Boil water notice issued in Itawamba County
Residents should boil their water at least 3 minutes before use.
Archives: 2018
8-year-old slashes students with knife at elementary school
SAUK RAPIDS, Minn. — Authorities said an 8-year-old student took a kitchen knife to a central Minnesota elementary school and attacked three other children. Chief Perry Beise said the victims — aged 8, 9 and 13 — suffered “superficial wounds” requiring stitches in the attack before classes started Monday at Pleasantview Elementary in Sauk Rapids. No one else was hurt. School…
Russian cyber campaign may affect millions of devices
An aggressive campaign by Russian cyberplayers targeting internet devices in homes, businesses and government locations aims to control the devices for espionage, intellectual-property theft and preparation for a possible future action, CBS News has learned. The U.S. and U.K. were expected to release a warning about the campaign. U.S. and U.K. officials are worried about increasingly common Wi-Fi-enabled gizmos, known…
Desi Linden becomes 1st U.S. woman to win Boston Marathon in 33 years
“I’m thrilled. I’m exhausted. I left it all out there. Now I’m ready to warm up.”
WWII research team marks death of Pearl Harbor mastermind
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, left, of the Japanese navy, is shown at Southampton, U.K., with a member of his staff and Commander Jackson, Oct. 16, 1934. AP ALBANY, N.Y. — A group from the U.S. and Japan is trekking to a remote Pacific island jungle to document what is considered one of the most important wreck sites of World War II:…
100s of passengers stranded when airline ends Mexico service
MINNEAPOLIS — Being stuck in Mexico doesn’t sound that bad when there’s a spring snowstorm in Minnesota. But a getaway for dozens of families has turned into a travel nightmare, CBS station WCCO-TV reports. This weekend’s storm forced Sun Country Airlines to cancel returning flights from Mexico to Minneapolis. The cancellation left some travelers with a very expensive decision. Abby…
Mississippi judge cuts troubled hospital pensions 25 percent
Singing River, which operates hospitals in Pascagoula and Ocean Springs, stopped paying into the system from 2009 to 2014 without telling employees and retirees.
City official seeks to cut money to county office
The divided McComb board often fights along racial lines.
Bodies “literally stacked on top of each other” in prison riot
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Prisoners armed with homemade knives rioted for more than seven hours inside a maximum-security facility, leaving seven inmates dead, and bodies were “literally stacked on top of each other,” an inmate told The Associated Press on Monday. At least 17 prisoners were seriously injured as inmates fought uninterrupted before authorities regained control of Lee Correctional Institution about…
New Vt. law used to keep school plot suspect from getting gun
RUTLAND, Vt. – A day after Vermont’s governor signed a package of gun control measures, one of the new laws was used to keep a school shooting plot suspect from possessing dangerous weapon. A superior court judge signed an extreme risk protection order Thursday saying Jack Sawyer, 18, poses an extreme risk of physical harm to himself and others. Republican…
Cops: TV producer killed deaf sister, her dogs in staged fire
Jill Blackstone, left, and Wendy Blackstone WJZ LOS ANGELES – A television producer arrested Thursday on suspicion of killing her deaf and partially blind sister three years ago drugged the woman, placed her in a garage and set the building on fire to make the death look accidental, Los Angeles police said. Jill Blackstone was taken into custody in Baltimore…
DA says Meek Mill conviction should be tossed
PHILADELPHIA — A dance party has erupted in the streets outside a courthouse in Philadelphia as the city’s district attorney says rapper Meek Mill’s convictions should be vacated and he should have a new trial. The district attorney’s announcement came during a hearing on Monday, but a judge is still refusing to release Mill on bail. His lawyers say they…
Barbara Bush 1925-2018
President George W. Bush, first lady Laura Bush, former first lady Barbara Bush and former President George H.W. Bush sit surrounded by family in the Red Room of the White House January 6, 2005. Friends and family joined former President Bush and Barbara Bush in celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary at a dinner. Also pictured: (From left) Georgia Grace Koch,…
Deadly storm pounds Southern city
