Archives: 2018

Broken seawall puts homes at risk along coast amid second nor’easter

DUXBURY, Mass. — Along the coast in Massachusetts, flooding is once again threatening homes for the second time in a week. Residents in Duxbury are still mopping up from last week’s storm, which blasted through and broke open two sections of a 65-year-old seawall, leaving some areas under 4 feet of water and dozens of homes engulfed with seawater. Fire Chief…

Flooding fears force Massachusetts residents from their homes

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Raging fire at Denver construction site melts nearby cars

Aerial view of a fire that broke out in downtown Denver on Wed., March 7, 2018. CBS Denver DENVER — Flames were shooting from a burning building under construction in downtown Denver on Wednesday afternoon, CBS Denver reports. Two people remained unaccounted for after the fire was extinguished and six people were injured, including one firefighter. The fire was reported…

California gov blasts feds for “lies” in sanctuary city lawsuit

California Gov. Jerry Brown. CBS News SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Trump administration’s feud with California hit a fever pitch Wednesday when the Justice Department sued the state over its sanctuary laws that protect undocumented immigrants. Twenty-one percent of the nation’s undocumented population lives in California. Attorney General Jeff Sessions traveled to the heart of the resistance, telling the state to…

Pair of NFL players become heroes off the field

LOS ANGELES — On Saturday, Dan and Eli Smoker took a selfie to remember their perfect climb up Castle Rock in Colorado. But for the grandfather and grandson, getting back down was a different story.  “I went down first. I was climbing down and heard what sounded like a shoe slipping, and I turned around to see my grandpa falling,” Eli…

More than 100 Republicans sign letter urging Trump to back off on tariffs

More than 100 members of President Trump’s own party signed a letter addressed to him Wednesday, expressing “deep concern” over his proposed tariffs and asking him to reconsider. Mr. Trump’s announcement last week that he will impose a 25 percent tariff on imported steel and 10 percent tariff on imported aluminum has been met with opposition, but so far, he…

$7M settlement in man's death at jail run by Joe Arpaio

Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaking to reporters in Phoenix on Jan 9, 2013.  AP PHOENIX  – Maricopa County officials voted Wednesday to pay $7 million to settle a lawsuit over the 2011 death of a mentally ill man in a jail run by then-Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The settlement resolves claims against Arpaio and his jail officers in Ernest…

Calls for probe of child welfare agency after girl’s killing

AUGUSTA, Maine — A Maine legislative committee will determine whether to launch an investigation into the state’s child welfare agency following the beating death of a 10-year-old girl in January.  In an interview, the Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner told CBS affiliate WGME that he welcomes an independent review of the agency’s child welfare services.  Marissa Kennedy WGME…

Report: Best Buy’s Geek Squad searched computers for FBI

A child pornography case involving a California doctor has revealed that Best Buy’s Geek Squad technicians allegedly worked with the FBI to uncover data on customer’s computers for years, CBS Pittsburgh reports. A non-profit organization claims that the nature of the FBI’s relationship with the technicians may have violated the U.S. Constitution.  The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a Freedom of…

FBI agent, estranged wife found dead in apparent murder-suicide

An FBI agent and a woman were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide outside a home in Crownsville, Maryland, on Wednesday. The Anne Arundel County Police department said officers arrived at the scene after 8 a.m. in response to a 911 call about a domestic assault. The caller said a woman was being threatened by her recently estranged husband, police…

Trump lifts ban on import of elephant trophies

The Trump administration is lifting the ban on importing sport-hunted elephant trophies from several African countries, in spite of the fact that the president said in November that he would be “very hard-pressed to change his mind” on the “horror show” of sports trophies. Certain trophies, in accordance with the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the Convention on International Trade…