
Mayor gives update on shooting of police officers
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka provided an update Tuesday night on the two police officers who were shot while serving a warrant. Both officers are in stable condition.
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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka provided an update Tuesday night on the two police officers who were shot while serving a warrant. Both officers are in stable condition.
Two officers were rushed to the hospital after they were ambushed while trying to serve a warrant in Newark, New Jersey. One officer was shot in the neck and the other in the leg, according to officials. Michael George reports.
The man was taken into custody Wednesday near the scene of the shooting. He faces charges for attempted murder.
Officials say the search is underway for a suspect who shot and wounded two police officers trying to serve a warrant in Newark, New Jersey. CBS News investigative producer Pat Milton joins anchor Lana Zak with the latest on this developing story.
The non-venomous snake was removed from the plane by airport staff when the flight landed in Newark.
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared late Wednesday that the city is now under a state of emergency due to "an historic weather event ... with record breaking rain across the city, brutal flooding and dangerous conditions on our roads." He joins CBS New York with the latest. Read more here.
For the first time, a flash flood emergency was issued in New York City as remnants of Hurricane Ida raced up the East Coast late Wednesday. The band of severe weather also caused the FAA to issue a "ground stop" at all three New York City-area airports. CBS New York has complete team coverage. Read more here.
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Four hundred city residents living below the poverty line will receive $12,000 over two years.
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Some migrant teenage boys were reunited with their families or sponsors following a recent flight to Newark, New Jersey. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez was on that flight and he joined CBSN with the story, plus a look at what’s ahead for the thousands of other children waiting their turn.
Essex County, New Jersey's robust vaccination rollout plan has worked so well, neighboring counties are calling them and asking how they're ensuring that they use every single vaccine allocated to them each week. The team running the program, Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, Jr. and Health Officer Maya Lordo spoke with Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers on CBSN about how they pulled it off.
Newark, New Jersey completed a 10-day lockdown before Thanksgiving to slow the spread of COVID-19. That lockdown was initiated by Mayor Ras Baraka, who got some pushback from businesses. Baraka discusses the city's efforts to curb the virus with CBSN's Tanya Rivero.
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Newark, New Jersey is reversing course on reopening as cases rise around the city.
Journalist and historian Jelani Cobb joined "Red and Blue" to discuss his new documentary for Frontline/PBS, "Policing the Police 2020." In it, he goes back to Newark, New Jersey, where he began reporting on the police department's forced reforms back in 2016.
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford said a 25% surcharge on electricity sent to Michigan, Minnesota and New York, will be effective on March 10.
Congress is staring down a deadline to fund the government by the end of the week, as the familiar threat of a shutdown looms over Washington.
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President Trump warned that the arrest of prominent Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil by federal immigration authorities is the first "of many to come."
Democrats joined Republicans in confirming former GOP Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer as President Trump's labor secretary.
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The revocations are the latest in a campaign to punish and cut off access to people who the president alleges "weaponized" the nation's court systems against him.
President Trump warned that the arrest of prominent Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil by federal immigration authorities is the first "of many to come."
Democrats joined Republicans in confirming former GOP Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer as President Trump's labor secretary.
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COVID-19 spurred more Americans to stay home. But this trend didn't start or end with the pandemic, research shows.
Hospital-based violence intervention programs have operated in the U.S. since the mid-1990s, but recent moves by the Trump White House are raising anxiety about the programs' future.
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