Parents growing desperate as baby formula shortage continues
Parents are also being told to look out for online scams that could be dangerous for children.
During her decades-long career, Jennifer McLogan has been recognized for her coverage of breaking news and live reporting on major stories that include the September 11 attacks, Superstorm Sandy, the Gilgo Beach Murders, the Long Island Rail Road massacre, the crash of TWA Flight 800, the Philadelphia Police firebombing of the radical group Move, the Hamptons' Pine Barrens fires, and major snowstorms crippling the Northeast. In sports, she covered Super Bowl XLVI, World Series with both the Yankees and the Mets, NBA finals with Michael Jordan, and the death of Arthur Ashe.
For her reporting, Jennifer has earned multiple Emmys (national and local) while based in New York, Boston, and Chicago as well as awards from American Women in Radio and Television, the Associated Press, the Long Island Coalition for Fair Broadcasting, and the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Addiction.
Jennifer began her career reporting in Boston first in radio for WEEI-AM (news and substitute helicopter traffic reporter) and WHDH-AM before joining WBZ-TV. She was subsequently a Northeast correspondent for NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, and NBC Sportsworld. For CBS, in addition to CBS New York, she reported for WBBM-TV in Chicago.
Jennifer ran the Boston Marathon... while reporting on it. She is a rabid University of Michigan Wolverine. Not only did she attend the Honors College, but her parents met there, and her grandfather was on the faculty. While at Michigan, Jennifer was an NCAA athlete, earning a letter as a member of the first women's varsity basketball team in university history.
As a theatre major, she appeared in numerous plays and musicals, among the most memorable playing opposite noted Shakespearean actor Nichols Pennell in Pericles, Emily in Our Town and Bessie Burgess in The Plough and the Stars.
Also, while a student at Michigan, she was was elected the retro "greaser" Homecoming Queen, winning a 1948 Cadillac in mostly working order.
Jennifer earned an M.F.A. in Theatre Arts from Brandeis University.
She is a member of Inner Circle, the New York news reporters' parody group, and she is active in outreach for several volunteer groups.
She and her husband - a university dean - are the parents of three children: Their eldest is an attorney in Washington D.C., their middle child works in the restaurant industry in Charleston, South Carolina, and their youngest created "The Dig" for CBS News New York.
Jennifer and her six siblings are proud natives of Flint, Michigan.
Parents are also being told to look out for online scams that could be dangerous for children.
Many grieving families need financial help because they've emptied bank accounts paying for treatment programs.
A college student with disabilities from Long Island is stuck in an old manual wheelchair after her multi-thousand dollar custom-made motorized chair went missing when she landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport on May 4.
Enthusiasm and pride are bubbling over in the Long Island communities where Karine Jean-Pierre grew up and attended school.
During this school year, one Babylon teacher has resigned and another was arrested on charges of raping a 15-year-old student.
Lisa Doyle called the offer to Laura Russo a miscarriage of justice.
The 14-year-old, because of his juvenile status, faces a maximum of 10 years behind bars.
The first Monday in May is known as Melanoma Monday, and it kicks off Melanoma Awareness Month.
That commitment to higher education brings many concerns and hurdles for families.
More than 50 percent of 25-year-olds on the spectrum have never held a paying job, despite having the skill set to excel.
Lorraine Lombardo was rushed to Stony Brook University Hospital, where she had surgery and remains in stable condition.
It happened outside a deli grocery at the corner of Clay Avenue and East 174th Street in the Concourse section.
James Moshier apparently believed the teens were intruders, not pranksters.
Police said the suspects encountered the victim inside the home, where one proceeded to attack her.
The Mill House Inn in Yaphank is saving its leftovers for a unique venture, and patrons are on board with their leftovers, too.