The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is opening a new exhibit this week called “Watching Oprah.” It is a celebration of Oprah Winfrey’s legacy. “CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King – and best friend to Winfrey – previewed the 4,300-square-foot exhibit with her and the museum’s director Lonnie Bunch on Wednesday. “How many people are alive…
Before her high school graduation, Texas teen Leslie Silva visited her deported father at the U.S.-Mexico border in her cap and gown. Video of the reunion has gone viral. Leslie Silva Leslie Sliva knew her father could not attend her high school graduation on Sunday. The El Paso, Texas, teen says her dad has missed many milestones in her life,…
ALIQUIPPA, Pa. — The chief of a local Pennsylvania police force investigating a high-profile murder is off the job, CBS Pittsburgh reports. The Aliquippa City Council placed Police Chief Don Couch on leave during a Wednesday night meeting. Video shows Couch gathering his belongings at the meeting and walking out. He was followed by police officers in uniform. A source…
A traffic stop in New Jersey turned into an unlikely reunion when a state trooper pulled over a retired cop who delivered him 27 years ago. Facebook/New Jersey State Police A traffic stop in Kingwood Township, New Jersey, turned into an incredible reunion last week. State Police Trooper Michael Patterson was just doing his job when he pulled Matthew Bailly…
Thomas has been released on bond for medical reasons.
MINNEAPOLIS — A revealing obituary divulging a woman’s affair in a small Minnesota town in the 1960s has gotten more exposure than its writers may have imagined. The death of 80-year-old Kathleen Dehmlow in Springfield was published this week in the Redwood Falls Gazette. The obituary begins with Dehmlow’s birth in 1938 and notes her marriage in 1957 to Dennis…
Newly released bodycam videos show the moments leading up to a violent altercation involving Mesa, Arizona, police officers and an unarmed black man. Officers, who are part of a police department that has been under scrutiny before for excessive force, are seen punching Robert Johnson repeatedly before wrestling him to the ground. The officers were responding to a domestic disturbance…
A woman imprisoned for 21 years for her role in a cocaine distribution ring is back home in Tennessee after President Trump commuted her life sentence. Alice Marie Johnson left an Alabama prison Wednesday night and rushed into her family’s arms after the president ordered her freed following a personal appeal from reality TV star Kim Kardashian West. “It was the…
Flames from gas pipeline explosion in Moundsville area of West Virginia can be seen in distance, center, early on June 7, 2018 Paul Krieger / WTRF-TV A powerful gas line explosion sent flames shooting into the sky early Thursday in the Nixon Ridge area of Marshall County, West Virginia, reports CBS Wheeling affiliate WTRF-TV. The flames could be seen for…
Matthew Charles, a Tennessee man sent back to prison after his sentence was reduced by mistake, is planning to file for clemency next week. The 51-year-old was released in 2016 after spending 21 years in prison. But in March, a judge ordered him to return to prison and finish the rest of his 35 year sentence. The push for his…
Ricky Adami in undated photo WNCN-TV FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A Fayetteville man has been arrested for allegedly putting suspected rat poison in pizza cheese in the shop where he worked, reports CBS Raleigh, N.C. affiliate WNCN-TV. Surveillance footage revealed that 59-year-old Ricky Adami placed what’s thought to be rat poison in the shredded cheese machine at Primo Pizza, police said. According…
TODAY: Mostly sunny and hot, with highs in the low 90s. Heat index values in the mid 90s. Northeast wind at 4-8 mph. Clear and calm overnight. Lows in the upper 60s. FRIDAY: A bit warmer still. Highs in the low to mid 90s with heat index values in the upper 90s under mostly sunny skies. Light breezes out of the east…
CLEVELAND — Kevin Durant pushed the Golden State Warriors to dynasty’s doorstep. LeBron James may be at the exit door. Durant scored 43 points, draining a long 3-pointer in the final minute to cap his magnificent performance, and the Warriors beat James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, 110-102, in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday night to move within…
Johnson has been locked up for more than two decades, but on June 6, 2018 Johnson walked out a free woman once again.
Mississippi State was swept back in March by the Vanderbilt Commodores in the first SEC baseball series of 2018.
TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) – A festival celebrating Tupelo’s most famous son kicks off this evening, and has some added attractions this year. The 20th annual Tupelo Elvis Festival begins with a sold out concert at the singer’s Birthplace and Museum. That is followed by a screening of a movie about Presley’s famous 1956 homecoming concert in Tupelo. There are events at…
Kate Spade’s husband Andy Spade issued a statement Wednesday saying the designer “suffered from depression and anxiety for many years.” Kate Spade was found dead Tuesday in an apparent suicide. “She was actively seeking help for depression and anxiety over the last five years, seeing a doctor on a regular basis and taking medication for both depression and anxiety,” Spade…
A grandmother whose life sentence was commuted by President Trump on Wednesday was released from an Alabama prison the same night, her lawyer said. Alice Marie Johnson, 63, reunited with her family Wednesday night in dramatic video captured by CBS News. She was behind bars for 21 years. Johnson’s case was championed last week by reality TV personality Kim Kardashian West,…
The family of late comedian and film star Chris Farley has filed a federal lawsuit against Trek Bicycle for naming its fat-tired bikes Farley, alleging the Wisconsin-based bike company misappropriated Farley’s name and is profiting on his “fat guy” brand of comedy. Chris Farley was born and raised in Madison, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) from Waterloo, where Trek is…
Watch CBSN’s “Red & Blue” in the video player above. Ben Rhodes, who served as President Obama’s campaign speechwriter and later his deputy national security adviser, writes in his new memoir “loneliness of knowing have to do what the president of the United States was asking me to do.” In an interview with CBSN’s Elaine Quijano that aired Wednesday on…
To keep things moving, the Lowndes County School District brought in some extra hands.
Now, there’s a dispute over which group owns the actual church building. A lawsuit is expected to be filed within the next couple of weeks.
The driver of the semi was not injured, while the other driver involved received moderate injuries.
Last Updated Jun 6, 2018 7:51 PM EDT Sen. Joni Ernst told CBSN on Wednesday she thinks embattled Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt “did lie” when he seemingly reneged on a letter pledging to promote ethanol, saying the EPA chief is “undercutting” President Trump’s commitment to farmers. The Iowa Republican’s comments came after she described Pruitt as “about as…