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American tourist detained in Turks and Caicos speaks out – CBS News Watch CBS News Ryan Watson, an American tourist detained in Turks and Caicos after officials there discovered ammo in his luggage, is speaking out. Watson, who is out on bail after being arrested, tells CBS News he was not aware of the ammo in his possessions. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Recovery efforts underway after deadly Oklahoma tornadoes batter communities – CBS News Watch CBS News At least four people were killed and more than a hundred injured when a string of tornadoes tore through Oklahoma, ripping homes apart and battering entire communities. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reports from Sulphur. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

By Alex Sundby Updated on: April 29, 2024 / 4:01 PM EDT / CBS News Police: Multiple officers shot in Charlotte Multiple law enforcement officers shot in Charlotte, police say 05:28 Multiple law enforcement officers were struck by gunfire in a shooting in Charlotte, North Carolina, while conducting an investigation Monday, police said. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said on social media that “multiple victims” were taken to a hospital. A U.S. Marshals Service task force comprised of officers from multiple agencies was conducting an investigation when the shooting started, police said. It wasn’t immediately clear how many officers were wounded or their condition. People were urged the avoid the area in east Charlotte. Police said there was active gunfire at the scene. The police department’s SWAT team responded to the area, police said.   Tyler Wilson told CBS affiliate WBTV he was working at home when he heard officers calling for someone to come out of a neighboring house. “After that, it was just chaos,” Wilson told the station. “There was shots ringing left and right. We had SWAT and U.S. marshals set up snipers

We may receive commissions from some links to products on this page. Promotions are subject to availability and retailer terms. By Joshua Rodriguez Edited By Matt Richardson April 29, 2024 / 2:45 PM EDT / CBS News There are multiple ways to cut the cost of long-term care insurance when you’re in your 70s.  Maskot If you’re shopping for long-term care insurance (a type of insurance that covers the cost of services like nursing homes , assisted living facilities and home health aides) in your 70s, you may need to overcome some challenges. Insurers have to think about the risk associated with offering new policies. And since most people over 65 will need some form of long-term care before they die, that risk to the insurer is higher when you’re in your 70s than it is for younger applicants.  Considering this increased risk, the rejection rate among long-term care insurance applicants is about 50% at 70 years old . And, if you do have access to coverage, it may be costly . But the good news is that there are ways to cut that cost

A fire that erupted Monday near a homeless encampment just south of Interstate 10 in Cabazon burned more than an acre before crews began establishing containment lines. The non-injury blaze was reported about 10 a.m. in the area of Almond Street and Bonita Avenue, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. The agency said multiple engine crews were sent to the location and encountered flames burning at a moderate rate through light brush. No homes or other structures were under immediate threat. As of 11 a.m., firefighters were working to encircle the brusher, but no official containment figure was available, according to reports from the scene. The California Highway Patrol reported that the flames broke out adjacent to a squatter camp, but it was not immediately clear whether a debris, warming or cooking fire at the site might have triggered the blaze.

Pro-Palestine protests continued to roil the UCLA and USC campuses Monday, with security stepped up at both campuses following a weekend that saw violence among activists in Westwood and vandalism at USC. A pro-Palestinian activist vandalized USC’s famed Tommy Trojan statue of the weekend, spray-painting “Say no to genocide” on the base of the fixture. The USC campus remained under restricted access Monday, with only a pair of gates opened primarily for students and staff only. Just outside the campus Monday morning, community activist Earl Ofari Hutchinson, president of the Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable, held a news conference calling on USC President Carol Folt to engage in an emergency campus dialogue with students over the Middle East conflict and students’ demands. “The last week or so, there’s been chaos, there’s been turmoil, there’s been violence, there’s been destruction,” Hutchinson said. He acknowledged that Folt issued a statement late last week responding to the protests, but he said she has not been “proactive” in working with students. He said an “emergency campus dialogue” is needed. “You don’t want to have to call the LAPD in

INDIO —  Stagecoach is a wrap for 2024. After three days of music at the increasingly dusty Empire Polo Club — including earlier performances by Eric Church, Miranda Lambert, Post Malone and Jelly Roll — the annual country festival came to a close Sunday night with a set by the genre’s biggest star, Morgan Wallen. The Times’ Mikael Wood and Vanessa Franko were there for that and much of what preceded it (and they have the windblown hair to prove it). Here’s a rundown of the highlights and lowlights of Day 3. Wallen found success thanks in large part to his intuitive understanding of the information exchange between country and hip-hop: the way a singer’s delivery can approximate a rapper’s flow, the way an acoustic guitar can sit atop a programmed beat, the way a gold chain can nestle into the V of an open-necked denim shirt. Yet what made the 30-year-old Tennessee native a juggernaut — a stadium-filling live act whose “One Thing at a Time” was 2023’s biggest album of any genre — is his ability to find the emotional truth in a piece

