Last fall, when General Motors revealed the GMC Hummer EV electric pickup, Duncan Aldred, head of the Buick and GMC brands, told CNN Business, “There will be an SUV, so watch this space.” That space is now filled. GM revealed the GMC Hummer EV SUV on Saturday in a 60-second commercial narrated by LeBron James
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Click here for updates on this story FORTH WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — A recent study from the Department of Veterans Affairs shows significant benefits from service dogs for veterans with dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder. Canine Companions for Independence is one of the organizations that participated in the VA study. “There were reduced thoughts of
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Justice Clarence Thomas suggested on Monday that Congress should consider whether laws should be updated to better regulate social media platforms that, he said, have come to have “unbridled control” over “unprecedented” amounts of speech. The provocative and controversial opinion comes as Twitter banned former President Donald Trump from its platform for violating its rules
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Top members of the Biden White House have appeared with California’s embattled Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, twice over the last week — a signal of support for a politician who is likely to face a recall election. Newsom accompanied Vice President Kamala Harris on a tour of a water treatment plant in Oakland, California, on
Continue Reading Spring has arrived, and America’s services sector — an enormous part of the economy — is positively booming. As some pandemic restrictions are relaxed and vaccines are put in more arms, pent-up consumer demand is getting released — and that’s helping economic activity in the services sector roar back, according to the Institute for Supply
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A homeless man has been arrested after allegedly attacking an Asian woman in Center City this weekend. Police say the man walked up to the 27-year-old woman, struck her in the face and walked away without exchanging any words. The incident happened around 2 p.m.
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Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo on Monday thoroughly rejected Derek Chauvin’s actions during the arrest of George Floyd last May as contrary to department policy. “Once Mr. Floyd had stopped resisting, and certainly once he was in distress and trying to verbalize that, that should have stopped,” Arradondo testified during Chauvin’s criminal trial. “There is
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story UPPER DARBY, Pennsylvania (KYW) — A mother is pleading for the safe return of her pregnant daughter after the young woman and her boyfriend went missing. They were last seen in his car, which was found on fire. The search is underway for Dianna Brice and her boyfriend
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTVT) — A Texas deputy is on desk duty after video surfaced of him punching a teenager outside a convenience store. The incident took place on March 26 when a high school sophomore living in Harris County was riding his ATV with friends. The teen
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — An attack on a 7-Eleven worker is being investigated as a possible hate crime. The victim was punched in the face and called an anti-Asian slur, CBS2’s Kiran Dhillon reported Sunday. The incident happened at around 5:30 a.m. on Saturday inside the store at
Continue Reading Secretary of State Tony Blinken said that the US would not “trade shots in arms for political favors” when outlining the State Department’s plans to share supplies of Covid-19 vaccines with other countries, though he offered little detail on what that outreach would look like. “This is about saving lives,” Blinken said during remarks at
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Rideshare drivers are a big target for carjackers in Chicago. One was killed last week by someone he picked up. Now drivers are demanding major safety changes from Uber and Lyft, some of them spoke with CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey. The drivers point out
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Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo on Monday thoroughly rejected Derek Chauvin’s actions during the arrest of George Floyd last May as contrary to department policy. “Once Mr. Floyd had stopped resisting, and certainly once he was in distress and trying to verbalize that, that should have stopped,” Arradondo testified during Chauvin’s criminal trial. “There is
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ORLANDO (WFOR) — When it comes to the pandemic, the rules are the rules even at “the most magical place on Earth.” A Lousiana man, who claimed he spent $15,000 on a Disney World vacation, was arrested February 13th at the resort after he reportedly refused to have
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Dozens of Des Plaines residents are blaming the city’s new trash and recycling company for bins blowing down the road. And delivering broken containers. CBS 2’s Brandon Merano spoke to neighbors about their garbage gripes. The biggest complaint from people is the wheels falling off
