Watch “48 Hours: The Idaho Student Murders” — correspondent Peter Van Sant reports on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. The 28-year-old arrested and charged as a suspect in the November murders of four University of Idaho students has arrived in Idaho after being transferred Wednesday from the Pennsylvania jail where …
Read More »Arizona recount confirms Democrat’s victory in attorney general race
A recount of votes has confirmed Democrat Kris Mayes narrowly defeated Republican Abraham Hamadeh in the Arizona attorney general’s race, one of the closest elections in state history. The highly anticipated results announced Thursday in Maricopa County Superior Court are among the last in the country to come out of …
Read More »Buffalo Bills were denied a police escort home after deadly blizzard
Western New York loves its local NFL team, but apparently not enough to escort players through a deadly blizzard. The Buffalo Bills played an away game against the Chicago Bears on Christmas Eve, then tried to fly back to upstate New York on Christmas Day just as the Buffalo area …
Read More »Michael Townson pleads guilty in unsolved 1991 killing of Linda Lois Little, of Florida
DeLand, Fla. — A man already imprisoned in Florida for another killing pleaded guilty Tuesday to the long-unsolved 1991 slaying of a woman he met at a bar. Michael Townson, 53, was sentenced by a judge to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years, state prosecutors …
Read More »House committee meets to discuss public release of Trump’s tax returns
Washington — The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to publicly release years of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns, which he has long tried to shield. Committee Chairman Richard Neal, a Democrat from Massachusetts, has kept a close hold on the panel’s …
Read More »Justin Bieber slams H&M, says he didn’t give “approval” to new clothing line
Pop superstar Justin Bieber spoke out this week against H&M, claiming that the retail giant started selling a clothing line using his name and image without his approval. “The H&M merch they made of me is trash,” Bieber wrote to his fans in an Instagram story on Monday. “All without …
Read More »Accused Paul Pelosi attacker also targeted Tom Hanks and Gov. Gavin Newsom, investigator testifies
The man accused of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer had a list of future targets that included Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks and California Governor Gavin Newsom, a San Francisco police investigator testified Wednesday. The suspect, David DePape, broke into the couple’s San Francisco home Oct. 28, …
Read More »Most small SUVs fail insurance industry’s revamped frontal crash tests
Detroit — Most small SUVs flunked the latest frontal crash tests done by the insurance industry but oddly enough, they’re just as safe as they were before. That’s because the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety updated the test so it places more emphasis on keeping back-seat passengers safe. Only the …
Read More »Former officer Aaron Dean: Atatiana Jefferson had the gun “pointed directly at me” before fatal shooting
A former Texas police officer testified in his murder trial Monday that he made mistakes but fatally shot a Black woman through a rear window of her home in 2019 while staring down the barrel of a handgun she was pointing at him. Aaron Dean said Atatiana Jefferson had the …
Read More »The difference a 51
Democrats were going to control the Senate in January regardless of the outcome of Tuesday night’s runoff election between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican candidate Herschel Walker, since a Democrat occupies the White House. CBS News projects Warnock will keep his seat in the Senate, meaning Democrats will have …
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