Archives: 2018

This baller veteran beat injury, depression

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.” In competition, he’s a chest-pounding,…

Jurors weigh a TV show’s effect on a real-life shooting death

By Erin Moriarty and Paul LaRosa When Victoria Rickman, a 30-year-old single mother from Atlanta, dialed 911 on Sept. 13, 2013 to report that she’d shot her boyfriend Will Carter Jr. in self-defense because he had raped her, she never imagined the lead detective would be followed by a camera crew from a reality television show. But that’s exactly what…

Fourth of July is not just a celebration, but an assignment

“CBS This Morning” co-host John Dickerson shares his thoughts on the big stories of the week in our series Reporter’s Notebook.  As we think about civility in politics, the Fourth of July next week reminds us that our origins were not civil.  The Tea Party was no tea party.  The founders knew we would be incivil and designed government to…

Man shot in head drives 20 miles in wrong direction for help

carlballou, Getty Images/iStockphoto MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — Authorities say a central Georgia man who was shot in the head drove nearly 20 miles in the wrong direction to a hospital for help. The Telegraph of Macon reports 36-year-old Shasta Richardson was shot in the head by another man after trying to retrieve his belongings from a Milledgeville home Wednesday night.  Instead of going to…

Thanksgiving 2004 was TSA’s busiest day ever — that record may fall Friday

Passengers at O’Hare International Airport wait in line to be screened at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint on May 16, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson/Getty Images The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is encouraging travelers to allow for extra time at the airport on Friday, which could be the agency’s busiest day ever. June 29 is expected to be…

Melania Trump makes second solo trip to border

First Lady Melania Trump is making her second solo trip to the southern border to visit immigration facilities. The first lady, who visited children and federal immigration authorities in Texas last week, landed in Tucson, Arizona, Thursday. The first lady, her spokeswoman said, is eager to see what has changed since her last visit. Melania Trump — who President Trump…

Autopsy: Woman killed self after revealing stepson’s body

WICHITA, Kan. — An autopsy on a 5-year-old Wichita boy whose decomposing body was found months after he was reporting missing couldn’t determine how he died, leaving behind few answers for a community that had been gripped by his disappearance. The autopsy report of Lucas Hernandez lists both the cause and manner of his death as undetermined, and another autopsy also…

Why is your baby crying? There’s an app for that

A new app aims to help parents interpret what their baby wants based on the sound of their cry. The free app ChatterBaby, which was released last month, analyzes the acoustic features of a baby’s cry, to help parents understand whether their child might be hungry, fussy or in pain. While critics say caregivers should not rely too much on…

Attorney says her foot was broken when ICE agent pushed her

Attorney Andrea Martinez was injured in a scuffle with an ICE agent in Kansas City KCTV KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has announced it is investigating an attorney’s claim that she was pushed by an ICE agent and suffered a broken foot while attempting to reunite a Honduran woman with her three-year-old son Tuesday. CBS affiliate…

How wineries from Oregon to France are adapting to climate change

DALLAS, Ore. — When an Oregon valley famed for its wine heats up under the afternoon sun, Pacific Ocean winds rush through a dip in the mountains, cooling the grapes in Jeff Havlin’s vineyards. The Van Duzer Corridor, the lowest point in Oregon’s Coast Range, has become a go-to place for wineries and vineyards hedging their bets against climate change….

California Supreme Court to decide bullet casings labeling lawsuit

Last Updated Jun 28, 2018 12:12 PM EDT SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court will decide whether state laws can be challenged in court on the grounds that complying with them is impossible. The court will issue an opinion on that question Thursday in a lawsuit over a California law that requires new models of semi-automatic handguns to stamp identifying…