CBS News’ Erin Donaghue and David Begnaud contributed to this report. Authorities have shed light on a police officer who resigned this week amid an investigation into his response to a woman who said she was being harassed in a Chicago forest preserve for wearing a shirt with the Puerto Rican flag. Arnold Randall, general superintendent of the Forest Preserve…
Former President Barack Obama stars in a promotional video against gerrymandering released Wednesday by the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC), an organization formed by former Attorney General Eric Holder. Holder’s group aims to fight partisan redistricting. In the nearly three-minute video, Obama advocates for “protecting” democracy through “rethinking the way we draw our congressional districts.” President Obama on Gerrymandering, Redistricting,…
The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee has asked the head of U.S. intelligence to assess whether North Korea’s posture and actions regarding denuclearization match up with the Trump administration’s claims. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner, D-Virginia, wrote to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats on Thursday, asking him to answer a number of questions related to North…
Jonathan Crenshaw’s mugshot. A homeless artist in Miami Beach who has no arms managed to stab a tourist with a pair a scissors, police said. Jonathan Crenshaw, who is known in the touristy South Beach area for painting with his feet on the streets, allegedly attacked a visitor from Chicago after midnight on Tuesday. Crenshaw and the tourist, Cesar…
Authorities say former UCLA basketball player Billy Knight has died in Phoenix. One of Knight’s last acts appears to be posting a message to YouTube in which he said that he lived “a life of sin,” was hearing voices and that his time was up.
Starbucks will eliminate plastic straws from all of its locations within two years, citing the environmental threat to oceans. The company becomes the largest food and beverage company to do so as calls to cut waste globally grow louder. Plastic straws have become one of the biggest targets. Viral videos – including one depicting researchers extracting a plastic straw from…
Folk wisdom suggests that OPPOSITES ATTRACT, and sometimes they do. But our relationships with others aren’t always so predictable. Our Cover Story is all about personality, and it’s reported by Faith Salie: When Bryan Baecker first laid eyes on Randi Johns in Sacramento, California, two years ago, it was love at first sight. “I was like, who is that? I’d…
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster. Alex Wong/Getty Images South Carolina’s Republican Gov. Henry McMaster issued vetoes on Thursday cutting nearly $16 million from the state budget to prevent taxpayer dollars from directly or indirectly subsidizing abortion providers like Planned Parenthood. McMaster defended the budget vetoes as keeping a campaign promise. “There are a variety of agencies, clinics and medical entities…
COVER STORY: Introverts and the “Quiet Revolution”Susan Cain, author of the bestseller “QUIET: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking,” is leading a “Quiet Revolution,” debunking myths about those who are quiet, compared to outgoing extroverts who appear to have all the advantages in today’s “culture of personality.” Faith Salie talks with Cain, and with a…
Jaissaan Lovett says he was denied a chance to give his speech as his high school’s first black valedictorian, so his city’s mayor invited him to give it at City Hall. Youtube/City of Rochester, N.Y. Mayor’s Office When Jaissaan Lovett graduated last month as his high school’s first black valedictorian, he prepared a speech — but he says his principal…
Just in time for the Fourth of July holiday, visitors to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., have built a giant American flag out of LEGO bricks.
“This is not a training issue,” the officer said. “You can simulate an active shooter scenario, but it’s not the same as when real bullets are flying.”
A Mexican-American soccer fan donated a wheelchair to a Russian man in desperate need of a new one during the opening round of the FIFA World Cup in Russia last month. His act of kindness went viral. California native Abel Vera, 44, who is paralyzed from the legs down and also uses a wheelchair, tells CBS News he is not…
A driver in Florida captured video of a man clinging to the hood of a speeding car. Officials have released the desperate 911 call the man made while riding on the hood of the car Daniel Midah A driver in South Florida captured dramatic video of a man clinging to the hood of a speeding car on Interstate 95….
COVER STORY: Mapping the genome of redwoodsThey are among the oldest living things on the planet: old growth redwoods, only a few of which remain. Now, scientists are trying to bring these majestic trees back. Correspondent Lee Cowan visits California’s Big Basin Redwoods State Park to report on a movement to map the genome of the coast redwood tree and…
“The Q” is shorthand for San Quentin, the notorious prison located just across the bay from San Francisco. Despite its reputation, some things are changing within its walls, as we hear from “Sunday Morning” senior contributor Ted Koppel: It’s difficult to imagine a more forbidding place with a lovelier view than San Quentin. Alcatraz, perhaps; but that went from prison…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that President Trump is “likely” to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the “not too distant future” and national security adviser John Bolton will head to Moscow in the next few days. While still uncertain, it’s a more definitive statement than the White House has offered lately, amid questions of whether the…
Here’s a look at the week ahead on our “Sunday Morning” Calendar: Monday’s the night for the third annual “Arts for Autism” concert on Broadway, where top stars join with performing arts students on behalf of the charity Autism Speaks. Watch an announcement video for this year’s Arts for Autism concert: Arts for Autism 2018 Annoucement Video by…
Screengrab of police video showing a Lorain, Ohio officer pulling over his daughter’s boyfriend in an April traffic stop later determined to be unwarranted Chronicle-Telegram LORAIN, Ohio — A white Ohio police officer has been fired after a department investigation found he conducted an unwarranted traffic stop on his teen daughter’s boyfriend, who is black, reports the Chronicle-Telegram. Lorain…
The U.S. government may have a more humane and cost-effective tech alternative to detaining families at the border. But it isn’t being offered to the thousands of immigrant families that have been forcibly split over the past two months. At least not yet. The majority of undocumented immigrants detained by border patrol agents are enrolled in Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s…
President Donald Trump halted his policy of separating families at the border Wednesday by executive order following massive public outcry. But it may have already cost American taxpayers millions of dollars for a policy most of them oppose, according to media reports. Behind the immigration policy are a handful of companies and nonprofit groups earning tens of millions to house…
COVER STORY: Summer FridaysA few years ago, about 20 percent of companies offered their staff Summer Fridays, where employees would work a little later on Monday through Thursday before taking a three-day weekend. Now, more than 40 percent of companies offer this summer perk. And it’s not just out of the goodness of their hearts – companies find that the…
The officer then chastises her for arguing over $1 when her boyfriend had lots of cash on him.
On state media, North Korea had a different take, announcing a longer timeframe and saying Mr. Trump had agreed to lift sanctions.