Monday at the White House press briefing, press secretary Jay Carney refused to call the Taliban a terrorist group when prompted by CBS Radio’s White House Correspondent Mark Knoller. KNOLLER: Does the U.S. still regard the Taliban as a terrorist
On “CBS This Morning” on Monday, former Vietnam prisoner of war Ret. U.S. Air Force Col. Lee Ellis expressed his concern about the way the Obama administration handled the negotiation for the release of Afghanistan POW U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe
A decomposing body was found in a parked car at a Los Angeles shopping mall after “several days,” according to the Los Angeles Police Department and the local CBS News affiliate. A local resident, noting the smell, called police, and
Sunday on CBS’ “Face The Nation,” Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said it was “disturbing” the Obama administration swapped five terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who the Taliban had held hostage since 2009.
Donald Trump didn’t tell Arsenio Hall he was fired. The American public did just that today. The Arsenio Hall Show, the reboot of the successful ’90s talker, got canceled after just one season. Hall simply couldn’t compete with the current
Miss South Texas, 23-year-old Keli Kryfko, wasn’t always the image of perfection. As a middle school student, she was obese and out-of-shape. Harsh bullying from fellow students ultimately prompted Kryfko to make a drastic change in her lifestyle, which resulted in her
I live in Florida, but nowhere near Fort Lauderdale. It was a couple of days before I chanced across a brief news item about a “ruckus by the beach,” as CBS News called it: Fort Lauderdale police believe hundreds of
NEW YORK (AP) — They’re the $10 million men and women. Propelled by a soaring stock market, the median pay package for a CEO rose above eight figures for the first time last year. The head of a typical large
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing an ordinance that will ban gun stores in “99.5 percent” of the city and require video recording of all gun sales at the stores that are allowed to exist. The ordinance will also require
Amid the revelation that more than 36,000 illegal immigrants were released onto U.S. soil by government officials in 2013, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office in California recently announced that it will no longer hold illegal immigrants in jail. According to a report by CBS
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) called for the Department of Justice to get involved in the Veterans Affairs waiting list scandal because it has risen to a level of “criminal negligence.” Kinzinger said, “When we
Sunday on on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said after Friday’s deadly shooting near the University of California-Santa Barbara he is planing to revisit gun control and mental health measures in the Senate. Blumenthal lead the failed
Want to avoid the common cold? Some doctors are urging “fist bumps” instead of handshakes as a way to prevent the spread of sicknesses. Of course the handshake is one of humanity’s oldest greetings, purportedly started to prove you weren’t
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is scheduled to appear with the author of a book extolling a socialist-styled economic system. The book recently excited liberals across the world, and the author was hailed as the modern Karl Marx. Warren will appear
A tractor-trailer carrying “millions” of honeybees overturned on a highway around 6:10 pm on Tuesday in Newark, Delaware. First responders had to suit up in protective gear before responding to the crash on a northbound ramp of Delaware Route 896
In a report that aired on San Francisco CBS affiliate KPIX on Wednesday, a Marine veteran named Kyle offered yet another ObamaCare horror story. According to Kyle, who contracted Lyme Disease while on active duty, he has been unable to
With just two weeks remaining until California’s June 3 primary, 33rd District congressional candidate Marianne Williamson is pulling out all the stops. Alanis Morissette performed in support of Williamson on Monday night as part of a campaign rally at the
A report that aired on Springfield, MO CBS affiliate KOLR revealed another yet another ObamaCare contractor in which the employees are paid to do very little. The Rogers, AR Serco facility is much like the company’s Wentzville, MO facility and
Cooling temperatures and ocean breezes are providing welcome relief to hot, tired California firefighters who have spent the past week fighting fires across San Diego County. San Diego residents have been expressing their thanks for the firefighters’ heroic efforts. Atop
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Hillary Clinton would make a “spectacular candidate” for president in 2016. Bloomberg also praised former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL) and Govs. Chris Christie (R-NJ) and Scott
Sunday on “Face the Nation.” CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett gilled White House chief of staff Denis McDonough about the Veterans Affairs waiting list scandal. When Garrett repeatedly asked why in three weeks the president has not
The notorious and now bankrupt producer Joe Francis, 41, and former owner of the widely-known “Girls Gone Wild” videos was arrested on Friday evening on a misdemeanor assault charge when push literally came to shove with an employee at the
In Oakland, California’s inner city youth are reportedly suffering from a deeper and more complex version of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) called “Hood Disease,” which is affecting 30% of its kids, according to a report by the local CBS affiliate
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has formally approved the request of Pvt. Bradley Manning, convicted for leaking classified documents to Wikileaks, to be temporarily transferred out of military custody in order to undergo expensive hormone therapy and surgery to become a
The Christian Coalition of America blasted the elite press for their double standard regarding Michael Sam, who embraced his sexual orientation, and Tim Tebow, who openly embraced his Christian faith. Michele Combs, of Christian Coalition of America, told CBS St.