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Authorities declared a local state of emergency in Greensboro, North Carolina, after an apparent tornado caused damage in several locations around that city. Greensboro police said in a tweet Sunday that there also has been one storm-related fatality in Greensboro, but they gave no immediate details of that death. They did not elaborate on the damages. But…
150 involved in brawl during ceremony at Indiana temple
Police say a brawl at a Sikh temple in suburban Indianapolis has left four people with minor injuries. WTTV GREENWOOD, Ind. — Police say a brawl at a Sikh temple in suburban Indianapolis has left four people with minor injuries. Greenwood Assistant Police Chief Matthew Fillenwarth says police and medics responded Sunday to a verbal and physical fight involving about…
How to watch the Boston Marathon
Watch CBS SPORTS HQ, a 24-hour streaming network offering sports news, highlights and analysis, all accessible for free on connected devices & at cbssports.com/live BOSTON — The Boston Marathon last year was sunny with a high temperature of 75 degrees. This year it’ll be much colder and wetter. It was projected to be in the upper 30s and low 40s…
12-year-old “cyber ninja” shows how a hacker’s poison can spread
Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal is fueling the debate over how to protect digital information. One hacker from Texas is also raising awareness about growing cyber threats. And he’s only 12 years old. Reuben Paul is a sixth grader from Austin. The self-proclaimed “Cyber Ninja” has a second-degree black belt in kung fu, and he’s on a mission to show how…
Torrential rains leave dozens stranded in Hawaiian shelter
Floodwaters are seen on Hawaiian isle of Kanai on April 15, 2018 KGMB-TV LIHUE, Hawaii — Dozens of people were stranded at a Red Cross shelter on Kauai after a storm dropped over 2 feet of rain, causing massive flooding and grounding rescue helicopters. Hawaii Gov. David Ige issued an emergency proclamation for the island where heavy rainfall damaged or…
“None of the white customers were asked to leave”: Starbucks arrests spark outrage
The CEO of Starbucks said he wants to apologize personally to two black men after video of their arrest in a Philadelphia coffee shop spurred outrage. Police said a Starbucks manager called 911 Thursday because the men refused to leave after trying to use the store’s restroom without making a purchase. They were arrested for alleged trespassing. Those two men…
Black men “better off at home” after controversial shooting, columnist writes
Marcia Courson wrote the controversial column. CBS Sacramento RANCHO MURIETA — Inside the pages of the small, weekly Rancho Murieta newspaper the River Valley Times, the sentence generating big backlash is an opinion piece written in response to the police shooting of Stephon Clark. It reads, “police have to be careful not to overact and you black men might be…
7 inmates killed in “incident” at maximum security S.C. prison
Entrance to Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, South Carolina WLTX-TV COLUMBIA, S.C. — State police were called to one of South Carolina’s most dangerous prisons Sunday night. The South Carolina Corrections Department tweeted that State Law Enforcement Division agents responded to “an ongoing situation” at Lee Correctional Institution. Updates said it had turned deadly: The incident at Lee CI resulted…
Maximum security S.C. prison hit with “disturbance”
Entrance to Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, South Carolina WLTX-TV COLUMBIA, S.C. — State police have been called to one of South Carolina’s most dangerous prisons. The South Carolina Corrections Department tweeted that State Law Enforcement Division agents responded just before midnight Sunday to “an ongoing situation” at Lee Correctional Institution. No details were released. Some local media outlets reported…
206 million eggs recalled over salmonella concerns
A file image of a carton of eggs. Matt York / AP Last Updated Apr 16, 2018 5:12 AM EDT RALEIGH, N.C. — More than 200 million eggs distributed to restaurants and grocery stores in nine states have been recalled because of bacterial contamination. A notice posted on the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) website Friday said the eggs shipped from…
Cool Today; Quiet Weather Ahead.
TODAY: A rather chilly start, with temperatures starting out in the 30s this morning. Sunny and breezy today. Highs in the upper 50s, with winds out of the northwest around 20 mph gusting to 30 mph. Chilly overnight with lows in the 30s. TUE/WED: Sunny on Tuesday with highs in the upper 70s. A few clouds and mild Tuesday night with…