Los Angeles — Getting to work is work for Franchescoli Andrade, who rides his bike, hops on a train and then takes a bus every day. His 20-mile journey from South Los Angeles to the San Fernando Valley takes about 90 minutes each way. “Half an hour just to get …
Read More »House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat, says he agrees with Elon Musk’s characterization of President Trump’s domestic policy bill as a “disgusting abomination,” torching what he called a “Republican civil war” among GOP lawmakers in an interview with CBS News. “What Elon Musk said is the stone-cold …
Read More »Washington – Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee will be leaving the department, officials announced Wednesday evening, and has been tapped to join the FBI. Contee, who has served as chief since January of 2021, and with the department since 1989, will be departing, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser confirmed. Sources told …
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Alexandria, Virginia — Monica Colburn helps run a Virginia hair salon. But like a growing number of Americans, she uses her flexible schedule to earn extra money. “I have all of these extra side jobs,” Colburn told CBS News. She works weddings and promotes musicians. “I think last year, I …
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Baldwin, New York — It’s not a great time for home sellers, with the Federal Reserve raising interest rates to help combat inflation, driving up the cost of borrowing money. The average for a 30-year fixed mortgage rate briefly crossed the 7% mark before dipping to 6.95% this week, according …
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After an interview showed John Fetterman using a closed captioning device to read questions, the Democrat, who is running for Pennsylvania’s open Senate seat, tackled the subject that has been front and center on the campaign trail — his health. “The elephant in the room for a lot of folks …
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Golden, Colorado — There is little time to waste when someone is experiencing a fentanyl overdose. In Arapahoe County, Colorado, last December, officers used Narcan to seemingly bring a woman back to life after she took an illegal drug laced with fentanyl. “It did kill me,” the woman, who requested …
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As the Highland Park community mourns and survivors begin their long road to recovery, new details are emerging about those who were killed in the Fourth of July parade shooting. The victims were parents and grandparents. Most were at the parade with their families. The oldest victim was 88-year-old Stephen …
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The war in Ukraine, a major grain producer, and drought conditions in the U.S. have pushed wheat and corn prices up significantly, driving up the price of eggs 56%. Last year, the national average of a dozen large white eggs was $1.60, according to the Department of Agriculture. Now, it’s …
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Omaha, Nebraska — Part of America’s Great Resignation is a Great Repudiation — workers are rising up and demanding better, as businesses struggle to find enough people to fill open positions. A strike by more than 1,000 Kellogg’s plant workers is in its seventh week. There are ongoing walkouts by …
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