Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WBBM) — For years, the CBS 2 Investigators have exposed the city’s ambulance shortage – in a few cases, someone died waiting. Over and over again, we have been told more ambulances will be added to the Fire Department fleet, but it’s not happening. And on
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While incidences of Covid spike across the country, the Supreme Court is once again considering arguments from houses of worship that say pandemic-related restrictions are violating their religious freedom rights. The two latest cases arise out of New York as a Roman Catholic Diocese in Brooklyn and a group of Orthodox synagogues are challenging Democratic
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AUSTIN, Texas — The crush of the coronavirus surge in El Paso has the city sending its non-Covid-19 cases to hospitals elsewhere in the state, and officials say it is straining health care capacities statewide. El Paso confirmed 927 new Covid-19 cases and 22 new deaths Wednesday, and Austin Mayor Steve Adler confirmed that Austin-area hospitals
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(CNN) — Diez meses después del incidente inicial, la posesión de armas de Lil Wayne ha dado lugar a que se le acuse de un delito federal que conlleva una posible sentencia de prisión de 10 años si es declarado culpable. El rapero fue acusado el martes en el Distrito Sur de Miami de posesión
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Two cosmonauts, both from the Russian space agency Roscosmos, conducted a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station on Wednesday. Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov prepared the outside of the space station’s Russian segment to receive a new module. That’s right; both bear the first name Sergey, spelled exactly the same way. This is Ryzhikov’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Baltimore, MD (WJZ) — In Baltimore and across the country, there are calls for police reform. While much of the focus is on stricter use-of-force policies, better training and body-worn cameras, one often-overlooked idea is increasing the number of women on the force. Some critics, in fact, call
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Sparks, MD (WJZ) — A viral video on social media shows a drunk driver in Baltimore County going airborne in a ditch off Interstate 83, Maryland State Police said. The video, which was posted on TikTok over the weekend, shows a car swerve off the interstate at the
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Two more House members announced Wednesday they have tested positive for Covid-19 and are isolating, the latest in a string of diagnoses that have hit Capitol Hill. The cases brings CNN’s tally to 26 House members and eight senators that have so far tested positive or been presumed positive. Rep. Dan Newhouse, a Republican from
Continue Reading The Trump campaign filed for a limited recount of two Wisconsin counties on Wednesday in a long-shot bid to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the state. The campaign is limiting its Wisconsin recount requests to Milwaukee County and Dane County, according to a press release from the campaign. CNN projected that Biden will win
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At this rate, coronavirus is killing at least one American every minute of the day. At least 1,707 new Covid-19 deaths were reported Tuesday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. That’s the highest daily death toll since May 14. And it’s only going to get worse, said Dr. Jonathan Reiner, a professor at George
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AUSTIN, Texas — The last time case numbers were this high was on June 26. Texas was reporting 5,102 people had been hospitalized due to the coronavirus, breaking a new record for the state. The positivity rate — the portion of tests that come back positive — had hovered above Gov. Greg Abbott’s “warning flag” level
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George Soros remains a favorite target of conservative conspiracy theorists, seeing his corrupting influence behind every liberal movement and within every nook and cranny. As such, it’s significant to hear directly from the 90-year-old billionaire, who speaks frankly about his life, career and activism in the new documentary “Soros.” Director Jesse Dylan interviews a number
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When the pandemic forced his school to go to online learning, fifth-grader Bergen Manzella spent six hours a day staring at his computer screen. “My eyes were drooping a lot and red. I was really tired staring at a screen, not being able to move around that much,” said Bergen. His mother, a math tutor,
Continue Reading (CNN) — George Clooney rompe el silencio sobre el accidente de motocicleta que pensó que iba acabar con su vida. El actor habló con GQ sobre los momentos posteriores a la colisión en Cerdeña en 2018. «Yo estaba en el suelo. Estaba gritando, de verdad. Como, realmente gritando. Y Grant (Heslov) estaba gritándole a todo
Continue Reading New York was called early on election night for President-elect Joe Biden, but if the Empire State had been a presidential battleground, the drama that gripped the country for a few days might now be stretching into its third week. There is no state slower at counting its ballots and, despite Democratic control of the
