Click here for updates on this story Piscataway (WCBS) — A Middlesex County man is being hailed a hero after rescuing a family from a fire. The shell of a house is all that remains on West 4th Street in Piscataway after an early-morning fire Tuesday. A family of seven was inside when it went
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Click here for updates on this story Piscataway (WCBS) — A Middlesex County man is being hailed a hero after rescuing a family from a fire. The shell of a house is all that remains on West 4th Street in Piscataway after an early-morning fire Tuesday. A family of seven was inside when it went
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Aurora (KCNC) — A female Aurora police officer apparently drove to work drunk in December, appeared to coworkers to be intoxicated, blew a .138 on a portable breath test an hour after arriving, but never faced a criminal DUI investigation, once again raising questions about treatment the agency
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Click here for updates on this story Aurora (KCNC) — A female Aurora police officer apparently drove to work drunk in December, appeared to coworkers to be intoxicated, blew a .138 on a portable breath test an hour after arriving, but never faced a criminal DUI investigation, once again raising questions about treatment the agency
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Joe Biden in a speech on Thursday lambasted President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying it has “laid bare the severe shortcomings of the current administration.” “Public fears are being compounded by a pervasive lack of trust in this president, fueled by the adversarial relationship with the truth he continues to have,” the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Chicago (WBBM) — Like many banks, HSBC boasts of their vast fraud protection: zero dollar liability. Yet they came after Elanor Leskiw, of Chicago, for $6,000 in purchases she says she never made. CBS 2 Morning Insider Tim McNicholas continues a months-long investigation into big banks and fraud
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Click here for updates on this story Chicago (WBBM) — Like many banks, HSBC boasts of their vast fraud protection: zero dollar liability. Yet they came after Elanor Leskiw, of Chicago, for $6,000 in purchases she says she never made. CBS 2 Morning Insider Tim McNicholas continues a months-long investigation into big banks and fraud
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President Donald Trump sowed more confusion over coronavirus testing and treatment in his Wednesday night Oval Office address, when he indicated that coronavirus patients could have treatment — which could run into thousands of dollars for those seriously ill — at no charge. “Earlier this week, I met with the leaders of health insurance industry
Continue Reading In a photo op with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Thursday, President Donald Trump took a series of questions about the coronavirus pandemic and his administration’s handling of it. It was really something. I went through the transcript of his remarks and picked out the lines you need to see. They’re below. 1. “I
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Nota del editor: Ford Vox es un médico especializado en medicina de rehabilitación y periodista que contribuye con frecuencia a CNN Opinion. Sígalo en Twitter @FordVox. Las opiniones expresadas en este comentario son propias del autor. Ver más opinión en CNN. (CNN) — El alcohol tiene muchos usos en tiempos de pandemia. Uno de ellos
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The 737 Max crisis has been the worst event in Boeing’s history. At least until now. The problems with the jet cost 346 lives, at least $18.7 billion in expenses and the company’s once stellar reputation. But coronavirus could end up being even more damaging in the long term. In just the last few weeks,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Chester (KYW) — Family and friends of two teenagers shot and killed in Chester are speaking out. It happened at a place where children should feel safe — a basketball court. Meanwhile, Chester police, officials and even the school district are all quiet about the ongoing investigation. Edward
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Click here for updates on this story Chester (KYW) — Family and friends of two teenagers shot and killed in Chester are speaking out. It happened at a place where children should feel safe — a basketball court. Meanwhile, Chester police, officials and even the school district are all quiet about the ongoing investigation. Edward
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Baltimore (WJZ) — In just a few weeks, surveillance planes will fly over Baltimore City, only this time, it won’t be a secret like it was three years ago. The Baltimore Police Department held its first of three public meetings Wednesday to discuss the surveillance planes that they
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Click here for updates on this story Baltimore (WJZ) — In just a few weeks, surveillance planes will fly over Baltimore City, only this time, it won’t be a secret like it was three years ago. The Baltimore Police Department held its first of three public meetings Wednesday to discuss the surveillance planes that they
