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Rescue effort continues following New Orleans collapse

(NBC News) Painstaking efforts are underway to find a worker still buried under the debris left by Saturday’s construction collapse in New Orleans. “This continues to be a rescue mission at this time,” Mayor LaToya Cantrell said Monday. Huge cranes were brought in to stablize what is left of the Hard Rock Hotel, which had been under construction for a…

Realtor’s Ad Sparks Immediate Backlash

(WSFA) Not long after Steven Reed made history by becoming Montgomery, Alabama’s first black mayor, Craig Schaid took to his Facebook page with an advertisement he thought might boost sales. “Hey Montgomery, Don’t like the election results? Call me! Let’s SELL that home while the market is HOT!” the ad explained. The blowback was immediate. “It was not intended for…

Trump aide testifies

(NBC News) Revealing another crack in the Trump administration’s wall of defiance against the House impeachment inquiry, Fiona Hill appeared for closed-door testimony Monday. President Trump’s former top advisor on Russia and Ukraine was brought in to tell lawmakers about an alleged shadow foreign policy in which the president’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, sidestepped official channels to gather dirt on…

College Basketball returns on CBS Sports with strongest and most extensive schedule ever

Schedule features key rivalry games, top conferences and nation’s most recognizable programs

CBS enters its 39th consecutive season broadcasting college basketball starting on Saturday, Dec. 14 with a cross-conference clash between Oregon and Michigan (12:00 PM, ET). For the sixth consecutive year, CBS will broadcast the “CBS Sports Classic,” with this year’s matchups featuring UCLA vs. North Carolina (3:00 PM, ET) and Ohio State vs. Kentucky (5:15 PM, ET) on Saturday, Dec….

Cameras capture bus driver’s shocking abuse

(KPNX) Police in Mesa, Arizona say a bus driver admitted to yelling obscenities at students and slamming on the brakes out of anger, throwing an 11-year-old into the windshield. According to court documents, Jamie Tellez began driving when two children, an 11-year-old and a 10-year-old, were to the right in the first-row seat. Surveillance video shows the boy hanging forward…

Two dead, one missing after New Orleans collapse

(NBC News) Crews in New Orleans are carefully trying to find a worker believed to be missing in the ruins of a hotel that collapsed Saturday. The worker was at the Hard Rock Hotel, under construction just outside the French Quarter, when it partially caved in Saturday. “We have teams that are currently making entry into the building again as…

Family Finances: Joint Accounts

(NBC News) Many couples who’ve decided to share their lives together are still struggling with one aspect of that agreement: just how much financial freedom should each partner have to give up. Sharing a single bank account with your partner still makes sense with most couples, but if that account is the only account, there can be a downside. “You…