The lawmakers that sent Bryant the letter say the pause in President Donald Trump’s policy concerning family separation is not enough.
For some of you, the weekend you’re enjoying started a bit earlier thanks to a “Summer Friday,” the growing workplace practice Conor Knighton explores in our Cover Story (This story was previously broadcast on July 30, 2017): The hands on the office clock always seem to move a little slower on a Friday afternoon. Especially during the summer. Outside, it’s…
“Give me your tired, your poor…” Emma Lazarus wrote in her famous poem about immigration back in 1883. The controversies of the past week have put America’s current views on immigration to the test, and not for the first time, as Martha Teichner reminds us: It was not your everyday family reunion. The families in the picture are not related…
Jessie Bardwell, 27, a beloved daughter and friend seemingly vanished from the Texas home she shared with her boyfriend, Jason Lowe. Fearing the worst, her father traveled from Mississippi to Texas to start the search for his daughter. Jessie’s body was later found in a remote spot of farmland wrapped in a sheet. Police suspected murder, but was it? “This…
Last Updated Jun 22, 2018 4:48 PM EDT “Cada minuto que estoy separada de mis ninos es angustia” — “Each minute that I am separated from my children is anguish.” Those are the handwritten words of one mother, separated from her children at the southern border. She, along with two other parents who say they were separated from their children,…
Unsettled weather will carryover into parts of the weekend
She was the first female and first African-American to serve in that role. Helen O’Neal was 70-years-old.
During his arrest, the suspect allegedly kicked one of the officers.
Antoine Fielder allegedly over-powered and then shot and killed two deputies transporting him between the courthouse and the jail in Kansas City KCTV KANSAS CITY, Kan. – A 30-year-old inmate was charged Friday in the shooting deaths of two Kansas sheriff’s deputies who were transporting him between a courthouse and jail. The Wyandotte County District Attorney’s office on Friday announced charges…
McALLEN, Texas — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has issued a notice that it may seek up to 15,000 beds to detain immigrant families. The agency on Friday put out a request for information to help in planning for potential new family detention facilities. The notice comes after the administration stopped separating immigrant children from their parents on the southwest…
MADISON, Wis.— A state senator is taking a judge to task for sentencing a former University of Wisconsin-Madison student accused of sexual assault to three years in prison. Twenty-two-year-old Alec Cook of Edina, Minnesota, pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting three female students as well as choking or stalking two others. He was initially charged with more than 20 crimes against…
Last Updated Jun 22, 2018 3:01 PM EDT President Trump is standing alongside families who have been affected by crime committed by undocumented immigrants Friday, as he continues his push for strong borders. He’s appearing with “angel families” — U.S. citizens whose loved ones were lost due to crimes committed by people in the country illegally. On stage, family members…
Here’s a look at the week ahead on our “Sunday Morning” Calendar: Monday’s the night for the third annual “Arts for Autism” concert on Broadway, where top stars join with performing arts students on behalf of the charity Autism Speaks. Watch an announcement video for this year’s Arts for Autism concert: Arts for Autism 2018 Annoucement Video by…
Screengrab of police video showing a Lorain, Ohio officer pulling over his daughter’s boyfriend in an April traffic stop later determined to be unwarranted Chronicle-Telegram LORAIN, Ohio — A white Ohio police officer has been fired after a department investigation found he conducted an unwarranted traffic stop on his teen daughter’s boyfriend, who is black, reports the Chronicle-Telegram. Lorain…
CLEVELAND – Authorities say a 9-year-old girl sitting in a car while her mother went inside a building to pick up her son has been shot and killed in Cleveland. The girl has been identified as Saniyah Nicholson, of Maple Heights. Cleveland police say she was shot in the forehead about 7:15 p.m. Wednesday and was pronounced dead at a…
A file image of a crime scene investigation. Getty Images/iStockphoto A man was killed early Thursday morning in east Oklahoma City after being electrocuted while attempting to steal copper wire from a light pole, according to KWTV. The spike in copper prices in recent years has driven well known black market for the metal. The National Insurance Crime Bureau reported that over a…
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — The detention centers holding undocumented immigrant children have gained attention recently over concern of conditions inside as well as the limited access to them for journalists and lawmakers. CBS News recently toured a detention center in Homestead, Florida, where lawmakers were previously denied access. CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann went on an escorted tour of the facility…
ORLANDO, Fla. – The mother of four children killed by her boyfriend called 911 from a 7-Eleven after fleeing her Orlando apartment, according to the June 10 call released Thursday by Orlando police, reports CBS affiliate WKMG. Ciara Lopez called Orlando police dispatch around 11:43 p.m. that her boyfriend, Gary Lindsey Jr., hurt her and took her phone. “He hurt…
The Starkville man made his initial court appearance Thursday, and was given a bond of $5,000.
A 13-year-old boy faces a felony charge in Illinois for recording a conversation with his school principals without their consent. His state has one of the strictest eavesdropping laws in the country. CBS News is not revealing the boy’s name because of his age. He said he recorded the conversation when he was asked to explain why he wasn’t showing…
The project will consist of two phases, with apartments scheduled to be completed by 2020.
Our continuing series, What’s Working, looks at innovations that are paying off in America, from education to infrastructure and more. Labor department figures show solar panel and wind turbine technicians are the two fastest-growing careers in the country. Surprisingly, Texas is where you’ll find the most of those wind industry jobs. The traditionally conservative state is leading the way for…
U.S. first lady Melania Trump boards the plane as she departs Joint Base Andrews on her way to Texas on Thu., June 21 2018. Reuters NEW YORK — New York City-based artist Justin Teodoro said he was shocked and confused by President Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy that led to family separations at the border. So when first lady Melania…
The victim told emergency crews his name and alluded that he knew who shot him.