A group of media organizations, including CBS News, is demanding access to a tranche of surveillance and police videos from the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol that U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy provided to Fox News host Tucker Carlson. In a letter to congressional leadership Friday, the …
Read More »The Brighton ax murder: A timeline of the 40
In the winter of 1982 in Rochester, New York, Jim Krauseneck says he came home from work to find his wife, Cathleen Krauseneck, lying in bed, dead with an ax lodged in her head. For over 30 years, no one was charged with Cathy’s murder, until the Brighton Police Department …
Read More »What is Section 230, the rule that shaped the modern internet?
Twenty-six words tucked into a 1996 law overhauling telecommunications have allowed companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to grow into the giants they are today. A case coming before the U.S. Supreme Court this week, Gonzalez v. Google, challenges this law — namely whether tech companies are liable for the …
Read More »Transcript: Secretary of State Antony Blinken on “Face the Nation,” Feb. 19, 2023
The following is a transcript of an interview with Secretary of State Antony Blinken aired Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: We go now to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is in Germany attending the Munich Security Conference. Mr. Secretary, I know you just met …
Read More »Consumer Price Index: Inflation fell in January, but more slowly than economists hoped
Consumer inflation moderated in January, yet remained higher than many economists had expected, driven by rising prices for housing, gasoline and natural gas. The Consumer Price Index, a broad basket of good and services, rose at a 6.4% annual rate in January, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. Economists had expected …
Read More »Former NCAA basketball star Keith Appling pleads guilty to 2021 murder
Former Michigan State University basketball player Keith Appling pleaded guilty in connection with a 2021 homicide, CBS Detroit reported. On Monday, the 31-year-old Appling pled guilty to second-degree murder and a felony weapons charge, CBS Detroit reported. He faces 18 to 40 years in prison for the murder charge and …
Read More »House unanimously passes resolution condemning China for use of spy balloon
Washington — The House approved a resolution Thursday formally condemning China for its use of a surveillance balloon over the United States, which was shot down by the military off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday. The measure won unanimous support in a vote of 419 to 0, marking a rare moment …
Read More »Listeria recall: Fresh Ideation recalls more than 400 food items
More than 400 food items sold under dozens of brands names, including Bistro to Go and Fresh Creative Cuisine, have been recalled due to possible listeria contamination, according to manufacturer Fresh Ideation Food Group. The recalled items are from Baltimore-based Fresh Ideation and were sold from January 24 through January …
Read More »2 abducted Missouri children found in a Florida supermarket after going missing nearly a year ago
Two abducted children who had been missing from Missouri for almost a year were found in a central Florida grocery store with their non-custodial mother, who was taken into police custody, authorities said. Officers located the woman, 12-year-old girl and 11-year-old boy shopping in Winn Dixie “after disguising their identities,” …
Read More »40 years later, Tylenol murder investigators order new DNA tests on key evidence
WHEATON, Ill. — Beginning on Sept. 29, 1982, and over the next week, seven people were murdered in the Chicago area after unknowingly taking Tylenol pills that were spiked by a killer. Now, investigators are turning once again to DNA evidence to try to identify the person or people who did it, report …
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