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The victim in the fatal car crash with Little Women: Atlanta‘s Melissa Hancock was a member of the United States Coast Guard who was on his way to pick up his wife.

Early Sunday morning, Hancock — who appeared in a few episodes of season 2 of the Lifetime reality series — was allegedly driving westbound on the I-264 in the eastbound lanes when her 2011 Cadillac struck Daniel Dill’s 2009 Mazda head on. Dill was transported to Virginia Beach General Hospital, where he died of his injuries Sunday. He was 29.

Dill’s sister, Kelly Vazquez, tells People that he served in the...

One of the two Wisconsin girls who stabbed a classmate 19 times to appease the fictional online character “Slenderman” sobbed in court on Thursday as she recounted the 2014 attack during a hearing that ended with the 15-year-old pleading guilty to attempted homicide.

Morgan Geyser was committed to a state mental hospital following Thursday’s plea, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The teen has been receiving treatment at the same state facility for the last two years.

Geyser accepted a plea deal from prosecutors. Under the terms of the deal, she will avoid prison, the paper reports.

In August, Geyser’s co-defendant,...

A California McDonald’s cashier was arrested on September 4 after she allegedly gave birth inside a bathroom stall and tried to flush the newborn baby down the toilet.

Sarah Lockner has been charged with attempted murder and is being held on $11 million bail, People confirms. The 25-year-old remains in custody in the San Mateo County Jail.

According to prosecutors, Lockner was at work when she began to complain of stomach pains and visited the bathroom numerous times, CBS reports.

A coworker told Redwood City Police that she went into the bathroom to check on Lockner. The coworker said she saw blood on the floor,...

Police said a body found in a North Dakota river on Sunday is that of a 22-year-old woman who was eight months pregnant when she went missing earlier this month, police confirmed in a press conference.

Savanna Lafontaine-Greywind‘s body was found wrapped in plastic and hung on a log in the Red River near Harwood just before 6 p.m., Fargo Police Chief David Todd announced in a Sunday night news conference, according to CBS News.

Authorities said kayakers first spotted the remains and called police, CBS reports. Investigators then began searching a nearby farmstead which authorities said may be a crime scene.

The father of Justine Damond, the Australian bride-to-be who was fatally shot last month by Minneapolis police after she called 911, spoke out about his grief at a memorial service for his slain daughter.

“Justine should not have died … this is wrong on every level,” her father, John Ruszcyk, told the crowd while fighting back tears, the Star Tribune reports. “We seek justice for Justine. We are determined to get justice for Justine, because in getting justice for her, we will be getting justice for all of us.”

The memorial service took place nearly a month after the 40-year-old yoga and...

An Iowa man is accused of killing his stepsister and her cousin in a fatal house fire, according to multiple reports.

Patrick Ryan Thompson, 26, of Ames, was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted murder and one count of arson on Wednesday for a May house fire, CBS reports.

Cousins Shakiah Cockerham, 16, and 12-year-old Melanie “Paige” Exline, both of Guthrie Center, died May 15 after their home was engulfed in flames, Kcci reports.

The fire was allegedly started as a result of family drama, the outlet reports.

“This family has been torn for a long time,...

A 49-year-old father was fatally stabbed Sunday night when he allegedly tried to protect his son while breaking up a fight between two groups of juveniles outside his Michigan home, officials said.

“ was a bystander caught in the wrong place at the wrong time,” Huron Township Police Chief Everette Robbins told reporters at a Monday press conference. “He was trying to help his son out and, unfortunately, lost his life over it.”

Police arrested an 18-year-old man in connection with the incident, but his name has not been released, according to reports. Calls to the police department had not been returned.

Federal authorities are investigating the mysterious death of a 39-year-old woman who died on an Alaska-bound cruise ship on Tuesday after an alleged domestic dispute, People confirms.

Kristy Manzanares, from Utah, died on the Emerald Princess cruise ship, an FBI official confirms to People. Although few details have been released about the situation, Princess Cruises officials said the dispute occurred at around 9 p.m. and resulted in the woman’s death, ABC reports.

