Kierra Frazier

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News Editor at CBS News

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FireAid benefit concert features star power to help Los Angeles fire victims

6 days ago | aol.com | Kierra Frazier

The star-studded FireAid benefit concert in Los Angeles featured artists such as Billie Eilish, Stevie Wonder, Jelly Roll and Olivia Rodrigo.
George Santos "remains unrepentant for his crimes" in social media posts ahead of sentencing, DOJ says

6 days ago | cbsnews.com | Kierra Frazier

The Justice Department argued in a new filing Thursday that disgraced former Rep. George Santos lacks "remorse" for his conduct and is approaching his April 25 sentencing with "belligerence" in his recent social media posts. Santos started a social media blitz attacking the Justice Department on April 4 when he posted on X, "No matter how hard the DOJ comes for me, they are mad because they will NEVER break my spirit," according to the filing.
Michelle Trachtenberg's cause of death was complications of diabetes mellitus, officials say

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Kierra Frazier

Michelle Trachtenberg, star of the teen drama series "Gossip Girl" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," died of complications of diabetes mellitus in February, the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner announced Wednesday. Trachtenberg's death was initially undetermined after the family objected to an autopsy but the medical examiner amended the cause and manner of death following laboratory test results. The manner was determined to be natural.
Trump authorizes military to take control of public land along souther border

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Kierra Frazier

President Trump on Friday night authorized the military to take control of a strip of public land along the southern border. The president justified the use of the military by saying the United States is "under attack from a variety of threats." "The complexity of the current situation requires that our military take a more direct role in securing our southern border than in the recent past," the order reads.
Trump authorizes military to take control of public land along souther border

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Kierra Frazier

6 hours agoAmerica's national parks protect some of our most treasured natural landscapes and historical sites. With hundreds of millions of us enjoying the parks each year, maintaining these pristine environments requires significant resources and support. And now that staff are being cut en masse, funding …
FDA to replace laid-off employees with contractors, sources say

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Alexander Tin |Kierra Frazier

The Food and Drug Administration is finalizing plans to replace some of the employees it laid off with contractors, three FDA officials tell CBS News, after steep cuts to the agency's workforce disrupted drug and food safety inspections.
What is the measles vaccine schedule? Here's what age to get the MMR shot.

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Nicole Brown Chau |Kierra Frazier

Fact-checking RFK Jr. claims on HHS cuts With measles cases in more than 20 states across the U.S., doctors and health officials are urging anyone who hasn't received the MMR vaccine to get vaccinated. "To be very clear, the number one, number two, number three things we need to be doing are vaccinating kids and others who have not been vaccinated against measles.
Octavio Dotel, former MLB pitcher, dies in Dominican nightclub roof collapse

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Kierra Frazier

Longtime Major League Baseball pitcher Octavio Dotel and former MLB player Tony Blanco are among those who died following a roof collapse at a nightclub Tuesday in the capital of the Dominican Republic. At least 221 people died and hundreds more were injured when the roof collapsed at the Jet Set nightclub, authorities said. Rescue crews were still searching for potential survivors from the debris.
New Orleans' Bourbon Street should be closed to traffic after deadly truck attack, security report recommends

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Kierra Frazier

A security review commissioned in the wake of the deadly New Year's Day terror attack on Bourbon Street recommended in a report closing off a majority of the historic corridor to traffic and turning it into a permanent pedestrian zone. The report obtained by CBS affiliate WWL-TV recommends making approximately eight blocks along Bourbon Street a pedestrian zone, from Canal to Dumaine Street.
Octavio Dotel, former MLB pitcher, dies in Dominican nightclub roof collapse

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Kierra Frazier

Deadly Dominican Republic roof collapse Longtime Major League Baseball pitcher Octavio Dotel died Tuesday following a roof collapse at a nightclub in the capital of the Dominican Republic. He was 51. The Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League confirmed Dotel died after the roof of the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo collapsed during a performance by merengue singer Rubby Pérez around 1 a.m. Tuesday.