Kevin McCallister had to fend off two bumbling burglars all alone on Christmas in the iconic 1990 movie “Home Alone.” If only he’d had a little help back then. Now, 28 years later, Macaulay Culkin is reprising his role as Kevin McCallister, fending off burglars in a new ad. But this time help has arrived — in the form of…
From the skies above Billund, Denmark, you can guess which famous toy company calls this town home. And inside this life-size Lego building, it’s Lego heaven. Just about anything imaginable is re-imagined in the tiny plastic bricks that have been inspiring tiny minds for decades. The Lego headquarters in Billund, Denmark. CBS News Even seven-year-old Max knows you can only…
From the skies above Billund, Denmark, you can guess which famous toy company calls this town home. And inside this life-size Lego building, it’s Lego heaven. Just about anything imaginable is re-imagined in the tiny plastic bricks that have been inspiring tiny minds for decades. The Lego headquarters in Billund, Denmark. CBS News Even seven-year-old Max knows you can only…
Wild swings in the stock market are fueling concerns over a potential new economic slowdown. The Dow plunged more than 550 points Friday, partly in response to rising trade tensions between the U.S. and China after the arrest of the CFO of the tech company Huawei. It’s been a decade since the last major economic crisis, when about 8.7 million…
See how President George H.W. Bush looked and sounded at a couple of campaign stops in our area in 1992.
Amid the well-deserved celebration of an American life well-lived, I have an uncomfortable confession to make, as a lifelong conservative. I wasn’t a big fan of President George H. W. Bush. Of the man—yes. As a husband, a father, a citizen dedicated to service, the 41st president is a person every American should admire and emulate. But as the 41st President of…
As Chattanooga debates scooters on bike paths, a driver on the streets of Nashville gets plowed over.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off Dec. 3, 2018, carrying a payload of 64 small satellites. SpaceX A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket using a first stage making a record third flight vaulted away from the California coast Monday to boost 64 small satellites into orbit for a wide variety of government, academic and private-sector users — including artists —…
How many of these toys did you get, or stand in line to buy for your kids? (Plus a bonus video of Luther & the Cabbage Patch Kid)
As part of a marketing stunt, Payless duped fashion influencers by charging more than $600 for discount shoes. Payless Shoesource Payless Shoesource pranked VIP shoppers into paying markups of up to 1,800 percent for the bargain retailer’s shoes as part of a viral advertising campaign designed to shift consumers’ perceptions of the brand. So-called fashion influencers — essentially trendsetters that…
Ronald Alred is accused of selling vehicles from the Sam Werner Military Museum to private collectors.
On November 25, 1835, the steel industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie was born in Scotland. CBS News On November 25, 1835, 183 years ago today, Andrew Carnegie was born in Scotland. At age 13, Carnegie moved to the U.S., settling outside Pittsburgh, where he was immediately put to work in a factory. Through diligence and hard work, Carnegie lifted himself…
BEIRUT — U.S. and British officials mourned the loss a Syrian anti-government activist and radio host seen as a “symbol” of the uprising who was shot dead along with his colleague by unidentified gunmen in a rebel-held area in the country’s northwest, where government strikes on Saturday killed at least five people in violation of a cease-fire. Dozens of Raed…
BEIJING – The founders of Dolce & Gabbana have apologized in a video on Chinese social media after promotional videos seen as racist and subsequent Instagram messages stoked a furor in one of the world’s largest markets for luxury goods. The Italian fashion house has been in hot water for the videos and also insulting remarks made by the Instagram…
BEIJING – The founders of Dolce & Gabbana have apologized in a video on Chinese social media after promotional videos seen as racist and subsequent Instagram messages stoked a furor in one of the world’s largest markets for luxury goods. The Italian fashion house has been in hot water for the videos and also insulting remarks made by the Instagram…
By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) – Jimmie Allen has made history as the first black artist to have his debut single reach No. 1 on country radio, and it happened in the same week Kane Brown, who is biracial, has the top country album in the U.S. Allen says he cried when he got the news…
Several Democratic senators said they’re dismayed by reports that social media giant Facebook hired contractors to retaliate against its critics by spreading inflammatory information about them. In response to a New York Times report this week detailing those efforts, Sens. Amy Klobuchar, Mark Warner, Chris Coons and Richard Blumenthal sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg requesting that he respond to…
Hear her “non-concession” concession of the race.
The 17 acre complex will be used for several sports from soccer to volleyball.
WEARS VALLEY, Tennessee (WDEF) – A long planned extension to the Foothills Parkway finally opens to the public this weekend. Today Senator Lamar Alexander and Governor Haslam joined National Park officials to cut the ribbon on a 16 mile extension. The final link to the Parkway runs from Walland to Wears Valley in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Senator…
More than 100 whales are being held in cramped and potentially illegal enclosures on Russia’s Pacific east coast. Prosecutors are investigating the site near the city of Nakhodka, which has been dubbed a “whale jail” by local media. Eleven orca and 90 beluga whales are being held in the pens, and activists fear they are illegally being sold to Chinese…
On the eve of the midterm elections, the Justice Department asked the U.S. Supreme Court to bypass three federal appellate courts and allow President Trump to terminate the Obama-era DACA program, which shields hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants from deportation. In court documents filed late on Monday, Solicitor General Noel Francisco said the government was petitioning the nation’s…
Fitted with a hard hat and respirator, and hoisted well above street level, Alexandre Farto paints an unlikely image of a portrait artist at work – one who uses not a delicate brush, but drills and jackhammers to create very large-scale pieces. Seth Doane asked, “When you’re doing this, are you constantly running back and forth, trying to get the…
Russian investigators have traced the cause of the sudden Soyuz launch abort Oct. 11 that triggered a dramatic emergency escape for the Russian mission commander and his NASA co-pilot. Senior managers said Thursday the mishap was due to a “deformed” sensor in a system that controlled the separation of a strap-on first-stage booster from the rocket’s central core stage. Oleg Skorobogatov, who…