Saturday, March 19, 2016

Thousands protest Donald Trump in New York City and other top stories.

  • Thousands protest Donald Trump in New York City

    NEW YORK -- Thousands of protesters gathered in front of one of Donald Trump's signature Manhattan buildings Saturday to protest the GOP front-runner, CBS New York reports.The protesters gathered Saturday in Manhattan's Columbus Circle, across from Central Park, with a heavy police presence. Demonstrators chanted: "Donald Trump, go away, racist, sexist, anti-gay."They marched across south Central Park to Trump Tower, the Fifth Avenue skyscraper where Trump lives. Then they marched back to Colum..
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  • Republican Leaders Map a Strategy to Derail Donald Trump

    Republican Leaders Map a Strategy to Derail Donald Trump
    “I’m going to support that person,” Mr. Coburn said, “and I don’t expect that person to be me.” Graphic: Rubio’s Exit Leaves Trump With an Open Path to 1,237 Delegates Trump opponents convened a series of war councils last week to pinpoint his biggest vulnerabilities and consider whether to endorse one of his two remaining opponents, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Gov. John Kasich of Ohio.Mr. Trump has a delegate lead of about 250 over Mr. Cruz, the second-place candidat..
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  • Puerto Rico Braces for Its Own Zika Epidemic

    Puerto Rico Braces for Its Own Zika Epidemic
    Much of the work was done by convicted drug abusers living in a network of halfway houses who can earn early release through public service, Dr. Rullán said.Many of the island’s hundreds of schools have no screens or air-conditioning. Since high school girls account for about 20 percent of all pregnancies here, officials plan to screen the windows to keep out mosquitoes. That alone is a big job. “That means measuring each window,” Dr. Rullán said. “And what are you going to do about doors if yo..
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  • Protesters block road outside Trump Arizona event, march in NYC

    Protesters block road outside Trump Arizona event, march in NYC
    The protesters in Arizona parked vehicles sideways on Shea Boulevard, blocking both lanes of traffic into Fountain Hills, Arizona, where Trump held a rally Saturday afternoon, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Deputy Joaquin Enriquez told CNN. Enriquez described Shea Boulevard as the main artery into the area and the protesters' actions were causing motorists to drive into oncoming traffic as they tried to get around them. Traffic was backed up for miles due to the blockage."This is causing huge ..
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  • Snow Alert Issued For NYC Sunday Ahead Of Possible Storm

    Snow Alert Issued For NYC Sunday Ahead Of Possible Storm
    NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The New York City Department of Sanitation has issued a snow preparedness alert ahead of forecasts of a potential snowstorm Sunday. The alert is effective as of 10 a.m. Sunday, according to officials. More: Current Weather Conditions Forecasters say Sunday will start off cloudy and cold with a mix of rain and snow before changing to all snow Sunday night. Just how much snow will hit the area depends on the track of the storm, CBS2’s Lonnie Quinn reported on Friday. Late ..
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  • Will Trump Be Dumped?

    Will Trump Be Dumped?
    Photo Donald Trump, New York City, March 18, 2016 Credit Chad Batka for The New York Times WASHINGTON — MOST people would be upset to be at the center of an agitated national debate about whether they were more like Hitler, Mussolini, Idi Amin, George Wallace or a Marvel villain.Not Donald Trump.He doesn’t like invidious comparisons but he’s cool with being called an authoritarian.“We need strength in this country,” he told me Friday morning, speaking from his Fifth Ave..
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  • Carrier Workers See Costs, Not Benefits, of Global Trade

    Carrier Workers See Costs, Not Benefits, of Global Trade
    And Mr. Trump vows not to take Carrier’s calls until it agrees to change course. “As sure as you’re here, they will call me up within 24 hours,” he promises, and say to him, “‘Sir, we’ve decided to stay in the United States.’”It is powerful talk.The relentless loss of American manufacturing jobs, however, goes back nearly half a century, driven largely by forces beyond the control of any president. The advances of technology, the diffusion of industrial expertise around the world, the availabil..
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  • What Happens When Millennials Run the Workplace?

    What Happens When Millennials Run the Workplace?
    But running an office made up exclusively of millennials, it turns out, is not without its snags. His philosophy was tested when Mr. Pavelski, Mic’s director of programming, requested a week off, ostensibly to attend a wake back home in Wisconsin. “I went to talk to Joel and said, ‘So sorry about your loss, take as much time as you need,’” Mr. Altchek said. Photo Chris Altchek, Mic’s 28-year-old chief executive. Credit Jennifer S. Altman for The New York Times Then, seve..
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  • AccuWeather Alert: Tracking spring storm in New York City area this ...

    AccuWeather Alert: Tracking spring storm in New York City area this ...
    NEW YORK (WABC) -- AccuWeather meteorologists are tracking a spring storm and below average temperatures in the New York City area for this weekend -- marking a first day of spring that will feel cold.Meteorologist Amy Freeze said the first round of rain and snow will come into southern New Jersey late Saturday, but expect mainly cold rain, rather than snow.Temperatures will be below average all weekend, with some wind. Snowfall will be minimal since the storm track is mainly off to the ea..
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  • Istanbul Bombing Kills at Least 4 and Wounds Dozens

    Istanbul Bombing Kills at Least 4 and Wounds Dozens
    ISTANBUL — A suicide bomber struck at the heart of Istanbul’s most popular avenue on Saturday, killing at least four people, including two Americans, and wounding 36, officials said.A spokesman for the State Department, John Kirby, confirmed on Saturday afternoon that two American citizens, Yonathan Suher and Avraham Goldman, had been killed. No other details were available.Earlier, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel announced that two Israelis had died in the blast, but he did not giv..
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