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Steven Bochco, a TV producer/writer behind many hit shows over the years, has died at age 74, according to a representative at Steven Bochco Productions. The spokesperson said Bochco died peacefully Sunday morning at 10:20 a.m. “Steven fought cancer with strength, courage, grace and his unsurpassed sense of humor,” Phillip Arnold said in a statement provided to CBS News. “He died peacefully in his sleep with his family close by.” Bochco’s TV credits include a wide array of programs such as “Hill Street Blues,” L.A. Law,” “Doogie Howser, 대전출장마사지 M.D.” and “NYPD Blue.” Many of them were shows related to the law genre. The Associated Press writes that “Hill Street Blues” challenged, even confounded the meager audience that sampled it in 1981. Then after critical acclaim, the series began to connect with viewers, while scoring a history-making 27 Emmy nominations its first year. Bochco has won 10 primetime Emmy awards throughout his career including four Peabody awards. The AP reports that Bochco once remembered a fan telling him that “Hill Street Blues” was the first TV series with a memory. “That’s what I always thought of myself doing in the context of TV: craft a show that over time would have a memory,” he told AP in an interview two years ago. “I sensed that very early in my career. It just took me another 10 or 12 years...

(AP) WASHINGTON – Objections by Sudan’s government have held up the security mission of an elite Marine team that the U.S. planned to send to Khartoum, a U.S. official said Saturday. As a result, 바카라사이트 the deployment has been delayed and possibly curtailed, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to disclose details on the troop movement. The Marine unit, known as a fleet anti-terrorism security team, was ordered to Sudan in the wake of violence and protests against the U.S. Embassy. Similar teams were sent to Libya on Wednesday after the attack that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Benghazi, and to Yemen on Friday Dozens protest at U.S. Embassy in ParisAl Qaeda calls for more attacks on embassiesFeds question possible anti-Muslim filmmaker Demonstrators in Sudan stormed the German Embassy before moving on in buses to the U.S. Embassy, where police used tear gas to stop them scaling the walls. The protests were part of demonstrations across the Muslim world against an anti-Islam film. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Sudan’s government “has recommitted itself both publicly and privately to continue to protect our mission,” as obligated under the Vienna Convention. “We have requested additional security precautions as a result of yesterday’s damage to our embassy. We are continuing to monitor the situation closely to ensure...

For the first time ever, U.S. attorneys say they have successfully prosecuted a top pharmaceutical executive in the government’s fight against opioids. A federal jury on Thursday convicted Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor and four other former executives of the company. Prosecutors accused them of bribing doctors to prescribe a highly addictive fentanyl spray – called Subsys. One-time billionaire Kapoor was once one of the country’s biggest pharmaceutical executives. Thursday’s verdict is a sign of the government’s mounting efforts to hold drugmakers and distributors accountable for 섯다사이트 the nationwide opioid crisis. Among the pieces of evidence presented during the 10-week trial: a five-minute video promoting the fentanyl spray Subsys, featuring an Insys company salesman rapping about prescribing higher drug doses using a process known as “titration.” Prosecutors say the video was just one of the dubious tactics Insys used to boost profits which also included bribing doctors by paying them for sham speaking engagements. In 2017, CBS News learned Insys made 18,000 payments to doctors in 2016 totaling more than $2 million. Michael Canty, a former federal prosecutor who has advised states on suing opioid companies, said the prosecution’s case had “very good evidence.” “I think that this will send a message to other prosecutors that, look, these are cases that can be brought. If you have the evidence and you can put it before a jury, there’s hope...

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says President Donald Trump will chair a Security Council meeting on Iran during the annual gathering of world leaders in New York this month. Ambassador Nikki Haley said Tuesday that the meeting will address “violations of international law and general instability Iran sows throughout the entire Middle East region.” She accused Iran of supporting terrorism and destabilizing activities in Lebanon, 놀이터 검증 사이트 Yemen and Syria. She says Iran’s leader could speak at the council meeting if he chooses to. Haley was speaking to reporters at U.N. headquarters. She outlined the agenda for the United States’ monthlong presidency of the council during September. The council is the top decision-making body at the U.N. Haley also said that Mr. Trump will chair a high level event for world leaders on September 24 on counter-narcotics.  In response to a question by CBS News, Haley confirmed that Mr. Trump will meet with South Korea’s President Moon at the sidelines of the General Assembly meetings: “I can tell you that obviously the U.S. and South Korea continue to have a strong relationship, a strong working relationship, as we continue with Japan on this issue,” Haley said the North Korea sanctions were important because, “unfortunately, it was the only way we could get the attention of North Korea,” CBS News’ Pamela Falk reports, and she said that...

(CBS/AP) AKCAKALE, Turkey — Syrian rebels have seized control of a border crossing on the frontier with Turkey and pulled down the Syrian flag. An Associated Press reporter at the scene Wednesday says Syrians on the Turkish side of the border are celebrating and yelling, “I am a free Syrian!” People are moving freely across the border, crawling under barbed wire. There were fierce clashes Tuesday as rebels and regime forces fought for 온라인카지노 control of the Tal Abyad crossing. Syria’s rebels control several other border crossings into Turkey but it is believed to be the first time they have tried to take the border area in the northern province of Raqqa. More in After the Arab Spring Video: Safety, yet little hope for Syrian refugeesReports: Syrian missiles hit LebanonU.N.:Foreigners making Syrian rebels radical Taking control of border crossings helps the opposition ferry supplies into Syria and carve out an area of control. As of early September, it was believed that at least 80,000 Syrians had fled the war in their country and become refugees in the sprawling camps in Turkey. U.N.:Record 100K fled Syria in August CBS News correspondent Holly Williams reports that the Turkish government is having to build new camps and move refugees into them before they are even completed due to the huge influx of Syrians. Williams reports that of the roughly 8,000 Syrians living...