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…
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The grieving and the reporting jumbled together for staffers at The Capital Gazette after a fatal shooting at the newspaper, but they were determined to put out the next day’s edition. While the front page described the mass shooting in horrific detail, the opinion page offered a starker approach. “Today, we are speechless,” the editors wrote. “This…
For the first time, we are hearing from someone who worked inside one of the facilities caring for undocumented children separated from their parents. On Wednesday, “CBS This Morning” showed cellphone videos from inside the Cayuga Centers in New York, where groups of children can be seen in what look like classrooms. At one point, a girl starts to cry…
TODAY: Hot and humid, with highs in the low 90s, and heat index values in the 100s. Scattered showers and storms in the afternoon. Some storms could be strong to briefly severe, with straight line winds and quarter size hail being the main threats. Organized severe weather is unlikely. Rain chance around 40%. A lingering shower or storm possible overnight. Lows…
During the traffic stop, deputies seized one gram of methamphetamine.
Some of the hot topics discussed were the possibility of a lottery and the lack of funding for education.
Five people were killed Thursday when a suspect opened fire in the newsroom at The Capital newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland. Authorities say 38-year-old Jarrod Ramos, armed with a shotgun, intentionally targeted the newspaper. Hours after the massacre, police confirmed the identities of the employees who died: Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters. In a late…
Superhero window cleaners bring cheer to children at Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. Blank Children’s Hospital Children at a hospital in Iowa got a superhero surprise Tuesday. Local window washers dressed up as Captain America, Superman, Flash and Batman hung from outside the facility, producing some big smiles on the kids inside. For the third year in a…
The suspect in the deadly shooting at a Maryland newspaper building has been identified as 38-year-old Jarrod Ramos of Laurel, Maryland, law enforcement sources tell CBS News. Ramos is suspected of opening fire Thursday at the offices of Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, and fatally shooting five people while injuring several others. He allegedly used a shotgun and was carrying…
Baldwyn will open the season on the road at New Albany on August 17th.
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The Mississippi National Guard sends only one officer to every two years to the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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Last Updated Jun 28, 2018 7:01 PM EDT The suspect accused of killing five people in a shooting at a Maryland newspaper had damaged the tips of his fingers in an apparent attempt to thwart efforts by police to identify him by his fingerprints, a law enforcement officials tells CBS News. Authorities said the suspect is a white male in his…
After finding 67-year-old Belinda Whitaker stranded in her broken-down wheelchair on his way to the gym, Bilal Quintyne simply started pushing. “I just asked her, ‘You need any help?’ And she needed it,” Quintyne said. “I just jumped right to it.” Pushing a stranger along the road wasn’t the workout the 24-year-old boxer expected, and watching motorists just drive by,…
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats joined protesters outside the Supreme Court on Thursday, vowing to block the president’s nominee for the Supreme Court after Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement a day earlier. “Women’s access to safe, legal abortions on the line,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. They tried to push the Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to delay a vote on…
EASTPOINT, Fla. — It was supposed to be a “controlled burn,” a fire deliberately set to prevent future wildfires. But it ended up burning much more than planned, including dozens of homes in the Florida Panhandle town of Eastpoint. Glenn Woodall says he only had minutes to save his pets and himself when the Limerock Fire approached his property. “The…
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Five people are dead and others are wounded after a shooter opened fire into the offices of the Capital Gazette newspaper Thursday. One witness was in an office next door and spoke to local affiliate WJLA. “The door of the Capital Gazette had been blown to pieces,” he said. “It was in shattered pieces all on…
Mr. Trump, who was in Wisconsin Thursday for meetings and a speech, was briefed on the shooting before leaving the state.
“It has become a standard practice to shift resources strategically during active shooter or terrorist events.”
Mr. Trump continues to insist the U.S. needs to be tough at the border, strengthen the nation’s immigration laws, and build a border wall.