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
Continue ReadingClick 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.
Continue ReadingAt 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
Continue ReadingHOLLYWOOD, 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
Continue ReadingClick 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
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About 105 million Americans throughout the county remain under a winter storm warning or watch as many deal with frustrating power outages and stinging cold temperatures. “Significant snow, sleet, and freezing rain accumulations will spread across most of the Mid-South Wednesday and Thursday,” the National Weather Service said. Winter storm warnings are in effect in
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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
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced an overhaul of the state’s citizen’s arrest law Tuesday, one that was used to justify the death of Ahmaud Arbery last year. Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was out for a jog near Brunswick, Georgia, on February 23, 2020, when he was chased down in a truck by three men
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Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine appears to reduce symptomatic coronavirus infections by more than 90% in the real world, Israeli researchers said Sunday. The findings, while preliminary, suggest that the vaccine remains remarkably effective in a mass vaccination campaign — outside the carefully controlled conditions of a clinical trial. The Clalit Research Institute, part of a large
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — A Beacon Hill barber is lucky to be alive after he accidentally stabbed himself in the chest with his own pair of shears. Steve Silva, 29, was cutting Max Cohen’s hair when he tripped and fell on top of the scissors. “He was walking around
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the life of Jack Ma, co-founder of China’s most successful tech empire and billionaire entrepreneur. Personal Birth date: September 10, 1964 Birth place: Hangzhou, China Birth name: Ma Yun Father: Ma Laifa Mother: Cui Wencai Marriage: Zhang Ying (Cathy Zhang) Children: Two (some sources say three) Education: Hangzhou Teachers College, 1988;
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The first reference the Baltimore Historical Society could find to “salt boxes” in the Baltimore Sun archives is from 1969. It’s still not clear exactly how long the boxes have been a neighborhood fixture during Baltimore winters. “They’re full of salt for residents who are
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Several Mid-Missouri school districts announced Wednesday closures on Tuesday afternoon, as bitter cold kept snow clinging to some roads with more on the way.
Continue ReadingSome of the warmest places in Texas, where rolling power outages are occurring across the chilly state, are inside cars and trucks parked in the driveway of a home without electricity. Chey Louis of Irving told CNN his family in Grand Prairie had planned a small socially distanced gathering to celebrate his younger brother’s birthday.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Atlanta (WGCL) — The final phase of the reopening of Atlanta Public Schools began with a two-hour delay Tuesday because of the potential for icy conditions. Still, returning students told CBS46 they were glad to be out of the house. “I’m pretty excited. It’s good to be back
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Lawrence, Kansas (KCTV) — The University of Kansas has suspended head baseball coach Ritch Price for two weeks after he was arrested for a DUI over the weekend, school Athletic Director Jeff Long announced on the team’s website. Long said in part, “While I have tremendous respect and
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The Covid-19 vaccine rollout started as a trickle. But the pace has steadily picked up each week, more than tripling in the first month under the Trump administration and reaching President Joe Biden’s goal of 1.5 million shots per day just about three weeks into his term. But some aspects of the federal rollout plan
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story St. Clair, Missouri (KMOV) — A Missouri man is accused of sexually assaulting two girls in St. Clair, Missouri. The afternoon of Jan. 21, 2020 officers were called to a mobile home in the 300 block of E. Springfield Road for a report of a man sexually assaulting
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Millions of Americans reeling from a deadly storm and massive power outages are about to get walloped by more winter weather. Already, about 2,000 records for low temperatures have been shattered this past week, CNN meteorologist Dave Hennen said. On Tuesday alone, at least 20 cities suffered their coldest weather in history. Many more new
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story St. Louis (KMOV) — A settlement has been reached after an undercover officer was beaten while working the Jason Stockley protests in 2017. A St. Louis city police detective beaten by his fellow officers filed a federal civil lawsuit Monday, naming the city, Mayor Lyda Krewson and a
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