LOS ANGELES — The artist Andrea Bowers is a workaholic who, during the depths of the pandemic, was happy to bunker in her studio here and spend hundreds of hours making a single photorealistic drawing of, say, a protester for fair wages or climate justice. But Bowers, 56, whose art and politics are fully merged, is never more fulfilled than on the frontlines. And so she also ventured out: Joining the protests after the murder of George Floyd. Driving up the coast to embed with queer tree-sitters half her age defending redwood groves from clear-cutting in Mendocino County. To San Francisco, where she is creating an installation for the new Harvey Milk airport terminal, with disco balls and quotes in neon from the civic leader murdered in 1978. “I’m literally making work about activism and activists,” she told me during a recent visit to her Highland Park studio. “I just offer my services, if they’re useful, and see if they’re OK with me also making some art.” … [Read more...]

PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) — A 26-year-old woman has died and her three children were hospitalized in critical condition after her car crashed into a river in Port Huron, police said. Officers and firefighters were called to the scene Tuesday afternoon after a vehicle reportedly drove through a parking lot and into the Black River, with a male passenger seen jumping from the vehicle before it entered the river, police said Wednesday. READ MORE: Charging Decision Anticipated For Parents Of Oxford High School Shooting Suspect Divers entered the river and removed the woman motorist and three young children. Officials said the woman, identified as Corey Michelle Pratto, died at a hospital. Her three children, ages 6, 5, and 3, were in critical condition, The Detroit News reported. Officials said two of the children, both girls, were taken to an Ann Arbor hospital, and a boy was taken to a Detroit hospital, and that relatives were at their side. READ MORE: Oxford Bank and DDA … [Read more...]

WEST DEPTFORD, N.J. (CBS) — The search for two missing boaters continues for a third day on the Delaware River Monday and officials say it is now a recovery operation. Crews spent Sunday afternoon searching for two missing boaters lost in the Delaware River but had to pack it up at sunset for safety precautions. New Jersey State Police along with first responders from Camden, Gloucester, and Cape May counties searched the Delaware River and its shoreline near Red Bank park for two missing boaters who went under Saturday and never resurfaced. READ MORE: Philadelphia Police Searching For Suspect Who Stole Car With 6-Year-Old Girl In Backseat According to officials, a recreational boat started taking on water just before 3 p.m. Saturday, sending all three passengers on board into the water. “One boater yesterday was pulled out of the water unfortunately we’re still looking for two,” Adam Dewechter, of the New Jersey State Police, said. The man pulled out Saturday … [Read more...]

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A judge has issued a partial temporary restraining order on the East River Park project. The plan to rebuild the park as a flood barrier has been met with protests and legal challenges . READ MORE: East River Park To Close For Flood Protection Project Part of the park closed Monday for construction to start, but the judge’s order on Wednesday forces most of the work to stop for now. READ MORE: East River Park Demolition Temporarily Blocked The city has until Dec. 20 to respond. Some residents have said the park will be ruined by the plan, which calls for tearing it down and raising the entire area. MORE NEWS: Construction Underway On $1.4 Billion Project To Protect East Side Coastal Neighborhoods From Flooding The city has argued the work needs to be done to protect the area from flooding. … [Read more...]

By Mary Chappell CHICAGO (CBS) — Two men were shot in River North early Sunday, police said. READ MORE: Galewood Man Charged With Aggravated Battery In The Stabbing Of CTA Bus Driver The men, 22 and 25, were in a car in the 200 block of West Huron Street at about 12:45 a.m. when they were approached by two unknown men. At least one of the offenders fired shots, striking both men in the car, authorities said. READ MORE: Teammates Of Boy Killed In Waukesha Christmas Parade Tragedy Honor Him With Baseball Memorial Both victims were grazed in the face and the 22-year-old was also shot in the leg. They drove themselves to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and are both in fair condition, police said. Detectives investigated the area early Sunday. Dozens of evidence markers were placed near shell casings and a car was flipped at the scene with damage to other parked vehicles. MORE NEWS: Teen Shot While Riding Bike In Austin Nobody is in custody as Area Three detectives … [Read more...]

CHICAGO (CBS) — Two men are injured after a shooting in River North left one with a graze wound to the face and the other shot in the leg and the face. The shooting happened on Huron Street just outside Green Door Tavern, where a bullet was still lodged in the side Sunday evening. READ MORE: 1 Killed, 4 Injured In Evanston Shooting The latest data shows that shootings in the 18th Police District are up 63% this year compared to the same time last year. Videos posted to Twitter give a glimpse of the rapid gunfire heard overnight in River North. “It sounded like an automatic weapon going off, probably 20 to 30 shots in very quick succession,” said witness Brian Schmitt. Just before midnight outside a home on Huron Street more gunfire can be heard on a Nest video just before two cars are seen speeding right past Green Door Tavern, the historic tavern bearing a new battle scar with a bullet lodged into its side window frame. “It woke us up. It was that loud,” said … [Read more...]