Three men accused of killing two Australian surfers and an American at a Mexican surfing hotspot went on trial Monday, two years after their killings in a suspected robbery. Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, 30 and 33, respectively, and their 30-year-old American friend Jack Carter Rhoad were on a surfing trip to Mexico’s Pacific…
Opening statements are set to kick off Tuesday in a pivotal trial for Meta Platforms in a California federal court, where states are seeking billions of dollars in damages for social media harms to children. Attorneys general from California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey are seeking a financial penalty that could, in theory, total as…
The U.S. Army said Friday it is temporarily halting Apache helicopter training flights after two soldiers were killed earlier this week in a crash near Fort Hood, Texas. “The stand-down will remain in effect until we have a better understanding of the root cause of the accident,” the Army said in a statement. The AH-64…
Two people were killed when a U.S. Army Apache helicopter from Fort Hood crashed in Salado, Texas, on Wednesday, local authorities said. Bell County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Bill Coleman said the two people were on board the helicopter, and they were pronounced dead at the scene around 2:30 p.m. local time. Coleman said the helicopter…
Michele Tafoya, a former television sports reporter, is the winner of the Republican nomination for Senate in the Minnesota primary election, CBS News projects. Tafoya will face Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan in November, who won the Democratic nomination. Tafoya, when she announced her candidacy in January, said Minnesota was “in a crisis.” Her campaign…
The Illinois Prisoner Review Board on Friday denied a bid for medical release from Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy convicted of second-degree murder in the 2024 killing of Sonya Massey. The decision means Grayson, who is roughly six months into a 20-year prison sentence, will remain behind bars. Attorneys Ben Crump and…
