Thank you and farewell to Elizabeth Palmer after nearly 3 decades at CBS News – CBS News Watch CBS News Senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer is retiring after nearly three decades at CBS News. Here are a few of her highlights. Source link
For decades, former Louisiana police officer Herbert Joiner used a brown leather briefcase to store the records, clippings and clues he had collected about a case that had haunted him since 1982 — the brutal gang rape and murder and 16-year-old Roxanne Sharp. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles … Read more
Four men have been arrested and charged in the 1982 rape and murder of 16-year-old Roxanne Sharp — a case that went cold for more than four decades before DNA testing and a true-crime podcast cracked it open. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Sharp’s body … Read more
PHILADELPHIA — Every day, visitors from around the world make their way to the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art — not necessarily for the galleries inside, but for a statue of a fictional boxer from South Philadelphia. The bronze figure of Rocky Balboa — arms raised in victory, clad in boxing trunks and … Read more
President Donald Trump on Thursday bemoaned to reporters the surge of interest in gambling and prediction markets in recent years, but he and his administration have been all in on the phenomenon, an NBC News review shows. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “You know, the … Read more
Drought conditions in Florida are forcing the state into its worst fire season in decades. Wilton Simpson, Florida’s commissioner of agriculture, joins CBS News with more details. Source link
DENVER — A judge on Tuesday threw out the first-degree murder conviction of a man found guilty in the death of his then-girlfriend’s 4-month-old daughter nearly 30 years ago because of new evidence in the case. Stephen Martinez was convicted in 2000 and sentenced to life in prison after prosecutors argued he had beaten Heather … Read more
Rare novels by authors like John Keats, Oscar Wilde, and James Joyce have been recovered in NYC after being stolen decades ago. Source link
Meenu Batra came to the U.S. nearly 35 years ago. Batra and her lawyers say she has always worked and lived legally in the U.S. But one month ago, the courtroom interpreter and mother of four was detained by ICE agents. She and her family spoke exclusively to CBS News. Source link
Brownsville, Texas — In the Batra family home near Brownsville, Texas, siblings Amrita, Lucas, Aaryan and Jasper are making lunch without their mother, 53-year-old Meenu Batra. “It doesn’t feel right being in here without her,” Amrita told CBS News. Meenu Batra, a single mother of four adult U.S. citizens, was arrested March 17 by federal … Read more