Last Updated Mar 21, 2018 5:09 AM EDT The suspect in the spate of bombings in Austin, Texas is dead, CBS Austin affiliate KEYE-TV reports. The station says the suspect was being pursued by police, detonated some type of device, and was killed. It was unclear if that was linked […]
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Austin serial bombing suspect kills himself, police say
Last Updated Mar 21, 2018 6:34 AM EDT The suspect in the spate of bombings in Austin, Texas is dead, Austin police say. Police Chief Brian Manley told reporters early Wednesday the 24-year-old male detonated a device in his vehicle after being pursued by police. Manley said authorities don’t know […]
Austin bombings suspect kills himself as police close in
Last Updated Mar 21, 2018 7:47 AM EDT The suspect in the spate of bombings in Austin, Texas is dead, Austin police say. Police Chief Brian Manley told reporters early Wednesday the 24-year-old male detonated a device in his vehicle after being pursued by police early Wednesday morning. Manley said […]
East Coast wearily preps for “Four’easter” storm
Power outages possible Crews work on downed power lines following a nor’easter. CBS News Major power outages are possible, especially given the hit the power grid took during the earlier March nor’easter. On Monday, New York’s Westchester County Board of Legislators held a special meeting on the massive power outages […]
“Four’easter” targets Northeast with heavy snow, winds
Power outages possible Crews work on downed power lines following a nor’easter. CBS News Major power outages are possible, especially given the hit the power grid took during the earlier March nor’easter. On Monday, New York’s Westchester County Board of Legislators held a special meeting on the massive power outages […]
Nor’easter moves toward New England
Power outages possible Crews work on downed power lines following a nor’easter. CBS News Major power outages are possible, especially given the hit the power grid took during the earlier March nor’easter. On Monday, New York’s Westchester County Board of Legislators held a special meeting on the massive power outages […]
Police: Injury at Austin Goodwill store not related to bombings
Last Updated Mar 20, 2018 11:04 PM EDT Austin police say there was no package explosion at a Goodwill store in Texas and that an item found earlier Tuesday night was not a bomb, but rather a military device that went off inside an employee’s hand causing an injury. It […]
#DeleteFacebook trends amid Cambridge Analytica scandal
A movement called #DeleteFacebook has been spreading ever since a whistleblower came forward saying he and a data firm he worked for exploited a loophole in Facebook to harvest data from 50 million users. Even the founder of WhatsApp — which Facebook bought in 2014 for $19 billion — tweeted “It is […]
Billionaire J.B. Pritzker wins Democratic nod for Illinois governor
Billionaire J.B. Pritzker has won the Democratic primary for Illinois governor, setting up a general election that could be the most expensive governor’s race in U.S. history. He will face the winner of the GOP primary between Gov. Bruce Rauner and state Rep. Jeanne Ives in November. Pritzker on Tuesday […]
Illinois primary election: It’s billionaire Democrat Pritzker vs. GOP Gov. Rauner
Last Updated Mar 21, 2018 1:23 AM EDT Billionaire J.B. Pritzker has won the Democratic primary for Illinois governor, setting up a general election that could be the most expensive governor’s race in U.S. history. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, a wealthy private-equity investor, won the Republican nomination Tuesday over the […]