Archives: 2018

Power outage strands roller coaster riders for hours

Riders trapped on the Millenium Falcon ride at Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio. Twitter / sarah_lizzzzz SANDUSKY, Ohio — A power outage at an amusement park in Ohio has left riders stranded on some of its roller coasters and other rides for about two hours. A spokesman for Cedar Point in Sandusky says the park lost power Monday afternoon…

2 journalists killed when tree falls onto SUV

Two journalists in North Carolina died Monday when a tree fell onto their SUV, WYFF-TV reports. The Greenville, South Carolina-based station announced that their anchor Mike McCormick and photojournalist Aaron Smeltzer were both covering the impact of rain in Polk County when the incident took place. WYFF-TV said McCormick joined the station this year but covered the local news for…

Marine immortalized in powerful photo retires after 34 years

WASHINGTON — A single picture can capture the brotherhood of arms amid the agony of combat. It shows two young Marines, holding up their badly wounded first sergeant, still clutching his weapon, during brutal house to house fighting in the 2004 battle for Fallujah. “I received seven gunshot wounds and then grenade shrapnel, fragmentation all over the entire body from…

Search continues for man missing from Ellicott City flooding

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Powerful storm makes landfall as millions brace for impact

PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Subtropical Storm Alberto has come ashore on the Florida Panhandle, bringing threats of heavy rain and flash floods to the region, the National Hurricane Center said Monday. The center said in its 5 p.m. advisory that Alberto’s core made landfall Monday at Laguna Beach, about 15 miles west-northwest of Panama City. With maximum sustained winds of 45…

Photo of teen taking the bus to graduation goes viral

Corey Patrick was an early riser all senior year to finish high school where he started— with his friends— and a stranger’s photo of his last commute in cap and gown went viral. CBS Birmingham Graduation day comes with a sense of having “made it,” but for Tarrant High School’s Corey Patrick, it required going a little more than the…

DNA leads to arrest in newlywed’s 1979 cold case murder

  Debra Reiding, Michael Anthony Galvan Inside Edition / Austin Police Department AUSTIN, Texas — Investigators in Austin say advancements in DNA technology has led to the indictment of a 64-year-old man in the 1979 death of a newlywed. Travis County District Attorney Margaret Moore confirmed to the Austin American-Statesman that Michael Anthony Galvan is charged with capital murder. He was…

Flash flooding forces wedding party to scramble for higher ground

Whoever said it was good luck to have rain on your wedding day probably wasn’t talking about Sunday’s downpour that caused flash flooding in Ellicott City, Maryland. A wedding party and guests had to race upstairs when floodwaters flowed into the venue, groomsman Mitch Foreman told CBSN. In a six-hour period, the city received nearly 8 inches of rain, most…

Cop could face discipline for Facebook comment about Parkland student

 David Hogg speaks to media at a Publix supermarket on May 25, 2018 in Coral Springs, Florida.  Joe Raedle / Getty COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — A Florida police officer could face disciplinary action over a Facebook comment aimed at gun-control activist and Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg. CBS Miami reports K-9 officer Brian Valenti of the Coconut Creek Police Department…

Longtime CBS correspondent Bob Fuss dies at age 64

Robert J. “Bob” Fuss, a veteran radio journalist, died Sunday at his Falls Church, Virginia, home. He was 64. The cause was a rare form of leukemia, his close friend Peter Maer said.  Fuss served as a CBS News congressional correspondent from 1998 until his retirement in 2014.  His first major assignment for CBS News was coverage of the impeachment…

How to watch the Stanley Cup Finals

Alex Ovechkin celebrates after scoring a goal on May 11, 2018 in Tampa, Florida. Mike Carlson / Getty The Las Vegas Golden Knights face off against the Washington Capitals on Monday in the first game of this year’s Stanley Cup Finals. Both teams have defied expectations this year. The Golden Knights are looking to walk away with Lord Stanley in…

How Americans are celebrating Memorial Day weekend

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FBI knew about restaurant shooting suspect's YouTube rants

OKLAHOMA CITY — The FBI says it was warned about a man suspected of opening fire at an Oklahoma restaurant Thursday apparently at random, wounding four before being fatally shot by armed bystanders, reports CBS affiliate KWTV.  The FBI told the station it was contacted twice with concerns about disturbing content on a YouTube channel associated with suspect Alexander Tilghman….

Officials give update on girl seriously wounded in Indiana school attack

School officials say a 13-year-old student who was critically wounded during a shooting at her Indiana middle school is improving. The principal of Noblesville West Middle School said Monday that student Ella Whistler is doing better.  The school district’s superintendent says Ella is making progress in her recovery while hospitalized in Indianapolis. Authorities say Ella was shot Friday morning when…

U.S. teams in North Korea, Singapore try to salvage summit

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