Crews working to restore power in Puerto Rico after island-wide blackout
It's the second massive outage to hit the island since new years. CBS News New York's Allen Devlin reports.
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It's the second massive outage to hit the island since new years. CBS News New York's Allen Devlin reports.
The utility on the island says it hopes to have 90% of customers fully restored within the next 48 hours.
The island was hit with an outage Wednesday, and less than a third of customers have been restored. CBS News New York's Elijah Westbrook has the story.
Crews were reported to be making progress restoring power to Puerto Rico after an island-wide blackout that affected the main international airport, several hospitals, and hotels filled with Easter vacationers.
Puerto Rico lost power across the entire island Wednesday, and the blackout could continue for days. Adriana Rozas Rivera reports.
Puerto Rico's Electric Power Authority says a massive blackout is expected to last at least 48 hours.
All 1.4 million Luma Energy clients across Puerto Rico were without power on Wednesday. The blackout comes less than five months after another island-wide power outage on New Year's Eve.
A Bronx woman who was stuck in Puerto Rico with her bird Plucky is finally back home in New York City.
A Bronx woman who was stranded in Puerto Rico with her emotional support parrot is finally back home in New York City.
A Bronx woman who has been stranded in Puerto Rico with her emotional support parrot is set to return home.
A Bronx woman is stranded in Puerto Rico after Frontier Airlines made an error involving her pet bird, she says. CBS News New York's John Dias explains.
A Bronx woman is stranded in Puerto Rico after Frontier Airlines made an error involving her pet bird, she says.
A massive outage has disrupted life and forced many to ring in the new year in the dark. CBS News New York's John Dias has more on efforts to restore electricity.
Virtually all of Puerto Rico spent New Year's Eve without electricity as a power outage hit the U.S. territory, but the lights are slowly coming back on for 2025.
There is continued outcry over racist and offensive comments made by a speaker at former President Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden rally over the weekend. About two dozen Puerto Ricans held rallies on Long Island on Thursday to denounce the rhetoric.
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are making their final pitches to voters ahead of Election Day on Nov. 5. CBS News New York's Christina Fan reports.
With just over a week until Election Day, Puerto Rico has been thrust into the spotlight by both campaigns.
Thousands descended on Madison Square Garden on Sunday for former President Donald Trump's campaign rally.
Paterson's 52nd annual Puerto Rican flag raising ceremony was held in front of City Hall Saturday.
Ernesto left a trail of destruction across Puerto Rico, including many power outages. CBS News New York's Manuel Bojorquez reports.
As Hurricane Ernesto hits Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, people in the NYC worry about loved ones in the storm's path.
Hurricane Ernesto flooded entire neighborhoods, overturned structures and uprooted trees in Puerto Rico. CBS News New York's Alecia Reid spoke with New Yorkers worried about their loved ones' safety, and Lonnie Quinn tracks the storm.
Ernesto is the fifth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. Here's where it could be headed.
Ernesto regained hurricane strength on Sunday, forecasters said, and will continue to bring "life-threatening surf and rip current conditions" to the U.S. East Coast.
People lined Fifth Avenue from 44th Street up to 79th to celebrate the 67th Puerto Rican Day Parade.
CBS News gets a tour of a controversial ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey, just days after the city's mayor was arrested there.
Police sources say a 14-year-old person of interest is now in custody and being questioned in the shooting death of a 16-year-old girl in a Bronx school yard.
United Airlines executives are trying to reassure their customers it is safe to fly at Newark Liberty International Airport, despite all the recent problems.
Sean "Diddy" Combs' ex-girlfriend, the singer Cassie Ventura, took the stand Tuesday at his sex trafficking trial in New York City.
Two students at a school in the Bronx were taken to the hospital Tuesday with chemical burns, authorities said.
Police sources say a 14-year-old person of interest is now in custody and being questioned in the shooting death of a 16-year-old girl in a Bronx school yard.
United Airlines executives are trying to reassure their customers it is safe to fly at Newark Liberty International Airport, despite all the recent problems.
Two students at a school in the Bronx were taken to the hospital Tuesday with chemical burns, authorities said.
Sean "Diddy" Combs' ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura is on the stand today in his federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial in NYC.
The rainy weather returns today around NYC, with a chance of showers for the rest of the week. Here's when it will be the worst.
The rainy weather returns today around NYC, with a chance of showers for the rest of the week. Here's when it will be the worst.
Plan on plenty of sunshine and warm temperatures in the mid to upper 70s for Mother's Day.
The forecast shows more rounds of rain, which may be heavy at times, Friday around the NYC area.
Rain and thunderstorms were back in the weather forecast Tuesday around the New York City area.
The dreary weather continued Monday and is expected to last into Tuesday around the New York City area.
United Airlines executives are trying to reassure their customers it is safe to fly at Newark Liberty International Airport, despite all the recent problems.
