Inflation is not something we’re used to worrying about. In fact, the only Americans with real memories of runaway inflation and its effect on household finances are likely to be those over the age of 60. Remember (or don’t): US inflation peaked at 14.7% in March and April 1980, with the economy experiencing “stagflation,” a
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Mask mandates may be being lifted across the country, but not in the United States House of Representatives. In a memo sent to members Monday, the Office of the Attending Physician wrote to remind members that masks are still required. “Extra precautions are necessary given the substantial number of partially vaccinated, unvaccinated, and vaccine-indeterminate individuals,”
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Think of Seattle, and what springs to mind? The Space Needle, for sure. Pike Place Market, almost certainly. For many, there’s another classic sight in the Emerald City: the tiny seaplanes darting up and down, making a runway out of the water that surrounds the city. Many of those planes — the ones with a
Continue Reading As reliably as seasons change, so does Donald Trump shift his primary residence. After establishing Mar-a-Lago, his lavish Palm Beach, Florida, resort, as his post-White House home and office for the last four months, Trump a week ago moved his base operation to his members’ only Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club, where he will reside
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Will you or won’t you take off your mask? The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines on May 13 that fully vaccinated people can take off their masks in nearly all settings. Not so fast. Many people are deciding for themselves about which settings in which they feel comfortable shedding them.
Continue Reading The House is set to vote Wednesday on legislation to establish an independent commission that would investigate the violent insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6 after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy came out in strong opposition to the bipartisan deal reached last week. Wednesday’s vote, which comes as some Republicans have tried to
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Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are plunging as anxiety spreads through the market — this time, after China took more steps to crack down on the digital coins. The world’s most heavily traded cryptocurrency plunged 10% Wednesday to trade at $40,728 per coin, according to Coindesk, a news and information website specializing in crypto assets. That’s
Continue Reading Burger King’s new chicken sandwich is here, and it’s entering a market that’s more crowded than ever. The burger chain first announced its new chicken sandwich in February. Since then, it has been rolling out the sandwich — served on a potato bun with pickles and a savory sauce — across its US stores. The
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Ongoing lumber shortages may put a dent in new US home construction, but the housing market is still red-hot. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1.
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Roger Federer and Serena Williams may be able to boast 43 grand slam singles titles between them but both were left stunned by defeats within hours of each other on Tuesday. In his first match since he made his injury comeback in March, Federer was beaten by Pablo Andújar at the Geneva Open, while Williams
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While many African nations are grappling with barely sufficient supplies of Covid-19 vaccines, others are destroying thousands of unused shots. Kenya is just one of the countries that has used up more than 90% of its stock of Oxford-AstraZeneca doses, supplied by vaccine-sharing facility COVAX. The East African nation is just weeks away from joining
Continue Reading I recently went to pick up a gift card for a friend at a restaurant and came across an unseemly sight. The joint was packed to the rim with people, unmasked, clinking glasses, exchanging friendly banter and acting like pandemic was a word reserved for horror or psychological thriller streaming movie recommendations. It was the
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With a little over two months until the start of the Tokyo Olympics, the possibility of a cancellation looms large over the Games. As Japan battles a fourth wave of coronavirus infections and a state of emergency in Tokyo and other prefectures remains in place until the end of the month, there is mounting pressure
Continue Reading New York Liberty point guard Sabrina Ionescu tallied 26 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds to record her first career triple-double in Tuesday’s 86-75 win over the Minnesota Lynx in the Women’s National Basketball Association. Ionescu, a one-time protege of the late Kobe Bryant and the number one pick in the 2020 WNBA Draft, completed
Continue Reading New York Mets outfielder Kevin Pillar will meet with a specialist after he suffered multiple nasal fractures when a 94 mph fastball hit him, the team said Tuesday. Pillar was struck by the pitch from Atlanta Braves pitcher Jacob Webb in the seventh inning in Monday night’s game. The frightening video shows Pillar fall in
Continue Reading A 38-year-old Illinois man was pulled over Sunday after a deputy saw him apparently sleeping behind the wheel of a 2019 Tesla operating on autopilot, the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. When one deputy pulled alongside the vehicle near the Wisconsin and Illinois border, he saw “that the driver’s head was
Continue Reading As vaccination hesitancy slows inoculation rates in some Western countries, China is going into overdrive. Over 400 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have now been administered in China, according to the National Health Commission — more than in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany combined. Of course, 400 million doses doesn’t even cover
Continue Reading Less than 10 weeks out from the postponed start to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, organizers have promised athletes they are doing everything they can to ensure the Games take place safely. Japan is struggling with a renewed outbreak of coronavirus, with only about 1% of the population vaccinated — renewing calls for the Olympics to
Continue Reading District Attorney Andrew Womble announced Tuesday that the deputies who fatally shot Andrew Brown Jr. last month were justified in using deadly force, saying Brown “recklessly” drove at the officers on scene while trying to flee arrest. “Mr. Brown’s death, while tragic, was justified because Mr. Brown’s actions caused three deputies to reasonably believe it
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The US has reached a “landmark day” in the Covid-19 pandemic as 60% of American adults have gotten at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. In addition, more than 3.5 million people ages 12 to 17 have received their first dose, Dr.
