Lara Logan on leave for '60 minutes' report

CBS News correspondent Lara Logan, under fire for using a discredited source for a 60 Minutes story on the Benghazi attack, has agreed to take a leave of absence, according to an internal memo obtained by USA TODAY. The segment's producer, Max McClellan, also was placed on leave. "There is a lot to learn from this mistake for the entire organization," Jeff Fager, chairman of CBS News and executive producer of 60 Minutes,...

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Seahawks' Brandon Browner facing year suspension

Below is an earlier version of this post, which is being continuously updated. We have also updated the headline above to remove a reference to performance-enhancing drugs, as that piece of the story appears to be inaccurate. For Seahawks fans, the biggest takeaway of this confusing story is that Browner’s days in Seattle are likely over. And, possibly, his days in the NFL. A day after news broke that Seahawks cornerback Walter Thurmond...

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Katy Perry pays tribute to Olivia Wise

In the final months of her life, Toronto teenager Olivia Wise created a legacy that reached around the world and all the way to an A-list pop star. Wise died Monday afternoon, two years after she was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour and six weeks after a video of her singing Katy Perry’s “Roar” was posted on YouTube. “She died peacefully in her home surrounded by the extraordinary love of her family,” her cousin, Jeff...

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Toronto Maple Leafs pi in Poor defensive effort

The Toronto Maple Leafs are one of the worst defensive minded teams in the NHL and yesterday they proved it. A 6-0 loss to the bottom feeding Columbus Blue Jacketsis bad, but what makes it worse is how each goal was scored. Outside of the second and maybe the third, every goal was completely the fault of one defenceman…or both. The game was a microcosm of a bigger issue with the Leafs, a young and mistake prone defence combined...

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Justin Trudeau won last Monday's four federal by-elections

Justin Trudeau emerged the big winner from Monday’s four federal by-elections. At first glance, the results simply preserved the status quo: the Conservatives held on to two longtime Tory bastions in Manitoba, while the Liberals retained two traditional Grit strongholds in Toronto and Montreal. Beneath the surface, however, the byelections have roiled Canada’s political waters, suggesting the Senate expenses scandal has badly hurt the Tory...

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Police say hoax possible as Yale lockdown lifted

Police were investigating a possible hoax after Yale University was locked down for several hours Monday as police and SWAT teams found no trace of a reported gunman on the New Haven campus. University officials instructed students and staff to "shelter in place" after an anonymous 911 caller said just before 10 a.m. that his roommate wanted to shoot up the school and was heading to the main campus with a rifle, according to police. By 4:40...

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Nasty weather wallops much of U.S. Just before Thanksgiving

Wicked wintry weather that pummeled the West Coast is now barreling across the country, threatening to wreck millions of holiday travel plans just before Thanksgiving. Scores of car crashes and 12 fatalities are blamed on the storm. Nearly 200 flights out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport were canceled Monday, in addition to the nearly 300 canceled Sunday. Parts of Lubbock, known for its warmth and flatness, turned into a...

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