Wednesday night on the CBS’s “The Late Show,” host David Letterman told guest Barbara Walters that he regretted restlessly humiliating former President Bill Clinton intern Monica Lewinsky. Lettermen said he felt bad about his role in “pushing the humiliation to
Neil Patrick Harris says that CBS president Les Moonves asked him if he would be interested in replacing David Letterman on the “Late Show.” Harris said he turned the offer down fearing he would “get bored” with the repetition of
Following Wednesday’s announcement that Moody’s downgraded New Jersey’s credit rating from Aa3 to A1, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie blamed his two predecessors for the state’s economic predicament. Even though Moody’s announcement was the sixth downgrade in Christie’s five year
A group of four self-proclaimed female Catholic priests from Southern California who are part of a larger, international group of 180 women who were excommunicated are reportedly defying the Catholic Church by pushing to oversee the ordination of female priests despite
71 Point Gap: Critics Hate, Audiences Love ‘Mom’s Night Out’ With one exception, America’s elite critics brutalized the new Christian comedy “Mom’s Night Out.” Overall, only 15% of Rotten Tomato critics gave the film a positive review. A full 86%
One Bay Area woman’s extraordinary journey of perseverance and love has transformed the face of China’s orphanages Berkeley filmmaker and screenwriter Jenny Bowen’s non-profit organization, Half the Sky is now training every welfare worker and administrator in China to nurture
In an interview with Omaha CBS affiliate KMTV, victorious Republican senatorial hopeful Ben Sasse expressed his elation over his convincing Nebraska primary win, coming in with nearly 50 percent of the vote. But he added there was still more work
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CBS’s “Evening News,” network national correspondent Wyatt Andrews interviewed Chicago VA social worker and employee Germaine Clarno, who alleged there were multiple secret waiting lists of veterans kept at the Hines VA Medical Center in Hines,
In yet another case of liberal bias in television dramas, a TV show has portrayed a character as an associate of George W. Bush to “prove” to viewers that the character is the episode’s evil, murderous bad guy of the week.
On Monday, St. Louis CBS affiliate KMOV aired a report seeking answers as to why the Wentzville, MO facility for Serco, a government-contracted ObamaCare processing contractor, has 1,800 employees being paid to do very little. The report from KMOV’s Chris
Two black eyes, a missing tooth, and a bloodied nose and face are what Alfred McOsker, 79, received after his leg accidentally brushed up against a newer Hyundai while he was unloading groceries with his daughter in the parking lots of
On December 10 police officers in Miami Dade County, Florida, reportedly fired 377 rounds at two unarmed men inside a disabled Volvo, killing them both. According to CBS Miami, it all started when one of the men, Adrian Montesano, robbed
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren (D) more, or less denied being a socialist when asked by CBS’ Bob Schieffer today, although she didn’t really get into what exactly makes the charge false. Warren also declined to endorse Hillary Clinton for her
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-MI) took a shot at the Obama administration’s foreign policy.