Democratic candidates for New Jersey governor sparred on the issues at a debate Monday night.
The rainy weather returns today around NYC, with a chance of showers for the rest of the week. Here's when it will be the worst.
There is more bad news for Newark Liberty International Airport. The FAA wants to keep reducing flights at the troubled airport for months to come.
The Jones Road wildfire in Ocean County is 100% contained, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service announced Monday.
Some Long Island residents are ditching their loud lawnmowers for something a bit quieter -- tiny electric-powered bots.
Plan on plenty of sunshine and warm temperatures in the mid to upper 70s for Mother's Day.
A Long Island man believes thieves jammed his home surveillance cameras to steal his personal watercraft right out of his driveway Wednesday.
The forecast shows more rounds of rain, which may be heavy at times, Friday around the NYC area.
Nine months after catastrophic flooding destroyed Stony Brook's historic Mill Pond, dam and bridge, some progress has been made on repairs.
CBS News gets a tour of a controversial ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey, just days after the city's mayor was arrested there.
United Airlines executives are trying to reassure their customers it is safe to fly at Newark Liberty International Airport, despite all the recent problems.
Democratic candidates for New Jersey governor sparred on the issues at a debate Monday night.
There is more bad news for Newark Liberty International Airport. The FAA wants to keep reducing flights at the troubled airport for months to come.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is scheduled to appear in court Thursday after being arrested last week outside an ICE detention facility.
The Food and Drug Administration's food safety labs and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's World Trade Center Health Program were reinstated.
Long Island's only remaining duck farm is raising a new generation of ducklings after a bird flu outbreak forced it to euthanize an entire flock.
Advocates say many 9/11 first responders are currently in limbo, waiting for life-saving care. They want to know the status of the World Trade Center Health Program.
A new endometriosis research center was announced Thursday on Long Island.
New research suggests a path forward that could change the lives of millions who are losing vision due to retinal damage and conditions like macular degeneration and glaucoma.
Sean "Diddy" Combs' ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura is on the stand today in his federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial in NYC.
Kim Kardashian took the witness stand at the Paris trial of 10 people who stand accused over a 2016 robbery in the French capital during which she was held at gunpoint.
Sean "Diddy" Combs' trial got underway Monday with opening statements and the first two witnesses: Israel Florez and Daniel Phillip.
Rapper Tory Lanez was hospitalized after he was attacked at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, where he is serving his 10-year sentence for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in 2020.
As Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking and racketeering trial unfolds in NYC, here's what to know about the key names in the case.
Trent Grisham hit a pair of home runs, and the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 11-5 on Monday night.
Jayson Tatum was carried off the court with a lower right leg injury against the New York Knicks Monday night.
Pete Alonso hit a game-winning sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and the Mets took advantage of a costly error to beat the Pirates 4-3 on Monday night.
Jayson Tatum went down with a potentially severe right leg injury, as the Knicks secured a victory over the Celtics on Monday.
Aaron Judge had four hits to get his average back above .400.
More than a century ago, Chinese Americans in New York City were tired of demeaning portrayals of their culture in film. So they created a film company in Brooklyn.
In 2023, New York City's Local Law 18 all but banned short-term rentals through sites like Airbnb. Now, a new measure seeks to roll back some of those restrictions.
As Monday's Met Gala approaches, hundreds of New Yorkers around the city are gearing up for various alternative and more affordable red carpet events.
There were arrests Wednesday morning as an ongoing fight against a Brooklyn homeless shelter escalated. Protesters have been trying to block construction at the Coyle Street site in Sheepshead Bay for nearly seven weeks.
A Brooklyn family says raccoons moved into their ceiling after a neighbor's construction site sat exposed for months, and now no one wants to pay for the damage.
Dogs got decked out for the annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in New York City's East Village on Saturday.
Cosplayers flooded New York City's Javits Center in October 2024 for the annual New York Comic Con convention.
Tens of thousands of people flooded Manhattan streets on June 2, 2024 for the 60th annual Israel Day on Fifth Parade.
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed early Tuesday, March 26 after a column was struck by a container ship that reportedly lost power, sending vehicles and people into the Patapsco River.
The 50th Annual Village Halloween Parade drew massive crowds, celebrating the theme "Upside/Down:Inside/OUT."
CBS News New York's Tony Sadiku has your seven-day forecast.
Two students from Christopher Columbus High School were hospitalized, though it's unclear how the chemical burns happened.
Delays continue to mount at Newark Liberty International Airport, but officials for airlines are attempting to tell customers that there is no safety concern.
Family members are mourning the death of Evette Jeffrey, who was shot and killed when a brawl broke out at a school playground in the Bronx.
Cassie Ventura took the stand in the federal case against Sean "Diddy" Combs and detailed alleged physical abuse.
