Wrongfully convicted Massachusetts man freed after 27 years

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 01:40:31 -0500

A Massachusetts man who spent over two decades in prison for what a court is calling a wrongful murder and armed robbery conviction has been released from prison

With jury set, Potter trial turns to opening statements

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 01:22:50 -0500

Two views of the Minnesota police officer who killed Daunte Wright will collide in opening statements at her manslaughter trial

Scott Peterson faces new life sentence in wife's 2002 death

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 00:41:14 -0500

Scott Peterson is set to be resentenced to life in prison in the 2002 slayings of his pregnant wife and unborn son

Today in History

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 00:00:55 -0500

Today in History Today is Wednesday, Dec. 8, the 342nd day of 2021. There are 23 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 8, 1941, the United States entered World War II as Congress declared war against Imperial Japan, a day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. On this date: In 1813, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92, was first performed in Vienna, with Beethoven himself conducting. In 1886, the American Federation of Labor was founded in Columbus, Ohio. In 1949, the Chinese Nationalist government moved from the Chinese mainland to Formosa as the Communists pressed their attacks. In 1972, a United Airlines Boeing 737 crashed while attempting to land at Chicago-Midway Airport, killing 43 of the 61 people on board, as well as two people on the ground; among the dead were Dorothy Hunt, wife of Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt, U.S. Rep. George W. Collins, D-Ill., and CBS News correspondent Michele Clark. In 1980, rock star and former...

Test feeding plan in works for starving Florida manatees

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 23:25:08 -0500

Normally giving food to wild animals is considered off limits

Zuckerberg, Chan to invest up to $3.4B for science advances

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 23:25:56 -0500

A spokesperson for the company that runs the philanthropy of Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, said the company is investing up to $3.4 billion to advance human health over 10 to 15 years

Ex-Montana police chief pleads guilty to child porn charge

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 23:31:36 -0500

A former Montana police chief has pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography via social media

6 charged with running deadly Mexico-based kidnapping ring

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 23:41:24 -0500

Federal officials say six people have been charged in Los Angeles with running a Mexico-based kidnapping ring that took nine people hostage and demanded ransom from their U.S. relatives but killed six of the victims

Woman says Maxwell abused her at age 14

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 22:02:49 -0500

One of Ghislaine Maxwell’s accusers says the British socialite once felt her naked 14-year-old body before telling her it would be a “great body” for financier Jeffrey Epstein and his friends

NTSB: Poor planning led to deadly Texas pipeline blast

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 23:43:24 -0500

Federal investigators say a dredge operator’s inadequate communication, planning, and risk management likely led to a propane pipeline blast at a Texas port that killed five people last year