BARNSTABLE, Mass. — Police have arrested a man dubbed the “obit bandit” who allegedly broke into multiple homes while grieving residents were attending funerals and wakes, CBS Boston reports. Randy Brunelle, 35, was previously found guilty in 2012 of breaking into the home of a Sandwich police officer while he […]
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Free-for-all Senate immigration debate kicks off Monday
In a rare move, the Senate will launch an unusual process late Monday afternoon to debate a legislative fix for the hundreds of thousands of so-called Dreamers who could face deportation come March 5. The process calls for a free-for-all debate on the Senate floor with an unlimited number of […]
Gillibrand’s message for female candidates
In the last few months, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has become one of the most prominent political faces of the #MeToo movement. Her candor and willingness to be out front has also made her a lightning rod. This week on the broadcast, the junior senator from New York talks with Sharyn […]
White House continues defense of Rob Porter
Last Updated Feb 12, 2018 5:08 PM EST White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders continued the White House defense of former staff secretary Rob Porter, who’s been accused of physical and emotional abuse by two of his ex-wives. Questions about Porter and the White House response to the allegations against […]
Live: White House briefing February 12, 2018
CBS News February 12, 2018, 3:16 PM How to watch today’s White House press briefing live: Date: Monday, February 12, 2018 Time: 3:30 p.m. ET Who: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders Online: Watch live stream on CBSN, or in the player above Potential briefing topics: White House budget: The White House unveiled a $4.4 […]
North Korea slams U.N. sanctions days after Olympics charm offensive
Last Updated Feb 12, 2018 7:20 PM EST UNITED NATIONS — After a fleeting thawing of tensions between North and South Korea at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, North Korea’s U.N. mission on Monday lashed out against what it called “despicable” and “criminal” U.N. sanctions enacted with the intention “of […]
Trump’s budget ends student loan forgiveness program, slashes repayment options
Higher education faces massive changes in President Trump’s spending plan released on Monday. The proposal would sharply curtail income-based loan repayment plans, scratch the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program and embolden the government to go after students who don’t pay their loans. Changes to loans would apply to borrowing after […]
4 U.S. Olympic medalists share advice on how to achieve your dreams
The U.S. Olympic team has so far won four medals in Pyeongchang: two snowboarding golds, a silver in luge and a bronze in the team free skating event. Red Gerard is the 17-year-old boy wonder who championed the men’s snowboarding slopestyle event. Jamie Anderson took home her second successive gold […]
Mark Cuban wants to put ‘the fear of God’ in Elon Musk with this ‘Shark Tank’ solar tech company
One by one, four sharks declined to invest in Catlin Powers’ business. Only Mark Cuban was left. But before Cuban agreed to invest $500,000 in solar technology business One Earth Designs on ABC’s “Shark Tank” Sunday night, he had a tough question for the company’s co-founder and CEO. “Do you […]
NASA budget request focuses on return to moon
The Trump administration’s proposed $19.9 billion NASA budget for 2019 seeks to refocus the agency on exploration with the near-term goal of returning astronauts to the moon, aims to end federal support of the International Space Station in 2025 and kills off a high-priority space telescope known as WFIRST, the […]