Last Updated Apr 13, 2018 12:43 PM EDT PORTLAND, Ore. — The attorney for the biological aunt of three of the six children who are presumed to have died when the car their adoptive mother was driving plunged off a cliff should never have been taken from their family in Texas, reports CBS affiliate KOIN. Devonte, Jeremiah, and Sierra were adopted…
The suspect was driving alone in the car. No injuries were reported.
TRENTON, N.J. — The winner of last month’s $533 million Mega Millions jackpot is a New Jersey resident who moved to the state last summer. Richard Wahl was introduced Friday during a news conference at lottery headquarters. According to CBS New York, Wahl plans to use the money to “do a lot of good things.” “For us, we believe God…
The investigation stemmed from a complaint with the North Mississippi Narcotics Unit.
The sherriff says, Rush stole a car and wrecked it in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
California voters could soon be asked to decide whether their state is too big. CBS San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO — California voters could soon be asked to decide whether their state is too big. Tim Draper, who pushed for a six-state proposal, now has a three-state proposal, according to CBS San Francisco. Draper did not have enough signatures to get…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Facing mounting calls to resign following sexual misconduct allegations, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens appears to be taking a cue from President Trump as he fights for his political survival amid a #MeToo movement that has felled dozens of other prominent politicians and public figures. Referencing events in Washington, D.C., Greitens is using wording similar to that used…
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 CBSN beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET and 1 p.m. ET. You can also download the free “Sunday Morning” audio podcast at iTunes and at Play.it. Now…
CINCINNATI — Authorities pledged on Thursday to find out what went wrong in the death of a 16-year-old boy they say became trapped by a minivan bench seat in a school parking lot and whose body was found about six hours after he first called 911. “Something has gone terribly wrong” in Kyle Plush’s death, Police Chief Eliot Isaac said….
NEW YORK — A woman whose dismembered body was found in a Brooklyn park has been identified. The mother of 26-year-old Brandy Odom told The New York Times on Wednesday that she identified her daughter, who had a tattoo of the word “Chocolate” above her left breast, through police photographs. Odom’s remains were discovered in Canarsie Park on Monday. Her…
Andrew Finch, 28, was killed when police were called to his home by someone perpetrating a prank KWCH Last Updated Apr 13, 2018 11:26 AM EDT WICHITA, Kan. — The Kansas police officer who fired the shot that killed a man during a hoax emergency call will not face criminal charges, a prosecutor announced Thursday. District Attorney Marc Bennett said…
Fired FBI Director James Comey said he doesn’t know with certainty whether President Trump “was with prostitutes peeing on each other in Moscow in 2013,” in an interview with ABC News that will air in full on Sunday. In his new book, Comey recalls a conversation he says he had with Mr. Trump, in which the president asked Comey to…
Wildfire burning in Oklahoma KWTV WOODWARD, Okla. — Wildfires in northwestern Oklahoma have burned more than 120,000 acres and forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes. Woodward County Emergency Management Director Matt Lehenbaur said Friday that the fire has destroyed several homes near Woodward, about 125 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. He says no injuries have been reported. The…
President Trump said in a late-night tweet Thursday that he will only rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership he backed out of last year if the deal is “substantially better than the deal offered to Pres. Obama,” after lawmakers on Thursday said the president is considering reentering the deal. The announcement from Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, and Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, outside…
Allies of President Trump fear federal investigators could have their hands on recordings made by Mr. Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, according to a Washington Post report. Cohen sometimes taped recorded conversations with associates, three people familiar with Cohen’s practice told the Post. Allies of the president, the Post reports, are concerned that if Cohen had recordings, federal investigators might…
Federal investigators forced Tesla out of the probe of a deadly crash in California last month involving the electric carmaker’s autopilot system. The driver died after crashing into a highway barrier. The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday that Tesla released information about the investigation before it was confirmed. But in a statement, Tesla said it withdrew from the panel,…
President Trump took to Twitter Friday morning to respond to fired FBI Director James Comey’s upcoming book, calling Comey a “LEAKER & LIAR” and a “slime ball” who “should be prosecuted.” Comey’s new book, “A Higher Loyalty,” isn’t officially released until Tuesday, but numerous news outlets, including CBS News, have obtained copies of the book ahead of time. In it,…
Yarmouth Police Officer Sean Gannon and K9 Nero CBS Boston BARNSTABLE, Mass. – The man charged with killing a Yarmouth Police officer has an extremely long criminal history and he will be back in court Friday to face a murder charge,CBS Boston reports. Tom Latanowich, 29, of Somerville, shot officer Sean Gannon as officers were serving an arrest warrant at a…
The pioneering electric car company Tesla has suffered a series of very public challenges since the beginning of this year. Its high-profile CEO Elon Musk called this a period of “production hell.” Most of the troubles revolve around the company’s Model 3 sedan, its first mid-priced, mass-produced electric car. Musk, whose relationship with outside analysts and investors is going through…
Police believe at least two suspects fled before officers arrived. CBS San Francisco ALAMEDA — A woman who died on Tuesday of injuries she suffered during a violent attempted robbery outside a Vietnamese restaurant in Alameda last Friday night was identified by the Alameda County coroner’s bureau Thursday as 61-year-old Cindy Le of Alameda, CBS Los Angeles reports. Alameda police…
LEGGETT, Calif. — Recovered vehicle debris and personal items confirm that an SUV seen plunging into a storm-swollen Northern California river belonged to a family that disappeared last week, authorities said Thursday. The vehicle itself and the four members of the Thottapilly family have not been recovered from the Eel River, which remains too dangerous for divers to enter, but…
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Two nights before a clown fatally shot a woman at her front door, a customer showed up at a nearby costume shop and begged to be let in at closing. On this night 28 years ago, the woman urgently told two clerks she needed a clown suit, an orange wig, white gloves, a red nose…
Ryan Fish is seen in photo provided by Connecticut State Police Connecticut State Police / WFSB-TV MONTVILLE, Conn. — A former substitute math teacher is charged with supervising a student “fight club” at a Connecticut high school. Police say cellphone videos show 23-year-old Ryan Fish encouraging students as they slap each other in the middle of a classroom at Montville…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The chief executive of Backpage.com pleaded guilty to state and federal charges including conspiracy and money laundering, and agreed to testify in ongoing prosecutions against others at the website that authorities have dubbed a lucrative nationwide “online brothel,” authorities said. “For far too long, Backpage.com existed as the dominant marketplace for illicit commercial sex, a place where…