Click here for updates on this story HAVERTOWN, Pennsylvania (KYW) — The pandemic has impacted everyone, but especially children with special needs who do best when they follow a routine. Eyewitness News sat down with a Delaware County mom and her son to share at-home strategies every parent can use and to celebrate home-team heroes
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAKEWOOD, California (KABC) — A Los Angeles County sheriff’s motorcycle deputy was killed Thursday morning in a traffic collision in Lakewood, Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced. In a tweet, Villanueva said he was “saddened” to share news of the fatal crash, which occurred near Del Amo and Paramount boulevards.
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Airbnb and DoorDash went public the same week in early December and were both met with strong demand from investors. But in their first earnings reports as publicly traded companies on Thursday, the two sharing economy businesses signaled very different possible paths forward after the pandemic ends. In a letter to investors, Airbnb said it
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BERKELEY, California (KPIX) — A new plan to revamp Berkeley neighborhoods enacted by the city council this week updates zoning laws to end past policies of housing discrimination. Tuesday night, the Berkeley City Council voted unanimously to ban single-family zoning, a restriction that is coming under increased scrutiny
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TURLOCK, California (KOVR) — A mom is alive thanks to the quick thinking of her 11-year-old daughter. The Tudor’s Turlock home caught fire last week. Flames quickly tore through the garage and up to the second floor. As smoke filled the air, Paisley Tudor focused on getting her
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OAHU, Hawaii (KITV) — Many restaurants across O’ahu may now welcome more customers as the city began the first day of Tier 3 in its reopening strategy Thursday. Limits on capacity have been lifted and parties may now be capped at 10 people instead of five. Charles Wakeman,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri protesters who repeatedly block traffic without permission could face felony charges under a bill passed by state senators. The GOP-led Senate voted 24-9 Thursday to pass the bill. The measure follows protests last summer in the St. Louis area over the death of George Floyd, including demonstrations that blocked
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — No, Las Vegas locals don’t live in casinos. But a new internship in Las Vegas will let you live in a hotel-casino for the summer. Station Casinos is looking for undergraduate interns for the 2021 Summer Internship Program. The 12-week program will include
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PAROWAN, Utah (KSL) — The Iron County School District is investigating one of its teachers for a post on his Twitter account. The Feb. 13 tweet, which appears to be posted to Parowan High School humanities teacher Brian Townsend’s page, referenced killing Republican senators. When Brandon Harris saw
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RIGBY, Idaho (East Idaho News) — A Rigby man is sharing his love of bagels with the community and he’s hoping to open a brick-and-mortar business in Rexburg soon. Ryan Bestor started making bagels out of his home about three months ago and delivering them to customers. “We
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The two Italians killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday died in a gunbattle, and were not killed execution-style, prosecutor Alberto Pioletti told CNN on Thursday. Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio and Italian carabiniere, or paramilitary police officer, Vittorio Iacovacci, died on Monday after their car was attacked as they traveled in a UN
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We almost lost Tiger Woods in a gruesome car accident Tuesday along a Southern California highway during these final days of the month when America celebrates Black history. With apologies to late poet T. S. Eliot, such a horror would have made February the cruelest month, instead of April. Just four weeks ago, Hank Aaron
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Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — A woman was attacked with pepper spray in Manhattan, the latest in a concerning string of assaults against Asian New Yorkers. “I felt helpless,” 30-year-old Yaeji Kim told CBS2’s Ali Bauman. Kim was walking home from work around 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 16 when
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Twitter is exploring a way to allow users to become paid subscribers to Twitter accounts they really like. The company teased the feature, which it’s calling Super Follows, during its Analyst Day presentation on Thursday. If implemented, users would have the ability to pay creators for additional content within their Twitter feeds, including exclusive announcements
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Opponents of affirmative action asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to use their case against Harvard to overrule precedent that has long allowed consideration of race in admissions and particularly enhanced opportunities for Black and Hispanic students. The challengers claim that as Harvard College favors certain minority students, it unlawfully discriminates against Asian Americans by
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Acting US Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman warned Thursday that militia groups involved in the January 6 insurrection want to “blow up the Capitol” and “kill as many members as possible” when President Joe Biden addresses Congress. Pressed by House lawmakers to provide a timeline for removing the razorwire fencing and other enhanced security measures
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Laid-off workers will be allowed to turn down jobs they think are too risky because of Covid and continue to collect unemployment benefits, under guidance issued by the US Department of Labor Thursday. The new rules, which stem from a directive signed by President Joe Biden last month, expand the conditions under which workers may
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President Joe Biden spoke with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud on Thursday ahead of the release of a long-awaited US intelligence report on the killing of Saudi insider turned dissident Jamal Khashoggi. The congressionally mandated release of the report, which is expected to further implicate Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in
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Click here for updates on this story EASTCHESTER, New York (WCBS) — It’s a new convenience for carnivores — meat from a vending machine. An upstate butcher is expanding its business to the northern suburbs with an automat selling beef, chicken and pork, CBS2’s Tony Aiello reported Wednesday. When the Carforas walked by and peeked
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Throughout Watkins Memorial High School there is a hum — of teachers teaching, of students learning. Between lessons, the noise increases as teenagers switch classrooms — voices raised, laughter and hundreds of pairs of sneakers in hallways. For millions of families in the United States, this is a reminder of how things were a year
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