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From Ancient Rome to the Renaissance and beyond, visionaries on the Italian peninsula shaped the political systems, architecture, science, art and cosmology of the modern world. Now, outsiders look to the Bel Paese for more somber direction: to see how a modern Western economy and democracy handles the terrible human and financial cost of the
Continue Reading The NBA’s announcement it was suspending its season after a player preliminarily tested positive for coronavirus sent shockwaves throughout the world of sports and media. The league decision Wednesday to suspend games until further notice is a major blow to its television partners, Disney’s ABC and ESPN and AT&T’s TNT. The NBA is not just
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Broadway shows will suspend all performances “immediately” through April 12 because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to The Broadway League, a national trade association. The move comes in “support of the health and well-being of the theatre going public, as well as those who work in the theatre industry,” the association said. “Our top priority
Continue Reading The Senate will be in session next week to work on coronavirus legislation and will not go on a previously scheduled recess, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced on Thursday. “The Senate will be in session next week,” McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, wrote on Twitter. “I am glad talks are ongoing between the Administration and
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NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is delaying the start of its season by at least two weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak and suspended the rest of its spring training game schedule. Opening day had been scheduled for March 26. Minor League Baseball, including the El Paso Chihuahuas, also followed suit and said the
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El cuestionado presidente de Venezuela Nicolás Maduro informó este jueves que si bien hasta el momento no se confirmaron casos en el país, “en cualquier momento el coronavirus podría entrar” a Venezuela. MIRA: Coron-App-Colombia, la aplicación colombiana contra el coronavirus Por eso es que decidió declarar al sistema de salud “en emergencia permanente”
Continue Reading The US Supreme Court building will close to the public beginning Thursday afternoon until further notice. A Court spokesperson said the decision to close was made out of concern for the health and safety of the public and Supreme Court employees. The building will remain open for official business, and case filing deadlines are not
Continue Reading The National Hockey League, which shares arenas and facilities with the National Basketball Association, announced Thursday it is pausing the rest of the season’s games because of the coronavirus pandemic. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said the decision to suspend future games was directly related to the NBA’s news Wednesday night that a Utah Jazz player
Continue Reading Fans of Beyoncé’s Ivy Park x Adidas sports apparel line can look forward to seeing more of her popular clothing hit stores later this year, according to the German company’s CEO Kasper Rorsted. The Grammy Award-winning singer signed a contract with Adidas last year, joining the ranks of Pharrell Williams and Kanye West to become
Continue Reading A federal judge in Wisconsin has penned a caustic essay accusing Chief Justice John Roberts of “undermining democracy” and placing him at the center of problems in a polarized America, just as Roberts has been increasingly trying to defend the Court from US politics. In a piece ricocheting across social media and provoking conservatives, US
Continue Reading In the week or so since it’s been clear that Joe Biden is the likely Democratic nominee, President Donald Trump and his allies have begun a concerted effort to raise entirely baseless questions about the former vice president’s mental acuity. Witness Trump campaign spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany reacting to the news earlier this week that Biden
Continue Reading Lawmakers in Congress are expressing outrage and confusion as to why the United States is not testing individuals for the COVID-19 coronavirus at as fast a pace as other countries, following closed-door briefings with administration officials who failed to explain the discrepancy. Several members emerged from an all-members House briefing Thursday morning saying they were
Continue Reading (CNN) — El censo de 2020 llegará pronto a tu buzón. A partir de este jueves, los hogares en Estados Unidos comenzarán a recibir invitaciones para completar el censo en línea o por teléfono. Algunos también recibirán cuestionarios del censo por correo. Es un paso importante en lo que se espera que sea el mayor
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EL PASO, Texas — Borderland area school administrators announced Thursday that they were canceling trips to protect students from potential coronavirus exposure after consulting with state and local health departments. After the state of New Mexico declared a public health emergency, the Las Cruces Public School instituted a travel ban that took effect “immediately until
Continue Reading Airline stocks tumbled Thursday after President Donald Trump imposed a 30-day ban on travel from most of Europe, increasing the risk that carriers battling fallout from the coronavirus outbreak could run out of cash in the coming weeks, prompting mass layoffs and government bailouts. The reckoning was immediate for at least one airline. Norwegian Air,
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