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Trump signs proclamation sending National Guard to border

President Trump has signed a proclamation directing the National Guard to be deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border, the White House announced Wednesday night.  Mr. Trump said in a Wednesday memorandum to his secretaries of defense and homeland security and to his attorney general that the “situation at the border has now reached a point of crisis.” The document orders the…

NFL star Julian Edelman helps thwart possible school shooting

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Trump surprises military by ordering National Guard to the border

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Pig farmer “very concerned” about tariffs from China

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Ancestry.com DNA test reveals shocking family secret

LOS ANGELES — Millions have used Ancestry.com to trace the roots of their family tree. But Kelli Rowlette, a woman from Iowa, says it led to a stunning discovery about her biological father. A 14-page lawsuit filed in Idaho revealed her biological father was allegedly her parent’s fertility doctor. The suit claims that Dr. Gerald Mortimer, an elder in the…

Choir recalls singing for MLK.: “We knew it was important to sing for him”

MEMPHIS — Two weeks before his death in Memphis, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a chance encounter there with a choir from the historically black college Prairie View A&M University. The scene was captured by a documentary filmmaker. CBS News special correspondent James Brown met with some of the surviving members: Bob Duckens, Ernestine Odom, Richard Perkins, Judy Lusk,…

New video shows events that ended with controversial arrest

FORT WORTH, Texas — There are new developments in the controversial arrest of a man in Fort Worth, Texas. Earlier this week, cellphone video angered many. But the public is now getting a different view from the officers’ body cameras.  It all started when an amateur video was posted online, showing a Fort Worth Police Department officer punching a man…

Details emerge about woman who opened fire at YouTube headquarters

Last Updated Apr 4, 2018 6:57 PM EDT SAN FRANCISCO — Police in San Bruno, California, said it was a beef with YouTube that drove a 39-year-old woman to shoot people — apparently at random — at the company’s headquarters Tuesday. She then turned the gun on herself. Details about the suspect have since come to light. Online the shooter, Nasim…

50 years later: America pays tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. The civil rights leader, just 39 years old, was gunned down in Tennessee. Now, the nation is paying tribute to him and his legacy.  It was a day of remembrance and reflection. Hundreds gathered at the National Civil Rights Museum to honor King’s legacy underneath the…

Watch Jack Nicklaus' grandson hit a hole-in-one

Gary Nicklaus, Jr. celebrates hitting a hole-in-one on the ninth tee with his grandfather Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson during the Par 3 Contest prior to the start of the 2018 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 4, 2018, in Augusta, Ga. Getty One of the best moments every year from the Par 3 Tournament…

Town votes to ban assault rifles, fine violators $1,000 a day

Dordon Brack aims a semi-automatic AR-15 that is for sale at Good Guys Guns & Range on Feb. 15, 2018 in Orem, Utah. An AR-15 was used in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida. Getty The mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida has once again ignited the public debate around assault…

F-16 from Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada crashes

File photo of an F-16 Fighting Falcon taking off from Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. Airman 1st Class Andrew Sarver/U.S. Air Force Officials said an Air Force F-16, assigned to Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, crashed Wednesday around 10:30 a.m. local time. The Air Force says it happened “during routing training on the Nevada Test and Training Range.”…

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg speaks out ahead of congressional testimony

Last Updated Apr 4, 2018 4:52 PM EDT Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is speaking to reporters in a Wednesday conference call, after the social media company admitted Wednesday afternoon that data firm Cambridge Analytica accessed up to 87 million accounts, mostly in the U.S. Zuckerberg will testify before Congress next week.  “We didn’t take a broad enough view what our…