Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, are all the rage. But their popularity may have already peaked. Prices of NFTs, the digital certificates that have taken the art and collectibles world by storm this year, have plunged about 70% from their high point in February. The average price for an NFT on April 5 was about $1,256
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Lawyers for Harvey Weinstein filed an appeal Monday asking for a New York court to reverse his sex crimes convictions and grant him a new trial. A lengthy motion filed in the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division argues the disgraced Hollywood mogul’s 2020 conviction should be reversed because his first trial was tainted on
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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
Continue Reading 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
Continue Reading 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
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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
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JEFFERSON CITY, MO (KMIZ) City council members discussed bringing a scooter ride-sharing service to Jefferson City at the city council meeting Monday night. The Bird scooter company is interested in bringing its services to Jefferson City. The company is requesting an exclusive agreement to provide the ride-sharing service to the city’s rights-of-way. Jefferson City’s attorney,
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
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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
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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
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With summer around the corner and more people getting Covid-19 vaccines, you may be wondering whether going to the beach is a safe bet. Even for people who have been fully vaccinated, “nothing is going to be 100% safe, just like nothing is going to be 100% risk,” said CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen,
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
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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
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