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Nov 26, 2024 | 
cbsnews.com | Dave Malkoff |Laura Geller |Justin McCray |Justin Mccray |Aaron Munoz
Katelyn Midkiff and her father, Bill, were at their kitchen table when a thunderous noise gave way to chaos. On the morning of Sept. 27, their home was consumed by a landslide in the wake of Hurricane Helene. It was one of more than 2,000 landslides in western North Carolina. "There was a loud sound behind us," Katelyn Midkiff said. "Then it was like we were getting thrown and pulled at the same time." Mud and debris from the landslide trapped them for three hours.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Laura Geller |Stephen Stock |Jose Sanchez |Jose Sánchez |José Sánchez |Aaron Munoz | +1 more
Jessica Tunis doesn't understand why emergency officials have not learned from her mother's death. The Santa Rosa, California, woman said her mother, Linda, did not receive an evacuation alert to warn her the fast-moving Nuns-Tubbs wildfires were raging nearby. The 69-year-old's body was found in the burned rubble of the Journey's End Mobile Home Park in October 2017. Evacuation alerts didn't go out to the neighborhood where Linda Tunis lived, until after she was already dead.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
cbsnews.com | Ash-har Quraishi |Aparna Zalani |Ryan Beard |Aaron Munoz
Across the U.S., family members caring for loved ones provide an estimated $600 billion in unpaid services each year, sacrificing time, money and often their well-being to care for aging loved ones, according to an AARP survey. As Congress considers a bill that would provide family caregivers a tax credit, quantifying how much that time is worth is proving to be difficult. Amy Goyer understands the challenge. Caring for her aging parents meant turning her life upside down.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
cbsnews.com | Laura Geller |Stephen Stock |Jose Sanchez |Jose Sánchez |José Sánchez |Rachel L. Gold | +1 more
"Pure chaos" is how students at Garfield High School in Seattle described the shooting scene they encountered when they returned to campus from lunch in June. 17-year-old Amarr Murphy-Paine died after he was shot while trying to break up a fight near the school steps. "I mean, people were running that way, this way," Nate Cook recalled. Garfield High School has been the scene of five shootings since 2021.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Laura Geller |Stephen Stock |Jose Sanchez |Jose Sánchez |José Sánchez |Rachel L. Gold | +1 more
"Pure chaos" is how students at Garfield High School in Seattle described the shooting scene they encountered when they returned to campus from lunch in June. 17-year-old Amarr Murphy-Paine died after he was shot while trying to break up a fight near the school steps. "I mean, people were running that way, this way," Nate Cook recalled. Garfield High School has been the scene of five shootings since 2021.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
cbsnews.com | David Schechter |Tracy Wholf |Aaron Munoz |Justin McCray |Justin Mccray |Aparna Zalani
Quick cooling solution troops use in the heat It almost seems too simple to be true, but research shows submerging your forearms and biceps in ice cold water can prevent overheating. It's a technique the U.S. Army has embraced at bases across the country. "It's low-tech, it's inexpensive, it's easy to implement," said Lt. Col. Dave DeGroot, who runs the Army Heat Center at Fort Moore.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | David Schechter |Tracy Wholf |Aaron Munoz |Justin McCray |Justin Mccray |Aparna Zalani
Garmin2 hours agoGarmin Approach Z30 Rangefinder ReviewGolf Monthly - Sam De'Ath • 2hWhile I am a tinkerer when it comes to the clubs in my golf bag, my current rangefinder has held its place in my bag for over five years. It does …Health15 hours ago'Beige Fat' Breakthrough: Calorie-Burning Powerhouse Could Revolutionise Weight-Lossdmarge.com - Finlay Mead • 15hThe best thing you've never heard of.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
cbsnews.com | Tom Hanson |Laura Geller |Josh Pena |John Kelly |Aaron Munoz |Jose Sanchez | +2 more
Inside look at ICE's SmartLINK app On an April day in 2022, a Venezuelan migrant stood on the banks of the powerful Rio Grande. He could see his future directly in front of him as he cautiously waded into the currents. With each step, his 6-foot-4-inch frame began to disappear beneath the murky green water. "The water was up to my neck," he said. "I held my backpack over my head and my feet could barely touch the ground. … I was afraid that I would be swept away.
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Dec 19, 2023 | 
cbsnews.com | Tom Hanson |Laura Geller |Alexis Guerrero |Aaron Munoz |Michael Botsford
Misinformation spreads on Israel-Hamas war Decimated neighborhoods. Injured children. Terrorized festivalgoers running for their lives. Since the brutal war between Israel and Hamas began nearly three months ago, Maddy Miller, a 17-year-old high school senior in Dallas, Texas, has been trying to make sense of the horrific scenes unfolding daily on her phone. "I'll just open TikTok or Instagram and it's like,'here's a clip from inside Israel or inside Palestine,'" Miller said.
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Dec 6, 2023 | 
cbsnews.com | David Schechter |Haley Rush |Laura Geller |Aaron Munoz
In the Arctic, where the reliable supply of energy can mean the difference between life and death, one community is leading the way in one of the planet's most unique renewable energy transitions. For more than 100 years, the economy of Svalbard, Norway — a group of islands near the North Pole — has revolved around coal mining. But burning coal warms the planet, which contributes to the climate change that is now melting Svalbard's glaciers.
