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A pug is back home after police in a New Jersey shore town posted her mugshot social media, asking for help finding its rightful owner earlier this week. Bean the pug was caught wandering around in a stranger's backyard and was taken in by the Cape May Police Department Sunday.  Cape May Patrolman Michael LeSage retrieved Bean after responding to a call of a dog in a yard. He told NJ.com he tried to get her to hop in the back of his police car, but "but her short little legs couldn't make it into the car, so I had to lift her up."  The Cape May Police Department took a mugshot of Bean and published it on Facebook, hoping to reunite her with her family. They captioned the photo: "This is what happens when you run away from home. This guy was captured sneaking through yards on the 1300 block on New Jersey Avenue."   The "pugmug" quickly went viral, amassing more than 5,000 "likes" and almost 10,000 shares. Police continued to have fun at Bean's expense. Hours … [Read more...] about This dog lived a pug life in New Jersey town; now her mugshot is going viral

A police officer's random act of kindness has gone viral after a witness caught it on video. The video shows a Danbury, Connecticut, police officer apparently rushing to a mother and her child before a storm. The trees were rustling and a downpour was approaching, so the officer helped the pair gather their things and gave them a ride home, says the man who took the video. Filmed from the window of a nearby office building, the video shows the cop and her police cruiser on the street below. As the wind whips, the officer helps the mother put her belongings in the trunk. Then, she holds the door for the mom to jump in the back seat. "Danbury's finest.....it was nice to witness this today out of my office window," Alfredo John wrote when he posted the video on Facebook. "Torrential rain was fast approaching and this officer pulls over and clearly offered this woman and her little child a safe "DRY" ride home." His video was viewed more than 140,000 times in one day. "I thought this would … [Read more...] about Police officer seen helping mom and her child escape a downpour

How to watch today's White House press briefing live: Date: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 Time: 2:00 p.m. ET Who: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders Online: Watch live stream on CBSN, or in the player above Potential briefing topics: Post-summit: President Trump walked back his words from the Helsinki summit Monday. Mr. Trump claimed he meant to say "'I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be Russia,'" in reference to Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. He instead said, "'I don't see any reason why it would be Russia.'" Mr. Trump also denied that Russia is still targeting the United States during a Cabinet meeting Wednesday; Maria Butina: Alleged Russian operative Maria Butina was "likely" in contact with KGB personnel while living in the United States, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Arguing that she is a flight risk, federal prosecutors want to closely monitor Butina by keeping her in jail; … [Read more...] about Live: White House briefing July 18, 2018

MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- Pro-government forces have seized a major opposition stronghold in Nicaragua. In a violent bid to silence protesters, police and gunman loyal to President Daniel Ortega launched a sweeping crackdown in the city of Masaya on Tuesday. Juan Sebastian Chamorro, executive director of the Nicaraguan Foundation for Economic and Social Development, called the situation in Nicaragua "extremely dire" and said the country is facing a "humanitarian crisis." "More than 300 people have been killed in the streets of Nicaragua. More than 2,000 people have been wounded. A hundred and fifty people have been unaccounted for," he said. "And as you can see in the images, you can see soldiers with heavy weapons, live ammunition, weapons that are used for war, shooting against the population that are using just slingshots and house-made mortars and stones." Protests against cuts to the social security system that began three months ago have since became a broader call for … [Read more...] about Nicaraguan forces seize opposition stronghold in violent bid to silence protesters

Thirteen-year-old Jaequan Faulkner may be young, but he already has entrepreneurial spirit. The Minnesota boy opened his very own hot dog stand in hopes of raising enough money to buy new clothes for the next school year, CBS affiliate KENS reports. The stand, Mr. Faulkner's Old Fashioned Hot Dogs, was opened on Penn Avenue North earlier this summer. The teenage entrepreneur has been in the hot dog business for a while. He ran another hot dog stand in 2016 with the help of his uncle, but took the summer of 2017 off. Now that he's back, Faulkner said, "It puts pride in me to see that I'm doing something good for the community," KARE reports. Faulkner's hot dog stand was promoted by the Facebook page "Bike Cops for Kids," which encouraged people to visit. Business was booming for Faulkner, but there was one problem with his stand -- it did not have a permit.  The health department received a complaint about Faulkner's stand, said Logan Ebeling, a health inspector with the city of … [Read more...] about City helps teen get a permit for his hot dog stand instead of shutting it down