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Stanton, Rizzo help Yankees rally in 9th inning for victory over Tigers
NEW YORK — Giancarlo Stanton hit a tying double in the ninth inning and Anthony Rizzo followed with a game-winning single to give the New York Yankees a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.Shut out on two hits for eight innings, the Yankees got four in a row off closer Jason Foley (2-1) to start and finish the ninth in a heartbeat."If we've got outs left, we've got time," Stanton said.Aaron Judge bounced a single through the middle and advanced to second base on a surprise bunt single toward third by cleanup batter Alex Verdugo. "It just...
DeLuca has 3 RBIs, Rays beat Mets
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Johnny DeLuca had three RBIs in his season debut after being sidelined by a broken right hand, Amed Rosario had three hits and two RBIs, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Mets 10-8 on Friday night.DeLuca drove in two with a single off Jose Quintana (1-3) during a five-run third as Tampa Bay took an 8-3 lead. He had an RBI grounder in a three-run second as the Rays won for just the third time in 11 games."Arguably our best hitting of the season there, so encouraged by that," Rays manager Kevin Cash said....
Here's when N.J. will hold an election to fill late Rep. Payne Jr.'s House seat
NEWARK, N.J. -- A special election will be held in New Jersey later this year to fill the United States House of Representatives seat left vacant by late Rep. Donald Payne Jr.New Jersey special electionGov. Phil Murphy issued a writ of election Friday calling for a special primary election on July 16 followed by a special general election on Sept. 18.Candidates have until May 10 to file a petition seeking a party nomination. It is unknown at this time who will be running.The elected representative will serve out the remainder of Payne's term through Jan. 3, 2025, in New Jersey's...
Video shows escaped pony wandering streets of Westchester County
LARCHMONT, N.Y. -- A wandering pony was found trotting along the streets of Westchester County early Friday morning. He was eventually caught by police, but then came another tricky part -- finding the owner.Pony on the loose in Westchester CountyLarchmont Police Sgt. John Dispenza retraced the pony's journey and showed CBS New York body camera video from the responding officers who were on the midnight shift Friday."This is not an everyday common experience for the police department," he said.A sergeant and a police officer first spotted the pony running in the middle of Boston Post Road."Basic police academy, they don't...
Meet the Brooklyn artist who designed a new USPS Forever stamp
NEW YORK - Millions of stamps designed by a celebrated New York City artist are decorating postage envelopes circulating across the United States.Brooklyn neighborhood inspires floral painter Kim ParkerA spring stroll through the brownstone-lined streets in Carroll Gardens is enough to understand why flowers are always on Kim Parker's mind. "The garden for me is a metaphor for a community," she tells CBS New York's Hannah Kliger.Birds chirp and lilacs bloom as she sits down with her paintbrush. Within minutes, the buds and blossoms on the paper reflect the aptly named neighborhood outside her front door."For a floral painter, right, pretty...
New book "Swans Of Harlem" chronicles Dance Theatre of Harlem's pioneers
NEW YORK - A new book out this week, "Swans of Harlem," shares the stories of women who performed during the first decade of the Dance Theatre of Harlem.The ballet company is now in its 55th year, and CBS New York's Jessi Mitchell caught up with the dancers for a prance down memory lane."I was always the only Black ballerina in the room"In 1969, at a time when Black ballerinas found few companies they could call home, Arthur Mitchell created one that was all their own."We found each other because nobody else would understand what we were going through, but...
Video shows NYPD officers fatally shoot man in front of his family
NEW YORK -- Newly released body camera footage shows the moments NYPD officers shot and killed 19-year-old Queens resident Win Rozario in March. His loved ones say police killed him in cold blood; the NYPD says officers had no choice.Body cam video shows deadly NYPD shootingIn the video, Win Rozario's younger brother is seen outside the family's Ozone Park home, talking to two NYPD officers after Rozario called 911 on March 27."Um, he's having an episode," Rozario's brother says."What kind of episode?" one officer asks."He a bipolar, schizo, like...?" the other officer asks.The officers ask the brother who had called...
Five Boro Bike Tour route map & street closures for 2024
NEW YORK -- The Five Boro Bike Tour returns to New York City this weekend, which means street, bridge and tunnel closures citywide. Use this guide to plan ahead if you'll be on the road. What time does the Five Boro Bike Tour start?The Five Boro Bike Tour map shows the route of the 40-mile event, which starts at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, May 5 in Manhattan. Here are the bridge and tunnel closures announced by the MTA: Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge The Staten Island-bound lower level of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge will be closed from 2 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, according to the MTA. The upper...
What caused deadly South River, N.J. house explosion? Officials want answers
SOUTH RIVER, N.J. - A house explosion in South River, N.J. left one person dead and another critically injured Tuesday night. Investigators are trying to figure out what may have caused the explosion. Kevin Gilbert, a 62-year-old retired Newark police officer, was killed in the blast, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office. The home was completely torn to pieces by the blast, and leveled. Rubble remains piled up, but there's nothing left of the house that once stood there. "That home looks like a bombing. It just looks unbelievable," one person said. Authorities arrived at the scene just after the 7 p.m. Thursday night....
I-95 overpass demolition underway after tanker crash in Connecticut
NORWALK, Conn. -- The I-95 overpass in Norwalk, Connecticut that was compromised when a tanker truck crashed and burst into flames is being demolished.The vital stretch of I-95 between New York City and Boston is not expected to reopen until Monday morning at the earliest. It's been shut down in both directions since the crash happened around dawn Thursday."The bridge is found to be incredibly unstable and here we are a little more than 24 hours later and that bridge is gonna be down very soon," said Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, who visited the site Friday."Where we are today is...
