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 […]
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Cambridge Analytica whistleblower agrees to testify before House Intel Committee
Democrats on Tuesday scored their first victory since Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee announced last week they had concluded the interview phase of their investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie – who informed multiple explosive reports over the weekend about how the London-based […]
Injury reported in new explosion, Austin EMS say
Last Updated Mar 20, 2018 9:08 PM EDT Austin authorities say they are responding to another report of an explosion Tuesday night in Texas that has left at least one person injured, according to Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS). The Austin area has been hit by a string of bombings since […]
Police: Incendiary device found in package in Austin, at least 1 injured
Last Updated Mar 20, 2018 10:35 PM EDT Austin police are reporting that 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 an incendiary device, a federal law enforcement official told CBS News. A […]
Missouri inmate granted stay hours before execution due to rare condition
WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a stay of execution to a Missouri inmate who argued the process could cause him undue suffering. Russell Bucklew was scheduled to die by injection Tuesday evening for killing a former girlfriend’s new boyfriend during a violent rampage in 1996. Bucklew’s lawyers argue he […]
Gillibrand backs Cuomo in race for New York gov
New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand endorsed Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his re-election bid on Tuesday, choosing the incumbent over former “Sex and the City” star and primary challenger Cynthia Nixon. The New York Daily News first reported Gillibrand’s endorsement. Gillibrand’s political action committee Off the Sidelines raised $6.5 million to […]
Deputy found sleeping on duty at Stoneman Douglas Monday
PARKLAND, Fla. — A Broward County Sheriff’s deputy has been suspended with pay after authorities say he was found sleeping in his car Monday while on duty at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 people were killed in a mass shooting last month. According to the Broward County Sheriff’s […]
Facebook facing federal probes over Cambridge Analytica scandal
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Facebook held a crisis meeting at its headquarters on Tuesday, but neither of its two top executives — Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg — attended. The company now faces a federal investigation amid word that it may have mishandled data for more than 50 million users. […]
Unexploded package could yield clues to Austin bombings
AUSTIN, Texas — A “serial bomber” struck again Tuesday at a FedEx facility in Schertz, Texas, located between Austin and San Antonio. The time there were no serious injuries, but there have been fatalities in a string of bombings in Texas’ capital this month. Investigators have an important new clue in […]
After Hurricane Maria, fuel requests in Puerto Rico went unanswered
Last Updated Mar 20, 2018 7:03 PM EDT Days after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, requests for emergency generator fuel sent to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) by Walmart officials so they could power their stores went unanswered and ultimately forced them to dispose of thousands of dollars’ worth […]