Jonathan Caballero made a startling discovery last year. At 27, his hair was thinning. The software developer realized that life was passing by too quickly as he was hunkered down at home in Hyattsville, Md. There was so much to do, so many places to see. Caballero envisioned a life in which he might end a workday with a swim instead of a long drive home. So when his employer began calling people back to the office part time, he balked at the 45-minute commute. He started looking for a job with better remote work options and quickly landed multiple offers. "I think the pandemic has changed my ..read more

An early morning partial building collapse in Miami caused a massive response of emergency responders Thursday. More than 80 Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue units responded to the scene on Collins Avenue in Surfside, Fla. Several municipal fire departments also arrived on scene to assist, according to the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Twitter account. The building was occupied at the time, but it's unclear whether there were any injuries or fatalities as a result, according to CBS Miami. The address corresponds to the Champlain Towers South Condos , with multi-million dollar residences. Representatives fr ..read more

While the number of COVID-19 infections continue to decrease, public health officials are keeping a watchful eye on a variant that is creating major problems around the globe. That's one of the issues up for discussion as WBFO's Jay Moran speaks with the Senior Associate for Health Policy at the University at Buffalo's Jacobs School of Medicine, Dr. Nancy Nielsen. She said the Delta variant is "really troubling" and a variant that is "by far the most contagious one yet," as cases double in numbers. It is also one of the many lessons learned from the pandemic these last 15 months ..read more

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he will relinquish the emergency powers he’s held for the past 15 months during the COVID-19 pandemic, as infection rates continue to drop and vaccination rates slowly climb ..read more

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he will relinquish the emergency powers he’s held for the past 15 months during the COVID-19 pandemic, as infection rates continue to drop and vaccination rates slowly climb ..read more

A new study estimates that life expectancy in the U.S. decreased by nearly two years between 2018 and 2020, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And the declines were most pronounced among minority groups, including Black and Hispanic people. In 2018, average life expectancy in the U.S. was about 79 years (78.7). It declined to about 77 years (76.9) by the end of 2020, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal . "We have not seen a decrease like this since World War II. It's a horrific decrease in life expectancy," said Steven Woolf of the Virginia Commonwealth Univers ..read more

Editor's Note: These videos include depictions of violence as well as offensive language. The Department of Justice has released police body camera footage from the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot showing violent attacks on police defending the building from a pro-Trump mob. Though previously available videos taken by journalists, civilians, and even some participants in the riot have shown incidents of violence from that day, this new release adds to a growing body of evidence from the perspective of police officers themselves. Nearly 140 police officers suffered injuries during the riot, according ..read more

The storied space telescope that brought you stunning photos of the solar system and enriched our understanding of the cosmos over the past three decades is experiencing a technical glitch. Scientists at NASA say the Hubble Space Telescope's payload computer, which operates the spacecraft's scientific instruments, went down suddenly on June 13. Without it, the instruments on board meant to snap pictures and collect data are not currently working. Scientists have run a series of tests on the malfunctioning computer system but have yet to figure out what went wrong. "It's just the inefficiency o ..read more

Updated June 23, 2021 at 9:22 PM ET Addressing a Los Angeles Superior Court judge via a remote connection, Britney Spears on Wednesday afternoon made her most public statement to date about her long-running conservatorship. For over a decade, the pop star's life has been ruled by an atypical court-dictated legal arrangement that removes practically all autonomy from her life. Until now, she has remained mostly quiet on the subject. In a passionate statement to the judge, she pleaded for the conservatorship to end. According to tweets sent by observers on the scene, and some audio that was hear ..read more

Updated June 23, 2021 at 5:32 PM ET The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 323 cases of heart inflammation have been verified in people who received the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. The cases of myocarditis and pericarditis have been seen mostly in teens and young adults between 12 and 39 years old — mostly after the second vaccine dose. Most people who have experienced this side effect have recovered from symptoms and are doing well, according to data presented Wednesday at a public meeting of the CDC's vaccine advisory committee . Of the 323 cases, 295 were discharged fro ..read more