“They just said, ‘Security breach! Security breach!’ ” one witness, Jen Larson, told ABC News. “We could tell by the sound of his voice that it was something really scary and really serious.

A suspect in an unrelated rape case is a person of interest in the December disappearance of Michigan woman Danielle Stislicki — and police are searching the park in which the man allegedly raped another woman, according to the Farmington Hills Police Department.

Stislicki, 28, hasn’t been seen since she left her office in Southfield the night of Dec. 2. She was supposed to stop home before meeting a friend for dinner, but never showed up to the dinner.

According to a press release from the Farmington Hills Police Department, police believe Stislicki is dead.

Click on Detroit reports that the FBI,...

A former Airbnb host who canceled a guest’s stay and sent her racist messages will be fined $5,000 and made to attend a college course in Asian-American studies.

The home-sharing network banned the host from its site following the event in April. Now, CBS reports, further action has been taken by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing against the individual, who they name as Tami Baker.

UCLA law student Dyne Suh, 25, had her reservation canceled just before she arrived to her Airbnb in Big Bear Lake, California, after receiving a series of racist messages from the property’s host,...

More details have come to light surrounding the tragic suicide bombing at Monday night’s Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England.

The Greater Manchester Police have revealed that an arrest has been made in connection to the incident, which left 22 dead in addition to the bomber and 59 injured.

Watch: Ariana Grande Manchester Concert Tragedy: New Details Emerge as the Death Toll Rises

“With regards to last night’s incident at the Manchester arena, we can confirm we have arrested a 23-year-old man in South Manchester,” the police department’s official Twitter account wrote.

According to several reports, more arrests are expected in the coming days. CBS reports that the terror group Isis has claimed responsibility for the attack, though those claims have not been substantiated at this time.

Queen Elizabeth released an official statement early Tuesday, responding to the horrific attacks.

“I know I speak for everyone in expressing my deepest sympathy to all who have been...

Police in Hollywood, Florida, had a very sick dog on their hands.

According to CBS Miami, who reported the story, the small Yorkie, now named Hollywood, was dumped at the station last week by a woman who “said she had to go to work, said she was busy,” recalled Rose Mone from the Hollywood Police Department.

The extremely ill pup couldn’t walk, the story said, and was in dire need of attention.

“I knew he needed help right away because he was not going to make it through the day,” Mone told the station.

Fearing the worst, she reached...

A man fatally shot three people in downtown Fresno, California, during a Tuesday morning spree at four different locations, authorities allege.

Kori Ali Muhammad, 39, allegedly fired 16 shots beginning at about 10:45 a.m., the Los Angeles Times reports.

When he was arrested, Muhammad allegedly dove on the ground and yelled “Allahu Akbar,” which means “God is great” in Arabic, Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer told reporters at a press conference.

Dyer called the attack “a random act of violence” and said it was too early to say if the alleged attack was terrorism, but said, “Certainly by the statement that...

An 11-year-old Massachusetts girl suffered blistering burns to her hands after making “slime” at her home last week, prompting many to wonder if the popular homemade gooey concoction is safe for children.

Kathleen Quinn, of Rockland, said her hands began to feel really “hot and tingly” after she used Elmer’s Glue, water and the household cleaner Borax to make the do-it-yourself slime at her kitchen table, CBS News reports.

“She was like crying in pain, ‘My hands hurt, my hands hurt,’ ” Siobhan Quinn, Kathleen’s mother, told CBS. “And we looked at them and they were covered in blisters.

The city of New Orleans agreed to pay $13.3 million to settle lawsuits with 17 plaintiffs who sued the city for wrongful deaths and injuries caused by police during Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath in 2005, officials said.

“Today, we acknowledge a dark moment in our history. The brutal Henry Glover, Danziger Bridge and Raymond Robair incidents left us all disappointed and ashamed,” said New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu during a press conference Monday.

