Last Updated Jun 29, 2018 12:58 PM EDT President Trump took a moment at a GOP tax bill event at the White House Friday to mourn the five victims of the shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, the day before. The suspect in those deaths has been charged with five counts of murder. “Before going any further,…
Arlis Perry Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office via CBS San Francisco SAN JOSE, Calif. — Authorities said that the suspect in a cold case murder at a Stanford church decades ago shot and killed himself Tuesday as deputies were in the process of serving a search warrant at his apartment, reports CBS San Francisco. The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s office…
Every year since 2010, the Department of Defense’s Warrior Games bring together wounded service members in a supportive and competitive environment to enhance their recovery and rehabilitation. This year, 300 athletes from all branches of the armed forces came to the Air Force Academy for the event. CBSN brings you five stories of these “American Warriors.” There are a few…
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday blocked a law requiring a 72-hour waiting period before a woman can get an abortion. The court ruled that the law violates the Iowa Constitution, siding with a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood of Iowa and the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa. The organizations sued the state over the…
Drake performs onstage at the 2015 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, California on April 12, 2015. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella LOS ANGELES — Drake has confirmed he’s a father on his new album, “Scorpion.” The 31-year-old Canadian rapper released his fifth album on Friday. In two songs, he addresses rumors that he fathered a son with…
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At least five people were killed Thursday when a gunman opened fire inside the offices of the Capital Gazette, a newspaper published in Annapolis, a historic city an hour east of Washington. Getty Last Updated Jun 29, 2018 11:47 AM EDT ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A man with a long grudge against Maryland’s capital-city newspaper was charged Friday with five counts…
Photo of Jahi McMath is shown on video screen next to her uncle, Timothy Whisenton, at news conference in San Francisco on Dec. 23, 2015 Jeff Chiu / AP SAN FRANCISCO — A girl at the center of the medical and religious debate over brain death has died after surgery in New Jersey, her mother said Thursday. Nailah Winkfield said…
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America’s last remaining Toys “R” Us stores will close for good today, after a final Friday of clearance sales. One Toys “R” Us location in Raleigh, North Carolina, however, has shut its doors a little early — and for good reason — after an anonymous patron purchased $1 million worth of the store’s remaining toys to donate them to local…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — In an emotional appearance, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall opened up to reporters Wednesday about his wife’s weekend suicide, saying she was a beautiful and gentle person who had a long struggle with depression, anxiety and chronic pain. With his adult daughter and other family members standing behind him during a press conference at a northern Alabama…
A former senior profiler for the FBI said that many factors likely contributed to Jarrod Ramos’ alleged decision to go on a rampage at a Maryland newspaper office Thursday afternoon. Mary Ellen O’Toole, who spent more than 20 years investigating mass shootings, called Ramos “an injustice collector.” “That’s someone who goes through life – it’s a behavior that starts early…
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NEW YORK — Tainted irrigation water appears to be the source of a national food poisoning outbreak linked to romaine lettuce, health officials said Thursday. About 200 people were sickened in the E. coli outbreak and five people died. The outbreak, which started in the spring, is now over, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The illnesses in…
The former top attorney with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been sentenced to four years behind bars for stealing undocumented immigrants’ identities, according to the Justice Department. Former ICE Chief Counsel Raphael A. Sanchez, of Seattle, Washington, pleaded guilty earlier this year to one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. The DOJ says 44-year-old…
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Hundreds of activists, including actress Susan Sarandon (center), protest the Trump administration’s approach to illegal border crossings and separation of children from immigrant parents, in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 28, 2018. J. Scott Applewhite / AP Susan Sarandon was one of the roughly 575 people arrested during a Capitol Hill protest of…
As the country prepares to celebrate the July Fourth holiday, experts are warning that all the fun with fireworks can be dangerous if you aren’t careful – and sometimes even if you are. Each year, more than 10,000 people are treated in hospitals across the United States for injuries involving fireworks. Fire Captain Jay Northup, a 23-year veteran of his…
Officer Philip Bernot (standing), Sean Williams (sitting) Facebook LANCASTER, Pa. — A Pennsylvania police officer is seen on video using a stun gun on a man as he’s sitting on a curb. Lancaster police says officers were called around 10 a.m. Thursday and told a man was confronting people with a bat. This is what cops like to do when…
The Republican game plan for selecting the next member of the Supreme Court was ready to go even before longtime Justice Anthony Kennedy made his retirement announcement this week. Kennedy’s news that he’ll leave the court next month immediately activated a network of White House aides, congressional allies and outside advocates, all set for their second Supreme Court confirmation fight…
Is Roe v. Wade really in peril? The worst fears — and highest hopes — elicited by the prospect of a new Supreme Court justice may well be overblown. Democrats and liberal interest groups, gearing up for President Trump’s choice for the seat opened up by Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement, are treating the moment as one of utmost danger for…
Investigators say the suspect in The Capital newspaper shooting, Jarrod Ramos, had a longstanding grudge against the newspaper. Ramos sued after it reported accurately on his guilty plea to charges of harassing a woman he went to high school with. His defamation case was dismissed. Authorities say the 38-year-old, armed with a shotgun, intentionally targeted the newspaper in a shooting that left five dead. …
CHICAGO — A Brazilian mother and 9-year-old son separated at the U.S.-Mexico border were together again Thursday after a federal judge in Chicago ordered the U.S. government to release the boy, in one of the first examples of an urgent petition for court intervention successfully reuniting parent and child. Facing reporters together just hours after the reunion, Lidia Karine Souza…