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A 55-year-old man who was reported missing in Long Beach has been found, authorities said Monday. Pedro Renteria Jr. was last seen Sunday morning near the intersection of Magnolia Avenue and West Wardlow Road, and authorities had sought the public’s help to find him. On Monday, the Long Beach Police Department reported that he had been found. Other details were not released.

Arguing there are no triable issues, the city of West Covina is seeking dismissal of a former Fire Department captain’s lawsuit that alleges he was forced to resign in 2022 in the face of possibly losing his retirement medical benefits for complaining that the fire chief was not following coronavirus safety measures. Curtis McCart’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit allegations include disability and age discrimination as well as retaliation. He seeks reinstatement along with unspecified compensatory damages. But in court papers filed Thursday with Judge Peter A. Hernandez, attorneys for the city dispute McCart’s allegations, saying the plaintiff was placed on paid administrative leave for legitimate reasons because of worrisome statements he made to colleagues. The same lawyers also say the plaintiff did not file a grievance or complaint about alleged COVID-19 regulation violations during his employment. McCart also was unable to state any specific coronavirus regulation violated by Fire Chief Vincent Capelle or others, the West Covina lawyers further maintain in their pleadings. McCart was put on paid administrative leave in July 2022, in part for allegedly stating in a conversation with colleagues that

By Mark Prussin Updated on: December 9, 2024 / 12:13 PM EST / CBS New York Search continues for murder weapon in UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting Search continues for murder weapon in UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting 02:48 NEW YORK — A man in Pennsylvania is being questioned in connection to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City , police sources tell CBS News New York.  A source close to the investigation said that a person of interest was being questioned about Thompson’s murder after Pennsylvania authorities took him into custody on an unrelated incident in Altoona.  The person being questioned was in possession of a gun with a silencer and a fake New Jersey driver’s license, sources said.   After Thompson was fatally shot outside the Hilton Midtown hotel on Dec. 4 , police identified a person of interest who they said had used a fake New Jersey ID  to check into a hostel  on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Police have not confirmed if the man being questioned is the same person of interest seen at the hostel.  Over the weekend, NYPD  continued

CBS News Live CBS News New York Live NEW YORK — Daniel Penny has been found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway car in 2023. Penny, a 26-year-old Marine veteran , pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. The judge  dismissed the manslaughter charge  Friday after jurors said they could not come to a unanimous decision. The jury could only consider the negligent homicide charge if Penny was cleared of manslaughter. About 15 protesters lined up outside the courthouse Monday, chanting “justice for Jordan Neely.” Inside, Penny’s defense team asked for a mistrial and once again was denied.  Word of the verdict came after jurors  deliberated for more than 20 hours . Penny appeared to smile, as his attorneys hugged each other. CBS News New York’s Alice Gainer was inside the courtroom, where she reported chaos unfolded after the verdict was announced. Some cheered in support of Penny, while Neely’s father had to leave the room because he stood up and was swearing.  “Our call to action

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Editor’s note: This video above was filmed during a Dec. 4 news conference concerning the investigation into the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. NEW YORK (WPIX) – A man in Pennsylvania was being questioned Monday in connection with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, sources told Nexstar’s WPIX. The man is in Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 233 miles west of New York City, according to sources. He’s believed to have a gun similar to the one used to kill Thompson in front of a Midtown hotel, sources said. The New York City Police Department was en route to question the man, according to those sources. The development came as dogs and divers returned Monday to New York’s Central Park while the dragnet for Thompson’s killer stretched into a sixth day. Investigators have been combing the park since the Wednesday shooting and have been searching at least one of its ponds for three days, looking for evidence that may have been thrown into it. Thompson was arriving at an investors meeting at the New York Hilton Midtown hotel just before 7 a.m. when he was shot

NEW YORK (AP) — A Marine veteran who used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider was acquitted on Monday in a death that became a prism for differing views about public safety, valor and vigilantism. A Manhattan jury delivered the verdict, clearing Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide in Jordan Neely’s death last year. A more serious manslaughter charge was dismissed earlier in deliberations because the jury deadlocked on that count. Both charges were felonies and carried the possibility of prison time. Penny, 26, gripped Jordan Neely around the neck for about six minutes in a chokehold that other subway passengers partially captured on video. Penny’s lawyers said he was protecting himself and other subway passengers from a volatile, mentally ill man who was making alarming remarks and gestures. The defense also disputed a city medical examiner’s finding that the chokehold killed Neely. Prosecutors said Penny reacted far too forcefully to someone he perceived as a peril, not a person. The case amplified many American fault lines, among them race, politics, crime, urban life, mental illness and homelessness. Neely was Black. Penny is white.

VANCOUVER —  To get a sense of how long Taylor Swift’s Eras tour lasted, consider that both a big-budget concert film and a hardcover photo book documenting the road show came out while the show was still on the road. Consider that one of the superstar’s former opening acts, Sabrina Carpenter, has become a superstar herself. Or consider that Swift’s latest LP contains a song she wrote about her experience on the Eras tour — a song she went on to add to the very production that inspired it. And now, believe it or not, it’s a wrap. After 149 dates spanning five continents over nearly two years, the Eras tour — the highest-grossing concert tour in history, with estimated ticket sales in the neighborhood of $2 billion — came to an end at last Sunday evening with the third of three sold-out concerts at BC Place. It was the series finale of a cultural phenomenon that reshaped fan culture, that launched countless memes, that grew so popular that people started buying so-called no-view seats to hang out behind the stage and sing along with the