Last Updated Nov 2, 2017 10:32 PM EDT President Trump’s personal Twitter account disappeared from the site briefly Thursday afternoon, raising speculation that it might have been suspended, but the social network said that wasn’t the case. Visitors to @realDonaldTrump expecting to find his latest missives around 3:55 p.m. PT […]
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Amanda Knox mourns Meredith Kercher 10 years after murder
On the 10th anniversary of Meredith Kercher’s death, her roommate Amanda Knox wrote a tribute that was published online Wednesday that recounts the months the two spent together in Perugia, Italy. Knox’s article is titled “Mourning Meredith” and was posted on the Westside Seattle website. She recounts memories with Meredith […]
TripAdvisor accused of deleting reviews that raised red flags
Last Updated Nov 2, 2017 8:15 PM EDT TripAdvisor, one of the most popular travel websites, is accused of deleting customer reviews that raise red flags about potential dangers. Kristie Love was on a beach getaway when she says she was raped by a security guard at the highly rated […]
HBO star alleges Harvey Weinstein raped her — twice
Last Updated Nov 3, 2017 1:50 AM EDT NEW YORK — Sources tell CBS News that New York City police have brought prosecutors new rape allegations against Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. Actress Paz de la Huerta says that in October of 2010, Weinstein offered to give her a ride […]
HBO star alleges Harvey Weinstein raped her
Last Updated Nov 2, 2017 7:39 PM EDT NEW YORK — Sources tell CBS News that New York City police have brought prosecutors new rape allegations against Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. Actress Paz de la Huerta says that in October of 2010, Weinstein offered to give her a ride […]
Hiring bounces back in October as effects of hurricanes fade
Last Updated Nov 3, 2017 10:59 AM EDT U.S. businesses hired robustly in October, partly reversing the depressed hiring in September thanks to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Some 261,000 jobs were added and the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1 percent. That’s less than the approximately 300,000 economists had been […]
Uber passenger recalls ride with Saipov days before NYC attack
NEW YORK — Damian Erskine, a 34-year-old British graphic designer, came to the United States with his girlfriend last weekend to attend a friend’s wedding in New York. Little did the couple know that the Uber they ordered Oct. 26 from Newark International Airport would be driven by Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov […]
Ex-coach guilty in abduction, rape, killing of Mo. girl
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A former middle school football coach was found guilty on Thursday of snatching a 10-year-old girl from a quiet Missouri neighborhood in front of horrified witnesses and then raping and killing her. Jurors convicted Craig Wood of first-degree murder in the February 2014 death of Hailey Owens. […]
Alleged cop impersonator pulls over off-duty cop
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A man appeared in court Wednesday after he was arrested over the weekend for allegedly impersonating a police officer and pulling over a real one. CBS affiliate WLKY reports that Brandon Hurley, 24, did a U-turn and pulled up behind a vehicle driven by an off-duty officer […]
As SF skyscraper sinks and leans, the number of lawsuits rises
As the cracks in its basement walls slowly widen, a visual clue to the slow sinking of the 645-ft. skyscraper, the residents of Millennium Tower file lawsuits and wonder how far their homes – and their investments in those homes — will sink. Jon Wertheim went to San Francisco to […]