Continue Reading As vaccination hesitancy slows inoculation rates in some Western countries, China is going into overdrive. Over 400 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have now been administered in China, according to the National Health Commission — more than in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany combined. Of course, 400 million doses doesn’t even cover
Continue Reading As vaccination hesitancy slows inoculation rates in some Western countries, China is going into overdrive. Over 400 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have now been administered in China, according to the National Health Commission — more than in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany combined. Of course, 400 million doses doesn’t even cover
Continue Reading A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Two days after President Trump’s deluded supporters stormed the Capitol and threatened members of Congress, I sent out a newsletter that said this: “As heinous as the attack looked in real time, on live TV
Continue Reading The number of divorces recorded in China has fallen by more than 70% since the introduction of a mandatory “cooling-off” period earlier this year. According to statistics released by the country’s Ministry of Civil Affairs, 296,000 divorces were registered in the first quarter of 2021, compared to 1.06 million in the final quarter of last
Continue Reading The trial of millionaire Robert Durst, the subject of the HBO crime documentary “The Jinx,” restarted Tuesday in Los Angeles after a break of more than a year because of Covid-19. The day began with a juror being dismissed and ended with the prosecution finishing its opening statement. Court is scheduled to resume Wednesday at
Continue Reading Republican Andrew Giuliani, son of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, kicked off his 2022 New York gubernatorial campaign on Tuesday with a barrage of attacks on current Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo — plus a head-scratching explanation for why he has not been vaccinated against Covid-19. At a news conference Tuesday afternoon in Lower Manhattan,
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Election results for May 18, 2021.
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A mix of fines and warnings were handed down to a group of House Republicans on Tuesday who had defied the chamber’s mask mandate on the House floor, a Capitol official told CNN. Reps. Brian Mast of Florida, Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa and Beth Van Duyne of Texas all received $500 fines for second offenses
Continue Reading Mark McCloskey, the St. Louis homeowner who catapulted into national headlines last summer after video surfaced on social media showing him and his wife, Patricia, pointing guns at demonstrators, is running as a Republican for US Senate in Missouri, he announced Tuesday. “I’ve always been a Republican, but I have never been a politician,” he
Continue Reading At least 6,000 people, including around 1,500 minors, swam from Morocco to the bordering Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Monday in the largest influx of illegal migration there in a single day, Spanish authorities said. The migrants swam from two locations, with some entering southern Ceuta at Tarajal beach, and a larger group entering the
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IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – The new hockey team in Idaho Falls is expected to drop the puck in the fall of 2022. A ground breaking ceremony was held Wednesday for the Mountain America Center, the arena the team will call home. The team will play in the North American 3 Hockey League. It is
Continue Reading A federal jury has awarded $75 million to two brothers in North Carolina, decades after they were convicted of rape and murder they did not commit. Leon Brown and Henry McCollum were arrested in 1983 and spent nearly 31 years in prison before the half-brothers were exonerated in 2014. The award is significant because not
Continue Reading Google tried to make up for lost time at its annual developer conference this week by announcing a massive Android redesign and new features to help users work from home, shop and do more to protect their personal data. After it canceled Google I/O last year due to the pandemic, the company kicked off a
Continue Reading A federal appeals court on Tuesday granted so-called qualified immunity to Louisiana officers who were accused of forcing an unarmed Black man to the ground and beating him into compliance, a case that experts say exemplifies how difficult it can be for victims of police brutality to overcome the controversial doctrine in court. The Fifth
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The Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 Board of Trustees took action Tuesday to suspend its face-covering/mask requirement, effective immediately.
