CBS 8 was given a chance to board the aircraft carrier for two days while at sea to get an inside look at life aboard the ship. SAN DIEGO – The USS Nimitz embarked on a training mission Tuesday about 100 miles off San Diego’s shore to get ready for a future deployment. CBS 8 … Read more
• May 19, 2022, 1:51 AM The University celebrated its first in-person Commencement ceremony in three years on Wednesday, as thousands of graduates and their families gathered on campus and thousands of others joined on a livestream. University President Lee Bollinger addressed the graduates with an acknowledgment of the unique challenges of the past few … Read more
• May 17, 2022, 11:20 PM Many students might feel intimidated pursuing a subject in a department with only two other majoring students in their class year. For Regan Mies, CC ’22, however, this small department size speaks to the level of close-knit connection and deep engagement she has found while studying German at Columbia. … Read more
Our city is teetering on a precipice. It will either fall into the abyss of lawlessness or rise to return to common-sense policies that kept New York safe for decades. We need to use every tool available to remove violent criminals from our streets, no matter their country of origin. That has to include US … Read more
The City Council voted Thursday to beef up enforcement of self-closing doors in apartment buildings and outlaw space heaters that don’t feature an automatic shutoff setting — measures directly inspired by a catastrophic fire in the Bronx that killed 17 people earlier this year. The Jan. 9 blaze at the Twin Parks apartment complex in … Read more
Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the second-highest-ranking Black lawmaker in Congress, has launched an aggressive effort to discredit a proposed congressional map that would historically divide Black neighborhoods in New York, likening its configurations to Jim Crow tactics. Mr. Jeffries is spending tens of thousands of dollars on digital advertising as part of a scorched-earth campaign to … Read more
The year’s first case of monkeypox in the US was confirmed in Massachusetts this week, and New York City health officials are investigating another possible case. Though a potentially serious disease, monkeypox is typically rare outside of West and Central Africa. Health officials however are monitoring outbreaks that seem to be spreading among people who … Read more
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The man accused of attacking comedian Dave Chappelle on stage this month at the Hollywood Bowl pleaded not guilty Thursday to attempted murder for allegedly stabbing his roommate at a transitional housing apartment last December. The latest case against Isaiah Lee, filed Wednesday, charges the 23-year-old man with attempted murder in … Read more
EAST HOLLYWOOD, CA — Dave’s Hot Chicken — a Los Angeles-based restaurant launched in 2017 in an East Hollywood parking lot by four guys with $900, a deep fryer and a penchant for spicy chicken — was declared “the fastest-growing restaurant” in America. In just five short years, Dave’s Hot Chicken built a cult following … Read more
An aerial view of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. Photo by Erik Jepsen/University Communications. The inaugural cohort from the startBlue Accelerator Program to present ocean-focused startup solutions UC San Diego is one of the world’s most prominent hubs for scientific and technological innovation focused on the world’s oceans, a status underscored … Read more
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