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Tipster using Reddit was key in cracking Brown University shooting case, police say
Providence, R.I. — Information from a tipster who had a strange encounter with another man on a sidewalk outside Brown University was key to police identifying the suspect they believe killed two students at the school and then two days later gunned down a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor. Known only as “John” in a […]
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An Orange County police department gets creative to fight porch pirates | CBS News California Investigates
A recent study found porch pirates steal about a quarter of a million dollars’ worth of packages nationwide every day, and an Orange County police department is getting creative in fighting back. One in four Americans, or 64 million people, has had a package stolen at some point, and 9 million adults have had a […]
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“Fraud tourists” traveled to Minnesota after a friend told them state programs were “a good opportunity to make money,” prosecutors say
Federal prosecutors announced new indictments Thursday in the widening Minnesota fraud scandal, this time involving two Philadelphia-based men accused of traveling to Minneapolis after a friend told them the taxpayer-funded programs there presented “a good opportunity to make money.” Anthony Waddell Jefferson and Lester Brown are accused of siphoning millions from federally funded programs administered […]
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Brian Walshe sentenced to life in prison for his wife's murder
Brian Walshe, the Massachusetts man convicted of killing his wife on New Year’s Day in 2023, has been sentenced to life in prison. CBS News Boston’s Penny Kmitt reports.
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Powerball jackpot hits estimated $1.5 billion after no ticket won grand prize of roughly $1.25 billion
The Powerball jackpot leaped to an estimated $1.5 billion after no one won Wednesday night’s pot of gold of approximately $1.25 billion. The winning numbers for that grand prize were 25, 33, 53, 62 and 66 with a Powerball of 17. The new jackpot has an estimated cash value of $686.5 million, Powerball said. The […]
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Trump is delivering a prime-time address to the nation tonight. Here’s how to watch and what to expect.
Washington — President Trump is delivering a prime-time address to the nation live from the White House beginning at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday night. “My Fellow Americans: I will be giving an ADDRESS TO THE NATION tomorrow night, LIVE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, at 9 P.M. EST.,” he wrote on Truth Social Tuesday afternoon. […]
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Nick Reiner, Rob Reiner’s son, appears in court; arraignment set for Jan. 7 in killing of his parents
Nick Reiner appeared in a Los Angeles court on Wednesday over the killing of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. After brief proceedings, his arraignment was postponed until Jan. 7, defense attorney Alan Jackson told reporters. The judge instructed cameras not to film Reiner, CBS News’ Adam Yamaguchi reported. Reiner was behind a glass […]
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Bondi Beach suspects reportedly trained in the Philippines, where there’s a decades-old Islamist insurgency
The father and son suspects in the terror attack on Jewish people gathered for a Hanukkah event in Bondi Beach, Australia, spent most of November in the Philippines, police said Tuesday. Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, meanwhile, that the attack was “motivated by ISIS ideology.” New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon told reporters […]
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House won’t vote on health care tax credit extension, angering GOP moderates
Washington — The House won’t vote this week on an extension to the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium subsidies, which lapse at the end of the year. An 11th-hour effort by moderate Republicans to put an extension on the floor for a vote failed Tuesday night, when the House Rules Committee blocked several of the […]
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Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by ICE
Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said federal immigration agents pulled over her son on Saturday and asked him to prove his citizenship. “Yesterday, after he made a stop at Target, he did get pulled over by [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] agents, and once he was able to produce his passport ID, they did let […]
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