Ma’Khia Bryant’s cousins remembered the Black teenager fatally shot by police in Ohio as “a good student, a good person” whose life was unnecessarily cut short by “disproportionate and unjustified use of force.” “As a family we are all saddened by the tragic and unnecessary death of Ma’Khia,” cousins Don Bryant and Deja Torrence said
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MINEOLA, New York (WCBS) — A Long Island family is going public with a plea after the daughter was viciously attacked in her Elmont driveway. Acid was thrown in her face. By whom, and why, remains a mystery. As CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff reports, Nafiah Ikram is bravely speaking
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The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to pass a bill that would grant statehood to Washington, DC, a Democratic priority that faces obstacles to final passage even with the party now in control of both chambers of Congress and the White House. The party line vote was 216-208. The legislation now faces an uphill
Continue ReadingRepublican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina will deliver the GOP response following President Joe Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress next Wednesday. The decision will give Scott, the lone Black Republican senator and the lead Republican negotiator on Congress’ policing reform efforts, a prominent national platform from which to speak to the
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story RAHWAY, New Jersey (WCBS) — A man nearly choked to death inside a New Jersey restaurant, but a group of emergency workers that happened to be at the eatery as well rushed in and saved his life. As CBS2’s Christina Fan reports, for many EMTs like Amber Henderson,
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A church community is salvaging what it can after a fire earlier this week. It happened Monday night at Sacred Heart of Jesus Polish National Catholic Church in northeast Minneapolis. No one was hurt. Investigators haven’t been able to figure out how it started. For
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FALL RIVER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — The Fall River Police Department is explaining why a post critical of George Floyd was “inadvertently” shared on Facebook after the conviction of former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin on Tuesday. Chauvin was found guilty of all charges in the 2020 death of Floyd
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LAREDO, Texas (KTVT) — A U.S. Army soldier rescued an unaccompanied child this week who was struggling to get out of the Rio Grande River on the U.S. side. “It is frustrating to me as a parent to see a young child left by smugglers to fend for
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story OAK PARK, Illinois (WBBM) — The math just doesn’t work out – a 4-year-old boy is no match for a 97-pound box. Video shows that box crush little Max Pratt as he screams for help. But then, a hero comes running. On Wednesday, CBS 2’s Jermont Terry reunited
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Cascade Natural Gas ranked at the top of the list of 31 utilities named as 2021 Environmental Champions on Earth Day. The natural survey was conducted by Escalent, a top human behavior and analytics firm.
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Click here for updates on this story TAUNTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Rosemary Heath has been on a mission lately, trying to spread kindness wherever and to whomever she can. “Kindness wins. Most of the time, kindness wins,” she says. “So this is the perfect thing to do in George’s name.” It was five years ago,
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Click here for updates on this story ROCK HALL, Maryland (WJZ) — Farmers are often the first to feel the ramifications of climate change, and many are starting to fight back from the ground up. Including one Maryland farmer from Rock Hall. Trey Hill started adopting “climate-smart” farming techniques 20 years ago. He plants cover
Continue ReadingAn African American woman who says her wrists and ankles were shackled by police for hours while she was in active labor at a hospital has settled with the city of New York and its police department. The woman was arrested two days past her due date in late 2018 on a misdemeanor assault charge
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Click here for updates on this story OCEAN CITY, Maryland (WJZ) — A dog who went missing nine months ago is back home safe and sound. Fisher, the two-year-old Boston Terrier went missing in Ocean City on July 4, 2020. He was recently found by a man who said he was outside when Fisher came
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden on Thursday kicked off a virtual climate summit attended by 40 other world leaders by announcing an ambitious cut in greenhouse gas emissions as he looks to put the US back at the center of the global effort to address the climate crisis and curb carbon emissions. At the White House summit,
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One in eight couples suffers from infertility in the United States, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. My husband and I are that one in eight. When we decided to start our family in 2017, I was 29 years old and expected that having children was par for the course after
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Mourners gathered in Minneapolis on Thursday to honor the life of Daunte Wright, the Black motorist fatally shot by a Minnesota police officer this month during an arrest attempt. In his eulogy for Wright, the Rev. Al Sharpton referred to “a resting place … a martyr’s bench,” where the 20-year-old could take his seat next
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story AURORA, Illinois (WLS) — A St.Charles man is speaking out after being among eight people to have gotten the wrong COVID vaccine second dose at a Mariano’s in Aurora. Jeff Chaney said he was surprised when the pharmacy alerted him and he’s questioning how they got the vaccines
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CALVERT, Alabama (WALA) — On August 8, 2020, Shelia Brunson reported her daughter, Samantha Moore, missing where Brunson last spoke to Moore on July 31, 2020 on the phone. Through further investigation, Samantha Moore was seen at the Scenic Motel on Moffett Rd somewhere just shortly after the
Continue ReadingA US Capitol Police officer directed “all outside units” on the morning of January 6 to only monitor for anti-Trump agitators “who want to start a fight,” not any “pro-Trump in the crowd,” according to the findings of a newly revealed internal investigation. Rep. Zoe Lofgren described the radio broadcast, the existence of which was
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