WASHINGTON — With a bill like a duck but teeth like a croc’s, a swanlike neck and killer claws, a new dinosaur species uncovered by scientists looks like something Dr. Seuss could have dreamed up. It also had flippers like a penguin, and while it walked like an ostrich it […]
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Americans say tax plan helps wealthy, not middle class
By Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, Kabir Khanna and Anthony Salvanto Republicans expect economic boost, but not personal tax cut The Republican tax plan faces opposition from a majority of Americans. Over half disapprove of it – including four in 10 who disapprove strongly, and only one in five Americans […]
Americans say GOP tax plan helps wealthy, not middle class
By Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, Kabir Khanna and Anthony Salvanto Republicans expect economic boost, but not personal tax cut The Republican tax plan faces opposition from a majority of Americans. Over half disapprove of it – including four in 10 who disapprove strongly, and only one in five Americans […]
CBS News poll: Americans say tax plan helps wealthy, not middle class
By Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, Kabir Khanna and Anthony Salvanto Republicans expect economic boost, but not personal tax cut The Republican tax plan faces opposition from a majority of Americans. Over half disapprove of it – including four in 10 who disapprove strongly, and only one in five Americans […]
VW senior manager sentenced to 7 years in prison
A Volkswagen senior manager has been sentenced to seven years in a U.S. prison for concealing software that was used to evade pollution limits on nearly 600,000 diesel vehicles. Lawyers spent roughly 90 minutes giving different views about Oliver Schmidt’s culpability in the scandal. But Judge Sean Cox sided with […]
World reacts to Trump’s move on Jerusalem
NEW YORK — President Trump’s announcement Wednesday that the U.S. recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and begin the process of relocating the U.S. embassy to the holy city was met with immediate backlash from the Arab world and large swaths of the international community. “This is one of the […]
Reporter who witnessed Oswald shooting dead at 86
ALBANY, N.Y. — A political pollster and longtime journalist who was just feet away from Jack Ruby when he shot Lee Harvey Oswald has died. Maurice Carroll was 86. Carroll’s death from colon cancer Wednesday was announced by Quinnipiac University. Carroll, who went by Mickey, was raised in New Jersey […]
CBS News poll: Americans split on Russia investigation
By Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, Kabir Khanna and Anthony Salvanto Most Americans think former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s guilty plea and cooperation with the special counsel is a serious issue for the Trump administration, including a third of Republicans. But most Republicans see the Russia investigation overall as […]
Facebook’s Oculus gives you a VR room of your own
Every great hero has a secret lair. Batman has his Batcave, filled with high-tech gear, cars — even a giant animatronic T-Rex. Charles Xavier has the School for Gifted Youngsters, with its secret underground bunker for storing aircraft and bad guys. And Superman has his hideaway, the Fortress of Solitude. Now Oculus […]
Judge detains woman accused of making ricin, using it on neighbors
MONTPELIER, Vt. — The extensive mental health history of a woman accused of manufacturing ricin and testing the deadly toxin on fellow residents of a senior living facility in Vermont includes prior hospitalizations and suicide attempts, a federal judge said Wednesday. The judge ordered Betty Miller, 70, to continue to be […]