Archives: 2018

Healing the emotional wounds of war through song

This piece originally aired March 21, 2018. Our series, A More Perfect Union, aims to show that what unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us. Although there are a lot of therapy programs for veterans suffering from PTSD, only a few use professional musicians to achieve dramatic results. One group is turning wounded warriors into songwriters…

Cops kill man they say came out shooting after standoff

A suspect who barricaded himself in a condominium stairwell for four hours emerged and began shooting at officers, who shot back, killing him, police in South Elgin, Illinois say.  Sgt. Mike Doty told reporters police came under fire after they responded to a disturbance call, acccording to CBS Chicago. Officers set up a perimeter and residents were evacuated, the Chicago…

Fertility clinic denies liability for freezer malfunction losses

A Cleveland-area fertility clinic is denying legal liability after a freezer malfunction destroyed more than 4,000 eggs and embryos earlier this year. Dozens of families are suing University Hospitals, which previously apologized, for alleged negligence. In court documents made public this week, the company said clients knew about the risks involved. Since the incident, University Hospitals said it’s taken significant…

Tina Turner’s son dead in apparent suicide

Craig Turner, the eldest son of music legend Tina Turner, has died of an apparent suicide in Studio City, California, CBS News has confirmed. He was 59. John Kades, a captain with Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office, told CBS News that the preliminary report from LAPD North Hollywood is that Turner died of a gunshot wound but “our doctors still…

Heat wave blamed for at least 3 deaths in Northeast

The dangerous heat wave scorching much of the country has turned deadly and more than 103 million Americans are under heat alerts. The extreme heat will blanket a huge section of the country Wednesday, stretching from the Midwest into the Northeast. High temperatures are expected to soar into the 90s in many cities and it will feel like triple-digit heat…

Parents of missing Navy sailor get text from his phone

Shaun Palmer is seen in undated photo Facebook / Elizabeth Diane / KGMB-TV HONOLULU — The parents of a U.S. Navy sailor who’s been missing since Sunday got a text from his phone Tuesday, saying, “I’m alive and I love you,” reports CBS Honolulu affiliate KGMB-TV. That’s according to Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which also said he still hasn’t been…

1 dead, 5 hurt as tree branch falls on fireworks spectators

Tree branch is seen after, police say, it killed one person and injured five when it fell shortly after start of fireworks show in Rock Island, Illinois on July 3, 2018 WHBF-TV ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – At least one person is dead and five injured after a branch from an oak tree snapped and fell on a crowd of people…

“Bizarre”: Woman, 92, shoots 72-year-old son to death, police say

Anna Mae Blessing in court on July 3, 2018 Maricopa County (Arizona) Sheriff’s Office / KPHO-TV FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. — A 92-year-old woman shot and killed her 72-year-old son because he wanted to put her in an assisted living facility, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. In what MCSO described as a “bizarre turn of events,” Anna Mae Blessing…

Pop Up Independence Day Storms.

TODAY: Mostly clear in the morning, with building cumulus clouds in the afternoon. Scattered showers and storms develop in the afternoon and evening. Temperatures starting in the 70s in the early morning, climbing into the low 80s by mid morning, then low 90s in the early afternoon. High temperatures will climb into the low to mid 90s this afternoon. The heat…

Three charged in kidnapping of actress, actor

Daisy McCrackin attends the luncheon for a special tribute to David LaChapelle’s documentary Rize on March 3, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. / Getty Images LOS ANGELES — Three suspects were charged Tuesday with kidnapping two people from a Los Angeles home and holding one of them naked in a bathtub for 30 hours while demanding the other pay a…

Conservative groups sue university for moving Ben Shapiro speech

Ben Shapiro at Politicon 2016 at The Pasadena Convention Center on Sunday, June 26, 2016, in Pasadena, CA. Colin Young-Wolff / AP MINNEAPOLIS — Conservative groups are suing the University of Minnesota, arguing that the school violated their free speech rights by moving a conservative speaker to its smaller St. Paul campus. Conservative speaker Ben Shapiro is a plaintiff in the…

Autopsies of 2 kids found dead in Ariz. car shows they died of exposure

Brittany Velasquez, left, and her two children, Christopher, 2, and Brooklyn, 10 months KPHO PHOENIX — Autopsies on two small Arizona children left strapped in car seats for hours in a closed vehicle have determined the infant girl and her toddler brother died from exposure, and they suffered no trauma and had no drugs in their bodies. The children’s 20-year-old…

Judge orders housing extension for hurricane victims as Puerto Rico, FEMA ignite spat

A federal judge ordered the federal government on Tuesday to continue providing housing assistance until later this month for hundreds of Puerto Ricans who evacuated after Hurricane Maria. The decision comes as the administration of Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rosselló and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) engaged in a public spat over whether or not Puerto Rico asked the agency…

9th suspect arrested in death of teen killed in brutal Bronx attack

NEW YORK — A ninth suspect has been arrested in the death of a 15-year-old New York City boy who was slashed in the neck with a machete outside a bodega. Police say 29-year-old Diego Suero was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder, manslaughter, gang assault, conspiracy and criminal possession of a weapon in the June 20 death of Lesandro…