Man accused in "honor killings" of 2 teen daughters takes the stand
The sisters' great-aunt has called the deaths an "honor killing," in which a woman is murdered by a relative to protect her family's honor.
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The sisters' great-aunt has called the deaths an "honor killing," in which a woman is murdered by a relative to protect her family's honor.
Testimony showed Prible shot Herrera and his fiancée before setting her body on fire. The children died from smoke inhalation.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is criticizing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over the busing of migrants to his city. Dozens of migrants from South and Central America have arrived in Manhattan since Friday, straining resources.
On Friday a jury in Texas decided to punish Alex Jones for his on-air rants claiming that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. CBS News legal analyst Rikki Kleiman talks with correspondent Martha Teichner about Jones' continuing legal problems.
The former president also pushed his baseless election claims and bashed his enemies to the crowd of the Republican faithful.
A jury in Texas has ordered the right-wing conspiracy broadcaster Alex Jones to pay over $4 million in compensatory damages to the family of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting. They sued him for defamation and testified that his false claims that the shooting was a hoax made their lives "a living hell." CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson joins Robert Costa with more on the breaking news.
Missed the second half of the show? The latest on background check measures with Senator Chris Murphy, gun control with U.S. Rep. Val Demings, reflecting on the desensitization of school shootings, and Parkland survivor and mother of Sandy Hook victim talk gun control.
People are outraged over law enforcement's response to Tuesday's shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. CBS News' Omar Villafranca explains why the investigation is now turning to the police response.
The Department of Justice has launched a review of the law enforcement response to the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden paid their respects in Uvalde on Sunday. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca joined Lana Zak to discuss the latest.
Activists gathered in Houston Saturday to protest the National Rifle Association's annual convention in the wake of the Texas school shooting. CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa joins CBS News' Lana Zak from Houston to discuss the event and how it has been impacted by Tuesday's massacre.
The teenage sisters were found shot multiple times in a cab outside a motel in Irving, Texas.
A federal judge sentenced Guy Reffitt, the Texas man convicted of bringing a handgun to the Capitol during the January 6 attack, to 87 months in prison, the longest sentence related to the riot so far. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has details on the breaking news, followed by comments from Reffitt's daughters outside the courthouse.
Twenty-four migrants from Latin America bussed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott have arrived in Washington, D.C. Abbott and President Biden are feuding over administration COVID policy. More than 150 homes and other structures have been destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire in New Mexico. And Allyson Felix of the U.S. , the most-decorated track-and-field athlete in Olympic history, says she’ll retire after one last season.
The Senate will vote next week on legislation that would enshrine abortion rights into federal law. The bill - destined to fail in the divided Senate - is Democrats’ latest reaction to the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on a crucial abortion case. Dave Chappelle's accused attacker has been charged with four misdemeanor counts, but no felonies. And in a bargain of historical proportions, a Texas woman picked up a 2,000-year-old sculpture that once belonged to a king from a Goodwill shop for $35.
Parts of Yellowstone National Park will start reopening to a restricted number of visitors this week after historic flooding knocked out roads and bridges, but the northern area will remain closed. People in Odessa, Texas can safely drink their tap water again after a water main break last Monday forced them to boil it first. And, “Jurassic World: Dominion” roared into the top spot at the box office for the second straight weekend, raking in an estimated 58 million dollars.
The death toll has been growing in the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. At least 19 children and two adults were killed by an 18-year-old gunman, authorities say. CBS News projects Gov. Brian Kemp will win the GOP primary for his post over Trump-backed former Sen. David Perdue. And CBS News projects that Herschel Walker, the Trump-endorsed former football star, will win the Republican nomination to take on incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock.
A young man who lives across the street from the Texas elementary school where 19 children and 2 teachers were killed tells The Associated Press he urged police to charge into the school when he saw the gunman run in. He claims the officers did not go in. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed this country's strictest abortion law. And Boeing's Starliner capsule landed back on Earth just four hours after leaving the International Space Station.
The Uvalde, Texas school district might fire its police chief at a meeting scheduled for Saturday. The schools superintendent is recommending it, according to an agenda for the meeting. Tonight’s primetime Jan. 6 hearing is expected to focus on what former President Trump was doing during the riot at the capitol. And Prince William and Duchess Kate Middleton say they're going to Boston in December for an awards ceremony honoring finalists taking on environmental challenges.
At least 46 people have been found dead in a tractor-trailer near San Antonio that had no working air conditioning. It’s believed to have been a human smuggling operation. Three people were taken into custody. Ghislaine Maxwell is set to be sentenced in Manhattan federal court for helping Jeffrey Epstein abuse girls. And Russia has scheduled a trial for WNBA star Britney Griner for Friday on attempted drug smuggling charges.
Voters in five states are heading to the polls for primaries Tuesday, but the key race to watch is in the battleground state of Georgia, where Republican Gov. Brian Kemp is opposing Trump-endorsed former Sen. David Perdue. There are also critical Republican primaries in Alabama and tests for both progressives and the Bush political dynasty in Texas. Starbucks is closing all its stores in Russia over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. And New York City's last remaining pay phone has been removed. It next heads to a museum.
Several homes were destroyed near Dallas by a grass fire apparently sparked by a lawnmower in 103-degree heat. Ghislaine Maxwell is back in Florida - but this time - to serve a 20 year prison sentence. She’s in a low security prison in Tallahassee. And the Mega Millions jackpot has grown to $810 million dollars – the game’s third-biggest ever.
Following in Texas’ footsteps, Oklahoma lawmakers have approved legislation that bans abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy. Congress is moving toward empowering the Federal Trade Commission to crack down more on oil and gas companies. And James Corden announced he’s leaving "The Late Late Show" in the spring of 2023.
A Ukrainian military official is pleading for help from the international community to get wounded military members out of a besieged steel plant in Mariupol after all civilians were successfully rescued. Police in Maine are investigating after two people were hit and killed by an Amtrak train. And the graduating class at Wiley College is debt free after an anonymous donor paid the student's loan balances ahead of their commencement. The historically Black college in Texas is notably the real-life inspiration for the film “The Great Debaters.”
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is now skipping the National Rifle Association convention in Houston. He’ll instead address the group via video and hold a news conference in Uvalde, days after the school shooting there. Closing arguments are on tap in the Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard trial. And it’s the unofficial start of summer. Thirty-nine million people are expected to travel this Memorial Day weekend despite sky high gas prices.
For the past two decades, the museum has told the story of slavery and emancipation, and celebrated the accomplishments of African Americans throughout Texas — but now, it's about to make room for a bigger project.