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An American Sign Language interpreter who helped keep the deaf community informed during Covid-19 press briefings in Hawaii has died from the virus. Patty Sakal, 62, passed away on Friday morning at Alvarado Hospital Medical Center in La Mesa, California during a trip to visit family, her sister Lorna Mouton Riff told CNN. Her health

Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — Homework; for many of us adults, it’s been eons since we had school assignments. Now 13-year-old twins in southwest suburbs want to give Illinois lawmakers a big project. CBS 2 Morning Insider Lauren Victory explains. It’s below freezing in mid-January, but two St. Dominic Catholic

Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A local organization is serving awareness about racial and social injustices — through something sweet. In 2014, Rose McGee was coping with grief and anger over the death of Michael Brown. She turned to what she knew: baking. “She brought the pies down to share

Click here for updates on this story     January 19, 2021 Citing the evolving situation with the identified COVID-19 variants from other countries, the prime minister is strongly urging Canadians not to travel because federal travel rules could change very quickly. In French, the prime minister implored anyone who has booked trips to cancel them, saying

Bioluminescent insects have long fascinated scientists, but little is known about how these animals got their light abilities. A 99-million-year-old beetle recently discovered by researchers, however, unlocks a piece of the evolutionary puzzle, according to a study published in The Royal Society journal. The beetle, known by its Latin name Cretophengodes, was found fossilized in

Click here for updates on this story     DAVIS, CA (KOVR) — A fiery car crash near Davis sent strangers running towards the flames to pull out two men trapped inside Saturday. Woodland CHP says the driver of the BMW lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a utility pole on Pole Line Road. Peter

Click here for updates on this story     HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — It’s been weeks since hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians have received unemployment checks. “My husband’s disabled and we only get one check a month and it only goes so far,” Martie Bachman said. After being laid off from her accounting job last April, Martie

Click here for updates on this story     COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (KCNC) — In 2016, a double lung transplant saved the life of a Colorado Springs woman. In 2020, those lungs were tested when she caught COVID-19. Linda Regis told Health Specialist Kathy Walsh, once again, her organ donor saved her life. “My lung capacity was

Click here for updates on this story     SALEM, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A small community in Westmoreland County is upset after a girl’s beloved turkey was shot and killed due to Pennsylvania Game Commission law. He was the star attraction in the little Village of Salem. “Everyone loved it,” Josh Nuttall, the turkey’s raiser, said. “They’d

Click here for updates on this story     NEW YORK (WCBS) — Coronavirus pandemic fallout has impacted the way college students learn. And now, some students at Columbia University say it should also impact how much they pay in tuition, and they’re prepared to go on strike from making payments, CBS2’s Dave Carlin reported Sunday. Staying

Click here for updates on this story     NORTHPORT, New York (WCBS) — Is there a silver lining in everything? One Long Island family thinks so. The victims of a home invasion are responding by giving back, and it has made all the difference, CBS2’s Jennifer McLogan reported Monday. It was 8 p.m. on New Year’s

Click here for updates on this story     MIAMI (WFOR) — The search continues for the person responsible for the shooting over the weekend which killed six-year-old Chassidy Saunders and injured two others. The shooting happened Saturday night behind a Burger King on NW 6th Place and 55th Avenue. A makeshift memorial of balloons, pink teddy