Jones was arrested in 2017 for the murder of 30-year-old Kendrick Hughes.
HARTFORD — Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy signed legislation on Thursday banning bump stocks, a device that allows guns to fire like automatic weapons. According to CBS affiliate WFSB-TV, Malloy proposed the legislation after the 2017 Las Vegas concert shooting, where 59 people were killed and more than 500 others were injured. Bump stocks were used by the shooter. Connecticut’s new…
Andrea Constand walks while breaking for lunch during Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Friday, April 13, 2018, in Norristown, Pa. Corey Perrine/AP PHILADELPHIA — Andrea Constand, the woman whose allegations that Bill Cosby drugged and assaulted her led to his conviction, said the pills he gave her made her feel like a “limp noodle,” leaving…
The standout point guard, was pulled over and beaten only a week after Utah State signed him to a scholarship.
Argentina’s Nacho Figueras is one of the world’s best and most recognizable players in professional polo. He’s played in tournaments alongside royalty, including his close friend Prince Harry. On Thursday, he told “CBS This Morning” about the first time Harry spoke about Meghan Markle, now the Duchess of Sussex, to him and his wife, Delfina Blaquier. “We’d been having the…
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – A man charged with killing a woman whose body was found in her submerged SUV in Indiana was arrested last Friday at a campsite in Nevada. Fifty-five-year-old Kenneth R. Pitts Jr. of Terre Haute, Indiana, waived extradition this week during a hearing in Las Vegas. An affidavit says Pitts bludgeoned 77-year-old Alice “Anita” Oswald after she…
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In our series Work In Progress, a partnership with professional networking site LinkedIn, we explore the future of jobs and issues facing the American workforce. In this installment, we look at a program that aims to lure college-educated workers back to their home towns. Federal statistics show the unemployment rate, which currently sits at 3.9 percent, reached a 17-year low…
AUSTIN, Texas — An Austin-area teen and his wife are charged with hiring someone to kill his father, a prominent jeweler who was gunned down in March during a home break-in, authorities said Wednesday. Nicolas Patrick Shaughnessy and Jaclyn Alexa Edison, who are 19 years old and live together in College Station, were arrested Tuesday on a count of criminal solicitation…
A high school honors student who grew up in foster care just received a generous — and shocking — gift. On Wednesday, a stranger surprised her at work with a brand new car. The stranger is Charlie Jabaley, a Grammy winner and former manager for rapper 2 Chainz, who has left the music industry for a profound mission: “Dream Machine,”…
TOKYO — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un complained of “U.S. hegemonism” to Russia’s visiting foreign minister on Thursday, a comment likely to complicate ties with the United States as plans proceed for Kim’s expected summit with President Trump in Singapore next month. Kim told Sergey Lavrov that he hopes to boost cooperation with Russia, which has remained largely on…
As remnants of Subtropical Storm Alberto spread into the Great Lakes region, people were keeping a weary watch on dams and hillsides Thursday as rains from the storms have triggered floods and mudslides in the Appalachians of the Southeast. In the North Carolina mountains, one of those landslides was blamed for a gas leak that destroyed a home, killing two…
A jury found that a deputy did not violate civil rights in a wrongful death lawsuit. CBS affiliate WPEC FORT PIERCE, Fla. — A federal jury has cleared a deputy of using excessive force in the 2014 shooting death of Gregory Hill Jr. and awarded $5 to Hill’s family, CBS West Palm affiliate WPEC reports. The jury, which was…
A new law, signed by President Trump Wednesday, allows terminally ill patients easier access to experimental drugs. Eight-year-old Jordan McLinn celebrated the long-awaited moment by hugging the president. He has become the nationwide face of the “right to try” campaign as he battles Duchenne muscular dystrophy. But the bill is not without controversy. Opponents argue it’s risky and doesn’t give…
The victim received only minor non-life threatening injuries. He did not seek medical attention.
A baby girl whose father, U.S. Army Specialist Chris Harris, was killed in Afghanistan had this photo taken with her father’s fellow soldiers. Pinehurst Photography U.S. Army Specialist Chris Harris was killed in Afghanistan last August when a suicide bomber attacked a NATO convoy. Before his life was taken too soon, the 25-year-old soldier from North Carolina had just received…
LAS VEGAS — Alex Tuch collected the skittering puck with absolutely nothing between him and the tying goal with two minutes left in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final. Braden Holtby reacted with pure instinct. Washington’s goalie stretched back and lunged to his right with his stick, thrusting the paddle into the exact 4-inch slot of air through which…
Lava from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is spreading to new areas and residents are reaching their boiling point. A man was arrested after pulling a gun on a neighbor and shooting it during an argument. Scientists say the lava flow is getting hotter, more fluid, and faster, covering about six football fields an hour. During the four-week crisis, molten rock has…
Newly-released body camera footage shows the moments leading up to a violent arrest on a New Jersey beach. Wildwood police released video of their officers confronting 20-year-old Emily Weinman, who was suspected of underage drinking, over Memorial Day weekend. Police said she refused to cooperate, then assaulted an officer. Weinman’s lawyer says the video shows officers overreacted. The officers involved…
A view of the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center on May 16, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images SAN FRANCISCO — A woman who was found dead Wednesday in a stairwell of a power plant at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital had dementia and vanished from a nearby mental health facility 10 days…
TODAY: Another very hot and humid day. Highs in the low 90s, but high humidity will lead to a heat index in the low 100s for most. A few isolated to widely scattered showers and storms possible in the heat of the afternoon and lingering into the evening. An isolated strong storm cannot be ruled out. Rain chances around 20%. Mostly…
Authorities arrested a woman in connection with the death Wedneaday morning of a Tennessee sheriff’s deputy who was shot while responding to a call by a resident about a suspicious car. In a statement Wednesday night, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said it developed information that 38-year-old Erika Castro-Miles had “participated in the incident.” Castro-Miles, who was already in custody, was…
Myrtle Beach, S.C experiences higher than safe levels of bacteria for swimmers. Flickr Beachgoers know to look for jellyfish and sharks, but bacteria? That’s what the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) officials announced earlier this week, issuing a swim advisory about bacteria in the water in Myrtle Beach and its surrounding beaches. Subtropical storm Alberto…
Gary Henderson guides the Bulldogs to the postseason after early season letdowns.