Archives: 2018

Veterans’ home gunman’s choice of hostages not random, survivor says

YOUNTVILLE, Calif. — It was supposed to be a festive gathering, but then, a former patient walked in with a gun and the horror began. One moment, Pathway Home residential counselor Haley Rekdahl was laughing with co-workers and veterans at a going away party inside the program’s offices at the veterans home in Yountville, California. The next moment is still…

Arrest made in decades-old cold-case killing of 15-year-old girl

Tracy Gilpin is seen in an undated photo provided by the Massachusetts State Police. BOSTON — A North Carolina man has been arrested in the 1986 killing of the Massachusetts State Police commander’s teenage sister. Authorities say 61-year-old Michael Arthur Hand of Troutman, North Carolina, was arrested Friday and faces a murder charge in the death of 15-year-old high school…

How Whistler’s ski patrol keeps avalanches at bay

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Eye Opener at 8: White House unveils gun policy

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For 2 weeks, women get full spotlight at the U.N.

UNITED NATIONS — The speakers for the United Nations’ International Women’s Day events appeared particularly emboldened this year, with Reese Witherspoon, Dania Guria and Emma Watson talking about sexual abuse and the need for women’s empowerment. It was an appropriate curtain raiser for the events kicking off Monday at the U.N., with the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)…

Prime Minister tweets Australia exempted from Trump tariffs

Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull tweeted a video on Monday saying his country has achieved a “commitment” from President Trump that his tariff plan on steel and aluminum won’t apply to exports from Australia. Mr. Trump signed proclamations for his new steel and aluminum tariffs last Thursday —  25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports —…

Parents of FSU pledge who died speak out

In a story you’ll see only on “CBS This Morning,” we hear from the parents of Florida State University student Andrew Coffey, who police say died from alcohol poisoning after a fraternity party. Parents Tom and Sandra Coffey are pushing for a new law against hazing. CBS News’ Tony Dokoupil interviews Sandra and Tom Coffey, parents of Andrew Coffey CBS…

Fertility clinic failures put thousands of frozen embryos at risk

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Could digitally-altered video become weaponized?

Alec Baldwin is to some a perfect stand-in for President Donald Trump. But in a digitally-altered video online, the president’s face has been digitally stamped onto Baldwin’s performance. Trump | Deepfakes Replacement by derpfakes on YouTube It’s part of a wave of doctored audio and video now spreading online. “The idea that someone could put another person’s face on an…

Concerns over contamination after Russian ex-spy&amp’s poisoning

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Lehigh Univ. sorority banned over “reprehensible” scavenger hunt

https://www.alphachiomega.org/ BETHLEHEM, Pa. — A Pennsylvania university has kicked a sorority off campus due to what officials are calling a “reprehensible” scavenger hunt that involved drugs, alcohol and sexual activity. Alpha Chi Omega’s Theta Chi chapter lost its recognition by Lehigh University for two years and will be banned from campus through May 2020. The Lehigh Greek Community blog published…

Cleanup and concern after attack on Russian ex-spy

Last Updated Mar 12, 2018 7:42 AM EDT SALISBURY, England — British Prime Minister Theresa May was to meet Monday with her senior national security advisors to discuss the poisoning of a former Russian double agent and his daughter in the English city of Salisbury. Public health officials in England have warned about 500 people to take extra safety precautions…

Eye Opener: Helicopter plunges into NYC river

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Mother of missing Pa. teen pleads for her safe return

The mother of a missing 16-year-old Pennsylvania girl is pleading for her safe return. Police believe Amy Yu ran off one week ago with Kevin Esterly, the father of one of her friends. The 45-year-old is allegedly in a relationship with the high school student. Yu was last seen by her family at a school bus stop in Allentown, where…

Racist, sexual graffiti sullies African-American landmark

Historic African Meeting House in Nantucket, Mass. is seen with racist, sexually suggestive graffiti spray painted on it (and covered up for purposes of image by CBS Boston) on March 11, 2018 CBS Boston NANTUCKET, Mass. — Police are searching for whoever spray painted “N—– Leave” on the front door of an historic African-American building, reports CBS Boston. Nantucket Police…

Day care owner gets 21 years for drugging kids, leaving them to go tanning

This undated photo provided by the Deschutes County Sheriff’s office shows January Neatherlin.  Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office BEND, Ore. — A woman who abandoned children at her Bend day care to go tanning has been sentenced to 21 years, four months in prison. The Bend Bulletin reports 32-year-old January Neatherlin was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty in February to 11…

2nd fertility clinic has freezer failure

File footage shows clinician removing frozen embryos and/or eggs from freezer at unidentified facility CBS San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO — A San Francisco fertility clinic says thousands of frozen eggs and embryos may have been damaged after a liquid nitrogen failure in a storage tank. Dr. Carl Herbert, president of Pacific Fertility Clinic, told the Washington Post Sunday that officials…

Nursing student found dead in upstate New York

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Authorities in upstate New York are investigating the death of a Binghamton University nursing student. Police say that 22-year-old Haley Anderson, of Westbury, Long Island, was found dead at an off-campus residence on Friday. Her death was later ruled a homicide. Police say a male nursing student at the university who had a previous relationship with the…

Passenger jet slides off runway, catches on fire in Nepal

A photo posted to Twitter by Bishnu Sapkota shows smoke rising from a US-Bangla Airlines passenger jet that slid off the runway at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 12, 2018. Bishnu Sapkota/Twitter Last Updated Mar 12, 2018 5:58 AM EDT A passenger plane owned by a joint Bangladeshi-U.S. firm has reportedly crashed in Kathmandu, Nepal, catching on fire…

Turkish private jet crash likely killed bachelorette group

In this May 20, 2016 photo, a Bombardier CL604 aircraft, with tail number TC-TRB, descends to land in Istanbul. AP TEHRAN, Iran — Investigators on Monday found the “black box” from a Turkish private jet that crashed in an Iranian mountain range on its way from the United Arab Emirates to Istanbul, killing all 11 people on board — likely…

Cool and Dry Start To The Week.

TODAY: Clouds break up in the early morning, revealing a mostly sunny day. Highs in the mid 50s, with blustery winds at 15-20 mph gusting to 30 mph. Temperatures will fall to around or below freezing in most spots overnight. Lows in the low 30s. TUE/WED: Sunny weather continues. Highs remain in the mid to upper 50s. Overnight freezes will be…

Tim McGraw collapses on stage

Tim McGraw performs during day one of 2015 Stagecoach, California’s Country Music Festival, at The Empire Polo Club on April 24, 2015, in Indio, California. Christopher Polk/Getty Images DUBLIN — Country music star Tim McGraw collapsed on stage during a performance in Ireland. Rolling Stone magazine reports McGraw collapsed while performing Sunday night in Dublin. McGraw’s wife, singer Faith Hill,…

Southwest Airlines flight diverted after smoke fills cabin

Emergency crews at  Albuquerque International Sunport on night of March 11, 2018 at Southwest Airlines plane that was diverted while en route form Phoenix to Dallas after smoke filled the cabin Albuquerque Fire Department tweet ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Dallas-bound flight was diverted to the Albuquerque International Sunport Sunday night after smoke filled the aircraft’s cabin, CBS Albuquerque affiliate KRQE-TV…