SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Southern California man suspected of stealing a $300,000 Ferrari was arrested after asking for gas money, authorities said. Santa Ana police arrested Israel Perez Rangel on Nov. 1. He pleaded not guilty to car theft. Authorities say the 458 Spider was brought into a Costa […]
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Report: New Al Franken accuser steps forward
An Army veteran has accused Sen. Al Franken of inappropriately touching her more than a decade ago while she was on a military deployment to Kuwait, CNN reports. Stephanie Kemplin, 41, of Maineville, Ohio is the fifth women in the last two weeks to accuse the Minnesota Democrat of sexual […]
Former DOJ Civil Rights head calls Harvard probe “unprecedented”
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is not answering questions about a Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation at Harvard University. CBS News learned earlier this month the DOJ is investigating the role of race in the admission process, to see if Asian-American applicants are held to a higher standard. “The Justice Department’s […]
Top model Ashley Graham calls the term “plus size” divisive to women
Ashley Graham, known throughout the world as a model who has gotten the industry to look at women’s bodies differently, says she doesn’t like the term “plus-size” to describe full-figured women, she tells CBS’ “Sunday Morning,” in an interview with “CBS This Morning” Co-Host Gayle King to be broadcast Dec. […]
Massage parlor sued over sexual assault allegation
Last Updated Nov 30, 2017 10:19 AM EST A massage parlor chain is facing a civil lawsuit from a client in Texas who says she was sexually assaulted by a masseuse in January 2016. Massage Heights, which has franchise locations across the country, is being sued by the alleged victim […]
Autoworkers collaborate to build fellow employee a new limb
Our series A More Perfect Union shows what unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us. In this installment, we meet coworkers at an auto plant in Anna, Ohio, who combined their unique skills to literally give a team member a hand. Using a combination of old-school […]
Ex-official on “roar” of 223 women from national security community
Only on “CBS This Morning,” we are hearing from two of the women who signed an open letter pushing to stop sexual harassment in the national security community. Two hundred twenty-three female national security professionals signed the letter, claiming they survived sexual misconduct or knew someone who had. “If folks […]
Nikki Haley says N. Korea regime will be “utterly destroyed” if war comes
UNITED NATIONS — After the launch this week of an intercontinental ballistic missile by North Korea, U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley and her counterparts from Japan and the Republic of Korea requested an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting. At the Council meeting late Wednesday, the United States set out a path […]
Keillor issues new statement on allegations of improper behavior
MINNEAPOLIS — A new statement from Garrison Keillor raises questions about allegations of improper behavior that led Minnesota Public Radio to terminate his contracts. Keillor said Wednesday he had been fired, and MPR soon confirmed the move. MPR said the allegation involved one person who worked with Keillor on “A […]
Tech stocks and bitcoin go wild — in opposite directions
Wall Street saw fireworks on Wednesday, as technology stocks got hammered in what looks like “rotation” selling run amok. The FAANG stocks and semiconductors (leading issues for the market in 2017) suffered as wild selling on Nasdaq led to their worst falls in months. But bitcoin also went wild, rising above […]