Archives: 2018

Explosion in California leaves 1 dead, 2 injured

Officials respond to a reported explosion in Orange County, California. CBS Los Angeles ALISO VIEJO, Calif. — At least one person was killed and two others injured in an explosion at a building in Orange County, California, CBS Los Angeles reports. The condition of the injured were not immediately known. The explosion was reported before 1:25 p.m. on the first…

800-pound “goat-antelope” escapes zoo enclosure

The Roger Williams Park Zoo in Rhode Island said a takin escaped its enclosure Tuesday morning. Roger Williams Park Zoo PROVIDENCE, R.I. — An 800-pound zoo animal described as a “goat-antelope” rammed its way out of its enclosure Tuesday and ran around a Rhode Island zoo for an hour before being captured and sedated. One animal keeper and one veterinary…

Summer Weather Through The Weekend

TONIGHT: A heavy downpour with breezy winds can’t be ruled out. An isolated storm may continue overnight. Lows in the mid 60s. WEDNESDAY – FRIDAY: Highs in the upper 80s to low 90s.  Head index values into the mid 90s. Expect scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms. One or two storms could produce gusty winds, but no organized severe threat exists.  Some…

4 students charged after cupcakes tainted with bodily fluids

WINCHESTER, Conn. — Police in Winchester, Connecticut have charged four teens they say are linked to a batch of cupcakes that were tainted with bodily fluid before being distributed to specific classmates and a teacher in June 2017, reports CBS affiliate WFSB. The three former students, and a current student, two of whom are boys and two of whom are girls,…

Democrats Mark Warner, Heidi Heitkamp to back Gina Haspel

Two more Democrats have added their names to the list of people who say they will vote to confirm Gina Haspel to be the next CIA director, all but ensuring her confirmation.  Virginia’s Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Heidi Heitkamp, a Democrat from North Dakota, announced their “yes” votes Tuesday afternoon. Warner’s announcement…

MLB All-Star suspended 80 games for drug violation

Robinson Canó on September 12, 2016 in Anaheim, California. Harry How / Getty Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Canó has been suspended for 80 games for violating Major League Baseball’s drug policy. Canó tested positive for Furosemide, a diuretic, in violations with the league’s Drug Prevention and Treatment Program, the league said Tuesday.  In a statement, Canó accepted the suspension…

John McCain remark doesn’t come up in meeting with Trump and senators

Last Updated May 15, 2018 2:53 PM EDT President Trump met with Senate Republicans in a rare visit to Capitol Hill Tuesday afternoon, in what Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, called a very “productive” meeting. But some of the most controversial topics didn’t come up in their meeting, such as White House aide Kelly Sadler’s reported insult of Sen. John McCain,…

Facebook tells Parliament, Zuckerberg “has no plans” to appear

Facebook says the company’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, will not appear in person to respond to a list of nearly 40 questions on controversial topics that a U.K. Parliament committee says other company representatives have failed to adequately answer. While Rebecca Stimson, Facebook U.K.’s head of public policy, sent the committee responses to each question Monday, she also wrote that Zuckerberg…

Bret Baier says Reagan’s Cold War summit may provide “lessons”

As President Trump prepares for his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Fox News anchor Bret Baier is revisiting another historic meeting involving a Republican president. Thirty years ago this month, President Ronald Reagan went to Moscow for a Cold War summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. During that visit, President Reagan spoke to students at Moscow State…

Police praise students for “best senior prank”

A group of seniors at Cumberland High School in Wisconsin pulled off what the police department called one of the “best senior pranks” ever. Cumberland School District Senior pranks are a rite of passage for many high school students across America. Before school lets out for summer and the graduating class leaves the halls of their high school forever, seniors…

Illinois governor seeks to reinstate death penalty

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Eight years after Illinois abolished the death penalty, the state’s Republican governor on Monday proposed reinstating the punishment for mass killers and people who gun down police officers. Gov. Bruce Rauner tied the death penalty plan to gun restrictions favored by Democrats who control the Legislature – inserting it into legislation that lengthens the waiting period for…

Kids from viral photo are reunited

Kendell and Shauntay met on an airplane and a photo of their friendship blooming went viral.  Facebook/Saginaw Love A photo of two kids who met on an airplane captured thousands of people’s hearts last week. Now, the two kids in the viral photo have been reunited. Kendell and Shauntay met on an Allegiant Airlines flight headed to Flint, Michigan, on…

Excavation for remains of up to seven Mich. girls suspended

MACOMB TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Police looking for the remains of up to seven girls who have been missing for decades stopping digging Tuesday in suburban Detroit, suspending a multi-day effort while they decide whether to search elsewhere in Michigan or resume the excavation in roughly the same area. Authorities repeatedly have said they’re confident they will solve the cold cases,…