthole from the RMS Titanic which was recovered from the ocean floor during an expedition to the site of the tragedy. a subsidiary of Premier Exhibitions, Inc.,AP Photo/RMS Titanic Ever since the Titanic sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic on a frigid April evening in…
Last Updated Jul 24, 2018 11:43 AM EDT President Trump is addressing Veterans of Foreign Wars in Kansas City, Missouri, Tuesday, as he continues to face criticism over his domestic and foreign policies in Washington. Mr. Trump continues to defend his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the escalating trade war with foreign countries, even as he warns Iran…
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore says a store worker killed in a gunbattle before a suspect took hostages in a supermarket was hit by an officer’s bullet. Moore told reporters Tuesday the suspect fired at officers Saturday after crashing a car outside the market and the officers returned fire. Moore says the suspect, 28-year-old Gene Evin Atkins,…
The court set oral arguments for Oct. 2 in the case of Vernon Madison. Justices in February agreed to hear the case.
Freeman is currently at Fort Hood in Texas, where she is preparing to deploy to the Middle East as a platoon leader.
Temperatures in some Central Texas cities set all-time record highs Monday as summer settled deep in the heart of the state. The National Weather Service said Waco reached 114 degrees around 5 p.m., beating the city’s previous all-time record of 112 degrees set Aug. 11, 1969. Burnet, in the Texas Hill Country, reached 110 degrees, matching its all-time high set…
More than 2,000 inmates in the U.S. have been exonerated and released from prison since 1989. On May 15, David Robinson joined them and walked out of a Missouri prison. Robinson had been given a life sentence, but the Missouri Supreme Court overturned his murder conviction. So what happens when wrongly-convicted man goes home after nearly two decades in prison?…
Ticket sellers try to unload the last of their discounted game tickets across from Wrigley Field during the Chicago Cubs home opener on April 10, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois Scott Olson/Getty Images A man at a Chicago Cubs game was slammed as a “heartless Cubs fan” after a viral video showed him taking a ball when a little boy…
Stormy Daniels seen in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 27, 2018. Getty KAUFMAN, Texas — The husband of adult film performer Stormy Daniels has filed for divorce in Texas. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, has said that she had sex with Donald Trump before he became president, something Mr. Trump has denied. Glendon Crain filed the petition…
Amid ongoing mixed messages that the president still considers the issue of Russian interference in the 2016 election to be a “hoax,” the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is holding a hearing on the role of federal, state and local governments to ensure the integrity of the U.S. election system heading into a closely watched 2018 midterm election season….