Continue Reading New York City is closing down its public school buildings starting on Thursday after the city’s 7-day average reached the 3% positive testing rate threshold. All students will transition to remote learning. Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted that schools are being closed out of “an abundance of caution.” “We must fight back the second wave
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New York City is closing down its public school buildings starting on Thursday after the city’s 7-day average reached the 3% positive testing rate threshold. All students will transition to remote learning. Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted that schools are being closed out of “an abundance of caution.” “We must fight back the second wave
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After a year of fighting a rare form of cancer, former “MasterChef Junior” star Ben Watkins died this week at the age of 14, his family said. The young chef died on Monday of Angiomatoid Fibrous Histiocytoma, a soft tissue tumor usually in children and young adults. He was diagnosed with the disease shortly after
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German company BioNTech and its partner, drug giant Pfizer, will ask the US on Friday to allow emergency use of their Covid-19 vaccine candidate, CEO Ugur Sahin told CNN during an exclusive interview on Wednesday. Sahin said the company will file paperwork for the emergency use of the vaccine with the US Food and Drug
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Marissa Mayer, the former Yahoo CEO and the first female engineer at Google, is finally revealing more details about her next chapter. Over the years, Mayer has been the subject of fascination. First, she was a rare female executive at the helm of a major tech company. Since then, people have been similarly interested in
Continue Reading The post-election celebration on Wall Street isn’t just about relief over a divided government. It’s also being driven by hopes of calmer leadership after four years of chaos in Washington. At least, that’s the conclusion from one of the most powerful figures on Wall Street: BlackRock CEO Larry Fink. “I do believe strongly that the
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The post-election celebration on Wall Street isn’t just about relief over a divided government. It’s also being driven by hopes of calmer leadership after four years of chaos in Washington. At least, that’s the conclusion from one of the most powerful figures on Wall Street: BlackRock CEO Larry Fink. “I do believe strongly that the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The former bishop of the Las Cruces Catholic Diocese is under investigation by the Vatican for his handling of sex abuse cases while in southern New Mexico, according to a report from the Catholic News Agency. Bishop Oscar Cantú, who is currently the leader of a California diocese, acknowledged the
Continue Reading Several women who worked on Joe Biden’s campaign are being considered for top White House communications roles in the Biden-Harris administration, sources with knowledge of the deliberations tell CNN. Karine Jean-Pierre, a senior adviser to Biden’s campaign who later served as chief of staff to Kamala Harris, and Symone Sanders, who served as a senior
Continue Reading An NFL game will feature an all-Black officiating crew for the first time in the league’s history. The crew, which will officiate the November 23 Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Los Angeles Rams game, will be led by 17-year veteran Jerome Boger, the NFL said. “This historic Week 11 crew is a testament to the countless
Continue Reading It’s good news, Charlie Brown: You’re coming back to broadcast TV. PBS, PBS Kids and Apple announced Wednesday that Snoopy and the gang will be coming to television for the holidays, after all. Though Apple TV+ has the rights to Peanuts content, a new deal with PBS will enable the broadcaster to air “A Charlie
Continue Reading Tory Lanez pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges related to the shooting of rapper Megan Thee Stallion, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced in a statement via Twitter. Lanez, 28, was arraigned Wednesday in Los Angeles. The Canadian rapper and singer is alleged to have shot his former friend during an incident in
Continue Reading In its 108th year, the US Postal Service’s annual “Operation Santa” letter writing campaign is going digital — and expanding nationwide — to adapt to the ongoing pandemic. The program allows children and families to write letters to Santa, which will then be processed and shared online beginning on December 4 at USPSOperationSanta.com. Once the
Continue Reading Astronomers were surprised when they discovered what appeared to be a star surrounded by an ultraviolet ring 16 years ago. It became known as the Blue Ring Nebula, located 6,300 light-years away from Earth in the Hercules constellation. Now, after years of detective work, researchers, including those from the original NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer mission
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SCRANTON, PA (WNEP ) — It is what some say they needed to keep their doors open during this pandemic: getting the word out about their business online. That includes Frank Cawley, who has physical therapy offices in Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties. “Having the ability to directly advertise
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