The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Charles “Chuck” Sams III as the next director of the National Park Service on Thursday. He will be the first Native American to lead the agency in its 105-year history. Sams, who is Cayuse and Walla Walla, is a member of the Confederated Tribes of …
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson joined Ahmaud Arbery’s parents Monday at the trial of three White men charged with murdering their son, prompting an unsuccessful request by a defense attorney to have the civil rights leader removed. Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael armed themselves and pursued the 25-year-old Black …
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Howard University said employees have been laid off due to weeks of student protests against dorm housing conditions, the institution said Tuesday. Students claim that mold, mice, roaches and fleas are common in dorms, and have camped out inside the university’s social hub, the Armour J. Blackburn University Center, for …
Read More »Harris County, Texas — The mother of three boys authorities say were found abandoned in their Houston area apartment along with the skeletal remains of their young brother is denying responsibility – and apologizing at the same time. Gloria Williams, 35, spoke with CBS Houston affiliate KHOU in an exclusive …
Read More »On Saturday night, the streets of New York will be filled to the brim with costumed faces ready to celebrate the weekend of Halloween in their best finery. But outside of Madison Square Garden, almost 21,000 artfully-dressed Harry Styles fans will clog the streets, dressed to the nines in what …
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Lyft recorded 4,158 sexual assault cases from 2017 to 2019, according to the company’s first safety report. The company said there were 1,096 reports of sexual assaults in 2017, 1,255 in 2018, and 1,807 in 2019. The report, which was released Thursday, found that more than 360 rapes were reported …
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Alamo, Georgia — A man accused of gunning down a Georgia police officer during his first shift with the department ambushed him in retaliation for the officer’s arrest of an associate hours earlier, authorities said Sunday evening. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said 43-year-old Damien Anthony Ferguson has been charged …
Read More »YouTube has removed two of R. Kelly’s official channels, saying that the singer’s alleged history of abuse and recent conviction can cause harm to the company’s community and potentially damage creator and user trust, the company told CBS News. The move comes a week after Kelly was found guilty of …
Read More »Police say the search for 23-year-old Brian Laundrie is resuming in Florida’s Carlton Reserve on Tuesday, a week after his family said they last saw him. Laundrie is a person of interest in the case of his fiancé Gabby Petito, but investigators have not been able to speak with him. …
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Britney Spears said her conservatorship case is “coming along” after a Los Angeles judge allowed her Wednesday to hire her own legal counsel. The pop star posted about the decision on Instagram, sharing how she celebrated and using the #FreeBritney hashtag — long used by fans to criticize her conservatorship. Spears …
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