“On behalf of the City, we are so sorry these families have had to endure this hurt. After over 11 years, we have reached a settlement with these victims and...

Rosie O’Donnell has extended a social-media olive branch to First Lady-to-be Melania Trump, apologizing for speculating that Trump’s 10-year-old son is autistic. O’Donnell apologized to Trump on Thursday via Twitter, the same platform through which she spread the speculation. “I apologize to @Melaniatrump – i was insensitive in my Rt – i am sorry for the pain i caused – it was not my intent – i am truly sorry,” O’Donnell wrote, CBS reports. (“The View” alum O’Donnell has since set her Twitter account to private.) Also Read: Barron Trump Autism Video YouTuber Yanks Clip, Issues Apology O’Donnell came under heavy fire for.

A manhunt was in progress for his capture after he allegedly fatally shot a San Antonio police officer. But hours before his arrest, Otis Tyrone McKane made a trip to the Bexar County Courthouse — to get married.

According to a marriage certificate obtained by People, McKane, 31, and Christian Chanel Fields were issued a marriage license at 9:27 a.m. on Monday — seven hours before he was captured and charged with the capital murder of Det. Benjamin Marconi.

San Antonio police said Marconi, 50, was writing out a ticket in his patrol vehicle at around 11:45 a.m. on Sunday when the...

Texas police are searching for a gunman who allegedly fatally shot an officer as he sat in his patrol car outside of the police department’s headquarters on Sunday, People confirms.

San Antonio police said Ben Marconi, 50, was writing out a ticket in his patrol vehicle at around 11:45 a.m. when the gunman drove up beside him in a black car and allegedly fired two shots into the vehicle, striking Marconi in the head. The suspect allegedly fled the scene and Marconi was pronounced dead later at a hospital.

“We consider the suspect to be extremely dangerous and a...

Police suspect foul play after a Connecticut man vanished over the weekend during a visit to New York City with friends, according to multiple reports.

Joey Comunale, 26, was last seen on surveillance video entering the Grand Sutton, a luxury apartment building in Manhattan, early Sunday morning, according to NBC New York. He has not been seen since, and his father later reported him missing.

N.Y.C. police investigators have found bloody clothing and sheets and a luggage cart with blood on it at the apartment building, according to NBC. The bedding and clothing were found outside the building, where...

Former Suffolk County, New York, Police Chief James Burke was sentenced Wednesday to 46 months in federal prison after covering up the revenge beating of a man who stole a duffel bag filled with sex toys and pornography from his SUV, People confirms.

Burke had pleaded guilty in February to a civil rights violation and conspiracy to obstruct justice, and he was also sentenced Wednesday to three years of supervised release.

Burke, 52, had led one of the country’s largest suburban police departments after becoming chief in 2012. Then he was accused of assaulting probationer Christopher Loeb, who had been arrested for...

Authorities say it’s a “miracle” that two little boys survived a 100-foot fall Monday night from a New Jersey bridge that killed their apparently disgruntled father after he leapt from the structure with the children in his arms.

John Spincken, 37, was pronounced dead at the scene after he jumped from an overpass near the Wanaque River on Interstate 287 following an argument with his wife, police tell People.

But his children — ages 1 and 3 — survived the fall, a fact Pequannock police Capt. Christopher DePuyt says has left authorities a little stunned.

“They did make contact with some trees and foliage on the way to the ground,...

While family, friends and fans continue to come to terms with the tragic death of 24-year-old Miami Marlins pitcher José Fernández, new details have emerged about how he spent his final hours alive. Fernández and his two high school friends - Emilio Macia, 27 and Eduardo Rivero, 25 - were spotted at the popular Miami waterfront bar American Social Bar and Kitchen before all three were killed in a boating accident Sunday morning. "Jose Fernandez was a guest at American Social. We would like to extend our sincerest condolences, thoughts and prayers to the families and friends who share in the loss...

