Here Comes the Sun: David Macaulay and more – CBS News Watch CBS News Author David Macaulay sits down with Martha Teichner to discuss how he’s found ways to explain things in his last two dozen books over the course of his fifty-plus-year career. Then, Conor Knighton visits the Black Beauty Ranch in East Texas … Read more
The Uplift: Stories that pop – CBS News Watch CBS News A man gets on one knee to pop the question and a photographer snaps the milestone moment. The only problem is she doesn’t know the couple and goes to great lengths to find the newly engaged pair. A Texas artist shows off his unique … Read more
Drenching rain along the Texas-Mexico border let up Friday, but rescues were still ongoing a day after severe storms trapped residents in their homes, forced drivers to abandon their vehicles on flooded roads and shut down an airport. At least three people died. Hidalgo County officials said in a statement that they did not immediately … Read more
Victor Emanuel, a renowned birder whose adventures around the world in pursuit of imperial woodpeckers, red-crowned cranes and other avian wonders were chronicled by George Plimpton, Peter Matthiessen and Rose Styron, died on March 11 in Austin, Texas. He was 84. The cause of his death, in a senior living facility, was complications of Alzheimer’s … Read more
Severe flooding swept South Texas and cities across the border in Mexico on Thursday, as half a year’s rainfall drenched the region in less than two days. Officials warned of more rain on Friday and shut schools on the U.S. side. Thunderstorms brought 10 to 15 inches of rain to the parts of Texas where … Read more
The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack targeting Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart near the U.S.-Mexico border in 2019 would avoid the death penalty under a plea offer announced Tuesday, abruptly ending years of efforts by prosecutors to see that he face execution by lethal injection. El Paso Walmart mass shooter Patrick … Read more
A panel in Texas on Thursday denied parole for the woman who killed Selena, a 23-year-old trailblazing Mexican American singer who was making it big in the popular music scene. The decision came a few days shy of the 30th anniversary of the killing, which shocked her fans and spurred a cultlike following. Yolanda Saldívar, … Read more
The woman serving a life sentence for killing singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez is now eligible for parole, on the eve of the 30th anniversary of Selena’s death. Yolanda Saldívar is eligible for parole on March 30. Saldívar, president of Selena’s fan club, shot and killed the American singer-songwriter on March 31, 1995. Mugshot from the Texas … Read more
Fernando Padron was stuck in a South Texas jail cell. Accused of stealing credit cards that he used to buy diapers, a bike and other goods for his family, he had not been brought into court or spoken to a lawyer. He did not hear anything about his case for nine months. Finally, in March … Read more
A man pretending to represent a professional basketball player allegedly swallowed hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of stolen Tiffany jewelry, according to court documents. Police said that it took 12 days to recover the pieces. Jaythan Gilder, 32, of Houston, Texas, allegedly robbed a Tiffany & Co. jewelry store in a mall in Orlando, … Read more