An agent from the U.S. Secret Service who was assigned to Vice President Kamala Harris showed concerning behavior on Monday morning at Joint Base Andrews. The agent was taken to the hospital, according to authorities. Harris was not at the airbase when it happened. The U.S. Secret Service provided a statement to CBS News saying that on Monday at around 9 a.m. local time, an agent started behaving in a way that worried their colleagues. The agent was taken off their assignment and medical personnel were called for help. According to two sources who were informed about the situation, an...

“If at first you don’t succeed, make the problem worse” appears to be the belief of New York lawmakers. Last June, the City Council made a rule that app-based food delivery workers must be paid at least $17.96 per hour. This rule caused big changes in the delivery system. Services similar to UberEats quickly made changes to how they pay their drivers in order to save money. They reduced the number of drivers working each day and gave priority to the drivers who were the busiest. This meant that drivers who didn’t have as many deliveries and relied on food...

City officials have been asking for more power to address illegal smoke shops for months. Finally, their wish was granted through the state budget. Once the budget law is in effect, New York City will start including the NYPD in the effort to enforce laws against illegal smoke shops. Other cities in the state will also have the opportunity to pass new laws to close down these shops. “We have been waiting for a long time to address the issue of illegal shops, and now the day has finally arrived,” Governor Kathy Hochul said on Friday. “I am using the...

Police said they arrested a man on Tuesday who is accused of assaulting random women in New York City. Police said that Daquan Armstead, a 31-year-old man from East Bronx, was arrested for allegedly committing hate-motivated assaults on seven women in Lower Manhattan. The assaults took place between late March and mid-April. Authorities claim that he hit women, occasionally in the face, on their heads, or on their backs. When Armstead was asked about the allegations while being taken out of the New York Police Department’s Hate Crimes Task Force office, he said, “They spit at me.” The police denied...

The number of rats in New York City is increasing and they are causing more problems than just being a nuisance. The New York City Department of Health has issued a health warning because they have found six cases of human leptospirosis, which is a bacterial infection that spreads through rat urine. In 2023, the city had 24 cases, which was the highest number in a single year. Leptospirosis usually causes symptoms similar to the flu, such as fever, headache, muscle aches, and chills. Some other common symptoms include feeling sick to your stomach, throwing up, having loose bowel movements,...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — They are destructive. They are annoying. According to environmental experts, spotted lanternflies will be hatching in larger numbers than last year throughout New York state, including NYC, within the next 30 days. In 2023, during the spring, summer, and fall, people in Staten Island were happy to see fewer spotted pests. However, other boroughs like Manhattan and Brooklyn had a lot of them during that time. According to José R. Ramírez-Garofalo, an ecologist at Rutgers University and the newly elected president of Protectors of Pine Oak Woods on Staten Island, Staten Islanders can expect to see more...

A man from Staten Island was discovered dead behind a nearby pizzeria. A neighbor, who reportedly assisted in moving him there using an office chair, claims that he was extremely intoxicated and lying on the ground just a few hours earlier. According to John Young, the victim named Julio Morocho, 34, was lying on his driveway on Sunday morning and kept asking to be taken to the pizza place. “My daughter, who is a nurse, called me and told me that there was a man unconscious in the driveway,” said Young, who is 61 years old. “I said to my...

Baltimore has taken legal action against the owner and manager of the ship that caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge to collapse last month. The Dali is a ship that carries cargo containers. It is owned by Grace Ocean Private Limited and managed by Synergy Marine PTE LTD. Lawyers representing Baltimore’s mayor and City Council claim that both companies provided the ship with a crew that was not skilled or trained properly, according to a document obtained by CNN. The city is asking for an amount of money that has not been specified from both companies. The bridge collapsed on...

Tesla has taken advantage of a new law passed in Texas in September. This law allows them to exempt their large production facility located east of Austin from city environmental regulations. As of September 1, 2023, Senate Bill 2038 has been approved. This bill now allows landowners who live on the outskirts of major Texas cities to request to be excluded from Austin’s extraterritorial jurisdiction. It will assist them in developing their land with less limitations. The bill states that if the majority of landowners in an area outside a municipality want to be excluded from the municipality’s control, they...

In New York state, you can find dietary pills and supplements that you can buy without a prescription at grocery and big-box stores. However, a new law is attempting to restrict their influence on the youngest age group. Starting on Monday, a new law will prohibit the sale of these supplements to individuals who are under 18 years old. According to experts, there is not enough regulation on these products and they could potentially have negative effects on children’s health. “We are unaware of the contents of the products.” We are unsure if they are effective. “We are unsure if...