Sandra Bland's family has reached a $1.9 million settlement in their wrongful death suit against local and state authorities in Texas, following Bland's controversial jail death in custody last year, according to multiple reports. What's more, the settlement stipulates a series of procedure changes at the Texas jail where Bland died, including an around-the-clock nurse, according to these reports. The Waller County jail and the Texas Department of Public Safety will pay the family and cover the costs of changing the procedures, CBS reports, citing the family's attorney, Cannon Lambert. Authorities say Bland, 28, hung herself in her jail cell in July...

Sandra Bland's family has reached a $1.9 million settlement in their wrongful death suit against local and state authorities in Texas, following Bland's controversial jail death in custody last year, according to multiple reports. What's more, the settlement stipulates a series of procedure changes at the Texas jail where Bland died, including an around-the-clock nurse, according to these reports. The Waller County jail and the Texas Department of Public Safety will pay the family and cover the costs of changing the procedures, CBS reports, citing the family's attorney, Cannon Lambert. Authorities say Bland, 28, hung herself in her jail cell in July...

Chris Brown's latest run-in with the law saw the singer in an hours-long standoff with police and a social media outpouring in the star's defense. The 27-year-old was released on bail Tuesday after being arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. Here's everything you need to know about Brown's latest legal drama. He Was Involved in a Nearly 10-Hour Standoff with PoliceAt around 3 a.m. on Tuesday, police showed up at Brown's Los Angeles home in response to a 911 call from a woman claiming he had threatened her with a gun, the Los Angeles Times reported. Brown remained...

Chris Brown's latest run-in with the law saw the singer in an hours-long standoff with police and a social media outpouring in the star's defense. The 27-year-old was released on bail Tuesday after being arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. Here's everything you need to know about Brown's latest legal drama. He Was Involved in a Nearly 10-Hour Standoff with PoliceAt around 3 a.m. on Tuesday, police showed up at Brown's Los Angeles home in response to a 911 call from a woman claiming he had threatened her with a gun, the Los Angeles Times reported. Brown remained...

[Youtube "K678kE_bZq8"] Donald Trump is attempting to woo African-American voters. During a Friday rally in Minnesota, the Gop presidential nominee offered his summary of black voters to the crowd in an effort to appeal to minorities. "I say it again: What do you have to lose?" Trump said. "Look, what do you have to lose? You're living in poverty. Your schools are no good. You have no jobs. 58 percent of your youth is unemployed. What the hell do you have to lose?" While the statement turned some heads on social media, CBS reports that his majority white crowd cheered in response. Although...

A New York man is accused of holding an 81-year-old veteran with dementia hostage in a motel for years and abusing him in order to collect the man's pension and Social Security checks, according to multiple reports. Officers arrested 43-year-old Perry Coniglio on Tuesday and charged him with grand larceny, unlawful imprisonment and other offenses for allegedly holding the Marine Corps veteran captive in a motel in Highlands for at least four years, according to CBS News. Police said that Coniglio allegedly received three checks each month and used physical force to get the elderly man to cooperate with him,...

A New York man is accused of holding an 81-year-old veteran with dementia hostage in a motel for years and abusing him in order to collect the man's pension and Social Security checks, according to multiple reports. Officers arrested 43-year-old Perry Coniglio on Tuesday and charged him with grand larceny, unlawful imprisonment and other offenses for allegedly holding the Marine Corps veteran captive in a motel in Highlands for at least four years, according to CBS News. Police said that Coniglio allegedly received three checks each month and used physical force to get the elderly man to cooperate with him,...

Oscar Pistorius, the former Olympic and Paralympic star, has been sentenced to six years in prison for murder by a South African judge. The 29-year-old double-amputee, who became known the world over as the "Blade Runner," faced up to 15 years in prison for fatally shooting his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp through a bathroom door of his home in 2013. On Wednesday, Judge Thokozile Masipa said Pistorius had become a "fallen hero" and that his remorse for the shooting was a compelling reason for leniency, the Associated Press reports. "He's a fallen hero, he's lost his career and he's ruined financially. The...

