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Dec 2, 2024 | 
cbsnews.com | Ash-har Quraishi |Amy Corral |Charlie Brooks |Matt Clark |Scott Pham |Jose Sanchez | +3 more
The death of a 19-year-old college student on a Texas highway is raising questions about the fleet of drivers Amazon uses to move packages between its facilities. College freshman Iliana Velez's life was cut short in a crash with a contractor who was driving to pick up an Amazon load. A University of Texas freshman, Velez was working nights sorting packages part time at an Amazon fulfillment center. In the early morning hours of Jan.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Stephen Stock |Amy Corral |Jose Sanchez |Jose Sánchez |José Sánchez
A former National Transportation Safety Board member tells CBS News he's concerned that a failure in the process of manufacturing and inspection of Boeing's 737 Max 9 aircraft led to a near disaster in the skies over Oregon last Friday. That's when a panel on the side of the aircraft commonly referred to as a "door plug" blew out of the Alaska Airlines flight out of Portland as the plane climbed through 16,000 feet on its way to Ontario, California.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
cbsnews.com | Tom Hanson |Amy Corral
Zoe Dadian's front yard became a front line when the remnants of Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic flooding in her community of Swannanoa, North Carolina. "It's just like a horror show, just standing there on solid ground while full houses floated by with people sitting on top, like screaming for their lives," Dadian said. When the floodwaters receded, neighbors started talking about the warnings that came before.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
cbsnews.com | Ash-har Quraishi |Amy Corral |Scott Pham |Ryan Beard
More U.S. cities and states are starting to say "yes, in my backyard" as they struggle to meet the housing needs of growing populations. The "YIMBY" movement is a political effort to tackle the country's housing shortage by increasing the housing supply with strategies like changing zoning codes and other regulations that limit home density.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Ash-har Quraishi |Amy Corral |Scott Pham |Ryan Beard
Ash-har Quraishi, Amy Corral, Scott Pham, Ryan BeardSeptember 18, 2024 at 6:49 PM·1 min readMore U.S. cities and states are starting to say "yes, in my backyard" as they struggle to meet the housing needs of growing populations. The "YIMBY" movement is a political effort to tackle the country's housing shortage by increasing the housing supply with strategies like changing zoning codes and other regulations that limit home density.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Chris Hacker |Amy Corral |Stephen Stock |Jose Sanchez |Jose Sánchez |José Sánchez
Cracked walls, mold, sewage backups, even the risk of electric shock. That's what students at Druid Hills High School outside Atlanta faced for years — and they wanted the world to see. Chronic under-investment left school buildings and facilities there in disrepair. The problem got national attention after a video the students posted to social media went viral. In the video, one student shows walls peeling from water damage. Another points to holes in the ceiling.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Stephen Stock |Jose Sanchez |Jose Sánchez |José Sánchez |Dilcia Mercedes |Amy Corral
Flight delays and cancellations that have plagued travelers in recent months have prompted a federal investigation into what's causing the chaos. And the issues are likely to linger for as much as a decade, a CBS News investigation found.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Ash-har Quraishi |Amy Corral |Josh Pena
Ash-har Quraishi, Amy Corral, Josh PeñaUpdated August 13, 2024 at 7:40 AM·2 min readActivity on dating apps and websites increases leading up to Valentine's Day, and so does your risk of being scammed, according to new research. Increasingly, scammers are using high-tech tools like bots and artificial intelligence to trick victims into sending them money. Cyber security company Arkose Labs reported between January 2023 and January 2024, dating apps saw a 2087% increase in bot attacks.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Ash-har Quraishi |Amy Corral |Ryan Beard
As the holiday season approaches and the shopping frenzy intensifies, consumers are being warned to stay vigilant against the rising menace of counterfeit products. These imitations are becoming increasingly difficult to identify — and potentially dangerous. The world's largest online retailer has been using artificial intelligence and machine learning to root out sellers trying to peddle counterfeits on its platform.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Ash-har Quraishi |Amy Corral |Ryan Beard
At the onset of the pandemic in the spring of 2020, downtowns across the country emptied out. Soft lockdowns, office closures and a massive shift to remote work meant businesses in the urban core that were traditionally dependent on the daily foot traffic of commuters were at risk of financial ruin. In San Diego, a downtown economy dependent on tourism and convention-goers, restaurant owners were bracing for the worst.
