AUSTIN, Texas — Masks are still required in Texas public schools unless local school boards decide to make them optional, the Texas Education Agency announced Wednesday. The guidance follows an announcement from the Texas Department of State Health Services that school and child care staff are now eligible for vaccines, effective immediately. It fills an information
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Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — A toddler from Staten Island is helping other kids beat cancer, just like he did. His fundraising campaign all starts in the grocery store. If you’re checking out of Stop & Shop, you can help fund cancer research for kids, just like a very
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People are eating at home more. But Wendy’s says they’re still showing up for breakfast. The chain said Wednesday that sales at its US restaurants open at least a year grew 2% in 2020, thanks in large part to breakfast. CEO Todd Penegor said during an analyst call that in the last three months of
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden sharply criticized states such as Texas and Mississippi for lifting Covid-19 restrictions against pleas from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other top public health officials, accusing those in power of “Neanderthal thinking.” “I think it’s a big mistake. Look, I hope everybody’s realized by now,
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The fight for control of Myanmar has now officially arrived at the United Nations. In a letter seen by CNN, Myanmar’s UN Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun has told the international body that he still represents Myanmar, after making an impassioned speech last week rejecting the country’s military takeover. Meanwhile, a deputy ambassador to the UN
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WCBS) — Two women who used to work together at a Connecticut restaurant later found out they are actually long lost sisters. Back in 2013, Cassandra Madison and Julia Tinetti were working at the Russian Lady in New Haven. They were both from the Dominican
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ROCKAWAY, New Jersey (WCBS) — Every day, a New Jersey woman travels to Newark to help people experiencing homelessness, but Tuesday, she took it a step further. She offered for them to spend a day out of the cold and take them to a place they could feel
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Senate Democrats are down to the wire. In a furious last-minute push, Democrats are scrambling to put their final touches on a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill that the entire caucus will have to support, a task that has proven difficult in the final hours of negotiations and revealed the uphill climb the party will
Continue Reading The end of mask mandates in Texas and Mississippi has created a dilemma for businesses: Keep such safety rules in place to protect against Covid-19 spread, as leading health officials advise, or follow the two states’ decisions and loosen restrictions. Leading U.S. grocery chains, pharmacies, retailers and auto manufacturers, including Target, Kroger, CVS, Walgreens, Best
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — For almost a decade, a Northeast Philadelphia man and his family have brought joy to hundreds of children, finding new homes for bikes. Ukee Washington has this week’s story of Brotherly Love. Sophia might be only nine, but she has a steady hand with a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — North Texas businesses are grappling with the changes Gov. Greg Abbott made to current COVID-19 restrictions. Many are celebrating, while others are concerned about how to keep their customers and employees safe. “It’s been a year, I think that’s enough,” said Joanna Perez,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The shortcomings of the U.S. Postal Service are now hitting a suburban couple where it hurts: on the ring finger. They purchased a $360 wedding band in November, but they still haven’t gotten it, and they told CBS 2 Morning Insider Tim McNicholas that USPS
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Neighbors in Canton are stringing cafe lights along dark streets all in hopes of deterring crime. Chris Broughton spent Tuesday afternoon stringing lights. “The point is to make it as unappealing as possible for anyone who wants to commit a crime,” Broughton, of the Canton
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WEST SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — A West Sacramento mother of seven put a sign on their family basketball hoop saying, “This neighborhood is full of Karens!” Raquel Davis said that she had reached her breaking point when a neighbor had a problem with her children and others skateboarding
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TAHOE, California (KOVR) — It is world-famous for its spectacular setting, and now people trying to protect Lake Tahoe’s beauty have added something new underwater to help keep it crystal clear: a “bubble curtain.” Millions of tiny bubbles are pumped up from a line placed at the bottom
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A would-be thief tried to break into an optical store by using a blowtorch in San Francisco. San Francisco Optics by Alexander Daas on Chestnut Street was targeted on Sunday Feb. 28 around 6 a.m. Store surveillance video shows the moment the glass cracked.
