BOSTON — In a federal court case deciding if Harvard University discriminates against Asian-American applicants, both parties say the evidence is firmly on their side. Harvard and the group Students for Fair Admissions filed dueling reports from outside economists Friday, each studying six years of Harvard admissions data and each reaching wildly different conclusions. The reports were filed in Boston’s…
For decades now, no reporter has been better at asking tough questions and getting candid answers than the legendary Seymour Hersh. This morning, our David Martin tries to turn the tables during a visit to Hersh’s Washington office: Welcome to Seymour Hersh’s office. Buried in these files (“These are my fancy interviews; you tell me you could translate one page…
WASHINGTON — From April 19 to May 31 this year, 1,995 minors were separated from 1,940 adults at the U.S. border with Mexico, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said Friday. An age breakdown was not provided. The figures included separations for illegal entry, immigration violations, or possible criminal conduct by the adult, and they took place during a crackdown…
The original notice was issued last week.
It appears one person was taken to the hospital. State troopers are investigating the crash.
The study was being led by a researcher at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, which didn’t immediately comment on the decision.
A cause remains to be determined in a natural gas pipeline explosion near Hesston, Kansas on Friday. CBS A Southern Star Central Natural Gas pipeline exploded outside Hesston, Kansas, early Friday morning, sending flames shooting 75 to 100 feet into the sky, CBS Wichita affiliate KWCH reports. Southern Star spokesman Rob Southard said that the pipeline was shut off, with the fire…
Six additional residents will join the program in July of next year.
Kids also learn about healthy eating habits. More than 50 students signed up for the first time camp.
Shelby County in metro Birmingham has the state’s lowest unemployment rate at 2.7 percent, followed by Cullman County at 3.1 percent.
The deal includes the processing and storage operations as well as a sizable land sale. No purchase price is being released.
Do American intelligence communities need to rethink secrecy when it comes to cyber warfare? It’s something New York Times national security correspondent and best-selling author David Sanger suggests in his new book, “The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age.” “The classifications surrounding cyber is one of the biggest reasons that we’ve got a continued threat….
Correspondent: Anne-Marie Green; Producers: Judy Rybak, Elena DiFiore, Lindsey Schwartz and Chris O’Connell Nearly two decades after 18-year-old Angie Dodge was brutally murdered in her Idaho Falls, Idaho, apartment, police were still hunting for the killer who left his DNA at the crime scene, while a man who did not match the DNA was serving a 30-year sentence for participating…
The scene outside a Kansas City courthouse where two deputies were reportedly shot Friday KCTV KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police say two Wyandotte County sheriff’s deputies have been shot near the county courthouse in Kansas City, Kansas. Local news outlets are reporting that the shooting occurred about 11:30 a.m. Friday. The conditions of the two deputies are unknown. Details…
Despite President Trump’s announcement that the U.S. is suspending joint military exercises with South Korea, dubbing them “expensive” and “provocative,” CBS News’ David Martin reports the Pentagon hasn’t yet issued instructions on suspending planning for upcoming exercises. Mr. Trump announced after his visit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that the joint military exercises or “war games” would be…
If convicted, the minimum sentence is 20 years in prison. The maximum penalty is life in jail.
HONOLULU — Lava pouring out of a Hawaii volcano burned down Mary Dressler’s home and her town 28 years ago. Now, watching creeping lobes of molten rock slowly wipe out entire neighborhoods over the past month, she has been transported back to those losses. Memories and emotions overcame the naturopathic physician when she recently took clothing donations to an evacuation…
WCBI will continue to follow the story of our military families and soldiers in the weeks to come.
It’s the age-old question: Is the glass half empty, of half full? For the people of Flint Michigan, it’s far from being a settled issue. Some three years after the city’s water crisis first made headlines, many people still don’t believe their tap water is safe. Martha Teichner reports our Cover Story: Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha did not set out to…
The New York State Attorney General’s office filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing the Trump Foundation of misusing funds for personal benefit, legal payments and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. In the lawsuit, Democratic Attorney General Barbara Underwood said The Donald J. Trump Foundation “was little more than a checkbook for payments from Mr. Trump or his businesses to nonprofits, regardless…
This photo shows George Guo, who is being held Thursday, June 14, 2018, on a capital murder charge. Prosecutors in Dallas say Guo, an ex-physician, has been charged in the death of a woman left incapacitated after being sexually assaulted and strangled in 1988. Dallas County Jail via AP DALLAS — An ex-physician has been charged with capital murder in the…
Last Updated Jun 15, 2018 11:56 AM EDT Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is heading to prison pending his trial, a federal judge decided Friday. Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that Manafort has violated his pre-trial release and has detained him pending trial, CBS News’ Clare Hymes reports. He was in court to face superseding charges accusing him of…
Jose Lopez, 19, is accused in the murder of Josue Amaya Leonor, 19 CBS New York HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — A suspect has been arrested in the death of a Long Island teenager who police identified as a victim of the violent MS-13 gang. Newsday reports that 19-year-old Jose Lopez is scheduled for arraignment on a murder charge Friday in the killing of Josue…
President Trump announced Friday that the U.S. will impose a 25 percent tariff on $50 billion of goods from China. The Trump administration is imposing the tariffs “in light of China’s … unfair trade practices,” a statement from the White House said. The administration also threatened to impose more tariffs should China retaliate — and China has already indicated it…