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Union security officers in Philadelphia ratified a new contract Monday, guaranteeing higher pay, more time off and health insurance premiums paid by their employers. A spokesperson for the union 32BJ SEIU said the contract covers around 3,000 workers. Members previously told CBS News Philadelphia that the large majority — more than 2,000 — work for Allied Universal. The union says the contract includes these benefits: A $4.30 per hour raise spread over four years. The raises will apply to members making the minimum of $16.25 an hour and those above the minimum. Three additional paid holidays, plus an extra paid…

Officials are warning of a potential measles exposure at Philadelphia International Airport over the weekend, but don’t believe there’s a threat to the general public, the city’s health commissioner announced Tuesday. The possible measles exposure happened between 8:50 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9, at PHL in the airport’s A and B terminals. The city’s health department said a patient with measles was traveling through the airport. Health officials are recommending anyone who was traveling or working in the airport Sunday to check their vaccination status and keep an eye out for symptoms. “We believe there is no threat…

The Dallas Mavericks have fired general manager Nico Harrison, effective immediately, the team announced on Tuesday. The team appointed Michael Finley and Matt Riccardi as co-interim general managers while the team searches for a replacement. In a letter to fans, Mavs owner Patrick Dumont said that no one associated with the organization is happy with the start of what they thought would be “a promising season.” “When the results don’t meet expectations, it’s my responsibility to act,” Dumont said. “I’ve made the decision to part ways with General Manager Nico Harrison.” This comes after uproar over Luka Doncic’s shocking trade to the…

As a public figure with a massive social media following, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy is no stranger to threats and abuse online. But recently, the entrepreneur says he’s become “far more aware” of how he could face these threats in everyday life. “You know, you start getting into these yahoos on social media, and there’s, like, yahoos,” Portnoy told “CBS Mornings” co-host Tony Dokoupil in an interview airing on “CBS Sunday Morning” this weekend. “I don’t even know what they’re saying. But they start talking about me, trying to get my name probably used because they’re just in this…

A U.S. Army veteran in Pennsylvania revived her life with fitness, and now, she’s sharing her strength with others. Erica Liermann joined the Army after 9/11 and eventually came home with post-traumatic stress disorder, which she now manages with working out and empowering others. That includes leading classes at Dub Fitness, her gym in King of Prussia. Fitness is Liermann’s salvation. She says it helps her cope with PTSD from her time in the Army as a military police officer. “I was stationed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,” Liermann said. “I was in Korea, I was in Baghdad, Iraq; Al-Asad, Iraq.”…

For the third straight day, some SEPTA Regional Rail trains are canceled Wednesday as the transit agency continues to inspect railcars due to a federal order. The Airport, Fox Chase and Chestnut Hill West Regional Rail lines have had trips canceled Monday and Tuesday, leaving riders frustrated in what’s been a hectic few months for SEPTA. SEPTA is short on railcars because the Federal Railroad Administration ordered the Philadelphia-based transit agency to inspect its 223 Silverliner IV railcars after five fires on the model since February. A SEPTA spokesperson told CBS News Philadelphia earlier Tuesday that 204 railcars have been inspected, and…

A man’s body was found along the Schuylkill River Trail in Norristown, Pennsylvania, Monday night, Montgomery County officials said. Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele and Norristown Police Chief Michael Trail said officers responded to a 911 call about the body found along the Schuylkill River Trail off of Haws Avenue around 7 p.m. Officials said the body appears to be a man who is about 40 to 49 years old. They said the man was unhoused and undocumented. The body was found by another unhoused person, according to officials. Montgomery County officials are investigating the death. Anyone with information…

Washington — Democrat Adelita Grijalva will be sworn in as a member of Congress on Wednesday when the House returns, seven weeks after she won a special election in Arizona. House Speaker Mike Johnson will administer the oath of office to Grijalva at 4 p.m. Wednesday before the lower chamber holds votes on a funding bill to reopen the government, according to the speaker’s office. “After seven weeks of waiting, I almost can’t believe it’s true,” Grijalva said Monday, lamenting that one of her first votes will be on a bill “that does nothing for affordable health care for the…

Juneau, Alaska — Conservation groups sued Monday over a state program in Alaska that authorizes killing brown and black bears as a way to increase the size of a once-significant caribou herd in the southwest part of the state. The groups allege the program lacks a scientific basis and is unconstitutional. The lawsuit filed in state court says the program adopted by the Alaska Board of Game in July doesn’t require the Department of Fish and Game to monitor bear populations to ensure their numbers remain sustainable. It also says the program – carried out by department employees and allowing them…

With Congress on the brink of a deal to end the government shutdown, the Supreme Court has agreed to let the political process play out and keep in place a brief pause of a federal court judge’s ruling that ordered the Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits in November. About 42 million Americans rely on food aid from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. On Friday, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson had granted a stay on behalf of the Court, blocking the lower court’s order that the administration transfer some $4 billion from other food security programs to SNAP payments. That…