SAN FRANCISCO — Larry Harvey, whose whimsical decision to erect a giant wooden figure and then burn it to the ground led to the popular, long-running counterculture celebration known as “Burning Man,” has died. He was 70. Harvey died Saturday morning at a hospital in San Francisco, surrounded by family, Burning Man Project CEO Marian Goodell said. The cause was…
TONIGHT: Look for lows in the mid 40s under a clear sky with calm to light north winds. SUNDAY: Widespread sunshine stays in place but northeasterly winds are going to usher in slightly cooler air. Look for highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s. Lows Sunday night are going to be down into the lower 40s. NEXT WEEK: We’ll be…
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, the start of a Middle East visit that officials said he would use to call on European and other nations to impose further sanctions against Iran. Pompeo reached the Saudi capital shortly after Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said they had fired eight ballistic missiles at…
A file image of a grizzly bear. Getty/iStockphoto BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. officials will not restore federal protections for Yellowstone-area grizzly bears, despite a court ruling that called into question the government’s rationale for turning grizzly management over to states that are now planning public hunts for the animals, according to an announcement Friday in in the Federal Register. The disclosure…
The Seattle Seahawks have selected UCF linebacker Shaquem Griffin with the 141th in the fifth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday. He now joins his twin brother Shaquill Griffin who the Seahawks selected in 2017. Shaquem impressed teams at last month’s NFL Scouting Combine where he bench pressed 225 pounds 20 times with a prosthetic hand. He also ran…
HUNTINGTON, W.Va.— Republican Don Blankenship doesn’t care if his party and his president don’t think he can beat Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin this fall. This former coal mining executive, an ex-convict released from prison less than a year ago, is willing to risk his personal fortune and the GOP’s golden opportunity in West Virginia for the chance to prove them…
Somerset County Cpl. Eugene Cole, left, and murder suspect John Williams WGME The search for John Williams, suspected of shooting and killing Somerset County Sheriff’s Corporal Eugene Cole, has ended. Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster told CBS Portland, Maine, affiliate WGME that Williams was taken into custody on Saturday — an announcement that came just minutes after Cole’s widow pleaded for Williams…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis spoke on Saturday with their South Korean counterparts after the historic meeting between leaders of the two Koreas. Mr. Trump also said in a tweet Saturday morning that “things are going very well” as he prepares for an expected summit with the North’s Kim Jong Un. Mattis and Defense Minister…
LEOMINSTER, Mass. — A Massachusetts school district was waiting Friday for its computer system to be “unlocked” after it paid a $10,000 bitcoin ransom to hackers following a cyberattack on its system. And despite the nefarious nature of the school system’s lockdown, there is no criminal investigation into the matter because solving this crime is “impossible,” said Interim Leominster Police…
Moderator Joy Reid attends the “Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story” premiere during the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival at BMCC Tribeca PAC on April 20, 2018 in New York City. Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images NEW YORK — MSNBC’s Joy Reid, under fire for homophobic language in old blog posts, apologized Saturday for any past comments that belittled or mocked the…
The House Intelligence Committee on Friday released a redacted, Republican-drafted report summarizing the committee’s findings from a year-long investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. The report was accompanied by the Democrats’ dissenting minority views, detailed in a 98-page document. The 253-page report, which Republicans previewed in a set of summary findings last month, found no evidence of…
MINNEAPOLIS — A student loan services company recently notified 16,500 borrowers that files containing personal data were released to a business that wasn’t authorized to receive them. Access Group Education Lending said in a letter to those affected that the data breach happened on March 23 when one of its vendors sent out files — including borrowers’ names, driver’s license…
President Trump called on Montana’s Sen. Jon Tester to resign over the Democrat’s role in surfacing unproven misconduct allegations that prompted the president’s pick to run the Department of Veterans Affairs, Ronny Jackson, to withdraw his name Thursday. Mr. Trump said Tester — who faces a tough election in November in a state where Mr. Trump’s approval rating is among…
The Environmental Protection Agency’s watchdog confirmed in a letter this week that it is looking into multiple allegations leveled against EPA chief Scott Pruitt. The letter, sent from EPA Inspector General Arthur Elkins, Jr., to Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., confirmed it is already reviewing, or will be reviewing a number of misconduct claims against Pruitt. Lieu had asked the OIG…
First came Kuwait. Then Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Now it’s the Philippines’ turn. It is the latest foreign government to book rooms or host events at the Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C., riling critics who say such bookings are nothing more than attempts to curry favor with President Trump. The Philippine Independence Day celebration set for June 12 comes…
CHICAGO — If you’ve been to a Major League Baseball game in an open-air stadium this year, congratulations. Many of you have lived through some of the coldest temperatures to grace the diamond since records were first kept in 1871. It’s what baseball delicately calls “inclement weather,” and what the rest of us call a lousy spring, reports CBS News…
Eatery Yellow Fever in Long Beach serves up Asian-inspired bowls. CBS Los Angeles LONG BEACH, Calif. — The proprietors of a small, Southland chain of pan-Asian restaurants are facing a backlash over the opening of their newest location, but they are taking all the negative hype in stride, CBS Los Angeles reports. Eatery Yellow Fever, which has as its motto…
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NEW YORK — A group of 65 women in the television industry have circulated a letter in support of NBC’s Tom Brokaw after he was accused by a former colleague of unwanted sexual advances. The women said he has treated all of them with fairness and respect, giving them opportunities for advancement and championing successes in their careers. Maria Shriver,…
PHOENIX — Thousands of teachers and supporters gathered at the Arizona Capitol to protest inadequate public school funding for a second day Friday, and Gov. Doug Ducey again skipped the chance to address them. Instead, the Republican governor’s public relations machine sent out links to a series of interviews the previous day with TV news reporters where Ducey pushed his…
pledged on FridayWASHINGTON — South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged on Friday to work toward denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula and declaring a formal end to the Korean War by the end of the year. National security experts, and even the South Korean foreign minister, are crediting President Trump for bringing North Korea to the table….