19-year-old Julian Hernandez was kidnapped as a boy, but has since forgiven the man who took him - his father. According to local news site Cleveland.com, Julian took the stand on Wednesday, testifying on his father's behalf, despite being taken from his mother's home by his dad, Bobby Hernandez, in 2002 when he was just 5 years old. "He loved me and protected me more than anybody else could during my life," Julian said in court. "I don't know what else to say other than do not send my father to jail. Even if other people can't, I forgive him for what he's done.

Ingrid Lyne, a Washington state mother of three who went missing on Friday, has been assumed dead by Seattle police, People confirms. In a press conference on Monday, Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole said that remains found in a recycling bin in a south Seattle residential neighborhood on Saturday are assumed to belong to Lyne. Although police say that all evidence points to the remains being those of the missing victim, confirmation from the medical examiner is still pending. Authorities have arrested John Robert Charleton - who was staying at a residence in Snohomish County, Washington - in connection with Lyne's murder.

12-year-old Aiden Stein has died after spending nearly his entire life in a vegetative state, according to a report. Aiden died on Sunday at a hospital in Columbus, Ohio, 12 years after he was rushed to the hospital as a 4-month-old following an incident that left him unconscious, the Associated Press reports. Upon arriving at the hospital, Aiden's father Matthew Stein, who was 21 at the time, told personnel that his son had lost consciousness. According to the AP, a doctor diagnosed Aiden with a traumatic brain injury, which was consistent with child abuse and three doctors later testified that the infant's...

Almost two years after his death, a San Francisco tunnel named after Robin Williams, is officially complete. Formerly called the Waldo tunnel, the new Robin Williams Tunnel connects the Golden Gate Bridge to Marin County in the bay area. According to a local CBS station, the new signs honoring the late comedian went up on Tuesday. The proposal to change the name was reportedly made last year by assemblyman Marc Levine, and later signed by Governor Jerry Brown. The Robin Williams tunnel gets official: https://t.co/ORwUS5Ypy7 pic.twitter.com/wJIMdIdZn3— SFGate (@SFGate) March 1, 2016 Money to fund the...

Almost two years after his death, a San Francisco tunnel named after Robin Williams, is officially complete. Formerly called the Waldo tunnel, the new Robin Williams Tunnel connects the Golden Gate Bridge to Marin County in the bay area. According to a local CBS station, the new signs honoring the late comedian went up on Tuesday. The proposal to change the name was reportedly made last year by assemblyman Marc Levine, and later signed by Governor Jerry Brown. The Robin Williams tunnel gets official: https://t.co/ORwUS5Ypy7 pic.twitter.com/wJIMdIdZn3— SFGate (@SFGate) March 1, 2016 Money to fund the...

Kyle Damato-Kushel, the former teachers aide awaiting trial for an alleged sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy she once taught as a preschool student, has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two other teens. Trumbull, Connecticut, police arrested Damato-Kushel for the latest charges after they say they learned that the 46-year-old allegedly had sexual relations with two teens at a local Marriott hotel in August of 2014, a press release states. (The alleged sexual relationship she is currently on trial for took place between 2013 and 2015.) The victims of the latest alleged sexual assault were 15 and 16 years old. • Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage?...

Kyle Damato-Kushel, the former teachers aide awaiting trial for an alleged sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy she once taught as a preschool student, has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two other teens. Trumbull, Connecticut, police arrested Damato-Kushel for the latest charges after they say they learned that the 46-year-old allegedly had sexual relations with two teens at a local Marriott hotel in August of 2014, a press release states. (The alleged sexual relationship she is currently on trial for took place between 2013 and 2015.) The victims of the latest alleged sexual assault were 15 and 16 years old. • Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage?...

Many journalists have pressed Donald Trump and his campaign on the Gop presidential frontrunner’s claim that “thousands and thousands” of New Jersey Muslims cheered while watching the World Trade Center towers collapse on 9/11. They’ve relied on the basic journalistic premise that a handful of celebrating Muslims — as multiple sources have confirmed — is far different than thousands. But two stories posted Wednesday on Breitbart.com, including one headlined “Trump 100% Vindicated: CBS Reports ‘Swarm’ On Rooftops Celebrating 9/11,” try to back up the Republican presidential candidate using magical math, generous leaps of the imagination and alterations of Trump’s actual claims.

