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President Joe Biden would only commit to a return to normal by next Christmas during a CNN town hall on Tuesday, saying he did not want to boost Americans’ hopes when he could not be certain of a still-early vaccine rollout. The prediction of nearly another year in pandemic-dampened conditions was admittedly not optimistic. But

President Joe Biden said teachers should move ahead in the line to receive shots in order to reopen schools, attempting to clarify an administration stance that he acknowledged had become muddled over the last week. Speaking at a CNN town hall from Milwaukee during his first trip outside Washington since taking office, Biden said he

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill on Monday that will suspend the use of a letter grade system in schools statewide, due to how disrupted this school year has been by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “Today I signed House Bill 2402, which ensures that students continue to be evaluated, so the State can ensure

Click here for updates on this story     BRENTWOOD, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Tina Powell was just trying to get a few ingredients for her Valentine’s Day dinner. “I was making stuffed chicken for dinner and I didn’t have any cranberry sauce,” Powell told KDKA on Monday. She was in line at the Brentwood Giant Eagle when

Vichar Ratanapakdee was well-known in his San Francisco neighborhood for his hour-long walks each morning, a ritual that kept him vibrant and healthy during the year of the pandemic. An 84-year-old immigrant from Thailand, Ratanapakdee had recently received the coronavirus vaccine and was walking in the Anza Vista neighborhood the morning of January 28 when

Click here for updates on this story     NEW YORK (WCBS) — A teenager from Queens is recovering after falling into an icy pond in Central Park. It happened near 59th Street and Fifth Avenue on Monday. CBS2’s Nick Caloway spoke to the boy and his mom. The teen is doing okay, thanks to the heroics

Click here for updates on this story     NEW YORK (WCBS) — A woman in Queens was struck and killed while waiting at a car wash on Monday. And police said it happened in front of her daughter, CBS2’s Ali Bauman reported. Police were at the scene in Ozone Park talking to the car wash employees.

At least three people were killed and 10 more were injured after a tornado ripped through Brunswick County, North Carolina, late Monday, officials said. The National Weather Service in Wilmington confirmed Tuesday the tornado “has been rated as a high-end EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita damage scale with winds estimated at 160 mph.” Dozens of

    HOLLYWOOD, Florida (WFOR) — A devastated mother and father are pleading for the public’s help in the search for their 21-year-old daughter, who they say vanished without a trace from Anne Kolb Nature Center in Hollywood last Thursday. Marycel and Jose Bolivar told CBS4’s Peter D’Oench that their daughter, Noemi Bolivar, was last heard from

Click here for updates on this story     HAVERHILL, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Steven Hart darted across Route 125 in Haverhill early Saturday morning after a car crashed through the front of Li’s Asian Restaurant. “They didn’t even hit the brakes they just went straight in,” he said. Hart called 911 and went inside to see if

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday released guidelines for reopening schools that focus on five key Covid-19 mitigation strategies: the universal and correct wearing of masks; physical distancing; washing hands; cleaning facilities and improving ventilation; and contact tracing, isolation and quarantine. Vaccines and testing are not among the “key” strategies the