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Ford posted a much better first quarter than Wall Street was expecting. But it warned that the computer chip shortage that has dogged automakers will get worse before it gets better. The chip shortage will likely reduce Ford’s 2021 production by about 1.1 million vehicles and cut its profit by about $2.5 billion, the upper
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Are you one of the growing numbers of Americans who are fully vaccinated? If so, you can now get more of your pre-Covid life back, according to new guidelines released Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Remember: You’re not considered “fully vaccinated” until two weeks after you got a single-dose of
Continue ReadingFive years have passed since Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City last met in the Champions League, but both teams’ quests for European silverware endures. That’s despite abundant success in their domestic leagues and the continued backing of wealthy owners — PSG’s from Qatar and City’s from the United Arab Emirates. The investment into both clubs
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Apple’s steady stream of hardware upgrades and new services launched throughout the pandemic has held the company in good stead going into 2021. The company on Wednesday reported revenues of $89.6 billion and a profit of $23.6 billion for the three months ending March 27, blowing past analyst forecasts. Apple shares surged more than 3%
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BUENA VISTA TWP., New Jersey (KYW) — The New Jersey attorney general has released dashcam video from a deadly police shooting in Buena Vista Township. It shows Roy Jackel, of Wildwood Crest, stealing a Franklin Township police vehicle. This happened after a crash at Tuckahoe and Cumberland roads
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — The clock is ticking. About 4,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are in danger of going to waste at FEMA’s mass vaccination site at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The line outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Wednesday was nothing compared to just a couple of
Continue ReadingThe internal debate in the Biden administration over sharing excess US vaccines doses with other countries has grown more intense in recent weeks as the Covid-19 crisis worsens globally and the situation in the US improves, according to sources familiar with the tensions. There has been a particularly aggressive push from some officials within the
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Click here for updates on this story CHURCHILL, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Out on the new Southern Beltway in a remote part of Findlay Township is Amazon’s new 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center. Stretching several football fields long, it is now the largest building in Allegheny County. As part of an extensive distribution network, the online retail
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden said Wednesday he views the challenges ahead of the country as a question of whether democracy can succeed in the 21st century. Speaking in the afternoon as he approached his 100th day in office, and just hours before his first address to a joint session of Congress, Biden said this moment in
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story STONY BROOK, New York (WCBS) — Drivers in Suffolk County now have to give bicyclists extra room on the road. A new county law signed Tuesday is the first of its kind in the state. Fines for offenders are stiff because the legislation is meant to save lives,
Continue ReadingThe Federal Reserve said Wednesday the US economy is growing stronger, but it left interest rates unchanged near zero. Interest rates will stay the range of zero to a quarter of a percent until the Fed’s goal of maximum employment and inflation of about 2% over the longer term. To ensure the economy stays on
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story GLEN BURNIE, Maryland (WJZ) — At St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Glen Burnie, two worlds collide. “A lot of people ask which thing I was first,” said Rev. Pamela Conrad. Rev. Pamela Conrad is church rector by day, astrobiologist by night. “I’ve been as interested in faith and
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CAMBRIDGE (WBZ) — A mother said a Cambridge Police officer left a “lifetime impression” on her 4-year-old son by riding bikes with him over the weekend. The woman and her son were in the parking lot of Summer Shack near the Alewife T station when the boy asked
Continue ReadingLos Angeles County, the first county in the US to have recorded more than one million coronavirus cases, is set to enter its least restrictive reopening phase as early as next week, public health officials announced. The nation’s most populous county was once California’s pandemic epicenter — recording one Covid-19 death every 10 minutes in
Continue ReadingThe Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines were found in the real world to be 94% effective against Covid-19 hospitalization among fully vaccinated adults ages 65 and older in the United States, according to a new US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study. The study also found that the vaccines were 64% effective among those
Continue ReadingFederal agents executed a search warrant Wednesday at the Manhattan apartment of Rudy Giuliani, advancing a criminal investigation by federal prosecutors that has been underway for more than two years, according to two people familiar with the matter. Giuliani, who served as former President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, has been the focus of an investigation
Continue ReadingThe imagery of President Joe Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress will be notable Wednesday evening for what it will not include, with attendance dramatically scaled back to ensure social distancing amid the pandemic. But it will also be historic for what it will: two women will be sitting behind the President for
Continue ReadingThe Senate is expected to vote Wednesday to restore an Obama-era rule that cracked down on methane emissions from oil and gas industries as the Biden administration looks to combat climate change. In September, the Trump administration rolled back a 2016 regulation limiting methane leaks by requiring companies to monitor and repair new natural gas
Continue ReadingThe Federal Reserve said Wednesday the US economy is growing stronger, but it left interest rates unchanged near zero. Interest rates will stay the range of zero to a quarter of a percent until the Fed’s goal of maximum employment and inflation of about 2% over the longer term. To ensure the economy stays on
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Mauri Friestleben won’t watch the video of George Floyd’s final moments. She leans on her husband — a retired Minneapolis Police lieutenant — to view viral videos of police killings. She trusts his perspective. “I’ve never been able to watch any of them,” Friestleben said. “He’ll tell me honestly that, ‘It might be hard to
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