Continue Reading In 2020, Tom Napper was scared to embark on his first solo vacation. In 2021, Tom Napper is considering never having a permanent address ever again. The English-born artist and graphic designer was so nervous about traveling by himself that he decided to join a group bike tour through New Zealand, where he’d have lots
Continue Reading A former Virginia doctor was sentenced to 59 years in federal prison for scheming more than 25 patients into having unnecessary medical procedures, including irreversible hysterectomies, and fraudulently billing insurance companies for more than $20 million, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. Javaid Perwaiz, 71, was convicted by a jury in November for 52 counts of
Continue Reading The fate of an independent commission to investigate the deadly January 6 attack on the US Capitol will soon rest in the hands of Senate Republicans, many of whom are already signaling they may block the bill from moving forward with arguments that a commission isn’t necessary. One top Senate Republican backtracked Tuesday from a
Continue Reading House Rules Chairman Jim McGovern on Tuesday ripped Republican leader Kevin McCarthy as “weak and cowardly” for opposing an inquiry to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol. “I think the only reasonable conclusion is that he’s afraid of Donald Trump. And he doesn’t want to offend him — doesn’t want to get disinvited
Continue Reading Less than a week after Rep. Liz Cheney was ousted from her leadership position for her opposition to Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election, House Republicans are mired in yet another fight over Trump — this time whether to move forward with a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the US
Continue Reading In the last 7 months, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have seized more fentanyl than the total for the year before, according to data from the agency. The agency released updated statistics last week of the amount of drugs confiscated by CBP authorities through April. So far this fiscal year, which runs October
Continue Reading On Tuesday morning, District Attorney Andrew Womble said the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. by Pasquotank County sheriff’s deputies was justified. He held a press conference explaining his decision, outlining his understanding of the law, and he played four video clips from the body-worn cameras of officers at the scene. How did he come
Continue Reading Auditors hired by the Arizona state Senate backtracked Tuesday from claims that a key database had been deleted from Maricopa County’s elections servers — admitting in a hearing held by the Senate Republicans overseeing the audit that the data is intact and they’d been looking the wrong way. The blunder was the latest embarrassment for
Continue Reading Decades ago, the Green Book allowed Black Americans to safely navigate a violently segregated country. On Monday, that concept was reimagined with the launch of the Lavender Book. The Lavender Book, a crowd-sourced app created by the National Black Justice Coalition and Out In Tech, aims to record safe spaces for LGBTQ+ people of color.
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Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin is running for governor.
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A scheduled execution for an Idaho man with terminal cancer has been canceled so the state’s Commission of Pardons and Parole can consider whether to commute his sentence.
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Idaho State Police Troopers were dispatched to a reported road rage incident Tuesday morning that resulted in shots being fired on northbound Interstate 15 near Pocatello.
Continue Reading Charles Grodin, a versatile comedic actor best known for his roles in movies like “Midnight Run” and “The Heartbreak Kid,” died Tuesday at his home in Connecticut, after battling cancer, according to his son. He was 86. Grodin’s son, Nicholas, confirmed news of his father’s passing in an email to CNN. Grodin had a number
Continue Reading Sen. Ted Cruz is facing renewed backlash from users on Twitter after sharing a news alert from a local Texas station promoting the return of flights to Cancun. “Awesome!” the Texas Republican tweeted in response to the tweet from Houston’s ABC 13 that asked viewers: “Excited to travel again? This airline can hook you up
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‘Help Wanted’ signs are glaring at drivers along Yellowstone Ave. in Pocatello, begging people to apply for a job.
