Washington — An Oklahoma man faces federal charges after allegedly sending hundreds of letters containing white powder to public officials and media outlets ahead of both the 2024 and 2026 elections. According to charging documents unsealed on Tuesday, Robin Patrick Martin allegedly sent more than 700 envelopes to public officials of both parties across the…
Authorities have captured a convicted murderer who evaded law enforcement for more than a week after escaping from a Tennessee prison. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced Tuesday that Jacob Morley was back in custody. He was arrested near Kansas City, Missouri, investigators said. “Thank you to the public for your assistance, vigilance, and the tips…
Five people, including two children, were rescued this week in the South Pacific island nation of Kiribati after three months drifting at sea in a 20-foot skiff, authorities said. Another four remained missing. Villagers rescued the group Sunday off Fanning Island in Kiribati, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported, after they had drifted an estimated 3,355 miles…
Berlin — Poland launched a large-scale security operation this week along its border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, the country’s national police chief said, and the Polish prime minister said the effort may have prevented a sabotage or provocation operation targeting the NATO member. Additional police and counterterrorism units, as well as troops from…
Tennessee National Guard troops in Memphis last summer trained their handguns on a man as he lay dying on a sidewalk after a guard member shot him in the back, video released Monday by county prosecutors shows. A Memphis police officer can be heard in the footage from an officer’s body camera calling for an…
The U.S. will mediate working-level talks between Ukrainian and Russian officials in November, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said Tuesday night. In a post on X, Witkoff said the discussions on Nov. 10 and 11 in Abu Dhabi would “focus on post-war security arrangements, de-escalation, humanitarian efforts, and next steps toward peace.” He added that…
The Trump administration has made plans to deport nearly 200 Afghan nationals by first sending them to Pakistan, where officials would then return the deportees to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, a U.S. official told CBS News. The official cautioned the plans are still in flux, and that it’s unclear when such deportations could take place. The Afghans…
The MSC Poesia cruise ship is currently detained with passengers on board at the Port of Miami, and its itinerary is on hold while the Coast Guard inspects the ship, Coast Guard officials tell CBS News. In a statement to CBS News on Monday, the Coast Guard said its teams “are verifying the cruise ship’s…
It began with a phone call. A grassroots write-in campaign had been launched weeks before Tuesday’s midterm election in an effort to keep longtime Alabama Sheriff Jay Jones in office. Jones was ousted in May by about 300 votes in a bitterly fought Republican primary in Lee County by a former sheriff’s deputy, Cameron Hunt. …
Dutch authorities are offering a record reward of 2 million euros ($2.2 million) for information leading to the arrest of Jos Leijdekkers, one of Europe’s most-wanted drug traffickers, currently hiding in Sierra Leone. The arrest of Leijdekkers, also known as “Bolle Jos” (“Chubby Jos”), is “the highest priority for the Public Prosecution Service and the…
