Archives: 2018

Man’s plea for help on Walmart intercom goes viral

  Forrest Hunter asked for help over Walmart’s intercom and video of his antics went viral. Forrest Hunter/Facebook Forrest Hunter was shopping at a Walmart in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, and need assistance. After getting tired of waiting for an employee, Hunter decided to take matters into his own hands. He picked up a phone on the counter in the sporting goods…

Jurors hand down verdict in Cosby sex assault trial

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — The jury in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial has found the comedian guilty of sexually assaulting a former Temple University women’s basketball administrator at his suburban Philadelphia mansion in 2004. Cosby was charged with three counts of felony indecent aggravated assault. He faces 10 years in prison on each count. The jury at Cosby’s first trial deliberated for…

This week on “Sunday Morning” (April 29)

A young member of the Puffling Patrol, a bird rescue group on the island of Heimaey, off the coast of Iceland. CBS News 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…

Bodycam video shows alleged Waffle House shooter in Feb.

Travis Reinking talks to police at an East Tennessee motel two months before he allegedly killed four people in a nearby Waffle House WTVF NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Newly released police bodycam shows Waffle House shooting suspect Travis Reinking in East Tennessee two months before the attack, reports CBS affiliate WTVF. The video was recorded at a motel in Alcoa, where…

Trump delays release of some JFK files

Back in October, President Trump blocked the release of hundreds of records on the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy, agreeing to appeals from the CIA and FBI. Now, Mr. Trump has accepted a recommendation from the National Archives to keep the lid closed on some records for now, more than five decades after the 35th president was killed….

Explosion rocks Wisconsin refinery; injuries reported

An explosion rocked a refinery in Superior, Wisconsin on Thursday, April 26, 2018.  KDLH Last Updated Apr 26, 2018 12:53 PM EDT SUPERIOR, Wis. — An explosion rocked a large refinery in Wisconsin Thursday, injuring several people, a fire official said. The blast at the Husky Energy oil refinery happened at about 10 a.m. Five people were taken to hospitals…

Mike Pompeo confirmed as secretary of state

The U.S. Senate confirmed Mike Pompeo as secretary of state Thursday afternoon, making Mr. Trump’s selection of the top U.S. diplomat official. Pompeo was previously serving as the CIA director.  Pompeo’s approval was all but set in stone after Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, announced they would be voting for him. Pompeo’s confirmation comes at…

New details revealed about woman who killed rival in love triangle

A woman who authorities said carried out a murder-suicide in the home of another woman she believed was romantically involved with her husband had reportedly described her marriage as being on the “brink of divorce.” Delaware Online reported that Jennair Gerardot used that phrase in March as she sought recommendations for marriage counselors on the social networking site Nextdoor. A…

Famed street outside Fenway Park renamed over racist past

38 Photos Fans walk down Yawkey Way before the opening day game between the Boston Red Sox and the Pittsburgh Pirates at Fenway Park on April 3, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. Maddie Meyer / Getty Images BOSTON — Boston approved a plan Thursday to change the name of Yawkey Way, the street outside Fenway Park named in honor of a…

Pro-Trump social media stars Diamond and Silk offer inaccurate testimony under oath — live updates

Last Updated Apr 26, 2018 11:59 AM EDT Vocal Trump supporters and social media personalities Diamond and Silk — whose real names are Lynnette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson — are testifying, under oath, before lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee Thursday on the filtering practices of social media platforms. “Facebook censored our free speech!” Diamond said loudly at one point.  The…

Avicii’s family provides more insight into famed DJ’s death

NEW YORK — Avicii’s family has released a second statement about their late son this week, saying the famed DJ “could not go on any longer” and that “he wanted to find peace.” The Grammy-nominated electronic dance musician, born Tim Bergling, was found dead last week in Muscat, Oman at age 28. Details about his death were not revealed. “Our…

Former police boss of alleged “Golden State Killer” speaks out

Joseph DeAngelo is suspected of being the so-called Golden State Killer CBS AUBURN, Calif. — Before police named him as the man they suspect of murdering 12 people and raping scores of women, Joseph DeAngelo was a police officer for the Auburn police department. “There was nothing really while he was working at the Auburn Police Department that would say…

Limestone slab crushes man to death on Indiana University campus

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Authorities say a construction worker died when a large chunk of limestone fell onto his head and chest at Indiana University’s Bloomington campus. Monroe County coroner Joani Shields says 35-year-old William M. Brown Jr. of Bloomington was killed Wednesday afternoon at Swain Hall West. An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday morning. Brown was an employee for a…

Judge rules on case of Trump supporter tossed from NYC bar

NEW YORK — A Trump supporter who sued a New York City bar for discrimination after he was thrown out for wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat has lost his lawsuit. Philadelphia accountant Greg Piatek claims the staff of The Happiest Hour in Manhattan said he wasn’t welcome because he and his friends supported the Republican president after they…

Woman in wheelchair with MS claims Delta mistreated her

ATLANTA — A woman with multiple sclerosis says Delta Air Lines employees tied her to a wheelchair with a blanket when they didn’t have a chair that could accommodate her disability when she arrived in Amsterdam recently, and her son says a supervisor cursed at her as she wept. But the airline is offering a different account of what happened….

Survivor terrorized by Golden State Killer speaks out after suspect’s arrest

Investigators in California say DNA evidence led them to one of the country’s most notorious serial killers. Former police officer Joseph James DeAngelo was arrested Wednesday and is believed to be the so-called “Golden State Killer.” That elusive predator is accused of about 50 rapes and 12 murders, crimes that terrorized California in the 1970s and ’80s. Two years ago,…