Something rare is happening in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, about an hour outside of Philadelphia. The Rodon Group, a privately held plastics injection molding company, is doing what only a few manufacturers in the US are equipped to do: They are making toys. The facility produces billions of plastic parts every year, …
Read More »How Chicago’s gun violence has changed young lives: “It’s going to mold you”
In Chicago, you don’t have to see the wounds of gun violence to experience the pain of living through it, especially when you are young. CBS News first met Jacari Brown, Jeremiah Bell, Dejanae Polk and Teshyra Winters in 2014 at Marillac House, a West Side community center. At the …
Read More »“He is my hero”: Funerals held for 2 Connecticut officers killed in apparent ambush
Thousands of police officers from across the U.S. gathered Friday at the Pratt and Whitney Stadium in Connecticut for the joint funeral of two Bristol officers killed in an apparent ambush last week. Lt. Dustin Demonte and Sg. Alex Hamzy were both promoted posthumously. “Our family was as close to perfect as …
Read More »Supply chain issues: Why it’s taking so long to get goods off cargo ships and onto store shelves
To truly understand the supply chain logjam, you have to start at the docks, where dock workers say there is a major lack of space to store containers coming off the cargo ships. “Because there is no space in the yard, there is not that much we can offload,” said …
Read More »Bill Cosby’s unlikely source of strength as he prepares for prison
NEW YORK — Days after Bill Cosby was found guilty of drugging and raping a former colleague, the New York Post’s Page Six revealed an intimate look at his reaction to the decision. “This is what they wanted,” Cosby said. The legendary comedian talked to the newspaper throughout both trials, …
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