New York — Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge on Wednesday to dismiss the drug trafficking indictment against them on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country. In papers filed in Manhattan federal court, lawyers for Maduro said a judge was…
After 31 years in education, one choice cost an Ohio principal his job – it’s a decision he says he does not regret. As principal of Lakota East High School in a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio, Rob Burnside sought different ways to engage with his students. Years ago, he would wear goofy-looking pants on Fridays…
Multi-platinum singer Becky G’s mission goes beyond music with her latest album. The global star said in an exclusive interview with “CBS Mornings” that visuals for her new music are where her advocacy and art “really came together.” “It was emotional for me,” she told “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King while reflecting on the music…
Don Nelson, the NBA’s three-time Coach of the Year and a five-time champion, has died at the age of 86, his family said in a statement. “On Sunday morning our beloved husband, dad, grandfather and great-grandfather Don Nelson peacefully went to be with the Lord, surrounded by his loving family,” the statement said. “Throughout his…
London — Jason Arday’s school teachers were clear with him as he grew up. Life was going to be tough. Arday was diagnosed with autism and a condition called global development delay at the age of just three. It meant he was unable to speak until he was 11, and he couldn’t read or write until…
A car drove into a crowd during Berlin’s famed LGBTQ+ parade on Saturday, killing one person and injuring at least 15, prompting police to call off the event in the German capital hours after it had begun. Police said some of the victims had life-threatening injuries. Firefighters and ambulances were out with many emergency staffers…
Two moms are speaking out as they grapple with an unimaginable revelation — that nearly 40 years ago, in 1988, their sons were allegedly switched at birth. Elizabeth O’Toole said she felt shocked when she learned that her son, Jeremy Morrison, wasn’t biologically her child. “It felt surreal,” she said. “I mean it really didn’t feel…
After surviving the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history and presiding over multiple funerals for his slain congregants, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers struggled to pray. “There was this emptiness to it,” recalls Myers, of Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh. He turned to the biblical Book of Psalms — its hymns, poetry and prayers covering “the entire…
