SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Several lawmakers and the family of a 22-year-old unarmed black man who was fatally shot by police last month proposed Tuesday that California become the first state to significantly restrict when officers can open fire. The legislation would change the standard from using “reasonable force” to “necessary force.” That means officers would be allowed to shoot only…
President Trump, taking questions from reporters Tuesday in a joint White House press conference with the leaders of the Baltic States, reiterated his intent to pull U.S. forces out of Syria — and send U.S. troops to the southern border with Mexico. Moments earlier Tuesday, Mr. Trump blasted Mexico over the North American Free Trade Agreement, praised Mexico’s own immigration…
For the first time, the U.S. government has publicly acknowledged the existence in Washington of what appear to be rogue devices that foreign spies and criminals could be using to track individual cellphones and intercept calls and messages. The use of what are known as cellphone-site simulators by foreign powers has long been a concern, but American intelligence and law…
Deputies noticed several firearms, a wig, and a ghillie suit in the suspects’ vehicle.
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) bacteria is pictured in this medical illustration provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Reuters/CDC In recent years, antibiotic resistance has risen to dangerous levels and has become a growing public health crisis. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 2 million Americans become infected with germs resistant to antibiotics…
Prosecutors say the suspect staged the entire break-in and lied to police– and the watch proves it.
The suspect had been arrested before, twice for Domestic Violence.
Police are still searching for the other men involved.
The 10-second clip shows the hand of an adult off-screen holding what appears to be a cigarillo to the child’s lips. WNCN RALEIGH, N.C. — A search warrant says a North Carolina mother confessed to letting her 1-year-old child smoke pot in a social media video that went viral. The warrant released Monday allows police to take pictures of the…
7-year-old Madden Humphreys holds Moon, the rescue cat his family just adopted, who shares the same two health conditions as his little boy. @MaddenAndMoon via Instagram Seven-year-old Madden Humphreys was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate, as well as a condition known as complete heterochromia iridum, which means his eyes are two different colors. While his cleft lip…
NEW YORK — Grindr, the gay dating app, will stop sharing its users’ HIV status with third-party analytics companies. Chief security officer Bryce Case told BuzzFeed News on Monday it decided to stop sharing information with Localytics to alleviate people’s fears. and had already stopped sharing it with Apptimize. The two companies were paid to test and monitor how the…
DETROIT — Authorities say two 18-year-olds in Detroit were live on Instagram showing money and a gun when one of them shot the other in the back of the head, killing him. Police say the teen who fired the gun Monday night told investigators that he accidentally put his finger on the trigger and that the rifle discharged. He was taken…
SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Police say a newspaper carrier in Maine stumbled upon a man’s dead, nude body in the middle of a street. The Portland Press Herald reports the body was found in Scarborough early Sunday. Police Chief Robby Moulton says the man was in his 60s and was only wearing socks and slippers. The man died of a heart…
Medical marijuana could help quell the ongoing opioid epidemic, a pair of new studies contends. Opioid prescriptions tend to decrease in U.S. states that adopt medical marijuana laws or legalize recreational use of pot, two different research teams have concluded. The studies couldn’t prove cause and effect. But one study found that opioids dispensed through Medicare’s prescription drug plan decreased…
WASHINGTON — His moniker was “DARKKING22,” and authorities say he offered a cornucopia of illicit drugs through the click of a mouse. But it was his ads on a hidden website for pure fentanyl, the powerful painkiller driving a record number of overdose deaths across the U.S., that caught FBI agents’ attention. They bought some, and days later it arrived…
WRTV images show the crash scene on Monday, April 2, 2018. WRTV MARION, Ind. — Two planes collided at a small Indiana airport Monday evening, killing two firefighters, the Grant County coroner told CBS affiliate WTTV. Officials identified the victims as Kyle M. Hibst and David Wittkamper, both 31-years-old from Elwood. They had served as volunteer firefighters at the Pipe Creek…
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NORRISTOWN, Pa. — The judge in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial gave his legal defense a huge boost Tuesday, ruling his lawyers can call a witness who says the accuser talked about framing a celebrity before she went to police in 2005 with allegations about the comedian. Judge Steven O’Neill also helped the defense case by ruling that jurors can hear…
The man wasn’t wearing a helmet, and suffered massive head trauma.
Last Updated Apr 3, 2018 10:59 AM EDT HOUSTON, Mo. — Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for one of the suspects in the slaying of a transgender teenager in rural southern Missouri. Court records show plans requesting the sentence for Andrew Vrba were filed Monday. Vrba, 18, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Ally Steinfeld….
Embattled EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt received some words of encouragement Monday night from his boss, President Trump. The president phoned Pruitt and told him to keep his head up and to keep fighting. The message from the top: We have your back, CBS News Jacqueline Alemany reports, citing an administration official. On Tuesday morning, White House chief of staff John…
EPA administrator Scott Pruitt announced revisions to vehicle fuel emissions standards Tuesday, a day after the Trump administration announced its intentions to roll back signature Obama-era greenhouse gas and fuel emissions standards for cars and light trucks. Pruitt is made the announcement in Chantilly, Va., not far from D.C., with his comments capped on either end by automotive executives. Pruitt…
AP Photo/Mark Humphrey MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Bernice King stared with purpose at the video of her father, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., concentrating on the tired look in his eyes as he spoke to reporters in the days before he was gunned down at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. She was touring a new multi-media exhibit Monday at…