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Report details Playboy model and Trump's alleged affair and coverup

The New Yorker is reporting new details of an alleged 2006 affair between President Trump and a former Playboy model — and how it was allegedly covered up. The magazine cites a report that American Media Inc. paid former model Karen McDougal $150,000 for the rights to her story before the 2016 election. Former AMI employees told the magazine that…

In Hong Kong, truly it is the Year of the (pampered) Dog

This picture taken on February 3, 2018 shows a French bulldog named Bao getting a face massage while having a bath during a spa treatment session at a pet groomers in Hong Kong. Getty HONG KONG — For Hong Kong poodle Cream, grooming goes way beyond a brush and toe-clip — her deluxe once-a-month pampering includes lavender oxygen therapy and…

Florida students on school shooting: “We will be brave and fight”

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What could social media companies do to help prevent tragedies?

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Retiring GOP lawmakers on gun debate

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How a woman stopped her grandson from possible school shooting

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ICE crackdown puts businesses and families on edge

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“Round 2 of Florida tomorrow”: “Copycat” threats surfacing

Perceived online threats against Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham, Maine have led to an increased police presence in the wake of the Parkland, Florida high school mass shooting on Feburary 14, 2018  WGME-TV Authorities are reporting numerous “copycat” threats to schools in the wake of the Parkland, Florida high school shooting that left 17 people dead Wednesday. Among them…

Millions of Afghans tell court they're war crimes victims

KABUL, Afghanistan — Since the International Criminal Court began collecting material three months ago for a possible war crimes case involving Afghanistan, it has gotten a staggering 1.17 million statements from Afghans who say they were victims. The statements include accounts of alleged atrocities not only by groups like the Taliban and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS),…

Former Playboy model speaks out about alleged affair with Trump

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Grieving community honors Florida shooting victims

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Teacher and student who witnessed Florida school shooting: “Something has to change”

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Trump's focus on mental health over guns at odds with his own record

A pattern is emerging with President Trump and high-profile crimes. When committed by immigrants — legal or otherwise — there are rapid calls for new and restrictive policies.  After mass shootings the White House tendency is to say wait, gather facts and there have been no calls for restrictions on access to firearms. The president’s emphasis on mental health is…

Trump's focus on mental health over guns contradicts own record

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Alleged Florida gunman's coworker: “I should have done something”

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Coworker of accused school gunman: “I should have done something”

New questions are emerging as to whether officials and friends missed warning signs about suspected Florida gunman Nikolas Cruz. His Instagram page featured several photos of weapons, including one with a gun and knives. A law enforcement source tells CBS News the Broward Country sheriff’s office was told in February 2016 that a post on Instagram under Cruz’s name said…

Massive sinkhole swallows a half-dozen cars in Rome

40 Photos A street of in the Balduina district of Rome, February 15, 2018, where a huge sinkhole opened up the previous day, swallowing six cars. Getty ROME — Prosecutors have opened an investigation into a 30-foot-wide sinkhole that swallowed up a half-dozen cars on a residential street in Rome. No one was injured in Wednesday evening’s collapse in the…

ICE launches immigration crackdown in California — but is it bad for business?

Federal immigration agents are escalating efforts to crack down on businesses hiring undocumented workers. New data released Friday morning shows Immigration and Customs Enforcement visited 122 businesses over the past five days, mostly in Southern California. It’s the largest sweep so far this year. ICE conducted about 1,300 of these workplace audits in 2017, reports CBS News’ Mireya Villarreal. This…

Office affair comes between Aussie deputy PM and his boss

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s prime minister and his deputy have criticized each other in an open and hostile rift over politically damaging revelations that the deputy is expecting a baby with a former press secretary. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Thursday accused Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce of making a “shocking error of judgment” by having an office affair that…

4 killed in fireworks blast as Chinese mark year of the dog

Visitors and security officials watch as the bell rings at midnight to mark the arrival of the Lunar New Year as fireworks burst near the Bell Tower in Beijing, Feb. 16, 2018.  AP BEIJING — Chinese authorities say four people have been killed and five injured in an explosion at a stall selling fireworks on the eve of the Lunar…

U.S., Turkey to set up “mechanisms” to ease disputes

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, right, talks with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, prior to their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 16, 2018. AP ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s foreign minister says his nation and the United States have reached an “understanding to normalize” their relations, during a meeting Friday aimed at easing some of the worst tensions in…

More Showers Through the Weekend

FRIDAY:  We’ll start out in the 60s in the morning hours, but a cold front will quickly drop our temperatures down in the afternoon to the 50s and 40s.  There will be some showers but they will hold off until the afternoon and evening hours, but rainfall amounts overall are expected to be light. SATURDAY:  A frontal boundary is expected to split…