MIAMI — Zoo Miami granted the wish of an 8-year-old boy fascinated with reptiles and struggling with life-threatening cystic fibrosis, CBS Miami reports. The zoo teamed up with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to help Ryland Gallagher from Colorado Springs get his wish to meet alligators and crocodiles. Friday morning, Zoo Miami’s Ron […]
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Man calls 911 to report himself drunk driving: officials
Last Updated Jan 6, 2018 7:15 PM EST WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Florida authorities are sharing the details of an unusual 911 call on New Year’s Eve, from a man who said he wanted to report himself drunk-driving. Polk County Sheriff’s officials say the dispatcher kept him talking while directing officers […]
“48 Hours investigates a tale of money, wine and murder in Napa
It was a business deal right out of a Hollywood movie. An investor in a Napa Valley winery ponied up $800,000 cash in an effort to make a fortune in the wine business. What he didn’t realize then was that he was investing in his own murder. “He shot me! […]
Measuring Colorado’s “great experiment” with marijuana
We’re far from CLEARING THE SMOKE over recreational marijuana use. A new federal policy announced this past week takes a tough line. It’s a challenge to states that have legalized use, including, most recently, the biggest state of all. Our Cover Story is reported by Barry Petersen: “I’ve never experienced […]
The Golden Gate Bridge to get a suicide net
A “friend for life” has been campaigning for years, along with others, to make a California landmark safer. John Blackstone has her story: On a stage in Nashville, songwriter Sarah Lockwood Barr performs songs she’s written that she loves to sing … and one that breaks her heart. “This is […]
Golden Gate Bridge to get a suicide net
A “friend for life” has been campaigning for years, along with others, to make a California landmark safer. John Blackstone has her story: On a stage in Nashville, songwriter Sarah Lockwood Barr performs songs she’s written that she loves to sing … and one that breaks her heart. “This is […]
Meet the priest who’s keeping Latin alive
In the basement of a nursing home in Milwaukee, the world’s best Latin lessons are given for free. That’s where Father Reginald Foster, a priest who lacks patience, gives his lessons. He’s managed to convince hundreds of people to dedicate their lives to a language no longer living, reports Brook […]
John Young, legendary astronaut, dead at 87
Legendary astronaut John Young — who twice ventured into space in pioneering two-man Gemini capsules, orbited the moon and then walked on its cratered surface before commanding two space shuttle missions, including the program’s maiden flight — has died, ending one of the most storied careers in space history. NASA […]
Millions dig out in frigid temperatures after powerful storm
Temperatures will dip even lower on Saturday for more than 100 million people from the Great Lakes to much of the East Coast, with wind chills making it feel well below zero. More than 240 flights Saturday have been cancelled due to the arctic blast. Thursday’s powerful blizzard also left […]
Wind chill at Mount Washington drops to -90 degrees
Summit conditions at Mount Washington were so brutally cold Saturday morning the temperature tied for the second coldest on Earth, according to Mount Washington Observatory. The temperature hit minus 36 degrees Fahrenheit — with a wind chill of minus 90 (minus 68 degrees Celsius), according to the educational and research […]