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An area of low pressure is moving in from the northwest, we’ll increase the threat for thunderstorms and see cooler temperatures for Thursday and Friday. OVERNIGHT: Partly clear with lows into the upper 40’s. Winds 15-20 MPH. WEDNESDAY: A chance of afternoon thunderstorms, breezy and highs close to 75°. THURSDAY: Mostly cloudy in the afternoon
Continue Reading Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Tuesday prohibiting state governmental entities such as counties, public school districts, public health authorities and government officials from requiring mask wearing. “Texans, not government, should decide their best health practices, which is why masks will not be mandated by public school districts or government entities. We
Continue Reading Police officers in Georgia fatally shot a kidnapping suspect early Tuesday after the man led them on a vehicle chase and a foot pursuit, authorities said. The shooting happened in the city of Decatur, just east of Atlanta, after a chase that started about 10 miles to the north in the Atlanta suburb of Chamblee,
Continue Reading The Biden administration has decided against sanctioning the company in charge of building Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, despite strongly opposing the project, according to two sources familiar with the decision, signaling that it is prioritizing unity with allies over concerns about a potential geopolitical threat. Instead the administration will sanction some of the
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Idaho officials reported 193 new COVID-19 cases and 4 new deaths Tuesday.
Continue Reading Nearly a year ago, Amazon said it would stop providing its facial-recognition software, Rekognition, to police for a year. Now it appears that ban won’t be ending any time soon — if ever. On Tuesday, Amazon said it would extend its ban on police usage of the technology “until further notice.” The decision was first
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ROCK ISLAND, Illinois (Quad-City Times) — Rock Island High School student Riley Jones has won first place in the annual Congressional Art Competition for her digital artwork titled, “Black Pride.” The contest, hosted by U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Moline, for the 17th District, is a national high school
Continue Reading A Florida judge facing discipline for allegedly missing work and having court staff drive him to events, do his online shopping and perform other personal errands has resigned from the bench, according to the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission. The Commission opened an inquiry into Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Martin Zilber after getting a complaint last September
Continue Reading A transgender woman in New Jersey was moved to a men’s prison after filing a lawsuit alleging abuse at her facility, and seeking transfer to another facility that houses women, according to her lawyer. Rae Rollins, 25, is a trans woman, and is listed in the New Jersey Department of Corrections offender database as a
Continue Reading Black US military service members were 28% less likely to get an initial Covid-19 vaccine dose compared to White service members, according to a military study. The study used Department of Defense data to analyze vaccination acceptance trends among active service members between December 2020 and March 2021. It compared vaccination acceptance trends by ethnicity,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story COVINGTON, Georgia (Rockdale Citizen) — A Covington family is expressing their appreciation to the Covington Police Department and Officer Matt Holbrook for quick action that saved their toddler’s life. Holbrook and other officers from the D Team responded to a May 2 to North Street where a toddler
Continue Reading A Michigan judge dismissed an election fraud case Tuesday that state officials said was the last of the lawsuits challenging the 2020 election. The suit, which was originally filed by Michigan voter named William Bailey on November 23 of last year, alleged that “material fraud or error” took place when inaccurate results were shared, according
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KENOSHA COUNTY, Wisconsin (Kenosha News) — After a woman decided to fire a contractor she believed was ripping her off — and who she thought had friends in her home doing drugs while she was away — the man allegedly pulled a gun on her. Bryan Tidwell, 37,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CORONA, CA (KCAL, KCBS) — A Southern California man is back home to the United States after an immigration battle had him stuck in his birth country of Mexico over the past two years, according to reports. Jose Palomar was brought to the U.S. as a 5-year-old child
Continue Reading The State Department said Tuesday that it will now grant US citizenship to children born abroad to parents who used artificial reproductive technology, including surrogacy, notifying Congress and diplomatic posts of the change to longstanding policy. The decision allows same-sex and heterosexual couples to transfer US citizenship to their baby, as long as one parent