Last week we reminisced about Vito Russo with two related docs: the essential The Celluloid Closet and the 2011 HBO doc Vito. This week we turn from a pivotal figure in silver screen Lgbt history to a pivotal one for the small screen. I’m talking, of course, of Lance Loud, who famously came out in An American Family in 1973 when the Loud family became the subject of a PBS docuseries, what many deem to be one of the first reality shows in American TV. Directed by Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini, Cinema Verite (watch on HBOGo) follows the behind-the-scenes drama behind that infamous and breakthrough program.

For Americans, as we saw last week, many of the images they saw of homosexuals on movie screens were outright stereotypes. But they really paled in comparison to the images they were getting from the media. In 1967, CBS aired The Homosexuals an episode of CBS Reports.

He speaks for the hens! Brad Pitt is known for his humanitarian work, and now the Oscar winner is lending his voice to a new cause: ending the horrible living conditions of caged hens. Pitt has penned a letter to Costco CEO, Craig Jelinek, urging the company to stop selling eggs from caged hens, CBS reports. In his note, Angelina Jolie’s husband writes, “As you know, these birds producing eggs for your shelves are crammed five or more into cages that are not large enough for even one [...]...

A sprinkler on Universal Studios theme park property was gushing water Friday near the 101 Freeway, CBS reports. A cellphone video showed the sprinker running around 1:15 p.m. alongside the 101 near Barham Boulevard in Universal City, raining down water onto vehicles. In light of California's current drought, outdoor watering is prohibited from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., according to the L.A. Department of Water and Power.  An NBCUniversal rep told CBS that a broken sprinkler was to blame and has now been fixed.  Read More "When I Pee, I Don't Flush": How Hollywood Is

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At an early screening of Inside Out, CBS reports, there wasn't a dry eye in the 4,000-person house. That seems to be the prevailing response to the movie, which follows the anthropomorphized emotions that occupy the mind of a middle-school girl, Riley, who just moved cities with her family. In New York, David Edelstein calls the movie “tear-duct-draining.” A.O. Scott warns New York Times readers that viewers older than the 11-year-old protagonist “are likely to find themselves in tears.” Jack Coyle of the Associated Press asks, “Who better” — than Pixar — “to remind us of the value of a good cry?” Sentimental themes like the passage of time, homesickness, and social exclusion might make Inside Out an obvious tearjerker, but this is hardly the first Pixar movie to earn that label. In “Dear Pixar: Stop Making Me Cry Like A Bitch,” Deadspin writer and grown man Drew Magary admits to breaking...

When Boy Scout Pascal Tessier turned 18 years old in August, he accepted what came along with becoming an adult. He wrote a letter to the Boy Scouts of America saying goodbye because of his sexual orientation. "Today is my 18th birthday, a milestone on my path to becoming an adult and the day I am no longer eligible to be a Boy Scout because I am gay," part of the letter said, according to The Washington Post. "Despite the Boy Scouts' historic decision last year to open its ranks to gay youth, the Scouts still ban gay adults. And as of today,...

A thief carrying a toy gun was killed on Wednesday afternoon in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, after his would-be victim pulled a real gun on him. Police say the 67-year-old victim, who has not been named, was walking on a path in a local park when he was approached by 18-year-old Tyler Williams, who tried to rob him, Wpvi reports. "He hears somebody running behind him. As he turns around, he sees a masked man with a gun pointed at him saying, 'Give it up, give me all you got,' " Superintendent Michael Chitwood told the TV station. Instead of handing over his wallet,...

The action star speaks out following his son's arrest in China

Jackie Chan's son Jaycee Chan ran into trouble last Thursday in Beijing when the 31-year-old was detained for marijuana use.

