Archives: 2018

Feds crack down on elder fraud as seniors lose billions to scams

When a scammer called Dorothy Lambing of Louisiana claiming she had won a prize worth thousands of dollars, Lambing and her husband were desperate and battling cancer. All she had to do was purchase a six-month supply of vitamins. “I felt like the bottom had dropped out. You know, all the hope we had was gone,” Lambing told CBS News’…

U.S. embassy moving to Jerusalem in May

Last Updated Feb 23, 2018 11:28 AM EST The U.S. Embassy will move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May, based on information from three State Department officials. High-level Jewish-American donors have voiced their willingness to donate to the building of the new embassy. The news comes after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signed off on a security plan for…

Florida gov. announcing plan to improve school safety

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Rick Scott is expected to announce his plan Friday to improve school safety and outline ways to keep guns away from those with mental illness in wake of the Parkland school shooting. The announcement follows the emergency meetings Scott organized with mental health experts, law enforcement officials, school administrators and students earlier this week. Scott is…

Father accused of chaining, beating his disabled twins

The Minneapolis house where a man allegedly chained and beat his disabled twin daughters CBS Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS – A 51-year-old man is accused of keeping his adult twin daughters with mental disabilities chained in their home where he beat them with bats and paddles, and raped one of them, leaving her pregnant, reports CBS affiliate WCCO. Jerry Lee Curry is facing…

2nd Russian athlete fails doping test at Pyeongchang Games

Russian two-woman bobsleigh pilot Nadezhda Sergeeva competes in the Women’s Bobsleigh Heat 4 and final run at the Sliding Center Sanki during the Sochi Winter Olympics in this Feb. 19, 2014 file photo. GETTY GANGNEUNG, South Korea — A second Russian athlete has failed a doping test at the Pyeongchang Games, a day before the International Olympic Committee’s executive board…

Court: Man who killed officer was ordered to surrender guns

Cpl. Mujahid Ramzziddin  Prince George’s County police BRANDYWINE, Md. — Court records say the man who fatally shot a Maryland police officer earlier this week had been court-ordered to surrender his guns at least three times in the last five years. The Washington Post reports three different judges ordered Glenn Tyndell to “immediately surrender all firearms” after they found his wife, ex-wife…

Second Pediatric Flu Death In Mississippi

MSDH RELEASE JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reports the second confirmed pediatric influenza death for the 2017-2018 flu season. The death occurred in an individual from Central Mississippi. Pediatric deaths are defined as deaths of individuals under 18 years of age. Including this reported death, there have been a total of 18 pediatric flu deaths…

From hit songwriter to singer: Caitlyn Smith's journey to the stage

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Justice Department cracks down on scams targeting older Americans

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Father charged with murder in toddler's “near decapitation”

CHICAGO — A 37-year-old Chicago man has been charged with the gruesome murder of his 2-year-old son, reports CBS Chicago. Rolando Ortiz faces one felony count of first-degree murder. He allegedly slashed at the neck of his son, Mateo Garcia Aguayo, nearly severing his head on Wednesday afternoon at the family’s apartment on the Southwest Side. Authorities said Ortiz attacked…

Why mental illness is only a part of preventing gun violence

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Putin ally's private army behind attack on U.S.-backed forces?

MOSCOW — We are learning more about who was likely behind an attack earlier this month on a rebel base in northern Syria, where American forces were embedded with the fighters. The Russian mercenaries who carried out the siege — which was repelled by U.S. airstrikes — were reportedly working for oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally of Vladimir Putin…

“Hoodlums” 911 caller guilty in murder of unarmed black man

Chad Copley on the stand at his murder trial in Raleigh, N.C. Feb. 20, 2018 WNCN RALEIGH, N.C. — A white man who fatally shot an unarmed black man after calling 911 and reporting “hoodlums” has been found guilty of first-degree murder in North Carolina. News outlets report that the jury spent less than two hours deliberating before finding Chad…

Eye Opener at 8: Trump pushes proposal to arm teachers

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Will Trump's call to arm teachers actually lead to policy?

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Former Ulta Beauty manager says she felt pressured to resell used products

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What's it like for teachers at a school that allows armed staff?

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School officer was allegedly aware of shooting suspect's behavior

PARKLAND, Fla. — Teachers were allowed to return to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Friday morning, more than a week after the deadliest school shooting in Florida’s history that claimed the lives of 17 people. Classes will resume next week. The Florida community has grappled with recent news that Deputy Scot Peterson did nothing to stop suspect Nikolas Cruz on…

U.S. Olympian tours a South Korean dog meat farm

SIHEUNG, South Korea — Gus Kenworthy stood stone-faced, a shivering black puppy curled in his arms and more scurrying around him on the dirty, uneven cement floor. A few feet away, the pups’ mother barked and paced, eyeing the 2014 Olympic silver medalist while trying not to trip over the metal chain anchoring her to the wall. Nearly 90 other…

Trump doubles down on proposal to arm teachers

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