American deserve a fair hearing of the issues in a presidential debate, but as @facethenation Moderator @marg_brennan points out, “the most significant exchange between the two candidates was over their golf records and their swing.”
Police in Colorado helped free a dog that was locked in a hot trailer.
Temperatures inside of the vehicle, which had been parked in the neighborhood for three days, according to a tip received by the police, were between 88-98°F — and it was unclear whether the dog had access to water.
“I’m running”: President Biden said he is not abandoning the campaign. A second Democratic member of Congress has called on him to give up his reelection bid. At a fundraiser, Biden blamed his debate performance on jet lag.
A neighborhood complaint led to a major bust of an illegal cannabis shop and distributor in Brooklyn. The city sheriff says more than $1M worth of counterfeit products were seized. Watch @alibauman ’s full report at our link in bio.
Is Pres. Biden staying in the presidential race?
After being questioned multiple times in Wednesday’s press briefing, the White House gave a clear answer: Biden is “moving forward with his campaign. … Anything else that we’re hearing or that’s being reported is absolutely false.”
Breakdancing, rooted in New York’s hip hop culture, debuts at this year’s Paris Summer Olympics. Luke Burbank talks with Victor Montalvo (a.k.a. B-Boy Victor), who will be competing for Olympic gold.
A passenger from an Air Europa flight was helped down after getting stuck inside the plane’s luggage compartment following severe turbulence on Monday. The incident injured 30 people and the plane, which was going from Spain to Uruguay, was diverted to Brazil.
A Delta Air Lines flight from Detroit to Amsterdam was diverted early to JFK Wednesday morning after passengers were served spoiled food. A source with knowledge of the situation told CBS News New York that 70 passengers became sick after consuming the meal. In addition, sources said black mold was reported to be on some of the food. What we know so far is at our link in bio 📲 #delta#jfk#nyc#newyorkcity#detroit#amsterdam
As experts warned this week that “it only takes one landfalling hurricane to set back decades of development,” the island nation of Grenada experienced such a toll firsthand. Hurricane Beryl made landfall on the nation’s 13-square-mile island of Carriacou on Monday, leaving behind what the prime minister described as an “almost Armageddon-like” state.
“Almost total damage or destruction of all buildings. … Complete devastation and destruction of agriculture,” Grenada Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell said. “…There is literally no vegetation left anywhere on the island of Carriacou.”
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“Rip the Band-Aid off,” former Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) says, calling for President Biden to withdraw from the presidential race. Ryan says Vice President Harris should replace Biden as the Democratic nominee, adding that she would be “a great campaigner” and “energize” the base of the Democratic Party.
