Europe’s medicines regulator said it has found a possible link between the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine and rare blood clots, but emphasized that the overall benefits of getting the shot outweigh the risks. The news, announced Tuesday, threw another complication into the European Union’s vaccination rollout and dealt a major blow to the company
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Click here for updates on this story NEW HYDE PARK, New York (WCBS) — With COVID-19 cases still rising among young people, there’s a sobering story from Long Island. A teenager who says she was on “death’s door” returned to the hospital that saved her life to warn others the pandemic is not over yet,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CORONA, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A man is recovering after being bitten by a rattlesnake near Corona while trying to pick it up with barbecue tongs, Riverside County Animal Control officials said. Riverside County firefighters were called to home on Elderberry Lane in Sycamore Creek, just south of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story STUDIO CITY, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A Southern California family said they noticed what they believe to be human waste coming out of a low-flying plane over the weekend. The Studio City home is right under the flight path for the Burbank Airport and gets its fair share
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — Dallas County Health and Human Services reported 502 additional positive cases of COVID-19 on Monday, April 19. Of those, 394 are confirmed cases and 108 are probable cases. There is a cumulative total of 255,407 confirmed cases (PCR test). There is a cumulative total of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A South Side couple said they paid thousands for credit repair, but the Chicago financial expert they hired didn’t fix anything. CBS 2 Morning Insider Tim McNicholas warns: you don’t need to cough up cash to help your credit. “He told me he would charge
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A verdict has been reached in Derek Chauvin’s trial in the death of George Floyd, according to a notice posted by the court on the Hennepin County Court’s website. The jurors’ decision will be read in open court between 4:30 and 5 p.m. ET, the court said. The jury of five men and seven women
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Community members Monday released balloons near the Homan Square restaurant where 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams was killed. She was shot in a McDonald’s drive-thru at Roosevelt Road and Kedzie Avenue. Jaslyn’s father was also shot but is expected to survive. She is the third child killed
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Investigators are looking for a man they believe shot three people Tuesday — killing one — in a manager’s office of a grocery store on Long Island, police said. The shooting happened on an upper level of a Stop & Shop grocery in the community of West Hempstead, New York, while a couple hundred people
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEWTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Washington Street in Newtonville is a bustling, commercial street. Lots of traffic. In the 700 block are a variety of shops, including a massage business and a pot shop. So when Newton Firearms quietly emerged, few people knew it. There is no big sign.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Violence rocked the city of Baltimore as police responded to a slew of deadly weekend crimes. Investigations are ongoing, including one where a five-year-old boy was grazed by a stray bullet while getting ready for bed. The mother of the child told WJZ Monday he
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story St. Louis (KMOV) — A new mayor will take office in the city of St. Louis. Mayor-elect Tishaura Jones will be inaugurated Tuesday at City Hall. At noon, St. Louis will swear in its first Black female mayor. The ceremony is being held in the Rotunda. Due to
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Covid-19 infections have been rising at an alarming rate for eight consecutive weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, as the virus sweeps unabated through hotspots in several corners of the globe. More than 5.2 million new cases were recorded last week — the most in a single week since the pandemic began —
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A shooting at a Long Island grocery store Tuesday left one employee dead and two other people wounded, and investigators are looking for the shooter, police said. The shooting happened at a Stop & Shop grocery in the community of West Hempstead, about a 10-mile drive east of the New York City borough of Queens,
Continue Reading The jury resumed deliberations Tuesday in Derek Chauvin’s trial on charges of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. The jury of five men and seven women began deliberating Monday afternoon at 5 p.m. ET and continued until 9 p.m. ET. Jurors resumed deliberating Tuesday at 9 a.m. ET, according to the Hennepin
Continue Reading A shooting was reported Tuesday at a Stop & Shop grocery in West Hempstead, New York, and no suspect has been apprehended, officials said. Police are canvassing the area in the community on Long Island, and nearby schools are on lockdown and have been told to secure their buildings, Nassau County spokesperson Christine Geed said.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — In high school, Jasmine Huda was not good at science. She needed to boost her physics grade when she was a junior, so she took on an extra-credit assignment. She and a classmate at Ladue Horton Watkins High School went to Lambert
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FLETCHER, North Carolina (WLOS) — Bree Hodge, of Fletcher, said she’s happy to be home, recovering from coronavirus after things quickly went downhill a month ago. That’s when her husband tested positive for COVID-19. While he and their two children had minor symptoms, Hodge had a fever that
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, NC (WLOS) — Authorities say a 20-year-old man was killed over the weekend in a motorcycle crash in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Great Smoky Mountains National Park Rangers responded to a report of a motorcycle wreck on Clingmans Dome Road at
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Honolulu Emergency Medical Services partnered with the University of Hawaii to create a training program to help recruit and retain new candidates. In many eyes, it’s the best way for the city to fill vacancies. Currently, there’s only about 250 people on-staff operating 21-ambulances. The
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