Archives: 2018

Curler beaten by Russian charged with doping: “That's not cool”

Aleksandr Krushelnitsky and Anastasia Bryzgalova, Olympic Athletes from Russia, look on at rival Magnus Nedregotten of Norway during the Curling Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal Game on day four of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Curling Center, Feb. 13, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. Getty GANGNEUNG, South Korea — A Norwegian curler who lost out on the Olympic…

“It feels like gold”: U.S. siblings win ice dance bronze

GANGNEUNG, South Korea — Ecstasy, heartbreak and a crash. Kind of sums up the American ice dance experience at the Winter Olympics. The Shib Sibs – Maia and older brother Alex Shibutani – added a bronze medal in the event to their team bronze early in the Pyeongchang Games. U.S. champions Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue made two key errors…

Angry mob beats rape, murder suspects to death

Indian youth hold candles during a protest against sexual violence in New Delhi, India, in this Feb. 9, 2015, file photo. AP GAUHATI, India — Around 1,000 people dragged two suspects out of a police station and beat them to death in anger after the rape and killing of a 5-year-old girl in India’s remote northeast, police said Tuesday. Fifteen…

Man falls 500 feet to his death rescuing his dog from seaside cliff

Crews removed a body found below a cliff at Thornton State Beach. A dog, believed to be owned by the victim, can be seen in upper right corner of the frame. CBS San Francisco DALY CITY, Calif. – A heartbreaking recovery unfolded at Thornton State Beach Monday after a 67-year-old man fell down a 500-foot cliff while he was trying…

Trump Jr. in India to lure luxury apartment buyers

NEW DELHI — “Trump has arrived. Have you?” shout the barrage of glossy front-page advertisements in almost every major Indian newspaper. The ads, which have run repeatedly in the past few days, herald the arrival not of the American president but of his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., who is in New Delhi to sell luxury apartments and lavish attention…

Florida students taking anti-gun cry where the lawmakers are

PARKLAND, Fla. — A hundred Stoneman Douglas High School students are busing 400 miles to Florida’s capital Tuesday to urge lawmakers to act to prevent a repeat of the massacre that killed 17 students and faculty last week. The students plan to hold a rally Wednesday in hopes that it will put pressure on the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature to consider…

KFC slowly recovering from U.K. chicken shortage

Pedestrians pass outside a closed KFC fast food store in south London, shuttered due to a chicken shortage caused by delivery “teething problems,” on Feb. 19, 2018. Getty LONDON — Fast-food fans were in a flutter Monday after most of the 900 KFC outlets in the U.K. and Ireland were forced to close because of a shortage of chicken. The…

Almost 100 killed in single day of strikes near Syrian capital

BEIRUT — A Syrian monitoring group and paramedics say government shelling and airstrikes on rebel-held suburbs of the capital, Damascus, killed at least 98 people on Monday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it was the deadliest day in three years in the area known as Eastern Ghouta. The Syrian Civil Defense, also known as White Helmets, said…

Watch: Man, woman clash in apparent case of road rage

Woman driver is seen in still from video in instant after being shoved by male motorist in apparent case of road rage in Nashua, New Hampshire on February 18, 2018 Jennifer Needham / CBS Boston NASHUA, N.H. — A woman was pushed into the snow in an apparent case of road rage Sunday — and it was caught on video,…

Warm and Active Pattern This Week.

TODAY: Warm and mostly cloudy, with a few peeks of sun possible. Highs in the low 80s. A few isolated showers may develop this afternoon. More spots than not stay dry. Chance of rain around 20%. Mild overnight, with lows in the low to mid 60s. WEDNESDAY: A cold front very slowly pushes in from our west. This front will stall…

Missing Uber/Lyft driver Joshua Thiede found alive-friends-say

Joshua Thiede in undated photo LAPD LOS ANGELES — Missing Uber and Lyft driver Joshua Thiede has been found alive, reports CBS Los Angeles. Two of Thiede’s friends texted the station saying he’s in Good Samaritan Hospital in downtown L.A. Friends tell CBS L.A. that Thiede has been out of it. They believe he may have been drugged in recent…

EMCC Splits Monday Home Doubleheader with ICC in Hoops

Itawamba Community College vs East Mississippi Community College February 19, 2018 – Scooba, MS (W) Itawamba 81, East MS 74 EMCC 22  14  11  27  –  74 ICC 17  24  18  22  –  81 Leading Scorers: (ICC) Lauren Fitch 24, Shaniyah Buford 20, Taneshia Miller 10. (EM) Tyeisha Juhan 24, Kaisah Lucky 21, Kayla Rogers 14. Records: ICC 13-7, 7-4…

‘King Chicken’ Expected To Be A Boost For Future Commercial Development

BELDEN, MISS. (WCBI) – A new restaurant in Tupelo serves a southern favorite, in a familiar setting. And many believe the opening of  “King Chicken Fillin Station”could bring more commercial development on Tupelo’s west side. The first official day of business for “King Chicken Fillin Station” was hectic. “We’re going to be one busy little corner over here in Belden,” said…

Trump endorses Romney in Utah Senate race

WASHINGTON — President Trump has endorsed Mitt Romney in Utah’s Senate race, another sign they are burying the hatchet after a fraught relationship. Romney, the Republican presidential nominee in 2012, announced last week he would seek the nomination to replace retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch. In a tweet Monday night, Mr. Trump wrote that Romney will make a great senator and worthy…

NYPD Special Victims hunts for rapist of 12-year-old girl

Surveillance images of a suspect who New York police say is wanted for raping a 12-year-old girl in the Bronx. CBS New York/NYPD NEW YORK — The 12-year-old girl was in her school uniform, wearing pigtails. She clutched her princess lunch box as she got off the Bronx bus after tutoring, and that’s when the rapist grabbed her by the…