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PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) — Two Philadelphians have been indicted on allegations they tried to use explosives to rob a Wawa convenience store in June 2020. Desiree Adorno, 65, and Michael Fields, 34, were arrested and charged with conspiracy to use explosive devices to steal lottery tickets and money from the safe in the Wawa on Richmond Street near the Betsy Ross Bridge. Fields was also charged with possessing an unregistered firearm. READ MORE: Philly Police Identify Suspect, Edward Prince, Wanted In Fatal Hit-And-Run That Dragged 60-Year-Old Feet Nearly 300 Feet Fields had his initial court appearance Friday, while Adorno is due in federal court Monday, according to federal officials. Attorney information was not listed in court documents for either Adorno or Fields. According to the arrest affidavit, police allege Adorno, Fields and two other unidentified people broke the glass window at the store on June 5 and entered and stole merchandise from the shelves. Finding the cash … [Read more...] about Desiree Adorno, Michael Fields Charged In Robbing Philadelphia Wawa With Explosives

Major League Baseball announced Thursday that June 2 will be officially known as “Lou Gehrig Day.” Unofficially, it also will be “Jim Hilliard Day.” Jim is one of the thousands of Americans who’ve come face to face with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — the rare, devastating and fatal condition more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. ALS impacts more than 16,000 living Americans and their families. Like the Hilliards. The Hilliards are doers; the kind of people who see life as an adventure waiting to be explored. That’s why they celebrated Thursday’s announcement, and why they see June 2 as baseball’s holiday of hope. “This will have an incredible impact on my family, the whole ALS community, and all of baseball,” said Sam Hilliard, the Rockies’ 28-year-old outfielder who’s hoping for a breakout season. “ALS, for some reason, has chosen baseball. So I think Lou Gehrig Day is a day that’s long overall. ALS is an underfunded disease and it needs more attention and … [Read more...] about Rockies’ Sam Hilliard sees Lou Gehrig Day as MLB’s holiday of hope

Opinion by Abigail Pesta, Photographs by Jesse Pesta Updated 1716 GMT (0116 HKT) March 6, 2021 Abigail Pesta is an award-winning journalist whose investigative reporting has appeared in major publications around the world. She is the author of the new book " The Girls: An All-American Town, a Predatory Doctor, and the Untold Story of the Gymnasts Who Brought Him Down ." The views expressed here are hers. Read more opinion on CNN. (CNN) The stretch of Grand Avenue where Onesimo Garcia works in Brooklyn is not exactly grand. It's a desolate warehouse street, in the shadow of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, where cars roar overhead. There's a monolithic self-storage place on one end of the block and a trio of empty warehouses on the other, waiting to be demolished. It's a street where film crews like to stage scenes of drug deals going down. It has that look — all grit and graffiti. But there's also a tiny garden, growing in a square of dirt carved out of the sidewalk, … [Read more...] about A year in the life of a ‘super’ man

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Every day, another shoe drops in New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's increasingly dire world. In 2020, you couldn't find a more popular governor in the country. The press certainly adored him if these headlines – and there are dozens more like them – are any indication. New York Times: “ Andrew Cuomo Is the Control Freak We Need Right Now ” ADVERTISEMENT Vogue: “Why We Are Crushing on Andrew Cuomo Right Now” Vanity Fair: “Dear Andrew Cuomo, I want to be your First Lady'' Washington Post: “No one does it like Andrew Cuomo” This month’s Cover of Rolling Stone: Andrew Cuomo Andrew Cuomo Cuomo accuser says governor did not take sexual harassment training NY Senate advances bill to repeal Cuomo's emergency powers Two female aides to Cuomo leave administration MORE Takes Charge https://t.co/u8sLXkcHWV pic.twitter.com/HBRvYrOHmx — Melissa DeRosa (@melissadderosa) April 13, 2020 Yep — Cuomo certainly brought the sizzle to his power point … [Read more...] about Disgraced former media darling Andrew Cuomo must resign, but more for this reason