AUSTIN, Texas — Arizona and Texas announced Friday that they were preparing to deploy National Guard members to the U.S.-Mexico border in response to President Donald Trump’s call for more border security. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said about 150 Guard members would deploy next week. And the Texas Military Department, the umbrella agency over the Texas’ National Guard branches, said…
MALIBU, Calif. — A man went out for a hike last Sunday in the rugged hills along Southern California’s Malibu coast. Then, he disappeared. He turned up days later with a serious injury and quite a story. Marcelo Santos did just about everything you’re not supposed to do if you get lost on a remote trail. “I didn’t have any survival…
The Department of Homeland Security posted a contract request this week for “Media Monitoring Services,” which will compile a database of hundreds of thousands of journalists, bloggers and “media influencers” for the federal government. After an outcry on social media, a Department of Homeland Security spokesman tweeted “this is nothing more than the standard practice of monitoring current events in…
SALEM, Ore. — President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy National Guard troops to the border with Mexico has drawn resistance from some governors, most of them Democrats. But they could be powerless to deny the commander in chief’s request for soldiers. Governors have some leeway to say no to presidents, but depending on which federal law Mr. Trump uses to…
A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday awarded $3 million to a female police officer who claimed she was sexually harassed by a supervisor and subsequently monitored after she complained about it. The weeklong trial ended with a 12-0 verdict after the jury deliberated for only an hour, the Los Angeles Times reports. LAPD Officer Linda Allsot claimed another officer, who…
Rep. Blake Farenthold, the Texas Republican under scrutiny for using $84,000 in taxpayer funds to settle a sexual harassment claim, officially resigned on Friday. Farenthold had already announced he wouldn’t run for reelection, after initially saying he would run. His resignation became effective 5 p.m. Friday. “While I planned on serving out the remainder of my term in Congress, I…
An attorney for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Scott Nehs, says the organization will appeal.
Besides Hyde-Smith and Espy, Republican state Sen. Chris McDaniel and Democratic Tupelo Mayor Jason Shelton are also running.
As of Friday afternoon, Patterson says the state hasn’t received orders to send troops to the border.
President Donald Trump wants to send as many as 4,000 Guard members to the border, and some governors are opposing the request.
Unseasonably cold air settles in for the start of the weekend.
While illegal activities have been the focus for years, law enforcement also talk to the kids about life choices.
Teachers say this is a great way to bring the student body together.
Police at the scene in Springfield, Ohio where a pregnant woman was shot in the head WHIO SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – Authorities in western Ohio say hospital staffers delivered a pregnant woman’s baby after the mother was shot in the head. The Springfield News-Sun reports the woman who was shot and critically wounded in Springfield was at least 30 weeks pregnant….
Festivities will conclude Sunday afternoon.
Last Updated Apr 6, 2018 4:07 PM EDT Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered a “zero tolerance” policy aimed at people entering the United States illegally for the first time on the Mexican border. His directive Friday tells federal prosecutors in border states to put more emphasis on charging people with illegal entry, which has historically been treated as a…
Last Updated Apr 6, 2018 3:51 PM EDT Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced two more steps the company is taking to head off interference in the 2018 midterm elections. From now on, Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook blog post published at 2 p.m. ET, advertisers who want to run political or issue ads will have to be verified. “To get…
The development comes as Facebook faces questions about trust in light of one of its worst privacy scandals in its 14-year history.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg did something this week he hardly ever does: He took questions from reporters on a call and invited others to listen in. The call on Wednesday came more than two weeks after news broke about Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm that harvested data of up to 87 million Facebook users without their permission. Zuckerberg’s company has been in…
Charles Thomas, 21, is seen in Morocco, while studying abroad Elijah Wolter via CBS Chicago CHICAGO — Bond has been set at $15,000 for a University of Chicago student who was shot after rushing at campus police officers brandishing a long metal pipe. Twenty-one-year-old Charles Thomas is charged with aggravated assault on an officer with a weapon and property damage….
BOSTON — A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging Massachusetts’ ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, saying in a ruling released Friday that the weapons fall beyond the reach of the Second Amendment. U.S. District Judge William Young said assault weapons are military firearms and aren’t protected by the constitutional right to “bear arms.” Regulation of the weapons is…
MIAMI – A father is behind bars after his 8-year-old son brought a loaded gun to school, reports CBS Miami. Ramon Nuiry, 53, was booked into jail on Thursday after allegedly admitting to police that he put his loaded gun inside his son’s book-bag and forgot to remove it before the child went to school. His son then took the…
Viral video recorded at a Florida day care showed a 2-year-old frightened by the Easter Bunny. via WKMG KISSIMMEE, Fla. — A Florida family is outraged after a day care worker recorded and shared video of their toddler’s frightened reaction to the Easter Bunny without their permission, CBS Orlando affiliate WKMG-TV reports. The family said the video was taken by…
Last Updated Apr 6, 2018 2:58 PM EDT White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Friday said she doesn’t necessarily expect the new sanctions announced against some in Russian President Vladimir Putin to change Mr. Trump’s intent to meet with Putin at the White House soon. On Friday, the Trump administration announced sanctions that will affect Russian elites, including Putin’s…