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES, CA (KCAL, KCBS) — Police are searching for a man who stabbed a Cheesecake Factory employee as he tried to get away with some baked goods. The stabbing was reported just after 1 p.m. Sunday at the Cheesecake Factory at the Westfield Topanga mall, along Topanga
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Wyoming’s health director and chief information officer have resigned after a data leak involving the personal information of tens of thousands of people who were tested for the coronavirus.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SUMMIT COUNTY, CO (KCNC) — With RVs and campers in short supply this year, chances are customers will pay a premium for a used RV or end up waiting until next fall to get their hands on one. For those who already made the purchase, finding a campsite
Continue Reading The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to pass legislation intended to counter a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes amid the coronavirus pandemic. The vote was 364-62 with 62 Republicans voting against it. President Joe Biden has voiced his support for the measure and now that it has passed the House, it will be cleared for his
Continue Reading It’s not every day an American president gets to speed down a driving course in an electric pick-up truck trailed by Secret Service. But on Tuesday, President Joe Biden did just that. Biden made an unscheduled visit to a Ford driving course at which safety tests are normally conducted, and had the opportunity to test
Continue Reading House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday he opposed an inquiry to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol, siding with Republicans who have tried in recent days to downplay and move on from efforts to overturn the 2020 election. McCarthy’s opposition to the bipartisan agreement for an independent commission comes ahead of a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FRANKLIN, Tennessee (WSMV) — Two Franklin police officers pulled a man from a burning car on Tuesday morning. Police were called to the area of Jordan Road and Westminster Drive just after 5 a.m. for an open-line 911 call from a mobile phone. While officers were on the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FRESNO, California (KFSN) — A 130-year-old Central Fresno home stood the test of time, until last week when the John Hewitt Home was destroyed by a fire. Forty firefighters fought the flames Thursday in attempts to protect the piece of Fresno history. The boarded-up, vacant home was a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FRESNO, California (KFSN) — Hundreds of patients of a pain management center are scrambling to find a new place for care after their doctor’s office closed with little notice. Lags Medical Center shut its doors abruptly last week, leaving many patients without a way to get their prescriptions.
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A man who turned himself in for a New Hampshire gender reveal party that triggered an explosion has been charged with disorderly conduct, police confirmed this week. Anthony Spinelli, who police said bought and detonated around 80 pounds of the explosive Tannerite at the party, turned himself into the Kingston Police Department, according to a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas (KTVT) — A 53-year-old man was arrested after admitting to law enforcement authorities he took off his clothes to defecate in the woods and a hiker allegedly stumbled up on him. The woman told police that the man, Scott Alexander Stephens chased her. Stephens has
Continue Reading The Justice Department was investigating threatening messages related to a parody Twitter account — @NunesAlt — that criticized Rep. Devin Nunes, in a previously unknown criminal investigation, according to federal court records made public on Monday. The episode came to light after the federal court in Washington, DC, unsealed records related to it this week.
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Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has announced plans to allocate recently received federal coronavirus relief aid toward education, health and social services and economic diversity and development.
Continue Reading Bucknell University condemned a “horrific incident” against the LGBTQ student community that occurred last week and announced investigations are underway. In a Friday statement, university officials in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, said a group of male students approached the Fran’s House student residence — also known as Tower House — on Thursday night and allegedly “harassed and
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The Teton County Health Department’s COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic is moving back to the Health Department’s building, located at 460 E. Pearl Ave, after being at the new Target building since the end of March.
