WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday blocked the government from transferring an American citizen accused of fighting with Islamic State militants to Saudi Arabia, meaning he will stay for now in a U.S. military detention facility in Iraq. The Trump administration has been holding the unidentified citizen without charge since he surrendered on the Syrian battlefield more than seven…
Only on “CBS This Morning,” we are proud to announce the 2018 teacher of the year: Mandy Manning of Joel E. Ferris High School in Spokane, Washington. This exceptional educator, who teaches English and math to refugee and immigrant students, will spend the next year as an advocate for more than three million teachers and 50 million public school students…
Another wave of school walkouts is expected as students honor victims of gun violence and push for gun control. The latest protests are planned for Friday, the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting that left 13 people dead in Littleton, Colorado. Organizers say more than 2,600 demonstrations are planned from Maine to Hawaii. Many students say they’ll wear…
President Trump is defending his former national security adviser after the release of memos written by fired FBI Director James Comey. Mr. Trump tweeted Friday morning, “So General Michael Flynn’s life can be totally destroyed while Shadey (sic) James Comey can Leak and Lie and make lots of money from a third rate book (that should never have been written).”…
Stevante Clark speaks to CBS Sacramento from jail on April 19, 2018. CBS Sacramento SACRAMENTO — Two officers who shot a man to death in the backyard of a home are back on the job. Sacramento Police say the officers are back at work more than a month after the shooting of Stephon Clark. CBS Sacramento reports the officers are…
Scott Pruitt’s penchant for travel and concerns about security were notable even before he became head of the Environmental Protection Agency, according to newly obtained records that show that as Oklahoma’s attorney general he frequently traveled out-of-state for appearances before conservative groups and used an office investigator as a driver. As Oklahoma’s top prosecutor from 2011 to 2016, Pruitt was…
LOS ANGELES — President Trump’s personal lawyer is asking a federal judge in Los Angeles to delay a court case brought by a porn actress who claims she had an affair with the president. U.S. District Judge James Otero is set to hear arguments Friday morning about whether to delay Stormy Daniels’ case after FBI agents raided the office and residence…
This week’s deadly accident on a Southwest Airlines flight has prompted a new conversation about the importance in-flight safety instructions. The blast from a mid-air explosion on Southwest Flight 1380 sent shrapnel tearing through one of the plane’s windows, causing the cabin to lose pressure. After the engine failure, pictures show a number of passengers incorrectly using their oxygen masks,…
Nearly two years after Prince’s death shocked the nation, prosecutors released a trove of video and pictures which provide insight into the singer’s final days, and his struggle with opioids. CBS News correspondent Jamie Yuccas reports that prosecutors released surveillance video showing Prince entering Dr. Michael Schulenberg’s clinic with his friend Kirk Johnson the day before his death. Schulenberg agreed…
Our continuing series, A More Perfect Union, aims to show that what unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us. In this installment, we meet a man trying to instill self-confidence in young girls, one dress at a time. Sam Sisakhti’s nonprofit started when he donated a box of dresses to those in need. That’s when he…
Marijuana plants at Medicine Man in Denver, Colorado CBS News Today is April 20, or 420, a day many people celebrate marijuana. A new CBS News poll found nearly 60 percent of Americans believe marijuana should be legal. As some states start to legalize it, law enforcement officers are having a difficult time policing drivers who are high. In 2016,…
TODAY: Sunny and warmer, with highs in the upper 60s and low 70s. Northeast wind at 10-15 mph. Lows overnight in the mid 40s. SATURDAY. A few clouds through the day. Highs in the low to mid 70s. Perhaps a shower late in the evening or overnight hours. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 20%. SUNDAY: Widespread showers and…
Syracuse University Theta Tau fraternity house WTVH-TV SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse University fraternity chapter suspended Wednesday after a racist video surfaced apologized Thursday. The video showed a group of men laughing uproariously at performances punctuated by racist language against blacks, Jews and Hispanics, as well as simulated sex acts. Chancellor Ken Syverud said the school suspended Theta Tau, a…
PHOENIX — Arizona teachers have voted to walk off the job to demand increased school funding, marking a key step toward a first-ever statewide strike that builds on a movement for higher pay in other Republican-dominated states. A grassroots group and the state’s largest teacher membership group said Thursday that teachers will walk out April 26. There was no indication…
Lois Riess in undated photo Dodge County Sheriff’s Office SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas — A woman suspected of killing her husband in Minnesota and a woman in Florida was captured Thursday night at a South Texas resort. Two federal deputy marshals arrested Lois Riess, 56, about 8:30 p.m. at a South Padre Island, Texas, restaurant, the U.S. Marshals Service said…
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Olive Branch-native and Ole Miss Rebel Braden Thornberry and Fulton-native Chad Ramsey competed against professional golfers from across the globe.
Danny McKay from Noxubee General Hospital was the speaker.
“I called my dad afterwards, I was crying, I said I feel like this is God telling me this is the right path I’m going on,” Arnold said.
ATMORE, Ala. — An Alabama inmate convicted of the mail-bomb slaying of a federal judge during a wave of Southern terror in 1989 was executed by lethal injection Thursday, becoming the oldest prisoner put to death in the U.S. in modern times. Walter Leroy Moody Jr., 83, was pronounced dead at 8:42 p.m. following an injection at the Alabama prison…
While many consumers of marijuana and fans of cannabis culture prepare to light up during Friday’s “4/20” holiday, the percentage of executives who are women in the fast-growing industry is decreasing. The Marijuana Business Daily survey reported a 2015 industry average of 36 percent of women holding positions of power in cannabis-related companies. Two years later in 2017, it has…