An executive of a vegan food products company has been charged with felony battery and making a terroristic threat after a fracas outside a football game in which he’s accused of biting a man’s nose, Arkansas officials said. Beyond Meat Chief Operations Officer Doug Ramsey has been accused of a …
Read More »R. Kelly convicted on several child pornography charges, acquitted of trial fixing
A federal jury on Wednesday convicted R. Kelly of several child pornography and sex abuse charges in his hometown of Chicago, delivering another legal blow to a singer who used to be one of the biggest R&B stars in the world. Kelly, 55, was found guilty on three counts of …
Read More »Iowa teen who killed her accused rapist sentenced and ordered to pay $150,000 to man’s family
A teenage human trafficking victim who was initially charged with first-degree murder after she stabbed her accused rapist to death was sentenced Tuesday in an Iowa court to five years of closely supervised probation and ordered to pay $150,000 restitution to the man’s family. Pieper Lewis, 17, was sentenced Tuesday …
Read More »Lingering airline crew shortages, surging demand threaten fall and winter travel seasons
Shortages of pilots, flight attendants and gate agents threaten to unravel fall and winter travel plans in the U.S., after a turbulent summer, airline unions say. There’s been a surge in fliers, according to the aviation industry, since COVID-19 concerns continue to subside. The unions spoke at a CBS News …
Read More »Apple’s iPhone 14 now available for pre
Gadget lovers eager to buy one of Apple’s new iPhone 14 smartphones can start placing their orders. The tech giant released an iPhone 14 pre-order page on its website Friday morning. The starting price for the base model is $799 while the upgraded iPhone 14 Pro starts at $899. The …
Read More »Hillary Clinton says she doesn’t plan on running for president again
In a wide-ranging interview with CBS News, former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said she does not plan on running for president again after losing to former president Trump in 2016. But Clinton said she plans to do “everything I can” to ensure future presidents defend …
Read More »Minnesota nurses to strike as they demand better work conditions
Thousands of nurses in Minnesota are planning to strike later this month because they say their employers have ignored demands for a new union contract. The strike will begin at 7 a.m. September 12 and end at 7 a.m. September 15, Mary Turner, president of the Minnesota Nurses Association, said …
Read More »One year after the U.S. left Afghanistan, Biden has yet to release after
One year after President Biden announced the end of America’s war in Afghanistan, the administration has yet to release its after-action reports on the end of the U.S. military presence in the country and its chaotic non-combatant evacuation after President Ashraf Ghani’s government collapsed and the country fell to the …
Read More »Joe E. Tata, “Beverly Hills, 90210” actor, dies at 85
Joe E. Tata, the actor known as the Peach Pit diner owner Nat Bussichio on the 1990s teen drama “Beverly Hills, 90210” has died. He was 85. His daughter, Kelly Katherine Tata, announced in a GoFundMe page posting on Thursday that her father died Wednesday night. She previously wrote that …
Read More »“This is what a loophole looks like,” says veteran who does not qualify for help under new burn pit law
A leading veterans advocate who is now sick from toxic exposure after overseas deployments in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, will not benefit from the recently passed PACT Act, according to medical records reviewed by CBS News. The legislation’s title is an acronym for “Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics,” …
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