LONDON — Prince Charles has led Britain’s annual Remembrance Sunday ceremony for war dead, taking the role held for more than six decades by his mother Queen Elizabeth II. The 91-year-old queen, dressed in black, watched the service at London’s Cenotaph memorial from a nearby balcony alongside her 96-year-old husband […]
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Trump lands in Philippines, his last stop on Asia tour
MANILA, Philippines — President Donald Trump arrived in the Philippines Sunday to attend a pair of international summits and close his five-country tour of Asia. Mr. Trump is slated to meet several times with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has come under intense criticism from human rights advocates for overseeing […]
Driver survives after car flies off San Francisco freeway, police say
SAN FRANCISCO — A BMW driver survived a horrific crash early Saturday morning, CBS San Francisco reports, after their car flew off the freeway and crash-landed upside down on the street below, according to police authorities. It happened just after 4 a.m. Saturday. The car was heading eastbound on Interstate 80 […]
Trump reiterates he believes Russia didn’t meddle in 2016 election
HANOI, Vietnam — President Trump said Sunday he believes U.S. intelligence agencies — which have concluded that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. But Mr. Trump also said he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is sincere when he says Russia didn’t interfere. “I believe that he feels that he and Russia […]
Ex-spokesperson for NYC mayor recalls devastating treadmill accident
NEW YORK — Imagine having it all and losing it in a split second. That’s what happened to Karen Hinton. She had a high-profile career, but a devastating accident changed everything. Hinton and her husband sat down with CBS News York for an exclusive interview to talk about their life now, […]
Texas church massacre: More victims laid to rest on Veterans Day
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS — Two silver hearses carrying the bodies of a couple killed in last weekend’s shooting at a Texas church were followed by a long procession of vehicles Saturday that avoided passing the small church where more than two dozen people died. Mourners instead drove around the tiny community of […]
3 UCLA players remain in China while team returns to U.S.: report
LOS ANGELES — The UCLA basketball team is heading back to Los Angeles without three players arrested on shoplifting charges in China, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Saturday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. Freshmen […]
Doubts rise about Trump admin.’s choice for CIA chief watchdog
WASHINGTON — Two former CIA employees are accusing the Trump administration’s choice for CIA chief watchdog of being less than candid when he told Congress he didn’t know about any active whistleblower complaints against him. Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee asked Christopher Sharpley, the current acting inspector general who’s in […]
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill, in harmony
The song “Break First” is just one of the highlights from next Friday night’s “Showtime” special with Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, a pair of country singers who’ve walked many A COUNTRY MILE together. This morning Tracy Smith tags along: Faith Hill and Tim McGraw are both huge stars […]
Actor Richard Dreyfuss accused of exposing himself to writer
NEW YORK — A writer who worked for Richard Dreyfuss on a TV comedy special in the 1980s said he sexually harassed her for years and exposed himself to her in a studio lot trailer. Jessica Teich told the New York magazine blog Vulture.com that the actor made continual, overt and lewd […]