By JESSE ZANGER Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Chopper 2 was live over a fire that broke out at the Tiffany & Co.’s newly-renovated flagship store in Midtown. The Fire Department said an underground street electrical fire broke out around 9:30 a.m., and that there were no outages and
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN New York (CNN) — Snap said Thursday that it has garnered more than 4 million paying customers for its subscription service Snapchat+. The news comes on the one-year anniversary of Snap launching the service on its flagship platform, Snapchat, and shows how it is finding some early success in getting users
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN New York (CNN) — Snap said Thursday that it has garnered more than 4 million paying customers for its subscription service Snapchat+. The news comes on the one-year anniversary of Snap launching the service on its flagship platform, Snapchat, and shows how it is finding some early success in getting users
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — La Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos dice que los colegios y universidades ya no pueden tener en cuenta la raza como base específica para conceder una admisión, lo que constituye una decisión histórica que anula un precedente de hace mucho tiempo que ha beneficiado a los estudiantes negros y latinos en la
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MAASS Click here for updates on this story BOULDER, Colorado (KCNC) — At 47 years old, Atif Ali thought he would be at the mid-point of his life. Instead, he finds himself planning for his death, as he has been diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, which has no known
Continue ReadingBy JOHN RAMOS Click here for updates on this story SAUSALITO, California (KPIX) — The health of the ocean off the Northern California coast is in trouble, as biologists have seen a massive die-off of the kelp forests that are essential to a healthy ecosystem. Scientists think bringing back sea otters may be one solution.
Continue ReadingBy CBS MIAMI TEAM Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — A Miami-Dadde attorney caught our attention, but not because of his legal expertise. Hashim Burney volunteers at Miami-Dade Animal Services, he’s been doing it for the past seven years. He said he loves spending time with dogs and taking them out
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The off-screen attention regarding Henry Cavill’s exit can’t help but bleed into the new season of “The Witcher,” which will mark the “Man of Steel” star’s last with the Netflix show. Based on the initial episodes, Cavill could leave on a relatively high note, thanks to a tighter,
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has solidified protections for workers who asks for religious accommodations. The case decided Thursday involves a Christian mail carrier who didn’t want to work Sundays because he said that day is for church and family. The justices made clear in a unanimous decision that
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Three Florida men have been charged with making $22 million through illegal insider trading before the public announcement that an acquisition firm was going to take former President Donald Trump’s media company public. The charges were outlined Thursday in papers unsealed in federal
Continue ReadingBy MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The government keeps tabs on air quality with a color-coded index as smoke from Canadian wildfires drifts south. The Environmental Protection Agency uses this air quality index to monitor five kinds of air pollutants and rate how clean or polluted the air is across the
Continue ReadingTALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A former Russian publisher and chief editor has been sentenced to eight years in prison in absentia for defaming Russia’s armed forces involved in the war on Ukraine. A Moscow court sentenced Ilya Krasilshchik on Thursday. He has left Russia. He was the editor-in-chief of Russian entertainment and lifestyle magazine Afisha
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — The Czech brewer Budvar, which has been embroiled in a long legal dispute with U.S. beer giant Anheuser-Busch over the use of the Budweiser brand, has registered a fall in its 2022 net profit and exports. The company says it’s due to Russia’s war in Ukraine and high inflation driven by soaring
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Caroline Wozniacki says that she is returning to competition three years after she retired from professional tennis to start a family. She is a former No. 1-ranked tennis player who won the 2018 Australian Open. She announced the news on Twitter. The U.S. Tennis Association says it will grant
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Italians were supposed to be on a “pasta strike” this week but it was called off after prices for the national staple started to fall. Zoom out, though, and global food prices are still far higher than a year ago, despite precipitous drops in the cost of key
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Viewers aren’t the only ones who appreciate the (brief) reunion of Samantha Jones with her “Sex and the City” friends. In a preview of Kim Cattrall’s upcoming appearance on “Today,” the actress, who portrays the character, talked about her cameo during the second season of “And Just Like
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GOOD THURSDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… As high pressure continues to gain strength over the Pacific NW, we will see sunny skies and the warm up continue. Sunny skies today will be accompanied by daytime highs in the upper 80’s to low 90’s. Northerly and NW breezes that are gentle in the morning will pick up to 5-15
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence told CNN on Thursday that “repelling Russian aggression” is in the United States’ “national interest,” after meeting earlier in the day with the Ukrainian president during a visit to the war-torn country. The show of support for Ukraine comes as Republicans vying for the
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a package of bills that will create stricter punishments for sexual assault that takes place under the guise of medical treatment. The new laws will also protect students who report it. The bills were first inspired in the wake of
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a package of bills that will create stricter punishments for sexual assault that takes place under the guise of medical treatment. The new laws will also protect students who report it. The bills were first inspired in the wake of
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