New Orleans — As the Atlantic hurricane season has gotten underway, a new study published Friday by researchers at Tulane University reveals hotspots in New Orleans’ concrete flood walls which had been strengthened in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The study found that the city’s concrete flood walls are sinking faster than …
Read More »Social Security plans to add artificial intelligence to phone systems, commissioner says
New York City — Frank Bisignano, commissioner of the Social Security Administration, told CBS News that he believes technology, and specifically artificial intelligence, could be the key to improving his agency’s customer service, despite recent changes that have prompted concern among some of the nearly 69 million Americans that receive …
Read More »IRS whistleblower in Hunter Biden investigation says he was stopped from pursuing leads
The IRS supervisory agent who helped oversee the investigation of Hunter Biden continues to raise questions about what he alleged was special treatment in the probe of the president’s son, telling CBS News that, dating back to the Trump administration, he was repeatedly prevented from taking steps he would have …
Read More »They received heart transplants on the same day in the same hospital. Then they fell in love.
Theirs is the most improbable of love stories — but the heart works in mysterious ways. Taylor Givens, 29, and Collin Kobelja, 34, received heart transplants on the same day at Virginia’s Inova Fairfax hospital in 2011 and were recovering in neighboring rooms. It was Givens’ first transplant after she …
Read More »Discount stores raising prices at higher rate than many other grocery stores amid inflation
Sheri Thompson is struggling to stretch her family’s weekly $200 food budget with grocery prices nationwide up 13.5% since last August. “My grandson, he comes in and he says, ‘Nana, we should be on lunchtime by now.’ And I said, ‘No. We actually skipped lunch. We’re on dinner,'” Thompson said. …
Read More »Harvey Weinstein juror: “There was nothing simple” about decision
Jurors in the Harvey Weinstein trial on Monday found the disgraced movie mogul guilty of committing a criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree — but also cleared him of more serious charges: predatory sexual assault and rape in the first degree. Weinstein’s bail …
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