Continue Reading Cuba may be on the verge of a coronavirus vaccine breakthrough and not a moment too soon, as deaths and cases spike on the communist-run island. Starting in March, two of the island’s four homegrown vaccine candidates will begin their third and final trials, the Cuban government has announced. While other developing countries compete with
Continue Reading The details surrounding the deadly accident in rural California on Tuesday are still unclear, but what is known is that an SUV was struck by a semitruck towing two trailers — and at least 13 people were killed in the fierce collision. Authorities still don’t know why the SUV was packed with 25 people early
Continue Reading Former Vice President Mike Pence is seizing on a Democratic-led initiative to streamline election standards to again push false claims of voting irregularities in one of his first public statements since leaving office. Pence expressed concern about “the integrity of the 2020 election,” citing “significant” and “troubling” voting irregularities in an op-ed for the conservative
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Reggae music pioneer, Neville “Bunny Wailer ” Livingston, has died at age 73, Jamaica’s Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport said in a statement. Wailer had been in the hospital since December and died at the Medical Associates Hospital in Kingston, Olivia Grange said in the statement Tuesday. No cause of death was given.
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(CNN) — El gobernador demócrata de Nueva York, Andrew Cuomo, se disculpó el miércoles por su comportamiento hacia varias mujeres que lo acusaron de hacer insinuaciones no deseadas, pero negó haber tocado a alguien «inapropiadamente» y rechazó los llamados a renunciar. Andrew Cuomo habló en una conferencia de prensa en Albany e instó a los
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Brasil rompió un lamentable récord de muertes por covid-19 en 24 horas: Este 3 de marzo se registraron 1.641 decesos por el virus, lo que eleva a 257.361 las muertes totales por la pandemia. Según nota técnica de la Fundación Oswaldo Cruz, por primera vez desde el inicio de la pandemia se
Continue Reading Fossil fuel workers will not be left behind in the Biden administration’s push to embrace clean energy. That’s the promise from new Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, addressing workers worried their livelihoods will be disrupted. “This is our opportunity to build the energy economy back better, in a way that lifts up communities that have felt
Continue Reading Consumers typically have flocked to malls because they’re a one-stop shop for everything from socks to sofa sets. Now, one of the biggest mall jewelers in the United States is giving some folks the chance to cross another item off their shopping lists. Signet Jewelers, owner of Zales, Kay Jewelers and Jared, is betting on
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Chihuahuas will have to wait a little while longer for Opening Day. Chihuahuas were originally planning their home opener for April 22. Now their season will begin May 6 at Tacoma, and the team said its new home opening date will be May 13 at Southwest University Park
Continue Reading More than 206,000 people signed up for Affordable Care Act policies on the federal exchange in the first two weeks of the special enrollment period ordered by President Joe Biden, federal data released Wednesday shows. Uninsured Americans who want to buy 2021 coverage on healthcare.gov could start doing so on February 15, thanks to an
Continue Reading Dr. Mehmet Oz sprang into action and helped save a man who had collapsed at an airport Monday night. Oz, along with Port Authority police, performed CPR on a 60-year-old man at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, according to a statement from the Port Authority Police Department. “I performed CPR with the help
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GILBERT, Arizona (KTVK/KPHO) — A pet owner in Gilbert is looking for the person who shot her cat. Crystal Reidy says her cat, named Halloween, was found paralyzed with a small metal object lodged by his spine. Reidy’s neighbors found the 14-month-old cat in their backyard, struggling to
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UPDATE, March 4: Police on Thursday identified the Kern Place resident accused of shooting at city workers trying to clean up his “unkempt yard” at 918 McKelligon Drive the day prior. 63–year-old Robert Hugh Moses is being held in the downtown jail on $250,000 bond on an aggravated assault charge. Detectives said he fired on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KTVK/KPHO) — It was a dramatic rescue Tuesday evening as Phoenix firefighters worked to reach a hiker who got stuck on Lookout Mountain. The hiker, a man in his 40s, apparently got lost while climbing on a trail. He found himself stuck high up, perched precariously on
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