Continue Reading District Attorney Andrew Womble announced Tuesday that the deputies who fatally shot Andrew Brown Jr. last month were justified in using deadly force, saying Brown “recklessly” drove at the officers on scene while trying to flee arrest. “Mr. Brown’s death, while tragic, was justified because Mr. Brown’s actions caused three deputies to reasonably believe it
Continue Reading People who live in rural areas have an increased risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19, yet as of April, the vaccination rate in rural areas lagged behind cities — and that could hinder the end of the pandemic, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A bullet sailed through a Fort Bend County family’s living room window, narrowly missing a mother as she watched television. It happened on Thursday, May 6, around 10:30 p.m. in the Royal Lakes Estates neighborhood near Richmond. The bullet flew through the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A 6-year-old girl was shot while playing outside with friends Monday afternoon. It happened on the 3800 block of Wyalusing Avenue in the Mantua section of West Philadelphia. The little girl ran to her parents to tell them she had been shot. The girl is
Continue Reading Rep. Gregory Meeks, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is no longer expected to send a letter to the Biden administration calling for the $735 million arms deal between the US and Israel to be delayed despite plans to do so as of last night, three sources familiar with the situation told CNN on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — UPDATE: Less than an hour after this story was initially published, another child was shot in Minneapolis. Local activist Kay G. Wilson identified the victim as his 6-year-old granddaughter, Aniya. Two children are fighting for their lives after both were seriously injured by gunfire wounds
Continue Reading Lollapalooza is coming back. Organizers announced Tuesday that Chicago’s largest music festival will return to Grant Park at full capacity from July 29 to August 1. The lineup is set to be announced on Wednesday, but festivalgoers were treated to a little glimpse of the stars in a video Mayor Lori Lightfoot tweeted out to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BUCKS COUNTY, Pennsylvania (KYW) — A once-banned crop is now being called a miracle, and it could hold the future to farming. Only on CBS3, reporter Alicia Roberts takes you to a Bucks County farm where the hemp business is booming. “You’ve got this gross misunderstanding,” said Fred
Continue Reading An arson suspect in custody is believed to be responsible for starting the uncontrolled Palisades Fire in Southern California, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Monday. The suspect has been identified as Ramon Santos Rodriguez, 48, a homeless man, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Rodriguez was arrested on Sunday afternoon, said LAPD Officer
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — A grandmother stood in front of television cameras Monday pleading for help. She and the family are looking for clues into the Jan. 16 murder of 6-year-old Chassidy Saunders. The fun-loving little girl was shot in a drive by on 6th Place near NW 54
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the 1992 riots in Los Angeles. The riots stemmed from the acquittal of four white Los Angeles Police Department officers in the beating of black motorist Rodney King in 1991. Facts The riots over five days in the spring of 1992 left more than 50 people dead, and more than 2,000
Continue Reading President Joe Biden used his Tuesday visit to the critical battleground state of Michigan to tout his green energy and infrastructure plans, and largely shied away from weighing in on the recent eruption of violence in the Middle East. Biden tourned and delivered remarks at a Ford plant in Dearborn, Michigan — home to one
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Canada (CTV Network) — Canada has marked 25,000 COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic started. The country reached the grim milestone on Tuesday, after Ontario reported an additional 17 deaths related to the disease. Many younger Canadians succumbed to the disease in recent months, as the third COVID-19
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Grieving? Traumatized? Depressed? Unmotivated? Burnt out? It’s difficult to put a single word to the general malaise many people have been feeling during the pandemic.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Getting Hosed was going to be a single story about a couple billed $58,000 for water they didn’t use. Now, it’s more than two years of chronicling unfair and potentially unlawful water billing practices in Chicago. The CBS 2 Investigators have found the City department
Continue Reading District Attorney Andrew Womble said Tuesday that the deputies who fatally shot Andrew Brown Jr. last month were justified in using deadly force, saying Brown “recklessly” drove at the officers on scene while trying to flee arrest. “Mr. Brown’s death, while tragic, was justified because Mr. Brown’s actions caused three deputies to reasonably believe it
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Click here for updates on this story BIDDEFORD, Maine (WBZ) — A lucky lobster is avoiding the dinner table because it’s an extremely rare catch. The split-colored lobster was brought to the University of New England’s Marine Science Center in Maine last week. The half-orange, half-brown lobster is considered to be a one in 50
Continue Reading Warren Buffett, the world’s most famous investor, is 90. But there are plenty of people much, much younger who are interested in stocks. Fidelity is going after that market. The brokerage giant announced Tuesday that it is setting up a new Fidelity Youth Account plan for 13- to 17-year olds. The teens’ parents must already
Continue Reading More stores announced this week they are easing their mask requirements, joining a growing number of top chains changing their policies in the wake of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated guidance on masks. These retailers’ new policies vary slightly from each other, but all represent a shift from their previous policies that
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