Roughly 178,000 OCTROT-brand heated blankets and throws are being recalled because they can catch fire or cause electrical shocks, according to federal safety regulators. The cord on the product can detach and ignite, posing a “risk of serious injury or death from fire, burn and shock hazards,” the Consumer Product Safety Commission said in a…
A “well fed” great white shark was videotaped eating the carcass of a humpback whale in rare footage, recently captured off the coast of Rhode Island. The Atlantic Shark Institute, a Rhode Island-based nonprofit organization that shared the video, said its executive director, Jon Dodd, was able to record the underwater encounter “in what just…
A man convicted of sexual assault and considered one of Rhode Island’s most wanted fugitives was arrested off the coast of New Jersey after over 20 years on the run, state officials said Thursday. Ronald L. Fischer fled Rhode Island during his criminal trial for first-degree sexual assault in 2005, CBS affiliate WPRI reported. He…
F-16 fighter jets on Sunday intercepted multiple planes that flew through restricted airspace over Bedminster and East Rutherford, New Jersey, the site of the World Cup final, military officials said. The jets deployed flares to catch the attention of some of the pilots of those planes, which may have been visible to people on the…
How the Secret Service is managing America 250 security: “We’re in a heightened threat environment” – CBS News Watch CBS News Saturday’s Fourth of July celebration on the National Mall is the first tagged as a “national special security event,” meaning a law enforcement presence akin to a Super Bowl or an inauguration. Nicole Sganga…
9/11: CBS Evening News – CBS News Watch CBS News Americans remember 9/11 25 years later; Fire chief shares his 9/11 story. Source link
A 35-year-old Venezuelan man who lived in Texas for years is now nearly 6,000 miles from his wife and 5-month-old American son after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported him to West Africa. Carlos Tellez Sanchez said he had never heard of Liberia until last week, when he found out he was being deported to…
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to repeal rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas, an action that Administrator Lee Zeldin has said would remove billions of dollars in costs for the industry and help “unleash” American energy. The rule change, proposed last year, could be…
Watch CBS News President Trump calls Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling “too bad”; extreme heat settling over U.S. heading into July Fourth. Source link
A deadly heat wave is melting records across Western Europe, and it’s predicted to get worse as brutal new highs hit the region. Chris Livesay reports from Paris, which once again hit triple digits on Wednesday. Source link
