Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Here’s a story that will lift you up. It’s about a weightlifter with a background that’s hard to believe. Sometimes to understand where someone is at, you have to see where they’ve been. Matt Schafly is a buff 23 year old, but physically, he used
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — Mother’s Day is this Sunday and if sending flowers is on your to-do list, finding the perfect blooms may be a challenge. Like so many other businesses, COVID is having an impact on the floral industry. “With the growers and importers, we know product is
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Initial unemployment claims nationwide hit a peak of 900,000 in January.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DENTON, Texas (KTVT) — A safe house for young men who are victims of sex trafficking is set to open in North Texas. Its founder says the Denton County home will be the first of its kind in the entire nation. Six to eight young men, ages 18
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President Joe Biden on Thursday sought to make the case that his sweeping economic proposals are better positioned to bolster the middle class than tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations during a trip to Louisiana. The President stood in front of the Calcasieu River Bridge — a 70-year-old bridge that is 20 years older
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WAXAHACHIE, Texas (KTVT) — Rob Parker was home with his 5-year-old daughter Paizlee Monday night, May 3 when an EF-2 tornado hit. “Everything is totaled, it’s just totaled,” Rob said. “It wiped us out.” Rob and his daughter were inside when their roof collapsed. He grabbed a blanket
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TEXAS CITY, Texas (KTRK) — A Texas City family is praising the way police handled the call that was made of their kids playing with Nerf guns. Sunday evening was a family birthday celebration for the Reynas. It was the first time they had seen each other in
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Several top business leaders have backed President Joe Biden’s plan to raise taxes on large corporations and the wealthy and spend more on infrastructure. But JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon wants to see more details. “I’m concerned about how the money’s going to be spent,” Dimon said in a recorded interview for the Investment Company
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It was a heavy Mother’s Day surprise on “Red Table Talk” when Willow Smith rounded up her mom’s former metal band for a performance. Jada Pinkett Smith appeared thrilled when her daughter reunited her with Wicked Wisdom, the nu metal band Pinkett Smith founded in 2002. The Mother’s Day episode of the weekly Facebook Watch
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The City of Chicago allows people with disabilities living in some neighborhoods to get a personal handicapped parking spot right in front of their homes. Those spots are assigned to one individual and only while that person lives at there, but CBS 2 Morning Insider
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A married couple with a long history of service to their South Side community were the victims of a horrific attack over the weekend. Now friends are rallying to support the couple many say would “give you the shirts off their backs.” Even in this
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“The Water Man” arrives with the coveted Oprah Winfrey seal of approval, marking the directing debut of David Oyelowo, who also co-stars. Yet this coming-of-age movie is a very small-boned family movie, one that charitably would perhaps work best for older kids, in what feels like a too-lengthy trek to reach its well-intentioned message. The
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Three dollar store chains will make up almost half of all the new stores opening up in the United States this year, a reflection of the dollar store sector’s outsized growth in the retail industry as other chains close shops or stop building new ones. About 45% of the 3,597 store openings that large retail
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News of the Bill and Melinda Gates’ divorce ricocheted around the world this week, raising a number of questions: What, why? What about the foundation? Is it too soon to ask Melinda to star in a reality TV series with Mackenzie Scott? And, of course, what happens to that ginormous house? (Answers: We don’t know;
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Click here for updates on this story WALTHAM, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A statue of Jesus outside St. Charles Chapel on the south side of Waltham was beheaded over the weekend. “It pains me to see any attack on the faith, on the religion of any believers or any church or religion,” Pastor Michael Nolan. A
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Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — It’s meant to be a place where guests can kick back, relax, and unmask. “We just wanted to kind of alleviate some of that anxiety kind of being built around the vaccinations. I think a big one was who is vaccinated and who isn’t,” said
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A Fort Jackson trainee is in custody after allegedly hijacking a school bus full of students on its way to Forest Lake Elementary School in Columbia, South Carolina, the Richland County sheriff said. Sheriff Leon Lott called the incident “a very scary situation,” but said none of the 18 children on board the bus were
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A bubble could be brewing in steel stocks. The pandemic brought the American steel industry to its knees last spring, forcing manufacturers to shut down production as they struggled to survive the imploding economy. But as the recovery got underway, mills were slow to resume production, and that created a massive steel shortage. Now, the
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Naomi Osaka’s continued excellence has been celebrated at the 2021 Laureus World Sports Awards. The 23-year-old was named Laureus Sportswoman of the Year for 2021 after winning her second US Open title, but it wasn’t just her success on the court that contributed to her claiming the accolade. During her run to grand slam success
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Albert Pujols has been designated for assignment by the Los Angeles Angels, abruptly ending the 41-year-old superstar slugger’s decade with his second major league team.
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