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6 days ago | 
yahoo.com | David Schechter |Taylor Johnston |Grace Manthey |Justin Sherman |Laura Geller
Nationwide, more than 60% of the water we use comes from rivers, streams and lakes. For example, New York City gets 90% of its water from the Delaware Basin. Philadelphia gets almost 60%. These waterways are continually under threat from pollution, development and climate change.
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3 weeks ago | 
cbsnews.com | Laura Geller |Nicole Valdes
How Baltimore is reducing violence on the streets Baltimore, once a poster child for big city crime, is now becoming the model for a turnaround as gun violence has fallen more rapidly than in any other major U.S. city, according to the Center for American Progress. One way the city has reduced crime is by tapping into the expertise of people who used to perpetrate it. Sean Wees grew up in Brooklyn, a neighborhood in south Baltimore, where he saw the violence firsthand.
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2 months ago | 
cbsnews.com | David Schechter |Laura Geller
The former top government scientist during President Trump's first term in office has a cautionary tale to tell about the politicization of science. It involves Neil Jacobs, Mr. Trump's nominee to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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2 months ago | 
flipboard.com | David Schechter |Laura Geller
4 hours agoThe last thing Shane Poole wanted was to turn his back on the military life he loves. But Poole, an Air Force veteran who now works as a civilian trainer, says he's lost all trust in the government as President Donald Trump pushes a now-or-never buyout on federal workers and Democrats seem …
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2 months ago | 
savingseafood.org | Laura Geller |Tracy Wholf
February 6, 2025 — Democrats on Capitol Hill, and sources familiar with the situation, said the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has been inside the offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The White House DOGE team is a cost-cutting initiative created by President Trump to find ways to trim federal spending.
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2 months ago | 
cbsnews.com | Laura Geller |Tracy Wholf
Concern over DOGE Treasury access Democrats on Capitol Hill, and sources familiar with the situation, said the White House's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has been inside the offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The White House DOGE team is a cost-cutting initiative created by President Trump to find ways to trim federal spending.
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2 months ago | 
cbsnews.com | Michael Kaplan |Mark Strassmann |Laura Geller |Matthew Mosk
The father of U.S. Army Black Hawk pilot Ryan O'Hara said his son loved flying over Washington, D.C., never expressed concerns about the crowded skies and described the crew as "probably the most respected pilots that Ryan had ever flown with.""He trusted them with his life," Gary O'Hara told CBS News in an emotional interview from his home in Georgia Friday, less than two days after his son's military helicopter struck an American Airlines passenger jet.
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2 months ago | 
cbsnews.com | Laura Geller |Matthew Mosk |Pat Milton |Nicole Vap |John Kelly
The military Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into a passenger plane near Reagan National Airport Wednesday appears to have been flying above the permitted altitude, publicly available flight data analyzed by CBS News shows. This data point is one of several key mysteries investigators are exploring as they seek to explain what caused the nation's worst air disaster in more than a decade, aviation experts said.
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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 25, 2024 | 
actionnewsjax.com | Laura Geller
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, — I-95 is starting to get busy as travelers hit the roads for Thanksgiving. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<AAA expects Thanksgiving travel to set new records with nearly 72 million Americans expected to take a road trip. Florida Highway Patrol spokesperson Dylan Bryan says more drivers on the roads means more potential for crashes, along with more drunk drivers. “We’re not saying not to drink, we’re just asking not to drink and drive.
