Police release name of shooting suspect, victim still recovering
The shooting happened just after 11:30 Wednesday night. It’s still unclear what sparked the shooting.
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Bodycam video shows officer firing on dog, injuring girl
A Kansas officer fired at a dog inside a home, and a bullet fragment hit the little girl just behind the animal KWCH WICHITA, Kan. – The Sedgwick County District Attorney Thursday released body cam footage to the Wichita Eagle, showing a now-former Wichita police officer firing at family dog and injuring a child, reports CBS affiliate KWCH. Police said…
MSU board rejects effort to oust interim president who sent controversial emails
Then-Business Roundtable President and former Michigan Gov. John Engler participates in a news conference at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce July 9, 2014, in Washington. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University’s governing board rejected an effort to oust the school’s interim president Friday as trustees met to discuss how to pay for a $500 million settlement…
Cops: Girl believed abducted by gunman who shot grandfather
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Authorities in Kansas City are searching for a girl they believe was abducted by a gunman who shot her grandfather, reports CBS affiliate KCTV. An Amber Alert has been issued for 15-year-old Brajean Sledge. Police responded to the report of a shooting Thursday at a Kansas City home, where they found Sledge’s 60-year-old grandfather shot and…
Amazon to locate distribution center near Birmingham
Amazon already has a sorting center on the Gulf Coast at Mobile.
Pilot killed when small plane crashes in south Mississippi
No other injuries were reported. Diamondhead is 30 miles west of Biloxi.
Confusion at the border after Trump’s executive order
President Trump’s order to stop separating migrant children from their parents spread confusion and uncertainty along the border, as officials worked to come up with an overall plan to reunite families while sending conflicting signals about the state of the administration’s “zero tolerance” policy. Parents who remained locked up struggled to get in touch with children being held in many…
Supreme court decides police generally need a warrant to track cell phones
Police collection of cellphone tower information has become an important tool in criminal investigations.
Police: Man kills lawyer, self, hours after divorce is final
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. — A Georgia man killed his ex-wife’s attorney in his law office just hours after the couple’s divorce was final and then killed himself, authorities said. Cartersville Police Lt. M.E. Bettikofer tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that 33-year-old Walter Samuel Radford’s divorce was finalized at 12:04 p.m. Wednesday and Radford fatally shot his ex-wife’s attorney about two hours later. …
Some young immigrants at detention center cope through poetry
The young immigrants held at a juvenile detention center in the mountains of Virginia express despair. Some cling to pleasant memories from home. For a select few, there is hope. For a handful of immigrants who came to the U.S. from Central America — many as unaccompanied minors — poetry has given them a chance to tell the world both…
Fire crews battle blaze near Saltillo
Crews were at the scene early Friday morning, putting out what’s left of the blaze. No injuries were reported.
Some pro-family groups quiet on family separations, while others voice concern
Even as many religious organizations, from liberal to conservative, denounced the Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border, some major advocacy groups that depict themselves as “pro-family” declined to join in the criticism. Two of the most influential anti-abortion groups in the U.S. — the National Right to Life Committee and the Susan B. Anthony List…
On separating families, the human tribe spoke loudest
“CBS This Morning” co-host John Dickerson shares his thoughts on the big stories of the week in our series Reporter’s Notebook. In this installment, he looks back at a week marked by outrage over President Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy. The president’s tribe rallied because the critics were the usual ones – liberals, elites and supporters of looser immigration. The…
About 500 separated immigrant children reunited with families
Roughly 500 immigrant children who were separated from their families at the southern border have been reunited with their families since May, a senior administration official confirms to CBS News. The Associated Press first reported that about 500 of the more than 2,000 children separated had been reunited. On Wednesday, Mr. Trump signed an executive order halting the family separations,…
Trump throws wrench in GOP immigration push
President Trump threw a wrench in Republicans’ efforts to pass sweeping immigration legislation soon. He tweeted Friday that Republicans should “stop wasting their time” on immigration and wait until after November’s midterm elections to pass anything. House Republicans on Thursday delayed a vote on their compromise immigration bill until next week. They had hoped to pass legislation that would not…
Teen shot dead by police wrote now-haunting poem about violence
Poem about violence written by teen who would himself be shot to death by police is seen next to undated photo of Antwon Rose Jr. STK, Embrace Life/Woodland Hills School District)/CBS Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH — During a downtown rally Thursday for Antwon Rose Jr., the teen killed by East Pittsburgh police late Tuesday, a poem written by Antwon was read, reports…
Border agent involved with dramatic photo of crying girl breaks silence
The picture of a Honduran girl crying as she and her mother are detained in Texas has grabbed worldwide attention and come to symbolize the intense debate about separating children from their parents. Time magazine put the young girl on this week’s cover, but the Border Patrol agent involved in the dramatic scene says the photo might be a little…
Watch the emotional reunion of a mother and son separated at the border
A mother from Guatemala sobbed when she was reunited with her son in Baltimore Friday morning after being separated from him last month. Beata Mejia-Mejia and her son arrived at the U.S. border after a 2,300-mile, three-week journey by foot, seeking asylum from violence and domestic abuse. She was detained after they crossed into the U.S. near San Luis, Arizona,…
Agency created to fight organized crime at key U.S. port may be pushed out
Marlon Brando starred in the 1954 movie “On the Waterfront” as a dockworker who turned against corruption. Sixty-four years later, the agency created to clean up organized crime on the real waterfront is fighting to survive. The Port of New York and New Jersey processes nearly seven million cargo containers a year, delivering more than $200 billion in goods across…
Thursday storms leave damage across the area
Plantersville fire officials said there were many other calls they had to tend to after the storms pushed through.
1 more U.S. worker in Cuba has “confirmed” mystery illness
WASHINGTON — Medical tests have confirmed that one additional U.S. Embassy worker has been affected by mysterious health incidents in Cuba, the State Department said, bringing the total number to 25. The new “medically confirmed” worker is one of two who were recently evacuated from Cuba after reporting symptoms. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the other worker is “still…
More Strong to Severe Storms Today.
TODAY: Scattered to numerous strong to severe storms possible through the day. The main threats these storms will pose are strong straight line winds, large hail, isolated flooding, and frequent lightning. Highs in the mid to upper 80s. Rain chance around 70%. A few lingering showers or storms possible overnight. Lows in the low 70s. SATURDAY: Scattered showers and storms once again….
Second night of rowdy protests over fatal police shooting of teen
EAST PITTSBURGH, Pa. — For the second straight night, hundreds of people took to the streets Thursday over the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old boy. Protesters demonstrated outside the East Pittsburgh police headquarters, then began marching through the streets, eventually shutting down a major interstate. That backed up traffic for miles, reports CBS Pittsburgh. Antwon Rose Jr. was shot…
Border Patrol: We rescued 4 illegal immigrants from El Paso canal
U.S. Border Patrol agents at scene where, they say, they pulled 4 would-be illegal immigrants who nearly drowned from waters of El Paso canal very early on June 20, 2018 U.S. Border Patrol / KDBC-TV EL PASO, Texas — Four people who entered the country illegally nearly drowned before being rescued by Border Patrol agents just after midnight Wednesday, reports…