Last Updated Dec 15, 2017 4:54 AM EST PARIS – All victims had been identified Friday after a regional train hit a school bus on a crossing in southern France late Thursday, the French interior ministry said. The death toll rose to six Friday morning after two 11-year-old girls succumbed […]
CBS News
Fertility doctor who lied about using his own sperm avoids jail time
INDIANAPOLIS — Some former patients of a retired Indianapolis fertility doctor expressed anger that he avoided jail time Thursday for lying about using his own sperm to impregnate as many as dozens of women after telling them the donors were anonymous. Dr. Donald Cline was given a one-year suspended sentence […]
GOP pushes final version of tax bill but holdouts remain
WASHINGTON — Republicans say the hardest part is behind them now that they have crafted a compromise between the House and Senate tax bills. The final plan preserves deductions for student loans and medical expenses targeted in previous bills, and it doubles the standard deduction, which Republicans say will enable […]
Sarah Sanders ends #PieGate
Thursday, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders brought in pecan pies for the White House press corps, putting an end to what Twitter has deemed “#PieGate” and her running joke with reporter April Ryan of the American Urban Radio Network. “I believe, not just for me, but for all […]
Charges upgraded for Charlottesville car attack suspect
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Charges have been upgraded for an Ohio man accused of driving into a crowd of counter-protesters during an August white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, killing a woman. James Fields, Jr, 20, now faces a first-degree murder charge following a Thursday preliminary hearing for the death of Heather Heyer, […]
Charges upgraded vs. Charlottesville car attack suspect
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Charges have been upgraded for an Ohio man accused of driving into a crowd of counter-protesters during an August white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, killing a woman. James Fields, Jr, 20, now faces a first-degree murder charge following a Thursday preliminary hearing for the death of Heather Heyer, […]
Army dad surprises son at school ahead of Christmas
BALTIMORE — When cameras arrived at Millersville Elementary School in Maryland, 9-year-old Eben Pardue thought CBS Baltimore was covering a story about his school’s cafeteria. But Wednesday’s lunch was extra special. What the third grader didn’t know was that his father was about to walk through the doors behind him. Master […]
Fathers of shooting victims share special connection
Greg Gibson will never forget where he was five years ago. It’s where he’s been every Dec. 14 for the last 25 years. “We were in the graveyard,” Gibson said. “Putting up a tree over our son’s grave.” His son Galen was a sweet, empathetic 18-year-old who was killed in […]
Cops bust multimillion-dollar weed “fortress” in California
Last Updated Dec 14, 2017 4:51 PM EST LOS ANGELES — Police in Southern California raided a weed “fortress” on Wednesday, seizing 35,000 marijuana plants and shutting down an operation they believe was bringing in millions of dollars a month. San Bernardino Police say eight people were detained Wednesday when police […]
Review: “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” a mythic spectacle
There are lessons to be learned in failure, and even a wise old Jedi master like Luke Skywalker can fail to appreciate them. That’s the cutting irony of Episode VIII in the Skywalker saga, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” Picking up virtually after the final moments of 2015’s “The Force […]