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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The Miami Police Department is not hiring, at least not since a flood of applicants forced them to close off the process within hours. The reason? Possibly because of the departments’ cult following on social media. “Had a DJ up top, kind of like an Ultra [Music Festival] feel, on top of the world, on top of the building, and also encompass that, Vice City, Grand Theft Auto riding, you know our target demographic is gonna be that era,” Miami Police Officer Nick Perez said. READ MORE: Hialeah Couple Accused Of Stealing Lottery Tickets Worth Thousands Of Dollars Officer Perez is talking about his latest production, and he runs the social media unit. He knows, around the country police applications have been down, so he had work cut out for him. “For example one of the VLOGs example Nick was dancing, in the middle of Wynwood at that point, he wasn’t a cop, he was human,” said Officer Alexander Duarte. Duarte just graduated from the academy. Before he …

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New York (CNN Business) The US jobs recovery has picked up steam again in the final months of the year, bringing some good news in the face of persistently rising prices and a new Covid variant . Economists polled by Refinitiv expect another sizable jobs gain in Friday's November employment report — 550,000 positions. If that holds true, it would be the biggest monthly gain since July , when more than a million jobs were added. But even so, America's labor market is still not back to its pre-pandemic strength. If the forecasts are right, the nation would still be down more than 3.5 million jobs compared to February 2020. On Wednesday, ADP Chief Economist Nela Richardson said the recent strong numbers show " good potential for the rest of the year ." ADP's own private payrolls report showed 534,000 jobs added in November. Read More Meanwhile, weekly claims for unemployment benefits fell last month below their pre-pandemic …

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The family of a 40-year-old mother who was shot and killed in North Philadelphia Wednesday is calling for the shooter to turn himself in. Loved ones of Tyra Gould say the mother of six was taken from her family too soon. READ MORE: 21-Year-Old Killed In Road Rage Shooting On Roosevelt Boulevard, Police Say Tyra Gould “Here’s six kids that have to bury their mother now and we don’t have no answers why and we need to get answers and answers today,” said Troy Baylor, a friend of Gould. Philadelphia police say officers initially rushed to 24th and Diamond Streets in North Philadelphia around 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon for a report of an assault. Then, around the same time, police say they learned a woman was rushed to Temple University Hospital by a private vehicle after she was shot eight times, supposedly at the assault scene. But responding officers couldn’t find any evidence of a shooting there. Now, Baylor believes Gould was actually shot …

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Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna announced Wednesday he is entering the race to become Los Angeles County sheriff. “We can absolutely do better than what this current sheriff is doing in office,” Luna told The Times on Tuesday, referring to Sheriff Alex Villanueva. “He’s dysfunctional, and when I say he’s dysfunctional, you cannot have somebody who doesn’t have good relationships with the community, with the media, with other ... elected and government officials and have good public safety.” In an interview and during his first public remarks at a press conference to announce his candidacy, Luna staked out positions opposing Villanueva on a number of issues. If elected next year, he said he would fire deputies who refuse to adhere to the county’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, agree to testify under oath in compliance with subpoenas issued by oversight officials and do more to root out gang-like groups of deputies in the Sheriff’s Department. “That is just outrageous to me that …

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Photo: Bloomberg/Oliver Contreras/Sipa via Getty Images President Joe Biden announced new pandemic measures on Thursday in anticipation of the spread of Omicron in the U.S., including a program to reimburse Americans for at-home testing. Under the new policy, private health insurers will reimburse people buying over-the-counter COVID-19 rapid tests . For the tens of millions of Americans without insurance, the government plans to buy 25 million more tests to provide for free to community health centers and clinics in rural areas, doubling a 25-million federal order purchased in September. While the program is a step toward providing the affordable and easy-to-access testing that is available in many European nations, it’s not as simple as free rapid kits for all and it will not be in effect until January 15 , when federal regulators would officially inform insurers that they must pay for reimbursements. The program will not be retroactive. The boost to at-home testing …