NYC man pleads guilty to selling exotic animal parts
A New York City man has pleaded guilty to attempting to sell prohibited wild animal parts, including a cougar head. Usher Weiss, 26, met with an undercover investigator for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on Nov. 2, 2023, according to a news release from the department. The two met at a basement in Brooklyn, where Weiss gave the undercover investigator a cougar head mount for $900. Weiss also offered a "full cheetah head mount" for $10,000, the news release said. Weiss and the investigator met a second time in December, where he handed the undercover investigator the cheetah head...
Hope Hicks testifies at Trump trial about fallout from "hush money" payments
Nervous, and at one point in tears, Donald Trump's former communications director Hope Hicks on Friday told the jury in his criminal trial about how he reacted in 2016 and 2018 when news reports surfaced about allegations of extramarital sexual encounters and his attempts to suppress them.Hicks was Trump's top press aide during his 2016 presidential campaign and later served as White House communications director. On the stand, she testified about how she and others in Trump's orbit handled revelations about the "hush money" payments made to two women before the election.Earlier in the trial, former National Enquirer publisher David...
Biden awards Medal of Freedom to Nancy Pelosi, Al Gore, Katie Ledecky and more
Washington — President Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, on Friday to 19 recipients, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former Vice President Al Gore and Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky. Mr. Biden spoke briefly about each honoree, praising their "relentless curiosity, inventiveness, ingenuity and hope." Nodding to the criticism of his own age as he runs for a second term at age 81, Mr. Biden praised the 27-year-old Ledecky, arguably the greatest female swimmer of all time, as she prepares for the Paris Olympics this summer. "Don't let age get in your way," Mr. Biden said. "Katie, age...
Knicks advance to Eastern Conference semis with Game 6 win over 76ers
PHILADELPHIA — Josh Hart raised his arms and extended three fingers on each hand on his go-ahead 3-pointer from the top of the arc with 24.4 seconds left that was finally enough to send the New York Knicks past the Philadelphia 76ers 118-115 in Game 6 on Thursday night and into the second round of the playoffs.Jalen Brunson had 41 points and 12 assists to lead the Knicks, who are set for an Eastern Conference semifinal matchup with Indiana. The Pacers beat Milwaukee in six games and advanced to the second round for the first time in 10 years.Game 1 is...
NYPD working with schools to develop protest response plans, sources say
NEW YORK -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the NYPD are helping schools develop plans to deal with university protests, sources say. It comes after police arrested hundreds of protesters at Columbia University and the City College of New York earlier this week. CBS New York political reporter Marcia Kramer says you could call it a "no tents" policy. NYPD working with schools on protest response plans, sources sayThe NYPD says officers had to use metal cutters and brute strength to breach a forest of barricades, trash cans, bicycle locks and piles of furniture to clear protesters out of...
NYPD officer fired gun while clearing protesters from Hamilton Hall at Columbia, DA's office confirms
NEW YORK -- An NYPD officer fired his gun inside Hamilton Hall during Tuesday night's operation at Columbia University, the Manhattan district attorney's office confirms. The DA's office says students were not in the immediate vicinity of the gunfire and that no one was hurt. The incident is now under review by the office's Police Accountability Unit.In a statement released Thursday night, the NYPD said an Emergency Service Unit officer was using a firearm equipped with a flashlight to illuminate a barricaded area and accidentally fired one shot, which struck a frame in a nearby wall. The NYPD says it immediately...
At least 1 dead, 1 injured after house explosion in New Jersey
SOUTH RIVER, N.J. -- A house explosion in New Jersey left at least one person dead and another injured Thursday evening. It happened just after 7 p.m. at a home on Continental Court in South River, Middlesex County.Officials said when emergency responders arrived on the scene, they found two victims suffering from serious injuries.The Middlesex County prosecutor's office said 62-year-old Kevin Gilbert succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. Another victim was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital for treatment.CBS New York was initially told two people had been killed.The cause of the explosion is unknown...
A New Jersey teenager battling cancer says he's using music as medicine
WAYNE, N.J. - A senior lacrosse player at DePaul Catholic High School in Wayne says he loves making hits both on the field, and in the music studio. He says both activities are helping him in a much bigger battle - against cancer. For Marko Dobre, music is therapyMarko Dobre, 18, is a study in contrasts. This year, his battle isn't against lacrosse opponents. In a room full of monitors, battling a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, he may be receiving his best medicine. "Music therapy, basically. That's how I've been getting through chemo, and through everything basically," Dobre said. He even recorded in the...
Rutgers protesters abide by school's 4 p.m. deadline to leave encampment
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- A Rutgers University protest encampment was being dismantled on Thursday evening following a 4 p.m. school-imposed deadline to remove tents that have been up for a few days.There was an air of calmness between protesters and counter protesters on the New Brunswick campus after the university warned the demonstrators that anyone remaining at the Voorhees Mall encampment past the deadline would be considered trespassing.Many protesters told CBS New York they were preparing to leave.The encampment in support of Palestinians has been up since Monday. The protesters were demanding that Rutgers end its relationship with Tel Aviv...
Mountcastle, Mateo propel Orioles over Yankees
BALTIMORE — Ryan Mountcastle and Jorge Mateo each homered and drove in two runs to lift the Baltimore Orioles to a series-deciding 7-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Thursday.Ryan McKenna also connected and Jordan Westburg's two-run triple helped the Orioles complete a four-run fifth to chase Yankees starter Carlos Rodón (2-2) and secure a third win of the four-game set, the first this season between likely AL East contenders.Righty Kyle Bradish allowed one run in 4 2/3 innings in his first start after beginning the season on the 15-day injured list with a UCL strain. Keegan Akin (1-0) retired...
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