CENTER POINT, Ind. — Joe Taft has been rescuing big cats for 26 years. He’s been caring for some tigers since they were born. But not everyone at the Exotic Feline Rescue Center in Indiana is such a cool cat. That’s because most of the 200 big cats there were […]
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Opposing views on Trump’s move to shrink two national monuments
BEARS EARS, Utah — President Trump flew to Utah on Monday to sign proclamations that shave nearly two million acres from national monuments in the state. That could open the land to mining and grazing. The view is breathtaking. A land of cultural richness — beauty and solitude, and for Mary […]
Opposing views on Trump’s move to shrink 2 national monuments
BEARS EARS, Utah — President Trump flew to Utah on Monday to sign proclamations that shave nearly two million acres from national monuments in the state. That could open the land to mining and grazing. The view is breathtaking. A land of cultural richness — beauty and solitude, and for Mary […]
Man travels 1,000 miles to meet Words with Friends pal
When Spencer Sleyon agreed to play a Words with Friends game with a random opponent over a year ago, the 22-year-old never expected that stranger — an 81-year-old woman named Rosalind “Roz” Guttman — to become his lifelong friend. Spencer Sleyon shares a screenshot of the pair’s Words with Friends […]
Winklevoss twins become first “bitcoin billionaires”
Last Updated Dec 4, 2017 5:34 PM EST Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, twins who made a prescient $11 million investment in bitcoin, are reportedly now billionaires, thanks to that 2013 bet. The brothers had first gained notoriety more than a decade ago when they unsuccessfully sued Facebook (FB) CEO Marc […]
Ex-Illinois congressman and 1980 presidential candidate dead at 95
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Former longtime Illinois Congressman John Anderson, who ran for president as an independent in 1980, has died at age 95. His daughter, Diane Anderson, said her father died Sunday night in Washington, D.C. The 10-term GOP congressman originally sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1980, but he […]
Cheerleader with Down syndrome inspires fellow students
MIDDLEBORO, Mass. — A cheerleader continues to inspire his peers at a high school in Massachusetts. Evan Adelman has Down syndrome, but it’s not holding him back. CBS Boston reports he and his Middleboro High School teammates performed over the weekend weekend at Gillette Stadium, which is the biggest stadium in the […]
Philly man wins election with just one vote — his own
The old saying “every vote counts” has taken new meaning since Philadelphia resident Phillip Garcia learned he won a seat as a local election judge with just one single vote. Garcia, editor-at-large of The Rumpus, an online literary magazine, received a letter Friday from the city informing him that he […]
“CBS Evening News with Jeff Glor” to be streamed on CBSN
The “CBS Evening News with Jeff Glor” will launch Monday night on the CBS Television Network and will also begin streaming on CBSN, CBS News’ 24/7 streaming news service, CBS News President David Rhodes announced. The full broadcast will stream on CBSN every weeknight at 10 p.m. ET. This marks […]
Trump signs proclamations to downsize 2 national monuments in Utah
Last Updated Dec 4, 2017 3:46 PM EST President Trump announced from the Utah State Capitol his administration’s decision to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase national monuments Monday afternoon. Mr. Trump scaled back the two national monuments, which were among the 27 he ordered Secretary of the Interior Ryan […]