CHICAGO (CBS) — A U.S. military plane was forced to return to Midway International Airport after taking off late Monday after a bird strike. Gen. Daniel Hokanson, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, was on the plane, a National Guard representative confirmed Monday night. As CBS 2’s Kris Habermehl reported, the U.S. Air Force … Read more
NORTH WHITEHALL TWP., Pennsylvania (WPVI) — A popular Lehigh Valley turkey farm had to destroy thousands of turkeys after the bird flu disease was detected in a flock. David Jaindl of Jaindl Farms in Orefield, Pa. says 14,000 turkeys were affected. According to the USDA, the agency that tracks the cases, 21 commercial flocks have … Read more
Universal Pictures has snapped up rights to This Bird Has Flown, the upcoming debut novel from The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs, who will adapt her own work for the screen. Liza Chasin and Bruna Papandrea — who recently partnered for the first time on the Netflix limited series Anatomy of a Scandal, based on Sarah Vaughan’s … Read more
Inflation and bird flu send turkey prices soaring – CBS News Watch CBS News Janet Shamlian traveled to an Indiana turkey farm, where she found inflation is not the only reason this year’s Thanksgiving meal is going to cost more. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive … Read more
Elon Musk officially moved Twitter into his own cage last week. The world’s richest man has wasted no time making changes at the social media company, firing top executives and dissolving the board of directors. More bloodletting is coming. As much as half of Twitter’s 7,500-strong workforce could be laid off. There are plans to … Read more
The takeover of the social app, which has been struggling for years to revive growth amid worries about the spread of fake news and hate speech on its platform, by the world’s richest man, a free speech absolutist, has raised both hopes and concerns about its future The takeover of the social app, which has … Read more
A cryptic tweet by Elon Musk and late-night purge of top executive closed Twitter’s takeover saga as chaotically as it began, with no formal announcement just a four-word post by the self-declared Chief Twit — “the bird is freed.” The billionaire founder of Tesla and SpaceX who said he is buying the platform “to help … Read more
Bar-tailed godwits stand on the beach at Marion Bay in Australia’s Tasmania state on Feb. 17, 2018. EJ Woehler/AP hide caption toggle caption EJ Woehler/AP Bar-tailed godwits stand on the beach at Marion Bay in Australia’s Tasmania state on Feb. 17, 2018. EJ Woehler/AP CANBERRA, Australia — A young bar-tailed godwit appears to have set … Read more
Apple CEO Tim Cook called the recent price increase at Apple TV+ a kind of obvious move give how much the service has expanded since it launched three years ago. “If you look at when we first priced it, we only had a very few shows. We were at the beginning. We were very focused … Read more
Shannon Sharpe sits down with 5x NBA Champion Earvin “Magic” Johnson to discuss his fierce rivalry with Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics. Johnson said he’s still pissed Bird won the NBA’s Rookie of the Year award in 1980 despite Magic leading the Los Angeles Lakers to an NBA Finals win over the Philadelphia 76ers. … Read more