QUEBEC CITY — President Trump flew to Canada Friday for the G-7 meeting — the first of two high-profile summits on his agenda. A group photo masked the underlying tension, after Mr. Trump lashed out at allies over trade, while calling for Russia to be reinstated in the group. A quick prompt from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau produced an…
Emergency Officials say the leak poses no immediate danger to residents.
Sheriff Lance Humphreys says several vehicles were burglarized, for a couple of Fridays in a row.
LOS ANGELES — A day after Stormy Daniels accused her former lawyer of being a “puppet” for President Trump, the attorney countersued the porn star and her new attorney for defamation and accused Trump’s personal attorney of illegally recording their telephone calls. The countersuit was filed Thursday in federal court in Los Angeles — hours after Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani…
Last Updated Jun 8, 2018 4:12 PM EDT MESA, Ariz. — A suburban Phoenix police chief says he’s asked an outside group to review his department’s use-of-force incidents after a second controversial arrest seen on video, this time of a 15-year-old boy. Mesa Police said two officers are now on administrative leave while they investigate a use of force that occurred…
ORLANDO, Fla. — SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc., has removed all single-use plastic drinking straws and shopping bags from its theme parks in an effort to “protect animals and habitats worldwide,” the company announced in a news release Friday. The decision came on World Oceans Day. The release noted that Ocean Conservancy, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group, estimates that eight million metric…
Kenneth Tanksley was indicted on one felony count of fondling of a vulnerable person by an employee of a health care facility.
The victim told officers she had been held at gunpoint and that she had been brought to Oxford from Georgia for prostitution purposes.
Last Updated Jun 8, 2018 3:58 PM EDT James Wolfe, a nearly 30-year veteran staffer of the Senate Intelligence Committee who is accused of lying to the FBI about his contacts with reporters, made his first appearance in federal court in Baltimore Friday. He faces three counts of false statements to a government agency, charges that could mean up to…
Typical summer weather is on tap for the next week around our neck of the woods
Luis Mancheno is an immigration attorney at The Bronx Defenders. He appears in the CBSN Originals documentary “Seeking Asylum: An Immigrant’s Journey to America” (watch the video above). You can follow him on Twitter @LuisFMancheno or on Facebook at Luis Mancheno. Lately, a steady stream of news has called attention to what is happening at our country’s southern border and the policies being implemented…
Gov. Greitens announced Tue., May 29, 2018, that he would resign amid scandals. CBS News ST. LOUIS — A special prosecutor said Friday she will not refile a felony invasion-of-privacy charge against former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, a week after Greitens resigned from office amid allegations of personal and political misconduct. St. Louis prosecutors last month dropped the charge…
TRENTON, N.J. — The winner of a $315 million Powerball jackpot revealed himself at the New Jersey Lottery headquarters Friday in Lawrenceville. Tayeb Souami stepped forward to claim the prize, CBS New York reports. Lottery officials said Souami, a New Jersey resident, holds the lone winning ticket for the May 19 drawing. The ticket was sold at a ShopRite grocery…
Russia was ousted from the group in 2014 because of its approach to Crimea.
John Ligurgo and his son Jovani WDBJ NEW YORK — Authorities are defending their response to the suspected abduction of a 2-year-old New York boy who was found dead with his father in Virginia in an apparent murder-suicide. Suffolk County and New York State Police issued a joint statement Thursday amid criticism from Jovani Ligurgo’s family for declining to issue…
Reed Olson, 8, gets a flu shot at a Dekalb County health center in Decatur, Georgia, Feb. 5, 2018. David Goldman / AP NEW YORK — Flu killed more U.S. children in the past year than during any other regular flu season in recent history. U.S. health officials said Friday that they had received reports of 172 pediatric flu deaths…
The ATF is searching for Bernard Graham in connection with the shooting of an ATF agent in Indiana CBS Chicago CHICAGO — Federal authorities have charged two men in connection with a shootout during an undercover gun buy operation in Gary, Indiana, which left an ATF agent wounded and a suspect dead on Thursday. U.S. Attorney Thomas Kirsch said 25-year-old…
Investigators say, the suspect ended up across the state-line, in Monroe County, where he allegedly tried to break into a home.
Once Thompson was in jail he allegedly tried to get rid of some illegal pills. However, a corrections officer saw him trying throw the narcotics away.
He once called Donald Trump “a con man,” but Mitt Romney on Thursday night predicted that President Trump would “easily” win his party’s presidential nomination in 2020 and “solidly” win a second term. “I think President Trump will be re-nominated by my party easily, and I think he’ll be reelected solidly,” Romney said. Romney, the GOP’s failed 2012 presidential nominee…
Charles Krauthammer, the longtime Fox News commentator, says his cancer has returned and he has months to live. Krauthammer made the announcement in an open letter Friday. Krauthammer, 68, he’s been in the hospital fighting complications from a surgery he underwent last year to remove a cancerous tumor in his abdomen. He said it caused a “cascade of secondary complications.”…
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer attends a speech by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions about the Trump Administration efforts to combat the opioid crisis at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, New York, U.S., October 27, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid – RC180B951100 Brendan McDermid Last Updated Jun 8, 2018 1:28 PM EDT U.S. Customs and Border…
CBS News June 10, 2018, 11:00 AM Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban host the 72nd annual Tony Awards from Radio City Music Hall. Watch a live stream of the Tonys on CBS All Access or on TV — find your local CBS station here. Lots of kid-friendly shows snagged Tony nominations this year. Productions derived from film and TV, like…
The meeting next week in Singapore will be the first of its kind between a leader of North Korea and a sitting U.S. president.