Many people use Thanksgiving as an opportunity to volunteer and give back to their communities, but for one Louisiana woman, every day is a reason to help out. CBS News’ Michelle Miller met Alma Johnson, known affectionately as the “neighborhood nanny.” Johnson starts every day minding a huge pot over […]
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“The more security the better”: NYC preps for Thanksgiving parade
NEW YORK — Sand-filled sanitation trucks and police sharpshooters will mix with glittering floats and giant balloons at a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade that comes in a year of terrible mass shootings and not even a month after a deadly truck attack in lower Manhattan. New York City’s mayor and […]
Injured Border Patrol agent released from hospital
An unidentified Border Patrol agent injured in an apparent attack over the weekend was released from a El Paso, Texas, hospital Wednesday, CBS News has learned. This comes days after an investigation that was launched into an incident that left another agent killed. Agent Rogelio Martinez, 36, died Sunday from […]
City presses NYPD for solutions after teen killed in NYC classroom
NEW YORK — There has been a startling increase in the number of weapons that students are getting inside of schools in New York City. CBS New York reports the City Council is pressing NYPD officers for solutions in wake of a teenager’s death inside of a classroom. “We have seen […]
Wisconsin hunters as young as 6 show off first kills under new law
MILWAUKEE — A Wisconsin kindergartner is among the first youngsters to bag a buck under a new law that eliminates the state’s minimum hunting age. Lexie Harris, 6, is no stranger to the woods. Her dad, Tyler Harris, has taken her along on his hunts since she was 3. But, […]
Tight security planned for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
NEW YORK — Sand-filled sanitation trucks and police sharpshooters will mix with glittering floats and giant balloons at a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade that comes in a year of terrible mass shootings and not even a month after a deadly truck attack in lower Manhattan. New York City’s mayor and […]
Los Angeles Auto show: 5 cars sure to draw crowds
Getty Images/iStockphoto Like recent car sales, sport utility vehicles will headline this year’s Los Angeles Auto Show — big ones, small ones, redesigned ones and brand new models. A redesigned Jeep Wrangler, an all-new small SUV from Volvo and a three-row family hauler from Subaru will be among the highlights […]
Saudi-led coalition says it will ease Yemen blockade
SANAA, Yemen — The Saudi-led military coalition fighting Shiite rebels in Yemen said Wednesday that it will reopen the war-torn country’s main airport and a vital Red Sea port to humanitarian traffic, easing a blockade imposed after rebels fired a missile toward the Saudi capital earlier this month. The easing is […]
Self-taught rocket scientist plans to launch over this town
The countdown to launch creeps closer and there’s still plenty for self-taught rocket scientist “Mad” Mike Hughes to do: Last-second modifications to his vessel. Pick up his flight suit. Leave enough food for his four cats — just in case anything happens. Hughes is a 61-year-old limo driver who’s spent […]
Roy Moore’s communications director is out
Last Updated Nov 22, 2017 5:31 PM EST John Rogers, the communications director for Roy Moore’s Senate campaign in Alabama, is out, the campaign said in a statement Wednesday. The resignation comes as the campaign fights to deny accusations from multiple women that the Republican Moore pursued or even sexually […]