Archives: 2018

This week on “Sunday Morning” (May 6)

Full episodes of “Sunday Morning” are now available to watch on demand on CBSNews.com, CBS.com and CBS All Access, including via Apple TV, Android TV, Roku, Chromecast, Amazon FireTV/FireTV stick and Xbox. The show also streams on CBSN beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET and 1 p.m. ET.  WE’LL SEE YOU ON THE RADIO: “Sunday Morning” is now available to CBS News…

Giuliani on the Russia probe: “I want the Justice Department to close this thing down”

President Trump’s new personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani — who made news Wednesday night when he said Mr. Trump repaid lawyer Michael Cohen for the $130,000 payment Cohen made to adult film star Stormy Daniels — told CBS News he wants the Justice Department to close down the Russia investigation.  “I want the Justice Department to close this thing down,” Giuliani…

Accused serial pooper on high school track is a superintendent

HOLMDEL, N.J. — School staff at a New Jersey high school have been finding human feces near their track “on a daily basis,” police say, and now an unlikely suspect is charged — the superintendent of a nearby school district. 42-year-old Thomas Tramaglini, the superintendent of the Kenilworth school district, is facing municipal court charges of lewdness, littering, and defecating…

Paralyzed football player walks down aisle at wedding

Chris Norton was 18 years old when a single, mistimed play on the football field left him paralyzed from the neck down.  “It was surreal. It was like it wasn’t my life,” the former college football player told CBS News. “I had this perfect plan in my head. I was going to be this All-American football player, get a business…

Ousted House chaplain rescinds his resignation

Father Patrick Conroy, the House chaplain who was controversially ousted from his position by House Speaker Paul Ryan has rescinded his resignation, CBS News’ Ed O’Keefe and Rebecca Kaplan report. Conroy’s impending departure was controversial, and came with little explanation. But in a letter dated Thursday, Conroy told Ryan he is formally rescinding his resignation.  In the letter, Conroy claimed…

Pro-gun students hold school walkouts

Students walked out Wednesday in response to the gun reform movement in March.  WCAX Students across the country staged another walkout over guns, but this time it was in support of the Second Amendment. Teens from more than 400 schools marched for gun rights and ownership on Wednesday, organizers said. The “Stand for the Second” event was launched in response…

Massive wildfire in Arizona destroys dozens of homes and buildings

A helicopter fights a wildfire in north-central Arizona April 30, 2018, in this photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service. U.S. Forest Service, Coconino National Forest FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A week-old wildfire burning in a north-central Arizona forest has destroyed 30 homes and 17 other buildings, according to officials. Fire management officials included the count of destroyed or heavily damaged…

Sarah Sanders: Trump didn’t know about Stormy Daniels payment “at the time” but learned “later”

Last Updated May 3, 2018 2:51 PM EDT Thursday marks the first White House press briefing since Rudy Giuliani announced — and President Trump later confirmed on Twitter — that Mr. Trump repaid lawyer Michael Cohen for the $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels. On Sean Hannity’s Fox News show Wednesday night, Giuliani said Mr. Trump “reimbursed” Cohen…

Teen who couldn’t walk for months surprises prom date

  Morgan Coultress surprised her prom date with her first steps in months. Morgan Coultress Morgan Coultress, a high school senior from San Antonio, Texas, gave her prom date the surprise of a lifetime. Coultress, who has been unable to walk for the past 10 months, took her first steps towards her date when he came to pick her up…

Rescuers to submit bill for “missing” hiker found at luxury hotel

File photo of New Hampshire’s Mount Washington Hotel with the mountains behind it. Getty Images/iStockphoto CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire Fish and Game officials say they plan to submit a bill for review for a Massachusetts hiker who was reported missing and later found at a luxury hotel. Teams started searching Mount Washington for an overdue 70-year-old Christophe Chamley, of…

Utah family discovers ancient horse skeleton in backyard

The bones of an ancient animal skeleton were discovered in a Utah backyard CBS News SALT LAKE CITY — A family in Utah working on a landscaping project ended up finding the bones of an ancient horse, according to CBS Denver. “We started to dig with our fingertips and found ribs,” said Bridger Hill, the homeowner. The family eventually uncovered…

Teen’s gift brings classmate to tears

  Sofi Cruz Turner with her classmate Jahiem and his gift sneakers. Sofi Cruz Turner High school student Sofi Cruz Turner’s random act of kindness is going viral. Using money earned from her first job, the teen from Conway, South Carolina, brought one of her classmates to tears with an amazing gift. Sofi says her friend Jahiem “has always been…

Officials: Airline employee stabbed inside Philly airport

The scene at Philadelphia International Airport, where a worker was stabbed Thursday morning CBS Philly PHILADELPHIA — Police say a Frontier Airlines employee was stabbed by a co-worker inside a Philadelphia International Airport terminal on Thursday morning, reports CBS Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Fire Department says a 24-year-old man was stabbed around 11:20 a.m. in Terminal E, which houses Frontier Airlines. Police say a…

FEMA offers transportation for Puerto Ricans looking to go home after Maria

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced Thursday it is extending its Transitional Shelter Assistance (TSA) program for Puerto Ricans who were displaced by deadly Hurricane Maria, CBS News correspondent David Begnaud reports. FEMA also announced it will offer transportation back to Puerto Rico for families who are still in the program in the continental United States. “For those individuals interested in taking…

Video shows military plane plunging to ground in Georgia

PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. — Surveillance video captured a 1950s-era military cargo plane plunging to the ground. The C-130 aircraft exploded into flames on a busy Georgia highway Wednesday, killing all nine crew members aboard. The Puerto Rico National Guard plane took off from Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport shortly before 11:30 a.m. and was headed for retirement. Surveillance video from a…