Desmond Amofah, a popular YouTuber known as “Etika,” has been found dead a week after he went missing, authorities said. He was 29-years-old. The New York Police Department said Amofah went missing on the night of June 19. Authorities found his body in the East River on Monday after responding to a call about a person floating in the water near…
As a Trump administration lawyer made her argument in favor of reversing a ruling that found the government had violated standards for detaining migrant children set forth by a 1990s court settlement, the judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals were visibly stunned. “You’re really going stand up and tell us that being able to sleep isn’t a question of…
The new documentary includes his fight to create the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, the country’s only memorial dedicated to lynching victims.
The lawsuit sought unspecified damages, saying the copyright was violated on the song that had been pitched to Underwood’s representatives in 2017.
A previously-unseen performance by the late, great Freddie Mercury has been unveiled by the singer’s long-time friend. The song, “Time Waits For No One,” was released on Mercury’s website “after four decades buried deep in the vaults,” a statement on the site reads. Not only can fans download an audio version of the song, but they can also watch the…
Follow the Petals, a 5-year-old mare, apparently suffered a heart attack, according to the Baltimore Sun.
The second the synth-heavy pop tune begins, some intentional yet not-so-obvious symbols flash across the screen.
NASA wants to send first woman to the moon NASA announced that it plans to land the first female ever on the moon in 2024. According to NASA, it has been 45 years since U.S. astronauts set foot on the moon, but the upcoming Artemis mission aims to establish a sustainable human presence on the Moon by 2028 with the…
In early 2018 a video that appeared to feature former President Obama discussing the dangers of fake news went viral. The clip, created by comedian Jordan Peele, foreshadowed challenges that have now become all too real. These days, tech firms, media companies and consumers are all routinely forced to make determinations about whether content is authentic or fake — and…
GUEST HOST: Lee Cowan Photographer Dave Engledow, the self-proclaimed “World’s Best Father,” and his daughter Alice Bee. CBS News FATHER’S DAY: Celebrating dadsHow did Father’s Day come about? It was thanks to a woman, Sonora Smart Dodd, who in 1909 proposed a day to celebrate fathers, like the widowed Civil War veteran who’d raised Dodd and her five brothers. But…
Stories about Reeves’ selfless acts have circulated online for years. He once helped an entire bus full of stranded people.
Their unprecedented move could also sway the 2020 debate over universal health care, as Democratic presidential candidates court votes in the delegate-rich Super Tuesday state.
The president tweeted about the embattled former Army lieutenant general early Thursday, saying he had “served with distinction.”
The longest economic expansion in U.S. history could soon come to an end, according to a survey of chief financial officers released Wednesday.
Many of Sanders’ proposals, including Medicare for all, free public college and a $15 minimum wage, fall under the umbrella of democratic socialism.
Team USA kicks off quest to win World Cup They’re the defending champions and the favorite to win the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) set a World Cup record Tuesday in its 13-0 routing of Thailand in its first World Cup match. You’ve already heard it called a record-setting win. But which records…
After campaigning throughout the Hawkeye State today, President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden each have one event in Iowa Tuesday evening. Our Political Unit intern Julia Cherner reviewed a copy of Biden’s prepared remarks for tonight and counts 84 times that the former vice president will say “Trump” or “he,” and an additional 17 times that he will say “his”…
The highly-anticipated “Frozen II” is due out this November, and a teaser trailer released in February left fans wanting more details about the Disney film.
It’s become a familiar scene … the White House briefing room as battleground. Jim Acosta: “You’re saying something that’s just patently untrue.”Sarah Huckabee Sanders: “Stating their policy positions is not ‘patently untrue.’” And often it’s the press vs. the president. Jim Acosta, chief White House correspondent for CNN, has had his fair share of heated exchanges with…
You may have heard of the “Red Scare” of the 1950s – the fear stoked by Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy that Communists had infested the federal government. Accused State Department employees would be interviewed for the purpose of acquiring information concerning others. “That was the technique that was used by the government: grab one person, and then…
Candidate and then President Trump has repeatedly attacked the news media, calling stories he dislikes “fake news,” while targeting some of his attacks directly at CNN’s chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta. HarperCollins In his new book, “The Enemy of the People: A Dangerous Time to Tell the Truth in America” (HarperCollins), Acosta writes about his experience…
COVER STORY: The lavender scareIn the 1950s the U.S. government deemed federal workers who were homosexual to be security risks and began purging them from the workforce. A new documentary looks at how the policy played out over more than four decades. Mo Rocca reports. To watch a trailer for the documentary “The Lavender Scare,” click on…
Amazon’s new electric delivery drone is designed to ferry light packages to customers’ homes in less than 30 minutes. The ecommerce company says the unmanned aircraft uses AI and other advanced tech to safely fly and avoid obstacles. The FAA has certified both Amazon and a service being developed by Google-parent Alphabet to introduce commercial drone deliveries in 2019. Amazon…
Kenneth Copeland, a Texas-based televangelist, was confronted by a reporter who grilled him over his fleet of private planes. The exchange, which aired last month on Inside Edition, recently went viral over the weekend and showed Copeland justifying his luxurious spending.Inside Edition correspondent Lisa Guerrero asked Copeland about why he won’t fly commercial as he was getting in a vehicle…