Ted Kaczynski, the convicted terrorist known as the Unabomber, died in an apparent suicide, two sources briefed on the matter confirmed to CBS News. Kazynski was found unresponsive Saturday morning in his prison at the federal medical facility in Butner, North Carolina, where had been serving a life sentence. He …
Read More »16 migrants flown to California on chartered jet and left outside church: “Immoral and disgusting”
Sixteen Venezuelan and Colombian migrants who entered the country through Texas were flown to California by chartered plane and dropped off outside a church in Sacramento, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and migrant rights advocates said Saturday. The young men and women were dropped off Friday outside the Roman Catholic Diocese …
Read More »Thousands face Medicaid whiplash in South Dakota and North Carolina
Until recently, Jonathon Murray relied on Medicaid to pay for treatments for multiple health conditions, including chronic insomnia. Murray, a 20-year-old restaurant worker from the college town of Brookings, South Dakota, said that without his medication, he would stay awake for several nights in a row. “I’d probably not be …
Read More »Illinois man charged with killing neighbor over a noisy leaf blower
A man in unincorporated Antioch in Illinois was charged on Tuesday with shooting and killing his neighbor over a noisy leaf blower earlier this month. 59-year-old William Martys was working in his yard with a leaf blower when he was shot in the head and killed during an argument with …
Read More »Louisville bank shooting survivor recalls harrowing experience as police release 911 calls
An injured bank employee told CBS News about her harrowing experience getting shot by a co-worker, as Louisville Metro Police released audio of the 911 calls placed following the mass shooting that killed five people and injured nine. The shooting occurred in Louisville, Kentucky, Monday morning inside a branch of Old …
Read More »GOP lawmakers in Tennessee expel two Democrats over mass shooting protest
Republican lawmakers in Tennessee voted on Thursday to expel two Democratic legislators who joined a protest on the House floor last week after a deadly school shooting in Nashville. On March 30, protesters gathered at the State Capitol, and Democratic Reps. Justin Jones, Gloria Johnson and Justin Pearson led a chant of …
Read More »Military pilots, ground crews face higher rates of cancer, Pentagon study says
A Pentagon study has found high rates of cancer among military pilots and for the first time has shown that ground crews who fuel, maintain and launch those aircraft are also getting sick. The data had long been sought by retired military aviators who have raised alarms for years about …
Read More »Former Mexican governor gets 9 years for using bribes to buy luxury properties in U.S.
Former Mexican governor Tomás Yarrington Ruvalcaba has been sentenced to nine years in prison for accepting over $3.5 million in illegal bribes that he used to fraudulently purchase property in the U.S., the U.S. Attorney’s office announced in a news release. A district judged sentenced Yarrington, the former governor of …
Read More »Sirhan Sirhan denied parole
A California panel on Wednesday denied parole for Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan, saying the 78-year-old prisoner still lacks insight into what caused him to shoot the senator and presidential candidate in 1968. Sirhan’s lawyer Angela Berry disputed that, saying Sirhan has shown that awareness, and his psychiatrists have …
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 …
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