A LIFE CUT SHORT by personal despair is a reality that’s happening with increasing frequency across our country. And the news of two celebrity suicides this past week only hints at the dimensions of this public health crisis. Our Cover Story is reported by Tony Dokoupil: She was the woman behind the handbags, her name a by-word for elegance, while…
NEW YORK — The dark side of “Star Wars” fandom recently reared its head when Kelly Marie Tran, the actress who plays Rose Tico in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” was run off Instagram by misogynistic and racist messages from fans who didn’t like her character in the movie. But the episode was not an uncommon one. Daisy Ridley, who…
Lulabel Seitz speaks to CBS San Francisco station KPIX-TV in an image capture of a video chat over Skype. KPIX-TV via Skype A Northern California high school’s valedictorian accused school officials of turning off the microphone at a graduation ceremony before she could speak about being sexually assaulted. Lulabel Seitz posted a video to YouTube on Sunday showing the moment…
Here’s a look at the week ahead on our “Sunday Morning” Calendar: Monday sees the expiration of the so-called net neutrality rule, which had required service providers to treat all websites equally. On Tuesday the Indianapolis Zoo announces the winner of its annual Indianapolis Prize, which honors those with the best and most innovative…
The video then shows the driver throw his car in reverse, cut across another lane of traffic, pull out onto the bottom of the entrance ramp and back up all the way to the top.
The driver can be seen on video ramming his SUV into another SUV and eventually pushing it into the roadway.
Mesa police said they plan to release additional video related to the incident later this week.
Former Vice President Joe Biden (left) speaks with Mark Reuss, president of General Motors North America, as he sits in a Corvette during a visit to the 2017 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, January 10, 2017. Geoff Robins / AFP/Getty Images Ryan Hunter-Reay won the Detroit Grand Prix after teammate Alexander Rossi slid off the track at…
A Minnesota fourth-grader’s moving performance at his school talent show has gone viral. Adam Kornowski sat down at the Lakeside Elementary School piano to perform “Imagine” by John Lennon on May 24, and his performance for a small group in Chisago City, Minnesota, has now reached the masses. In just a few weeks, his rendition of the Lennon classic has…
Here’s a look at the week ahead on our “Sunday Morning” Calendar: On Monday, sex counselor and broadcaster Ruth Westheimer celebrates her 90th birthday. Tuesday is World Environment Day, with “Beat Plastic Pollution” as this year’s theme. Wednesday marks the 74th anniversary of the Allies’ D-Day invasion of northern France. 74th anniversary of…
LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers reacts against the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals at ORACLE Arena on May 31, 2018 in Oakland, California. Ezra Shaw / Getty Images LeBron James played brilliantly for the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, scoring 51 points, but it wasn’t enough to ward…
COVER STORY: RFKFifty years ago, on June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated following his win in the California Democratic Primary. Journalist Pete Hamill says America lost something vital in the gunshots fired that night at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Correspondent Jim Axelrod talks with Hamill, and with Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, the eldest daughter of RFK;…
A baby girl whose father, U.S. Army Specialist Chris Harris, was killed in Afghanistan had this photo taken with her father’s fellow soldiers. Pinehurst Photography U.S. Army Specialist Chris Harris was killed in Afghanistan last August when a suicide bomber attacked a NATO convoy. Before his life was taken too soon, the 25-year-old soldier from North Carolina had just received…
Sherita Dixon-Cole is seen during a traffic stop in Ellis County, Texas, on May 20, 2018, in an image capture from body camera footage released by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Texas Department of Public Safety Video footage from a Texas state trooper’s body camera refuted sexual-assault claims a woman made against the trooper after she was pulled over…
The big performance is for the Mid-America Concert and the choir will perform other singers.
CBS “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl has revealed a candid remark made to her by then-President-elect Donald Trump as she interviewed him at his Trump Tower office in November 2016. Stahl told a group of fellow journalists at the Deadline Club Awards Dinner in New York City earlier this week that Mr. Trump had admitted his consistent attacks on the…
HAVRE, Mont. — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent questioned two women for speaking Spanish in line at a gas station in Montana. The women, who are U.S. citizens, were asked for identification in the town of Havre on Wednesday. In a video recorded by one of the women, Ana Suda asked the agent why he wanted to see…
Here’s a look at the week ahead on our “Sunday Morning” Calendar: On Monday, Fortune magazine releases its annual ranking of America’s top 500 companies. Wal-Mart was number one last year. Tuesday sees a White House meeting between President Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-In, just three weeks ahead of the scheduled summit…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday urged New York University’s class of 2018 to “fight our tribal mindset” by embracing diversity and tolerance. In front of a crowd of more than 31,000 at Yankee Stadium, he encouraged graduates to step out of their comfort zones. “We are not going to arrive at mutual respect, which is where we solve…
NEW YORK — Playtime for 2-year-old Lennox Howard Noble almost always involves a beat and his binky. His mother, 34-year-old Shintara Noble, is a hairstylist and gospel singer, and says her son’s musical influence came early. “When he was a year and half, he would come to work with me and he would take my crochet needles and he would…
A South Carolina couple called authorities after a 7-foot alligator woke them up early Monday morning. WCSC A South Carolina couple woke up to a cold-blooded guest on their front porch early Monday morning. Charles and Louis Monteith were sleeping when they heard loud banging from an alligator outside, CBS affiliate WCSC reports. The couple, who lives in The Lakes…
When Kevin Przytula dropped to one knee, his son Owen dropped his pants, stealing the show in this proposal video. Kevin Przytula Kevin Przytula planned to propose to his girlfriend, Allyssa, over the weekend in Bay City, Michigan. He brought their 3-year-old son Owen along, as well as a friend to film the moment as he popped the question. Przytula stopped…
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot Boston Dynamics BOSTON — It seems like Boston Dynamics robots get more human-like every day. The latest creations, named Atlas, is seen in a recent video performing a test. It runs through a grassy field and even senses when it is approaching an object, CBS Boston reports. At one point, the robot detects it is coming…
Deputy Jeremie Nix of the Marion County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office was in the right place at the right time Wednesday as he was driving home from his shift. Nix is credited with saving an unresponsive 3-month old when he rushed the infant to the hospital, according to CBS affiliate WKMG-TV. The incident was all caught on dashcam video from Nix’s…