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Photo: Getty Images for Tribeca Festiva When New York Attorney General Letitia James released the report on Andrew Cuomo’s alleged sexual harassment in August, three separate district attorneys in the state also announced criminal inquiries into the allegations of misconduct within the blockbuster document . In October, the disgraced former governor’s troubles grew when the Albany County Sheriff’s Office filed a criminal complaint alleging he groped former executive assistant Brittany Commisso. But Cuomo’s potential legal problems don’t end there. On Thursday, the New York Post and Wall Street Journal reported that the Justice Department has also been investigating his alleged workplace acts of harassment. Before Cuomo resigned in August, the Journal reports that lawyers with the Post , the inquiry is focused on potential violations of federal civil rights and labor laws. It was previously reported in June that prosecutors in the Eastern District were also …

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – All Pittsburgh Public schools will be in a modified lockdown Friday because of threats on social media. It’s only a half-day for students, but the district said students will have to stay inside, only visitors with appointments can enter and all athletics are canceled. The lockdown is in response to threats of possible violence against schools on social media, the district said. WATCH: Bryant Reed Reports “It’s distressing more than anything, that somebody thinks this is a game, this is fun to play,” school board president Sylvia Wilson said. “They’re disrupting the education of children.” A PPS spokesperson said the threats were similar to those shared on social media earlier this week. The spokesperson added that since Tuesday, six different schools in the district have received threats on social media. School police are working with law enforcement to figure out where the threats came from, and the district said the lockdown was added as a …

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PROSPECT PARK, Pa. (CBS) — Loved ones are remembering Samuel Collington. A gunman shot and killed the Temple University student near campus just days after Thanksgiving. So many friends and family of Collington gathered at Interboro High School in Prospect Park to honor his life Thursday night. Collington graduated from Interboro in 2018. READ MORE: 21-Year-Old Killed In Road Rage Shooting On Roosevelt Boulevard, Police Say His family told Eyewitness News his loss leaves a major hole in the lives of so many people. “We need to come together, support each other, and lift each other up,” one woman said. Loved ones remember Collington, the 21-year-old Temple student, as a kind, caring young man who had a bright future ahead of him. At Temple, Collington enjoyed helping people register to vote, and he was president of the Political Science Society. “As he was getting ready to finish college, he was getting ready to apply to law school,” Ann Marie Collington, Sam’s …

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Family and friends came together Thursday evening to remember a 14-year-old shot to death in Feltonville. Samir Jefferson was shot 18 times on Wyoming Avenue while waiting for the bus after school. It’s been an emotional week for Samir’s family. A vigil and balloon release was held Thursday night for a life cut short. READ MORE: 21-Year-Old Killed In Road Rage Shooting On Roosevelt Boulevard, Police Say “Everybody screaming, crying, it’s devastating,” Desiree Goodson, Samir’s mother, said. Family members say Samir loved music, playing basketball, eating chicken alfredo and was always smiling. “Samir is a beautiful kid. He’s never angry,” Goodson said. Samir, a freshman at Thomas Edison High School, was waiting for the bus on the 100 block of West Wyoming Avenue, heading home from school, when he was shot 18 times. The motive behind the shooting is still being investigated. “They stood over top of my son and my son seen them kill him,” Goodson …

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CHICAGO (CBS) — A defense attorney called for a mistrial in the Jussie Smollett trial Thursday, after a wild few moments in which she accused the judge of lunging at her. As CBS 2’s Charlie De Mar reported, this happened during a sidebar conversation with attorneys from both sides and Cook County Judge James Linn. Defense attorney Tamara Walker asked for a mistrial because of a comment that Judge Linn made, and then she began crying and accused Judge Linn of physically lunging at her in the courtroom. READ MORE: 2 Men Break Into GameStop In Logan Square Judge Linn denied the accusations, and also denied the motion for a mistrial. But it all amounted to some chaotic moments in the courtroom. “I’m stunned that you would consider a mistrial,” the judge said. CBS 2 Legal Analyst Irv Miller said he has never heard an attorney make such allegations against a judge. “Never seen it happen,” Miller said. “This is a first even for me – I’ve been doing this a long time. But I’ve …

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