When Sara Van Beck heard a loud “whistling noise” coming from her laundry room last week, she rushed over to investigate. The mother of five from Freeport, Minnesota, noticed the washing machine was starting to “shake” and “howl” as it reached the end of its spin cycle. As she bent […]
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Government says humans “extremely likely” to blame for climate change
Last Updated Nov 3, 2017 3:41 PM EDT A new Trump administration report on climate change paints an apocalyptic portrait of global climate trends, saying the last three years have been the “warmest years on record for the globe” and that humans are almost certainly causing the climate to change. The massive, […]
San Francisco’s leaning tower of lawsuits
It’s a story as old as cities themselves: prosperity comes to town and triggers a building boom. In modern San Francisco, rows of skyscrapers have begun lining the downtown streets and recasting the skyline, monuments to the triumph of the tech sector. Leading this wave, the Millennium Tower. 58 stories […]
4th employee dies following attempted prison escape
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – A fourth employee from the Pasquotank Correctional Institution died Thursday from injuries he sustained during the attempted prisoner escape on Oct. 12, according to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. CBS affiliate WTKR reports that Geoffrey Howe, 31, a maintenance mechanic for the prison, died […]
Sheriff: Mom planned daughters’ fatal shooting for weeks
HENDERSON COUNTY, Texas — A north Texas mother accused of fatally shooting her two young daughters planned the killings for at least two weeks, a sheriff told CBS DFW. Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse says 29-year-old Sarah Nicole Henderson confessed to shooting the girls, 5 and 7, in a Payne […]
Husband sobs in 911 call: “My wife just shot her kids”
HENDERSON COUNTY, Texas — The husband of a north Texas mother accused of shooting her two young daughters Thursday is heard sobbing on a series of 911 calls released by the Henderson County Sheriff’s office. Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse says 29-year-old Sarah Nicole Henderson confessed to shooting the girls, […]
11-year-old girl kills herself over bullying, family says
Last Updated Nov 3, 2017 4:51 PM EDT A South Carolina girl’s family said she shot herself to death because she was being bullied at school, CBS affiliate WTOC-TV reports. Toni Rivers, 11, told five of her friends that “she just couldn’t do this anymore, and she was going home, […]
12-year-old prodigy whose ‘first language’ is Mozart
We cannot explain what you are about to hear. Science doesn’t know enough about the brain to make sense of Alma. Alma Deutscher is an accomplished British composer in the classical style. She is a virtuoso on the piano and the violin. And she is 12 years old. She’s different […]
Social worker accused of using mental patient as her sex slave
CHICAGO — A 24-year-old Illinois man is suing the state Department of Human Services and the social worker he said seduced and sexually abused him while he was at a state mental institution in suburban Chicago, CBS station WBBM-TV reports. “She engaged in all kinds of various sexual misconduct. The […]
Could new car tech stop terrorists’ vehicle attacks?
Jeremy Straub is an assistant professor of computer science at North Dakota State University In the wake of car- and truck-based attacks around the world, most recently in New York City, cities are scrambling to protect busy pedestrian areas and popular events. It’s extremely difficult to prevent vehicles from being used […]