Archives: 2018

National, US & World News

Police search Mich. woods for remains of 4 to 6 long-missing girls

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MACOMB TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Police are digging in woods northeast of Detroit near where the body of a 13-year-old girl who went missing in 1986 was found more than a decade ago. The Macomb Daily newspaper reports that authorities are digging Tuesday morning in a wooded area of Macomb Township in the hopes of finding the remains of four to six…
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Criminal probe opened on AG accused of abuse; replacement named

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NEW YORK — The Manhattan District Attorney’s office is investigating allegations of violence against women by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who resigned just hours after accounts of abuse by four women. It was a swift and stunning fall for a Democrat who held himself out as a champion of women and a liberal foil to President Donald Trump…
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Earthquake jolts wide swath of Southern California

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LOS ANGELES — An early morning earthquake jolted a wide swath of Southern California awake Tuesday. CBS Los Angeles reports the quake, which struck about 6 miles south-southeast of Mt. San Gorgonio at about 4:49 a.m., was downgraded to magnitude-4.5. It was initially reported to have a preliminary magnitude of 4.6. The temblor in the Cabazon area was felt as…
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Plutonium used to make dirty bombs “missing” from university

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In this May 11, 2015, file photo, nuclear waste is stored in underground containers at the Idaho Nation.  Keith Ridler / AP BOISE, Idaho — A small amount of radioactive, weapons-grade plutonium about the size of a U.S. quarter is missing from an Idaho university that was using it for research, leading federal officials to propose an $8,500 fine. The…

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Would recall of Stanford rape case judge threaten the rule of law?

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PALO ALTO, Calif. — The California judge who caused outrage with a short sentence for a convicted sex offender plans to speak to reporters today. Judge Aaron Persky faces a recall vote on June 5, after former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner spent just three months in jail for three felony convictions. Voters will head to the polls to decide…
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Couple faked son’s cancer, took in thousands, police say

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  Martin and Jolene LaFrance in undated photos WTVH-TV SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Police say a central New York couple pretended their 9-year-old son had blood cancer in order to solicit money from sympathetic donors, even receiving an invite to Syracuse University football practice from the ruse. The Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office says Martin and Jolene LaFrance, of Port Byron, were…
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Police reveal details of slain Temple student’s final moments

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PHILADELPHIA — A Temple University student who was found shot to death in his off-campus apartment called 911, telling emergency dispatchers he couldn’t breathe, police said. Officers found Daniel Duignam, a 21-year-old student at Temple’s Fox School of Business, shot in the chest, groin and forearm shortly before 10 p.m. Saturday. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Duignam didn’t…
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Video: Deputy fatally shoots groundhog as it crosses road

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A video posted to social media shows a Maryland deputy shoot a groundhog as it was trying to cross a road.  CBS Baltimore SYKESVILLE, Md. — A video posted to social media shows a Maryland deputy shoot a groundhog as it was trying to cross a road. CBS Baltimore reports the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office deputy was on Old Liberty Rd.,…
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Nordstrom Rack wrongly accuses 3 black men of theft, apologizes

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Mekhi Lee is one of three black teens wrongly accused of stealing by the Nordstrom Rack store in suburban St. Louis on May 3, 2018 KMOV-TV BRENTWOOD, Mo. — The president of Nordstrom Rack was to fly to St. Louis to personally apologize to three black teens falsely accused of theft at the chain’s Brentwood Square store, reports CBS St….
Local News, Weather

Warm Weather Continues

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TODAY: Sunny to mostly sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 80s. Light and variable wind in the morning becoming northwest in the afternoon. Mostly clear and mild overnight. Lows in the upper 50s. WED/THU: Isolated showers and storms possible in the afternoon Wednesday and Thursday. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with highs in the upper 80s. Overnight lows in the low to…
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Multiple people shot in downtown San Diego

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Gunshot victim is loaded into ambulance in downtown San Diego on night of May 7, 2019 KFMB-TV Multiple people were shot in downtown San Diego Monday night, reports the CBS affiliate there, KFMB-TV. Authorities confirmed to the station that five people were taken to area hospitals with serious wounds.  Police were on the scene, interviewing witnesses. We’re on 15th and…
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Triple murder suspect kills himself after standoff, police say

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The scene at a Brookeville, Maryland home where three people were found shot to death on May 7, 2018 WUSA-TV BROOKEVILLE, Md. — The suspect in the fatal shooting of three people whose bodies were found in a Montgomery County, Maryland home shot himself to death in his own home across the street Monday night as police closed in, authorities…