Taking to his blog, Jackie wrote openly about his son's mistake: "Regarding this issue with my son Jaycee, I feel very angry and very shocked. As a public figure, I'm very ashamed. As a father, I'm heartbroken."

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An offense that carries a maximum of three years imprisonment, Jaycee is accused of aiding and abetting other drug users. Jaycee was in China with Taiwanese movie star Kai Ko, 23. Police said that both actors tested positive for the marijuana and that "100 grams of it were taken from Chan's home."

Jackie wants Jaycee to learn a lesson and hopes young people learn from his son as well, "I say to Jaycee that you have to accept the consequences when you...

Former CBS News correspondent Bill McLaughlin died this morning. The diplomatic and foreign correspondent, who headed bureaus in Germany and Lebanon for CBS News in the late 1960s and ‘70s, died from cardiac arrest in a Waterbury, Ct hospital. McLaughlin lived in France and was visiting friends in the U.S. at the time of his death. He was 76. McLaughlin’s television news career spanned 27 years, nearly all of it with CBS News; he left for two years in late 1979 to report for NBC News as its United Nations correspondent. He spent a decade overseas on his CBS news assignments, including the Paris bureau, where he met his wife, the former Huguette Cord’homme, who survives him. He covered the gamut of overseas events, from the Vietnam War, to terrorism to the conflicts in the war-torn Middle East, appearing on the CBS Evening News With Walter Cronkite, CBS Radio News and other CBS News broadcasts,...

This has become an interesting debate among investors as they await more details about yesterday’s deal, which they expect to hear on Wednesday when CBS reports its Q4 earnings. Most analysts are cheering the one-year agreement (potentially two if the NFL wants), and company shares are up nearly 4.2% since Tuesday’s close. They agree that CBS’ finances should fare well from the commitment to present eight Thursday night NFL games — simulcast with the NFL Network — this fall. The price CBS paid, estimated at less than $300M, “should allow CBS to make a small profit on the deal” as it “all but guarantees that CBS will win each night of the M-f ratings war,” says Ubs’ John Janedis. CBS will sell the ads for the broadcast and cable telecasts and that “will bolster CPMs for those spots,” Nomura’s Anthony Diclemete says. (NFL Network will sell ads for eight subsequent...

Stephen Colbert got a dig in at recently installed Pope Francis’ humble ways Thursday night while speaking at a Roman Catholic charity dinner in New York, CBS reports. Appearing at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria, the “Colbert Report” host cracked that if the Pope had his way, the ritzy event probably would have been held at an Ihop. See video: Stephen Colbert Mocks Shepard Smith, ‘Fox News Deck’: ‘It’s Like He’s Playing Wii Tragedy’ Colbert also gave New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan a ribbing, telling the holy man that his vestments made...

Acting may have led Tom Hanks to his Type 2 Diabetes diagnosis. The actor sat down with David Letterman for "The Late Show" on Monday, where he opened up about his health scare -- telling the talk show host that he's decided to just live with it. "My doctor said, 'Look, if you can weigh as much as you weighed in high school, you will essentially be completely healthy. You will not have Type 2 diabetes.' And then I said to her, 'Well, then, I’m gonna have Type 2 diabetes because there is no way I can weigh as much as I did in high school,'" he said on the show. Hanks also revealed that he weighed just a mere 96 lbs back when he was a teen -- which Tom believes is impossible, now at 57 years old.CBS reports that the drastic changes in his weight for work may have predisposed him to the disease.

Soap opera star Jeanne Cooper has died. She was 84, CBS reports. A network spokeswoman said Cooper's family told the network of her death. Her son Corbin Bernsen also confirmed Cooper's death via posts on Facebook and Twitter. "Mom passed this morning. She was in peace and without fear," he wrote on Wednesday. "U all have been incredible in your love. In her name share it 2 day with others." Cooper played grande dame Katherine Chancellor on CBS's The Young and the Restless for nearly four decades. She earned repeated Daytime Emmy Award nominations and a trophy for best actress in a...