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Woman who refused to wear mask in Texas bank arrested again for same stunt
New York Post - 19 Mar 2021 03:34
A woman who made headlines last week when she refused to wear a mask inside a bank was arrested again on Wednesday after pulling the same stunt -- this time at a local Office Depot. Employees of the Texas City office sup...
Johnson & Johnson working on modified vaccines for COVID-19 variants
New York Post - 19 Mar 2021 04:57
Johnson & Johnson is working to develop modified versions of its COVID-19 vaccine that may be needed to protect against virus variants, a report said. "We're working on several next generations of vaccines," J&J Chief Ex...
Autism rates soar: CDC says disorder now affects one in every 68 children
CBSNews - 19 Mar 2021 04:55
The autism rate in the U.S. is 30 percent higher than previously thought, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which puts the number of American kids and teens with autism at 1.2 million. Jim Axel...
Pistorius trial: Illness forces delay until April 7
CBSNews - 19 Mar 2021 04:40
The murder trial of Oscar Pistorius adjourned unexpectedly Friday morning because the judge's legal assistant is sick. The trial resumes April 7. Clarissa Ward reports.
U.S. charges Swiss "hacktivist" for data theft and leaks
ABC News - 19 Mar 2021 15:55
The Justice Department has charged a Swiss hacker with computer intrusion and identity theft, just over a week after the hacker took credit for helping to break into the online systems of a U.S. security-camera startup
Boy, 2, dies after eating fentanyl mom bought with stimulus check, cops say
New York Post - 19 Mar 2021 15:55
A 2-year-old Kentucky boy died after consuming fentanyl his mother bought using her stimulus check, police said. Lauren Ashley Baker, 33, admitted to cops in Ludlow Thursday that she got the highly addictive synthetic op...
Derek Chauvin trial live: Jurors can hear evidence related to George Floyd's 2019 arrest, judge rules
USA Today - 19 Mar 2021 15:46
Jurors in the trial of Derek Chauvin will be allowed to hear evidence related to George Floyd's arrest in 2019, a year before the fatal encounter with police.
Italian cat reportedly catches UK COVID-19 variant from owners
New York Post - 19 Mar 2021 15:29
An Italian cat has reportedly been diagnosed with the UK variant of COVID-19 -- in what is believed to be the first case of a feline contracting the strain. The 8-year-old cat began displaying respiratory symptoms about ...
Gibraltar 'first nation in world' to vaccinate entire adult population
New York Post - 19 Mar 2021 15:09
Gibraltar rocks! The tiny British overseas territory -- famed for its Rock of Gibraltar -- has become the "first nation in the world" to vaccinate its entire adult population against COVID-19, ITV reported. Located on th...
Taliban expect US withdrawal, vow to restore Islamic rule
ABC News - 19 Mar 2021 14:56
The Taliban have strongly warned the United States to honor its pledge to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by May 1 or face a “reaction.”
Looking at the Rise of Anti-Asian Racism in the Pandemic
The New York Times - 19 Mar 2021 14:55
Friday: One expert discusses how anti-Asian sentiment tends to rise in times of national crisis. Also: Pandemic updates.
Women more likely to stress eat during COVID pandemic than men, study says
New York Post - 19 Mar 2021 14:52
Women are binging on high-calorie food as a way to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic more than men, who are actually eating less, a new study has found. The diets of 31 New Yorkers -- 16 men and 15 women -- were examined o...
US plans to send vaccines to Canada. Hear local leader's ecstatic reaction
CNN - 19 Mar 2021 06:57
The Biden administration is finalizing plans to send millions of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine doses to Mexico and Canada, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki. CNN's Paula Newton reports.
"48 Hours" probes two questionable convictions
CBSNews - 19 Mar 2021 04:58
"48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty looks at two cases involving men found guilty of a murder they say they didn't commit, and the extraordinary efforts to try and free them.
The House Passes Two Immigration Bills. But Will Broader Immigration Reform Be Possible?
Time - 19 Mar 2021 04:58
The House of Representatives passed two bills on immigration reform on Thursday that would provide a pathway to citizenship for millions of DREAMers, Temporary Protected Status holders, and farm workers. But they also se...
Woman born deaf hears for first time - caught on video
CBSNews - 19 Mar 2021 04:51
Joanne Milne, of Great Britain, was overcome with emotion when her cochlear implants were turned on, and she was able to hear for the first time. Charlie Rose reports.
Pencils of Promise philanthropist of finding purpose, creating change
CBSNews - 19 Mar 2021 04:49
Pencils of Promise is a non-profit organization that has built nearly 200 schools across Africa, Asia and Latin America. The founder and CEO Adam Braun discusses his book "The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person ...
Severe storms: Tornadoes, flash floods slam southern U.S.
CBSNews - 19 Mar 2021 14:30
Tornadoes and rain stretched from North Carolina to Florida. CBS News' Vicente Arenas reports from Belhaven, N.C., where tornadoes destroyed several homes.
Woman buys traditional house for $8,000, ships it across Indonesia to create Bali dream home
CNN - 19 Mar 2021 04:45
Bali first captured Kayti Denham's heart when she came to the Indonesian island for her honeymoon in the 1980s.
Texting while driving may get you on a billboard
CBSNews - 19 Mar 2021 04:45
A San Francisco graphic designer has found a proactive way to shame texting drivers. He snaps pictures of them from the passenger seat of a vehicle and posts them on his website called "twitspotting." He's taken it a ste...
Migrants wait for asylum as U.S. faces massive influx at Mexico border
CBSNews - 19 Mar 2021 04:44
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas refrained from calling the surge of migrants at the U.S. border a "crisis" during a hearing yesterday and defended the Biden administration's efforts to process cases. CBS N...
The personal toll of QAnon on families and once-close relationships
CBSNews - 19 Mar 2021 04:43
Families say QAnon believers clinging to the baseless conspiracy theory are driving a wedge between themselves and their loved ones. Greg Jaffe, a national security reporter at The Washington Post, joins CBSN AM to discu...