Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — What’s new at summer camp this year? For example at the YMCA, more kids will be allowed and swimming is back. But CBS 2 Morning Insider Tim McNicholas learned, for the Y and others, it’s not back to normal yet. Don’t let the wintry weather
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WEST HEMPSTEAD, New York (WCBS) — A terrified cashier spoke out about the moment shots rang out at a Stop & Shop in West Hempstead on Tuesday. Police said one person was killed and two others injured in the shooting, which took place at around 11:30 a.m. at
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Investors have rendered their verdict on the European Super League: it’s dead. Stock market gains made by breakaway clubs Juventus and Manchester United have been erased after all six English clubs that had committed to the controversial project decided to pull out late on Tuesday, followed by three more teams on Wednesday. Shares in Juventus
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHURCH CREEK, Maryland (WJZ) — A historic homesite discovered in Maryland has been linked to abolitionist and famed Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman. Maryland Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford made the announcement Tuesday, joining state and federal partners at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center. A historic homesite
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa offloaded more than two tons of cocaine at the Miami Beach base on Tuesday. The 5,500 pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated $94.6 million, was seized from a low profile vessel off the coast of Punta Gallinas,
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The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Vanita Gupta to be associate attorney general in a narrow 51-49 vote after Sen. Lisa Murkowski joined with Democrats in support of President Joe Biden’s Justice Department nominee. Vice President Kamala Harris was on hand for a procedural vote Wednesday morning in case she was needed for a possible 50-50
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A sense of justice’s triumph echoed across the country shortly after a jury in Minneapolis convicted Derek Chauvin in George Floyd’s death. To some, however, that feeling was tempered by the simple fact that Floyd should have been alive today. The conviction of the former Minneapolis police officer quickly emerged as a complicated moment in
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico’s latest red to turquoise reopening map is out and Otero County moved from yellow to a less restrictive green level. Dona Ana and Luna counties in southern New Mexico remained in yellow. Overall as of Wednesday, 14 New Mexico counties were turquoise, three were green, 15 were yellow
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El Paso, Texas– An El Paso woman has a dream to sing at the White House and she’s joining a nationwide movement, “Call me a Dreamer,” to make it a reality. Connie Blue-Puché is the creative songwriter behind the song, “Call me a dreamer”. A song created to inspire and give hope to DACA recipients,
Continue Reading A giant flare that is 100 times more powerful than any flare our sun has ever released has erupted from a nearby star, a new study says. Proxima Centauri is our sun’s nearest stellar neighbor at 4 light-years, or 25 trillion miles, away. It’s a small, dim red dwarf star with just an eighth of
Continue Reading After 19-year-old Brandon Hole killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis last week, questions arose about the state’s “red flag” law, which should have prevented Hole from having a gun in the first place. “Red flag” laws, found in more than a dozen states across the US, are also known as Extreme Risk
Continue Reading House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had months (and months) to ponder what she would say if and when former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of the murder of George Floyd. Which makes what she did say on Wednesday — in the immediate aftermath of the Chauvin verdict — all the more baffling. “Thank you,
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“Man Dies After Medical Incident During Police Interaction.” That was the headline of a Minneapolis Police press release on May 25, 2020, in the hours after an unnamed man in his 40s died. Absent from the nearly 200-word post is any mention of officers restraining him on the ground, a knee on his neck, or
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Arizona’s Republican governor on Tuesday vetoed a state bill that would have made it harder for students to learn about sexual and gender identity in schools, but issued an executive order requiring schools to be more transparent about their proposed curriculum on the topics. Gov. Doug Ducey vetoed SB 1456 nearly a week after the
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(CNN) — Un agente de policía de Columbus, Ohio, le disparó y mató a una adolescente negra el martes por la tarde después de que ella intentó atacar con un cuchillo a dos mujeres, según las autoridades y las imágenes de la cámara corporal que se mostraron a los medios. La madre de la joven,
