By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — An independent party will review antisemitism policies at the City University of New York, the nation’s largest urban public university system, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday, as protests about the war between Israel and Hamas roil college campuses across the country. Hochul, a Democrat, said the
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN HICKEY, SAMAH ASSAD Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A North Lawndale neighborhood business was ordered closed by Chicago Police, after it hosted a Halloween party that escalated into a mass shooting that wounded 15 people this past weekend. City records reviewed by CBS News Chicago also show the
Continue ReadingLANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan attorney general’s office says the state prosecution of former Gov. Rick Snyder and other officials for their roles in the Flint water scandal has ended. Prosecutors said a decision Tuesday by the state Supreme Court to decline to hear appeals of a lower court’s dismissal of misdemeanor charges against
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — As part of its ongoing effort to make it easier for Americans to amass retirement savings and protect consumers from having to pay “junk” fees, the Biden Administration on Tuesday released a proposed rule that would require any financial adviser, broker or insurance agent who sells retirement
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with whether public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts, an issue that first arose in a case involving former President Donald Trump. The justices heard arguments in two cases involving lawsuits filed by people who were blocked
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The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is reminding hunters that Chronic Wasting Disease check stations, including one in Prineville, are mandatory to stop at if you pass one along the highway or interstate while transporting a harvested deer or elk.
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday pressed lawmakers to urgently pass the Biden administration’s $105 billion national security funding request which includes significant funding for Israel and Ukraine’s war efforts, arguing that the two conflicts are connected and failing to pass the
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — The city of Philadelphia has picked the winning design for a Harriet Tubman statue outside City Hall after facing criticism over its original choice of an artist who’d been selected without competition. New Jersey-based artist Alvin Pettit beat out four other semifinalists. His 14-foot bronze statue will portray the famed abolitionist as
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Henderson, CNN (CNN) — A convicted felon who allegedly shot 15 people at a Halloween party on Chicago’s West Side early Sunday has been charged with 15 counts of attempted first degree murder, police said on Tuesday. William Groves, 48, created a disturbance inside, “caused some issues and they removed him from the
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A temporary cease-fire deal that would facilitate the release of dozens of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza offers a glimmer of hope to families and friends of those who have been held captive since their abduction from southern Israel by militants on Oct. 7. In all, roughly 240 people were
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — With freezing temperatures of down to minus 40 degrees Celsius (minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit) and vegetation hundreds and sometimes thousands of meters below the mountain tops, the summits of the Andes mountains maintain an extremely harsh environment. So how did a species of leaf-eared mouse make this barren land their home?
Continue ReadingA decade or two (or three) ago, the Bend area’s attractions often placed it in the top 10 or 20 of various national rankings, including the fastest-growing. We’re not quite there anymore, for a whole host of debatable reasons, but a new population list shows Bend as one of the nation’s 50th fastest-growing cities of the past five years.
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who beat a 66-year-old Sikh man to death after a fender bender in New York City has been charged with manslaughter as a hate crime. Prosecutors announced Tuesday that 30-year-old Gilbert Augustin also faces charges including assault as a hate crime and unlicensed driving
Continue ReadingBy ELYSSA KAUFMAN, LOU KLEINBERG Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The driver of a stolen Jeep crashed into a business in Wicker Park early Tuesday morning Around 4:30 a.m., the SUV crashed into Round Two, in the 1500 block of North Milwaukee Avenue. CBS 2’s nonstop news crews captured a
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Although Black and Hispanic Americans have accumulated more wealth in recent years, their median net worth still lags far behind that of White Americans. The net worth of the typical Black and Hispanic household in 2022 was $44,900 and about $61,600, respectively, according to the Federal Reserve’s latest Survey on Consumer Finances, a triennial report released this
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A Cornell University junior was arrested and charged in connection with a series of antisemitic online threats made against Cornell University’s Jewish community, federal officials said Tuesday, two days after the messages surfaced. Patrick Dai, 21, was arrested Tuesday on “a federal criminal complaint charging him with posting threats
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los estadounidenses adoran los dulces de Halloween. Las ventas de dulces de Halloween crecieron un 14% entre 2021 y 2022 y este año va camino de ser igual. En 2022, los consumidores estadounidenses gastaron más de US$ 3.700 millones en caramelos durante las seis semanas previas a la festividad. ¿El dulce
Continue ReadingBy DEAN FIORESI Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — Police have launched an investigation after receiving report that several University of Colorado football players had valuables taken from their lockers during their game against UCLA at the Rose Bowl over the weekend. Video posted by Well Off Media, who have
Continue ReadingBy Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman, Tara John, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli strikes targeting Hamas commanders and the militant group’s infrastructure in the densely populated Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza have left catastrophic damage and killed a large number of people, according to eyewitnesses and medics in the enclave. The devastation wrought by the
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A vegetation fire in California’s Riverside County exploded in size as it was stoked by hot and dry Santa Ana winds, scorching multiple structures and forcing thousands of people to flee their homes. When the fire – dubbed the Highland Fire – was first reported Monday at 12:37 p.m.
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