Last Updated Apr 5, 2018 2:40 PM EDT NEW YORK — In a somewhat unusual move Thursday, the New York City Police Department released surveillance video and partial 911 calls related to the fatal police shooting of Brooklyn man believed to be mentally ill. Saheed Vassell, 34, was shot by police after […]
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Trump, in West Virginia for tax cuts event, rails against illegal immigration
Last Updated Apr 5, 2018 3:42 PM EDT President Trump visited West Virginia — the state that voted for him by the largest in 2016 — Thursday in what was billed as a tax reform roundtable. White House officials told CBS News’ Jacqueline Alemany that the event was actually supposed […]
Trump in West Virginia rails against illegal immigration – live updates
Last Updated Apr 5, 2018 3:42 PM EDT President Trump visited West Virginia — the state that voted for him by the largest in 2016 — Thursday in what was billed as a tax reform roundtable. White House officials told CBS News’ Jacqueline Alemany that the event was actually supposed […]
Trump visits West Virginia to tout tax reform
Last Updated Apr 5, 2018 2:52 PM EDT President Trump is in West Virginia, the state that voted for him by the largest margin in the 2016 election. His event was billed as a tax reform roundtable, which White House officials said would really be pointed against Sen. Joe Manchin, […]
Attorneys general sue EPA over pollution requirements
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and more than a dozen other attorneys general are suing the Environmental Protection Agency and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, accusing them of ignoring the administration’s duty to control methane emissions. In the lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, […]
Body of missing CDC worker found in river
Last Updated Apr 5, 2018 1:19 PM EDT ATLANTA — A body found in the Chattahoochee River has been identified as missing CDC worker Timothy Cunningham, authorities announced Thursday. Cunningham has been missing since Feb. 12 in Georgia. The 35-year-old left work early that day saying he wasn’t feeling well, […]
Skeletal remains identified as woman missing since 1966
SOUTHOLD, N.Y. — Skeletal remains found on Long Island have been positively identified as a woman who went missing in 1966. The Suffolk County Medical Examiner says the remains found buried in the basement of the home in Southold last month were that of 38-year-old Louise Pietrewicz. The Suffolk Times […]
Neighbors say man fatally shot by NYC police was mentally ill
NEW YORK — The state’s Attorney General’s Office says it is investigating after police fatally shot a man neighbors say was mentally ill, reports CBS New York. In a statement Thursday, a spokesperson said the Attorney General’s Special Investigations and Prosecutions Unit “has opened an investigation into the death of […]
Father says man fatally shot by NYC police was mentally ill
NEW YORK — The state’s Attorney General’s Office says it is investigating after police fatally shot a man who, according to his father and neighbors, was mentally ill. In a statement Thursday, a spokesperson said the Attorney General’s Special Investigations and Prosecutions Unit “has opened an investigation into the death of […]
Researchers make prediction for 2018 Atlantic hurricane season
The Atlantic hurricane season will be slightly above-average this year, Colorado State University (CSU) hurricane researchers predicted Thursday. The researchers cited a “relatively low likelihood of significant El Niño” conditions as a main factor. In total, the team believes there will be 14 named storms. Hurricane researchers predict seven of […]