Continue Reading Nota del editor: CNN Travel actualizará este artículo periódicamente. Aconsejamos que antes de hacer cualquier plan de viaje internacional, consulten detenidamente los avisos de viaje específicos de su país y de cualquier país al que deseen viajar. (CNN) — Se han registrado más de 142 millones de casos de covid-19 en todo el mundo y
Continue Reading Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday signed a bill legalizing simple possession of marijuana beginning this summer, making it the first Southern state to do so and accelerating a revamp of cannabis laws that have disproportionately jailed Americans of color for nonviolent offenses. The bill, signed a day after April 20 — marijuana’s unofficial holiday
Continue Reading Columbus, Ohio, officials on Wednesday released additional police body camera video of the fatal shooting of a Black teen who charged two females with a knife. “We don’t yet have all of the facts but we do know that a 16-year-old girl, a child of this community, tragically died last night,” Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther
Continue Reading In the months after George Floyd’s death, Minneapolis Police Department officers reported using force on far fewer people — but then use of force spiked late last year, a CNN analysis of department data found. And after Floyd’s death, Black people are still subject to use of force by Minneapolis officers at a highly disproportionate
Continue Reading Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — Un popular predicador nigeriano ha instado a sus seguidores a «rezar por YouTube» por haber cerrado su cuenta después de que publicara en su canal videos en los que afirmaba «curar» la sexualidad de los miembros homosexuales de su congregación. «Me enteré de lo que pasó con YouTube cuando vi que
Continue Reading President Joe Biden on Wednesday touted the anticipated milestone of the United States administering 200 million coronavirus vaccine shots since he took office and urged businesses to give their employees paid time off to get vaccinated. As a part of that call for time off to get vaccinated, Biden announced a new tax credit to
Continue Reading The New York state legislature passed a bill on Wednesday that would automatically restore voting rights to people convicted of a felony once they are on parole. The bill is intended to improve upon a 2018 executive order granting voting pardons to the 35,000 New Yorkers on parole, according to Assembly member Daniel O’Donnell, a
Continue Reading If not for Darnella Frazier’s quick thinking, Derek Chauvin might still be a Minneapolis police officer. Instead, Chauvin is behind bars, convicted of two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter after kneeling on George Floyd’s neck for more than 9 minutes. Now the teen who stood firm, capturing the longest and clearest bystander
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La Cámara de Diputados de Chile aprobó este martes el proyecto de ley que regula el acceso a la eutanasia o “muerte digna” para pacientes terminales. La aprobación en general fue en diciembre de 2020 y comenzó a debatirse en su articulado el miércoles. Con 79 votos a favor, 59 en contra
Continue Reading Apple’s new iMac is awesome: a technical marvel and a culmination of Apple’s stunning engineering achievements over the past several years. It’s also ugly as sin. When Apple overdesigns its products, it’s typically for form over function. You know the list: getting rid of the headphone jack to make the iPhone thinner, ditching USB-A ports
Continue Reading A few weeks ago, Philippe Massoud posted online ads looking for a cook to hire at ilili, his New York City restaurant. Typically, he said, 60 or 80 people might show up to interview for a position like that one. This time? Nobody. “That has not happened, ever, in the 14-year history of the business,”
Continue Reading Dogecoin is tumbling after a stunning start to the year. Brian Brooks, the new CEO of crypto exchange Binance, says that’s to be expected: Dogecoin is a lot of fun, and maybe even a good investment, but it’s not the future. It’s a novelty rather than a potential financial market disruptor like bitcoin. First Move’s
Continue Reading The Senate narrowly voted to advance the nomination of President Joe Biden’s nominee to be associate attorney general, Vanita Gupta, setting up a final vote expected later Wednesday despite fierce opposition from most Republican senators. Vice President Kamala Harris was on hand in case she was needed for a possible 50-50 tie on the procedural
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Dos migrantes hondureños fueron asesinados y tres más resultaron heridos el martes en una comunidad a 87 kilómetros de Villahermosa en el estado de Tabasco, al ser atracados por dos hombres. Según la información proporcionada por la policía municipal de Huimanguillo, la agresión ocurrió a las 8:20 horas de la mañana del
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK) — It’s back! Months after being painted over, Houston’s iconic “Be Someone” display has returned to its familiar spot. The famous graffiti was spotted Wednesday morning on the railroad bridge over I-10 and I-45 north of downtown. The graffiti saw a lot of change in 2020.
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