COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A pending Missouri bill would put a pause on open-records requests when public agencies are closed. House members voted 149-1 in favor of the bill Thursday. It now goes to the state Senate for consideration. An amendment added to the bill last week would exempt closed government agencies from the three-day
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Republican senators are trying to stay out of the fray between former President Donald Trump and their leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell. With Trump warning he will push primary candidates who fit his mold in 2022 Senate races, many Republican senators facing voters next year are not eager to pick sides following the former President’s blistering
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Click here for updates on this story NEWARK, New Jersey (WCBS) — CBS2’s new series, Unifying America, highlights people trying to cross racial and cultural divides that separate so many Americans. On Wednesday, CBS2’s Jessica Layton profiled a special organization in Newark that partners with police, staying at the scene long after officers leave. The
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Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — New numbers from the NYPD show gun violence in the city is on the rise this year. There were 90 shootings in the city at this time last year, but so far in 2021 there have already been 118. That includes eight shootings around
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After seven years of searching, the remains of missing 17-year-old Virginia teen have been located and recovered, according to the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office. Alexis Tiara Murphy left her Shipman home on August 3, 2013, to visit Lynchburg. Surveillance video showed her at a Lovingston gas station — the last time she was seen alive.
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A Manatee County, Florida, commissioner broke protocol for equitable vaccine distribution, which she had previously voted in favor of, when planning a vaccine drive initiated by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Vanessa Baugh admitted on Thursday that she “wanted to make sure certain people were on the list” for vaccination after emails revealed that she directed county
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Columbia police said Thursday that a woman injured in a shooting this week has died.
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Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — Boston barber Steve Silva says he knows he’s a lucky man. “Half inch to the left lucky, maybe even less,” he said. That’s how close it came to a life-threatening injury as he said he suddenly tripped as he cut a client’s hair last Friday
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Power outages in Texas have forced many to seek warmth in unconventional ways. Some are burning the artwork in their homes, and some are burning baby blocks. But others are resorting to more dangerous measures. People are using their grills, cars and generators to heat their homes — and carbon monoxide poisonings are spiking because
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As hundreds of thousands of Texans struggled for heat and water because of utility outages for a fifth consecutive day, more potentially deadly storms are hitting parts of the South, mid-Atlantic and Northeast with snow and ice. Winter weather alerts stretched Thursday from Texas, where snow and ice still was accumulating, to southern New England.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Many people in Chicago are working hard to unify America as communities come together to overcome differences. This includes one coach with a last name that may sound familiar to baseball fans. Batting practice reflects but one sliver of Ernest Radcliffe’s devotion to Chicago’s young
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Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — At a time when trust in law enforcement is at a low, Baltimore police officers are working to rebuild a relationship with the community. “We don’t just do enforcement. We provide services that are needed,” Baltimore Police Sergeant Robin Blackmon said. They’re a part of
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Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — An anonymous police source told KPIX Wednesday that multiple Oakland police detectives and officers didn’t want to arrest the Chinatown store owner who used a handgun to stop a woman from being robbed earlier this week. The owner of a liquor store in Oakland’s
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Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — We continue to hear from people across Chicago dealing with missing and delayed mail. CBS 2’s Tara Molina started investigating the issues more than six months ago and the USPS has yet to address them fully. On Wednesday night, Molina dug into a month-long delay
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Sen. Ted Cruz and his family flew to Cancun, Mexico, he confirmed in a statement to CNN, as a winter disaster in his home state left millions without power or water. Analysis: Cruz’s Cancun trip violates an unwritten rule of politics. Cruz, a Texas Republican, said in the statement he flew down for a night
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As Tehran prepares to ban short notice inspections of its nuclear sites in what will be its most egregious violation of the Iran nuclear deal to date, behind the scenes Biden administration officials are making clear they are determined not to succumb to pressure to make imminent concessions or return too quickly to the agreement,
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Dozens of local schools have been out or learning online this week as multiple rounds of snow and a blanket of bitter cold settled over Mid-Missouri
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Facebook allegedly gave its advertisers “inflated and misleading” metrics on how many people their ads could reach for years, according to newly revealed court documents in a long-running lawsuit against the company. The documents, unsealed on Wednesday by the US District Court for the Northern District of California, cite emails from a Facebook employee saying
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Bob Dole, the longtime US senator from Kansas and 1996 Republican presidential nominee, announced Thursday that he has an advanced form of lung cancer and will undergo treatment. “Recently, I was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. My first treatment will begin Monday,” Dole, 97, wrote on Twitter. “While I certainly have some hurdles ahead,
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Google is making changes to the leadership of its responsible artificial intelligence efforts months after the contentious departure of prominent Black artificial intelligence researcher Timnit Gebru rattled the company. The tech giant said in a blog post Thursday that Marian Croak, a Black woman who has been a vice president at the company for six
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