NEW YORK — President Trump’s announcement Wednesday that the U.S. recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and begin the process of relocating the U.S. embassy to the holy city was met with immediate backlash from the Arab world and large swaths of the international community. “This is one of the […]
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Reporter who witnessed Oswald shooting dead at 86
ALBANY, N.Y. — A political pollster and longtime journalist who was just feet away from Jack Ruby when he shot Lee Harvey Oswald has died. Maurice Carroll was 86. Carroll’s death from colon cancer Wednesday was announced by Quinnipiac University. Carroll, who went by Mickey, was raised in New Jersey […]
CBS News poll: Americans split on Russia investigation
By Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, Kabir Khanna and Anthony Salvanto Most Americans think former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s guilty plea and cooperation with the special counsel is a serious issue for the Trump administration, including a third of Republicans. But most Republicans see the Russia investigation overall as […]
Facebook’s Oculus gives you a VR room of your own
Every great hero has a secret lair. Batman has his Batcave, filled with high-tech gear, cars — even a giant animatronic T-Rex. Charles Xavier has the School for Gifted Youngsters, with its secret underground bunker for storing aircraft and bad guys. And Superman has his hideaway, the Fortress of Solitude. Now Oculus […]
Judge detains woman accused of making ricin, using it on neighbors
MONTPELIER, Vt. — The extensive mental health history of a woman accused of manufacturing ricin and testing the deadly toxin on fellow residents of a senior living facility in Vermont includes prior hospitalizations and suicide attempts, a federal judge said Wednesday. The judge ordered Betty Miller, 70, to continue to be […]
Why Southern California’s wildfires are so explosive
A disastrous combination of tinder-dry vegetation, the strongest Santa Ana winds in a decade and a spark caused a wildfire to explode in Ventura County, California, north of Los Angeles, overnight Monday. Less than 24 hours later, the blaze had torn through more than 45,000 acres and destroyed 150 structures, […]
Rare 3.6 million-year-old skeleton of human ancestor unveiled
JOHANNESBURG — Researchers in South Africa have unveiled what they call “by far the most complete skeleton of a human ancestor older than 1.5 million years ever found.” The University of the Witwatersrand displayed the virtually complete Australopithecus fossil on Wednesday. The skeleton dates back 3.6 million years. Its discovery […]
U.S. demonstrates “ability to punish” North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea — The United States flew a B-1B supersonic bomber over South Korea on Wednesday as part of a massive combined aerial exercise involving hundreds of warplanes, a clear warning after North Korea last week tested its biggest and most powerful missile yet. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of […]
Tonya Harding and Margot Robbie hit the red carpet
Tonya Harding and Margot Robbie, who plays her on screen, were all smiles at the Los Angeles premiere of “I, Tonya,” the buzzy dark comedy that is based on Harding’s life and her involvement in one of the biggest scandals in the history of American sports. Harding joined Robbie and […]
Famous pathologist says sheriff ordered hands cut off corpses
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — San Joaquin County’s chief medical examiner, known nationally as the doctor depicted in the movie “Concussion” about brain injuries among football players, resigned Tuesday over what he said was interference by the sheriff that has become so invasive that it borders on the unlicensed practice of medicine. […]