Archives: 2018

Battle for the House a toss-up, CBS News poll shows

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Beautiful Weather to Start the Week

SUNDAY NIGHT: Dew points continue to drop and clouds push to the south.  We’re looking for lows in the upper 50s and low 60s, a great way to end the weekend! MONDAY – TUESDAY: Look for drier air in place with warm days and cool nights.  It will be a bout of relief from the summer mugginess we have.  Highs in the…

Indiana police attend graduation of fallen officer's daughter

Officers from six different departments attended Saturday’s ceremony at  Southwood Junior-Senior High School. Sgt. Tony Slocum/Twitter Lauren Rich’s father, Master Trooper Detective Dave Rich was killed in the line of duty over a decade ago. His fellow officers made sure his daughter felt her dad’s presence as she graduated high school this weekend. Sgt. Tony Slocum, a friend of Dave’s…

Jimmy Fallon surprises Parkland students at graduation

People arrive for a graduation ceremony for Marjory Stoneman Douglas seniors Sunday, June 3, 2018, in Sunrise, Fla.  Lynne Sladky / AP SUNRISE, Fla. — The senior class from the Parkland, Florida, high school where a gunman killed 17 people in February received diplomas Sunday and heard from commencement speaker Jimmy Fallon, who urged graduates to move forward and “don’t let…

Army sergeant stationed overseas surprises son at graduation

Army Sgt. Damon Solomon was granted special leave to surprise his son at his high school graduation  Marshfield Student Broadcasting Tyler Solomon stepped onto the Marshfield High School football field on Saturday to graduate high school. Like all of the graduates, the announcer called his name, he stepped up to the podium and was handed his diploma. Then, the announcer…

94-year-old WWII vet finally gets high school diploma

After dropping out of Leominster High School in 1940, WWII vet Roland Martineau walks with the Class of 2018. CBS Boston Roland Martineau is just another graduating senior, in a sense. A lot has happened to him since 1940. He dropped out of school and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He became a father, grandfather, great-grandfather…

Woman fatally shot husband because he beat family cat, police say

DALLAS — Authorities say a Dallas woman admitted to fatally shooting her husband because he was beating the family cat. Mary Harrison, 47, was taken into custody Saturday in connection with the shooting. Dexter Harrison, 49, was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. The Fort-Worth Star Telegram reports Harrison remained in custody Sunday at the Lew…

Pay attention to voter still “on the fence,” says Anthony Salvanto

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6/3: Jung Pak, Amb. Robert Gallucci, Anthony Salvanto

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Face The Nation: Anthony Salvanto, Susan Page, Michael Crowley

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FBI agent's gun accidentally discharges at nightclub

DENVER — An off-duty FBI agent dancing at a Denver nightclub accidentally discharged a firearm, wounding another patron in the leg, police said Saturday. The victim, an adult male, was rushed to a local hospital in good condition, said Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson. Police have refused to identify the hospital. Jackson said the agent, whose identity wasn’t released, was dancing…

Nature: Badgers

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A Sunday Drive: Roadside America

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Why Jim Gaffigan doesn't get horse racing

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CBS News Battleground Tracker: The House is a toss-up

By Anthony Salvanto, Jennifer De Pinto, Kabir Khanna and Fred Backus Dems 219- Reps 216 in tight contest for control In the race for Congress, most polls report one national percentage for Democrats and Republicans. But that’s not very helpful – because this is a race for seats. 435 of them, in fact. So the CBS News/YouGov Battleground Tracker will…

Jim Gaffigan on why he doesn't care about the Triple Crown

Just six days until the Belmont Stakes, the final gem in horse racing’s Triple Crown. Some people are wondering if Justify will make a clean sweep of it. Not our Jim Gaffigan:  Every spring as a nation we track the three races of the Triple Crown. And every spring I always have the same thought: “Wait, we’re still doing this?…

Play time: Public pianos

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Best friends, always

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2018 CBS News Battleground Tracker: Big gender gap

By Anthony Salvanto, Jennifer De Pinto, Kabir Khanna and Fred Backus Most women voters in battleground districts feel their vote in congressional elections this year matters just as much as it does in a presidential election. Overall, most are unhappy with President Trump’s policies and the way he handles himself personally, but party trumps gender when it comes to many…

Boy's performance of “Imagine” goes viral

A Minnesota fourth-grader’s moving performance at his school talent show has gone viral. Adam Kornowski sat down at the Lakeside Elementary School piano to perform “Imagine” by John Lennon on May 24, and his performance for a small group in Chisago City, Minnesota, has now reached the masses. In just a few weeks, his rendition of the Lennon classic has…

Mom who took final exam while in labor graduates Harvard

Briana Williams, J.D., is a Harvard-educated lawyer, single mom and inspiration to many. Williams, a 24-year-old from Los Angeles, defeated incredible odds when she had a baby in law school — literally. She was in labor in a Harvard Law School classroom while taking a final exam.  “I went into labor in April — during final exam period,” Williams writes…

Remembering 1968: The loss of RFK

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Remembering Robert F. Kennedy, and a generation's loss

The events of that one-of-a-kind year 1968 cast a shadow to this day, not least the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy 50 years ago this week. Our Cover Story is reported by Jim Axelrod:  When Robert F. Kennedy stepped from the stage at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, his walk through the kitchen moments later would become the violent…