A white Christmas for much of the Northeast and Midwest has given way to bitter cold until the New Year. Meteorologists are warning of sub-zero arctic air and dangerously cold wind chills. Frigid conditions are expected in many parts of the country this week. National Weather Service meteorologist Amy Seeley […]
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Plane goes off the taxiway at Boston’s Logan Airport
A JetBlue plane went off the taxiway at Boston’s Logan Airport on Christmas night, the airline confirmed to CBS News. There were no injuries, JetBlue said. According to JetBlue, Flight 50 from Savannah to Boston went off of a taxiway shortly after landing at approximately 7:15 p.m. Buses transported customers […]
Plane goes off taxiway at Boston’s Logan Airport
A JetBlue plane went off the taxiway at Boston’s Logan Airport on Christmas night, the airline confirmed to CBS News. There were no injuries, JetBlue said. According to JetBlue, Flight 50 from Savannah to Boston went off of a taxiway shortly after landing at approximately 7:15 p.m. Buses transported customers […]
12-year-old Colorado girl, troubled by Flint water crisis more than 1,000 miles away, invents lead detector
LONE TREE, Colo. — Outside denver, a talented 12-year-old is getting national attention. It’s not for her music, it’s for Gitanjali Rao’s contribution to science. “If my mom asked me what do you want for Christmas, I’d be like, lead,” Gitanjali said. That’s right, lead, which Gitanjali needed for an […]
An encore for an opera singer who survived two double lung transplants
NEW YORK — What would you do if you were told you might have to give up the thing you were born to do? Here’s the story of a singer who got her second and third wind. Charity Tillemann-Dick loves all things opera. And her life reads like the plot […]
Snowfall makes Christmas Day travel difficult
BOSTON — New England woke up to a white Christmas and then some on Monday, as snow made for tough travel and even closed down runways at Logan Airport, CBS Boston reports. A Massport spokesman said airport crews were not able to keep up with the snow and were not […]
Mother battling cancer delivers healthy baby girl
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — A Southern California mother is especially grateful to be sharing her story of hope this Christmas. After receiving a scary diagnosis during her third pregnancy, she risked her own health to ensure the safety of her unborn child. CBS News’ Chris Martinez reports Jessica Dykstra was diagnosed […]
Amber Alert: Police say missing toddler’s dad “may harm the child”
HOUSTON — Authorities have issued an Amber Alert for a missing toddler from Springfield, Missouri who is believed to be in the Houston area with his father. Police say Eli Bandurovskiy’s father Viktor has previously made threats to the nearly 2-year-old child, and has a history of domestic abuse, reports CBS […]
Firefighters find bodies of workers killed in mall fire
DAVAO, Philippines — Philippine firefighters have found all 37 bodies of employees of a U.S.-based company who were trapped in a blaze that gutted a shopping mall in southern Davao city on Saturday. Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said that firefighters initially found one body at the NCCC Mall on Sunday, but […]
Meghan Markle spends first Christmas with royal family
Meghan Markle, Prince Harry’s American fiancée, is spending her first Christmas with the royal family. She joined them for a Christmas Day church service on Monday at Queen Elizabeth‘s country estate at Sandringham, 110 miles north of London, as a crowd of local residents gathered to watch and wave. Markle […]