SAN FRANCISCO – Three opera singers and a classical musician say that world-renowned conductor Charles Dutoit sexually assaulted them – physically restraining them, forcing his body against theirs, sometimes thrusting his tongue into their mouths, and in one case, sticking one of their hands down his pants. In separate interviews […]
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Prince Harry, Meghan Markle release engagement photos
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle unveiled their glamorous engagement photos. Kensington Palace released the images, taken earlier this week at Frogmore House, Windsor. Kensington Palace initially released two official photos by fashion and celebrity photographer Alexi Lubomirski, then followed up with a third, “candid” shot. The photos are a departure […]
Soaring drug deaths cut U.S. life expectancy for 2nd year
NEW YORK — U.S. deaths from drug overdoses skyrocketed 21 percent last year, and for the second straight year dragged down how long Americans are expected to live. The government figures released Thursday put drug deaths at 63,600, up from about 52,000 in 2015. For the first time, the powerful […]
Rohingyas describe bloody massacre at hands of Myanmar troops
UKHIA, Bangladesh — For six hours Bodru Duza hid in an upstairs room, listening to the screams of people being slaughtered outside his Myanmar home. The 52-year-old man braced for the soldiers to find and kill him, like all the others. What had started out as a quiet Sunday in […]
Family of woman shot dead by officer questions “integrity” of probe
SYDNEY — The family of an Australian woman who was fatally shot by a police officer in Minnesota in July has demanded a more rigorous probe into the incident after a prosecutor cast doubts on the investigation. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman last week said investigators “haven’t done their job” […]
The unusual prep school behind viral Harvard acceptance
In our continuing series, “A More Perfect Union,” we aim to show that what unites us as Americans is greater than what divides us. This week we go to a school where a video of one of its student’s learning he was accepted into Harvard University went viral. As it […]
Palestinian girl lauded, arrested for confronting Israeli troops
NEBI SALEH, West Bank — The curly haired Palestinian teenager is seen walking up to two Israeli soldiers standing near the entrance of her house, and she can be heard telling them to leave. She then pushes and kicks both soldiers who casually fend off the blows. Then she slaps […]
Gloria Estefan on her struggles, success and the day she’ll “never forget”
Singer, songwriter and entrepreneur Gloria Estefan built an empire with her husband, Emilio. She joins the latest class of Kennedy Center honorees, making her the first Cuban-American to receive the award. She spoke to “CBS This Morning” co-host Norah O’Donnell about her childhood, career and why at the heart of […]
Almost 20 killed by fire in fitness, leisure complex
Last Updated Dec 21, 2017 6:35 AM EST SEOUL, South Korea — A fire broke out Thursday at an eight-story building in the central South Korean city of Jecheon, leaving almost 20 people dead and many more injured, South Korean officials said. A man who is believed to be a […]
Mother recalls learning adopted embryo was 24 years old
The parents of a baby girl, who grew from an embryo frozen for 24 years, are calling her birth a miracle. Emma Wren Gibson was born last month to Tina and Benjamin in Knoxville, Tennessee, and researchers at the University of Tennessee say this is the longest frozen embryo to […]