Parole recommended in 1976 Chowchilla kidnapping case
The recommendation came during Woods' 18th attempt to earn parole for what has been called the largest kidnapping in U.S. history.
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The recommendation came during Woods' 18th attempt to earn parole for what has been called the largest kidnapping in U.S. history.
Five days after 17 missionaries were kidnapped outside of Port-au-Prince, Haitians and international aid organizations continue to live and work under an ever-present threat of kidnapping and violence. Manuel Bojorquez has the latest.
Adam Fox was influenced by an FBI informant whom he met at a protest, not a mastermind of the 2020 plot, defense lawyer says.
Wearing a gray hoodie, Sherri Papini ran out the jail doors in Sacramento and dashed to a car past a throng of reporters and photographers.
Three suspects have been arrested in connection to her disappearance.
Police in New York made a bizarre discovery in a nearly three-year search for a missing girl. Police found Paislee Shultis in a secret room hidden under a staircase in a home with her non-custodial parents.
One of those missing is a former BBC correspondent who's spent decades covering the country, but the Taliban regime is pleading ignorance.
Kurt Groszhans said he left North Dakota to explore his Ukrainian heritage and invest in the country's agro-industry. Now he's facing charges of attempted murder and extortion.
A former candidate for governor is accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl. Does his decades-long fascination with the case mean he’s a true-crime junkie or a murderer? "48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger reports.
"While we rejoice at this release, our hearts are with the fifteen people who are still being held," the church group said.
Hope was fading after the 4-year-old vanished from her family's tent on a camping trip. When they found her, one senior officer said there wasn't "a dry eye in the house."
Linda O'Keefe was murdered in 1973 while the 11-year-old girl was on her way home from school. After decades of trying to solve the case, one California police department turned to an unusual tactic — telling her story in her own voice on Twitter. CBS News correspondent Tracy Smith joins CBSN to share her reporting.
An unverified video posted online appears to feature the leader of the "400 Mawozo" gang threatening to shoot all 17 of the hostages if $17 million in ransom isn't paid.
Residents in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince remain in a constant state of fear after criminal gangs have swept the area to fill the void of an unstable government.
A high-ranking Haitian government official says a gang that kidnapped 17 missionaries, including 16 Americans, is looking for $17 million for their release. Former U.S. Homeland Security Adviser Fran Townsend joins Elaine Quijano on CBSN's "Red & Blue" to discuss what to expect from this request.
Rampant poverty is at the heart of the chaotic crimewave sweeping the Caribbean nation, and the fate of 16 Americans now hangs in the balance.
The State Department and FBI are working to free missionaries who were kidnapped in Haiti. Sixteen of them are American and one is Canadian. CBS News national correspondent Manuel Bojorquez joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano from Port-au-Prince.
American officials and authorities in Haiti are working to rescue 17 kidnapped missionaries. CBS News correspondent Manuel Bojorquez reports from Port-au-Prince on the latest news from Haiti.
The group of 17 missionaries that was kidnapped by a gang is affiliated with Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries.
The missionaries were on their way home from building an orphanage, according to a message from Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries.
A Haitian gang has kidnapped 17 missionaries, including three children, who are associated with the Ohio-based group Christian Aid Ministries. Garry Pierre-Pierre, founder of the Haitian Times, joins Lana Zak on CBSN to explain what we know about the kidnapping.
Japan's Prime Minster Yoshihide Suga to step down later this month. In New Zealand, six people were stabbed in a supermarket attack. Dozens of students have been abducted in Nigeria. And North Korean leader Kim Jong Un demands a remedy to the country's food shortages. CBS News' Lucy Craft joined "CBSN AM" from Tokyo with more on these world headlines.
Garbin told prosecutors six men trained at his property, constructing a "shoot house" to resemble Whitmer's vacation home and "assaulting it with firearms."
After years of heartbreaking anticipation, a Chinese couple reunited with their kidnapped son who was abducted 24 years ago. The parents' relentless search inspired a movie in 2015, and the family is now living a happy ending of their own. Ramy Inocencio reports.
A mother thwarted a brazen attempt to kidnap her 5-year-old son in Queens, New York when she pulled her son out of the kidnappers' vehicle. The suspect, who has no connection to the boy or his family, was arrested and remains in custody. Michael George reports.