Archives: 2018

Gunman opens fire in restaurant, kills 2 Fla. deputies

Last Updated Apr 20, 2018 12:52 PM EDT TRENTON, Fla. — A gunman fired inside a north Florida restaurant Thursday afternoon, killing two deputies who were getting food, officials said. Gilchrist County Sheriff Bobby Schultz identified the slain deputies during a news conference as Sgt. Noel Ramirez, 30, and Deputy Taylor Lindsey, 25. The deputies were getting food at the…

Plastic foam containers no longer welcome in this city

A cup of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee and a doughnut bag sit on a counter Sept. 7, 2006, in Chicago, Illinois. Tim Boyle/Getty Images BALTIMORE — Carryout food and drink containers made from plastic foam are no longer welcome in the city of Baltimore. Mayor Catherine Pugh signed a bill Thursday giving businesses 18 months to stop using containers made from…

Twitter bans ads from Russia-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab

A Kaspersky employee shuffles tokens around a table-top display at the company’s stand at a cybersecurity conference in Lille, northern France, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. Raphael Satter / AP After vowing to stop Russian disinformation on its social network, Twitter has banned Russia-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab, CNET’s Alfred Ng reports. In an open letter, Kaspersky Lab founder Eugene Kaspersky called…

Report: DOJ prosecutors urge charges in NYC chokehold death

An amateur video recorded Eric Garner being placed in a chokehold by an NYPD officer on July 17, 2014. CBS News NEW YORK – Prosecutors at the Department of Justice are urging officials to file federal charges against a New York City police officer in the 2014 death of Eric Garner, according to an administration official familiar with the matter….

Charges: Man tried to order hit on ex-girlfriend, 3 others

HOUSTON — Prosecutors have charged a 54-year-old suburban Houston man with four counts of solicitation of capital murder for trying to hire a hit man to kill his ex-girlfriend, her parents and her current boyfriend. Authorities say Rajesh Bakshi met last week with an undercover Houston police officer who Bakshi thought was a contract killer. Harris County prosecutors say he…

Iran's foreign minister on if he could ever work with Mike Pompeo

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Mike Pompeo’s nomination and possible confirmation to be the next U.S. Secretary of State is an indication to the international community that the U.S. is “not serious” about international obligations, including holding up the Iran nuclear deal. Asked in an interview airing Sunday on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” if he would be…

Racist video was a “satirical sketch,” Syracuse frat says

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A fraternity suspended at Syracuse University over a racist video said in an apologetic statement on Friday that the activities were intended as a “satirical sketch” depicting an uneducated, intolerant person. “Each semester our new members are given the opportunity to write and act out a skit, in order to roast the active brothers. This event was…

Lecturer slams school for not backing Bush-tweet professor

FRESNO, Calif. — A Fresno State lecturer who says he was demoted after posting a tweet that Donald Trump “must hang” says the university president is again failing to defend academic freedom — this time over a professor who called former first lady Barbara Bush an “amazing racist.” In an opinion piece posted Thursday by The Fresno Bee, Lars Maischak…

Read the DNC lawsuit against Russia, Trump campaign, WikiLeaks

The Democratic National Committee has filed a lawsuit against the Russian government, WikiLeaks and the Trump campaign, and its associates, arguing that the parties conspired to influence the 2016 presidential campaign in a way that damaged the Democratic Party.  The complaint, filed Friday in federal court in Manhattan, claims millions of dollars in damages, alleges violations of everything from conspiracy…

Prosecutor: Keep ex-athlete convicted of rape on sex offender list

In this Sept. 14, 2017, file photo, Ma’lik Richmond, center, of Steubenville, Ohio, and his attorney Susan Stone, left, walk out of U.S. District Court in Youngstown, Ohio.  AP Photo/Dake Kang, File COLUMBUS, Ohio — A man convicted as a juvenile of raping a 16-year-old girl has consistently tried to minimize his involvement in the crime and should remain on Ohio’s…

New York Yankees show support for bullied Pennsylvania girl

A Pennsylvania girl’s plea to stop bullying has caught the attention of the New York Yankees. According to CBS New York, Mom Jenn Slater posted a video to Facebook, showing her 10-year-old daughter Cassidy describing the bullying she faces at her elementary school. In the video, Cassidy holds up a series of pages that describe what she goes through. She…

How climate change is making allergy season worse

This spring is predicted to be another tough season for allergy sufferers – partly thanks to warming global temperatures. The warm weather is arriving up to 20 days earlier this year in some places and one study finds pollen counts have been rising every year since 2000. “The climate and the weather has an impact on the start, the duration,…

Wrongfully convicted death row inmate free after 25 years

This 2010 file photo released by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows Vicente Benavides Figueroa in San Quentin, Calif.  California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP, File SAN QUENTIN, Calif. — A man who spent nearly 25 years on California’s death row was freed Thursday after his conviction in the rape and killing of his girlfriend’s nearly…

Cops: Friend who “discovered” teen’s body was his killer

LOS ANGELES — A 16-year-old who was part of a search party looking for a missing high school sports star led the group to discover the boy’s body but investigators suspect he was the person who fatally stabbed his longtime friend and left his body in bushes near a riverbed, Los Angeles County sheriff’s detectives said Thursday. Jeremy Sanchez, 17,…

Student opens fire on classmate at Florida high school

One student shot another in the ankle at a Florida high school and a suspect is in custody, authorities said Friday. WKMG OCALA , Fla. — One student shot another in the ankle at a Florida high school and a suspect is in custody, authorities said Friday. CBS affiliate WKMG reports the shooting happened Friday morning at Forest High School,…