WASHINGTON — The White House announced Friday that President Donald Trump has pardoned a Navy sailor who took photos of classified areas inside a submarine and served a year in federal prison. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Kristian Saucier was pardoned by Mr. Trump and the president was […]
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Tarsila, the “Picasso of Brazil”
Now on display in New York after a run in Chicago: the work of a Brazilian artist Faith Salie says North Americans need to know … In her native country, Brazil, all you need to say is her first name: Tarsila. Tarsila do Amaral’s “Urutu Viper (Urutu)” (1928). Oil on […]
Decades later, Vietnamese refugees reunite with rescuers
After the fall of Saigon in 1975, more than a million desperate people fled Vietnam. Many of the refugees who escaped in small boats came to be called the boat people. Vietnamese immigrant Lauren Vuong was one of those people. Now a successful attorney, she’s accomplished a lot in the […]
UConn fires head coach Kevin Ollie after six seasons
NEW YORK — UConn has fired men’s basketball head coach Kevin Ollie just four years after he guided the Huskies to the 2014 national championship, a person with knowledge of the situation told CBS Sports. UConn subsequently confirmed the news and added that it has “initiated disciplinary procedures” to terminate […]
Calif. police officer shot dead as standoff with suspect continues
Last Updated Mar 10, 2018 12:34 PM EST POMONA, Calif. – One of two Pomona police officers shot while responding to a barricaded suspect has died, CBS Los Angeles reports. Pomona police Chief Michael Olivieri announced the tragic news early Saturday morning, while a standoff with the suspect continues. “It […]
15-hour standoff ends with suspect in custody, police say
Last Updated Mar 10, 2018 5:51 PM EST POMONA, Calif. – The 15-hour standoff between a man suspected of shooting two police officers and SWAT in Ponoma, California has ended with the suspect in custody, Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell said Saturday. One of the two officers shot while […]
Victim in veterans’ home shooting was 7 months pregnant
Details are emerging about the three women who were killed by a patient who had been kicked out of their Northern California treatment program. They were identified as The Pathway Home Executive Director Christine Loeber, 48; Clinical Director Jennifer Golick, 42; and Jennifer Gonzales, 29, a clinical psychologist with the […]
Details emerge about victims of veteran home shooting
Details are emerging about the three women who were killed by a patient who had been kicked out of their Northern California treatment program. They were identified as The Pathway Home Executive Director Christine Loeber, 48; Clinical Director Jennifer Golick, 42; and Jennifer Gonzales, 29, a clinical psychologist with the […]
Putin “couldn’t care less” if Russian nationals influenced election
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he “couldn’t care less” if individuals in Russia interfered in the U.S. elections, saying whoever it was — if it happened — doesn’t represent the interest of the “Russian state.” Putin made the comments in a Moscow interview with NBC News’ Megyn Kelly, the latest […]
Teens in viral fight video still learning from the man who stepped in
It’s been one year since an internet video of two brawling teenagers and the man who stopped the fight went viral. Last March, young bystanders recorded every swing of a street fight in Atlantic City until neighbor Ali Miller stepped in, broke it up and gave Sheldon Ward and Jamar […]