Last Updated Jan 2, 2018 2:50 PM EST NEW YORK — Nearly two dozen people were hurt in an early morning seven-alarm fire in the Bronx. The fire is believed to have started around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday in a furniture store in a four-story building, CBS New York reports. The store […]
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Traditional New Year’s treat blamed for more deaths
Two people reportedly died in Tokyo after choking on a traditional New Year’s treat in Japan that has a deadly track record. More than a dozen other people were hospitalized from choking on the sticky rice cakes known as mochi. Authorities annually warn people to cut the cakes of pounded, […]
California pot fans celebrate: “Prohibition is over”
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – From a pot shop in Santa Cruz that hung a banner proclaiming “Prohibition Is Over!” to one in San Diego handing out T-shirts showing the first moon landing and declaring a “giant leap for mankind,” the Golden State turned a shade greener with its first sales of […]
Trump’s tweet on Pakistan’s “lies” draws angry response
President Trump’s New Year’s Day lambasting of Pakistan on Twitter has drawn an angry response on the streets and an official summoning of the U.S. ambassador in Islamabad to demand an explanation. The president began the second year of his presidency with confrontational tweets targeting Pakistan and Iran. He slammed […]
Colo. shooting suspect videotaped deadly encounter with deputies
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. – The man who shot and killed a Douglas County deputy spent hours videotaping himself and posting to social media in the hours leading up to the shooting. CBS Denver reports that he also taped the violent confrontation that left Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputy Zackari Parrish dead. […]
Details emerge about “good kid” accused of killing parents, sister
LONG BRANCH, N.J. –– New details are emerging about a 16-year-old New Jersey boy who authorities say shot and killed his parents, sister and a family friend just before midnight on New Year’s Eve inside the home where they lived. The teen is expected to make an initial court appearance […]
Details revealed about suspect in deadly “SWATting” prank
A California man could be brought to court Tuesday, accused of a prank 911 call in Kansas that led to a deadly police shooting. Tyler Barriss, 25, was arrested in Los Angeles on Friday, one day after police shot and killed a man at a house in Wichita. Barriss, who […]
Researchers tout alternative to potentially deadly paint stripper chemical
An alternative to a potentially deadly chemical found in common paint strippers is facing hurdles to reach consumers. CBS News’ Anna Werner reported last month on the deaths of dozens of people who used methylene chloride. The EPA indefinitely postponed a ban on that chemical last month, proposed by the […]
2017 sees highest murder rate ever in shrinking Baltimore
BALTIMORE — Baltimore has set a new per-capita homicide record as gunmen killed for drugs, cash, payback – or no apparent reason at all. A surge of homicides in the starkly divided city resulted in 343 killings in 2017, bringing the annual homicide rate to its highest ever – roughly 56 killings […]
Amber Alert issued for 2 girls after woman found dead
ROUND ROCK, Texas — Authorities have issued an Amber Alert as police search for two missing children in relation to a suspicious death in Round Rock, Texas, CBS affiliate KEYE-TV reports. Police responded to a welfare check on Sunday and found a deceased woman inside the residence. The missing children […]