Continue Reading The Ingenuity helicopter survived its first night on the freezing-cold surface of Mars, a major milestone in the rotorcraft’s journey ahead of its historic first flight. Jezero Crater, an ancient lake bed on Mars and the current site of the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter, can drop to temperatures of minus 130 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HAMPTON, New Hampshire (WBZ) — Ninety-four year old John Doyle is wheeled in the Oceanside Center in Hampton, New Hampshire to his beautiful girl – his Kay. And the couple, married 72 years, wastes no time – going right in for a careful kiss. “It’s magic, it really
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(CNN Business) — LG está saliendo del negocio «increíblemente competitivo» de fabricar celulares. El lunes, el gigante tecnológico surcoreano anunció que cerraría su unidad de teléfonos móviles después de años de pérdidas, marcando el final de una era para un pionero en el mundo de Android. Se espera que la división se liquide para el
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — A Tom Brady rookie card sold for more than $2.25 million Friday night. The Lelands 2021 Spring Classic Auction said the card is considered the “Holy Grail” of all Tom Brady rookie cards. The card sold for $2,252,854. The sale is the largest in history
Continue Reading Officials say drones may have detected a second breach in a Florida wastewater reservoir containment wall that could collapse — creating what the governor has called a “real catastrophic flood situation.” “At approximately 2 a.m., an infrared drone identified a signature that could indicate a second breach” in the Piney Point wastewater pond, Manatee County
Continue Reading (CNN) — Si piensas en Japón en primavera, la imagen que te viene a la mente es probablemente la de los famosos cerezos en flor del país. También se les conoce como «sakura»: flores blancas y rosas, que brotan en ciudades y montañas, cubriendo el suelo con sus pétalos. Pero el que broten cada vez
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DALLAS, Texas — The driver of a stolen ambulance was taken into custody on Monday afternoon after a two-hour police chase that stretched along highways and city streets across the greater Dallas area, according to ABC affiliate WFAA. The ambulance was stolen from a Dallas fire station earlier in the day, officials said. The ambulance
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal) — There isn’t much remaining of the town of Blooming Grove. Once a rural enclave east of Lake Monona, most of the town over the years has been consumed by the cities of Madison and Monona. It’s been dissected by Interstate 39-90 and
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The culture of Arab Americans will be honored this month, with the designation by the state department of April as Arab American Heritage Month, reflecting that the group’s contributions to the US “are as old as America itself,” a spokesman said. “The United States is home to more than 3.5 million Arab Americans representing a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DAYTON, Ohio (WLWT) — Ohio’s new “stand your ground” law goes into effect Tuesday. The controversial new law, signed by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine in January, eliminates Ohioans’ duty to retreat before using force. The measure expands the so-called “stand your ground” right from an individual’s house and
Continue Reading Additional Army criminal investigators have been sent to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in the wake of a soldier’s allegation about sexual assault that may have involved multiple Army personnel in more than one incident, several Army officials told CNN. According to the post’s commanding general, a trainee at Fort Sill reported on March 27 that she
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — All New Mexico public school districts are expected to be open for in-person learning this week. The Las Cruces Public Schools started offering full-time in-person learning on Tuesday. The state’s push to reopen gives the vast majority of parents the option of sending their children back to school after more than a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NORTH YORK, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — A 2-year-old boy drowned in a stormwater tunnel in York County, police said. North York County Regional police said the child was reported missing around 6:30 p.m. Sunday in the 1300 block of North Duke Street in North York. The child had been
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — The New Orleans Chinese Association held a peaceful demonstration Sunday in front of the New Orleans Museum of Arts to take a stand against crimes towards Asian Americans. WDSU spoke with many Asian Americans who said they were afraid they might be the next
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DEMING, New Mexico — Authorities say two young sisters in Deming who were the subject of an Amber Alert have been found safe. Deming police said Sunday that 3-year-old Abri Lujan and 4-year-old Adelina Lujan were found unharmed hours after going missing. Their father, Jose Luis Lujan, is accused of abducting them and threatening to injure
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