British comedian Russell Brand, facing allegations of rape and sexual assault from multiple women, doubled down on his commitment to Christianity over the weekend. The actor, known for his work in R-rated comedies including “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “Get Him to the Greek,” revealed he was baptized Sunday in the River Thames. In an Instagram video shared Monday, the 48-year-old actor said he found the plunge to be “an incredible, profound experience.” Brand — sitting cross-legged on the floor wearing a white T-shirt, brown pants and several necklaces, including one with a crucifix — said his history of drug use had left his desires for “tranquility, and peace, and even transcendence” unfulfilled. Hours after his baptism on Sunday, Brand said he already felt “changed, transitioned.” “I’m learning and I will make mistakes, but this is my path now,” he added. “I already feel incredibly blessed, relieved, nourished, held.” Brand, who pivoted away from acting and refashioned himself as an anti-establishment commentator, shared news of his baptism months after numerous women alleged they were sexually assaulted by him between 2006 and 2013. The accusations first surfaced

A lawsuit brought by an activist against Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León over a scuffle at a holiday toy giveaway in 2022 could be dismissed as early as next month. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lynne Hobbs ruled during a hearing last week that the activist, Jason Reedy, had waited too long to file the lawsuit against the councilman. The complaint was filed past the six-month statute of limitations for suing a government entity, Hobbs wrote in her decision. The judge gave Reedy 20 days to file an amended complaint to clarify that he’s suing De León as an individual, not as a city councilman, since the statute of limitations for suing an individual alleging battery is longer. If he does not, the case will be dismissed. Earlier this year, Hobbs dismissed the claim against the city of Los Angeles also because of the lapsed statute of limitations. The lawsuit centers on a tussle at a holiday event on Dec. 9, 2022, at a Lincoln Heights recreation center between Reedy, an advocate for defunding the Los Angeles Police Department, and De León, who

A security guard was shot multiple times Monday morning outside the home of a record-label executive who has worked with the Weeknd and other well-known musicians. Iranian Canadian producer and talent manager Amir Esmailian, also known as Cash XO, co-founded XO Records and has worked with several top hip-hop acts, including Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert and the Beyoncé-Jay-Z superduo the Carters. On Monday shortly before 2:30 a.m., officers were called to the 17500 block of Jayden Lane in Encino over reports of a shooting at a residence, Los Angeles police Officer Kevin Terzes said. Esmailian was recently lambasted by Drake in a diss track amid Drake’s ongoing feud with the rap industry. But sources in law enforcement and the music industry said the incident appeared to be an attempted home invasion with no connection to the music business. Investigators said one of the callers was the wounded guard, who described his assailants as wearing hoodies and surgical masks and fleeing on foot after opening fire, according to law enforcement sources who were not authorized to comment publicly on the matter. Emergency radio dispatchers reported

A pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles grew to approximately 50 tents Monday morning. Activists are calling for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas and demanding UCLA divest interest in the state of Israel. On Sunday, minor skirmishes broke out between protesters and pro-Israel demonstrators who held a large rally next to the encampment on Royce Quad. Westwood, CA, Sunday, April 28, 2024 – Thousands rally for Israel as pro Palestine counter demonstrators surround them at UCLA. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) KTLA 5 News reporter Eric Spillman talks to a protest guard who is denying public access to the encampment at UCLA. April 29, 2024. (KTLA) UCLA firefighters are seen attempting to enter the protest encampment on April 29, 2024. (KTLA) Pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrators square off on the campus of UCLA on April 28, 2024. (KTLA) Pro-Israel demonstrators at a counter protest on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles on April 28, 2024. (KTLA) Pro-Palestinian demonstrators are seen inside their encampment on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles on

UCLA is stepping up security around a pro-Palestinian protest encampment that has taken over a large campus plaza for four days, university officials announced after minor scuffles broke out involving demonstrators and pro-Israel demonstrators on Sunday. By Monday morning, the encampment at Royce Quad had grown to approximately 50 tents surrounded by wood and metal fencing. Protesters have appointed guards to block access to the public, including members of the media. KTLA 5 News witnessed those guards attempting to deny entry to UCLA firefighters who wanted to inspect the encampment Monday morning, although they were eventually allowed inside. Is ‘From the river to the sea’ hate speech? Protesters are calling for a halt to the 200-day conflict between Israel and Hamas, along with demanding UCLA divest all interests in Israel, a move the university has consistently opposed. On Sunday, isolated skirmishes broke out when pro-Israel demonstrators held a large rally adjacent to the encampment that involved hundreds, if not thousands, of Israeli and U.S. flag-waving participants, speakers and videos projected on a large screen. No significant injuries or arrests were reported, and a security buffer

What appears to be a young bear has been spotted hanging out behind a Sierra Madre home recently.  Annie Slater says the bear can be seen catching some rays on the hill behind her home on Foothill Avenue “almost every day.” In the video, the bear can be seen lying on his back with his belly exposed as he or she is grooming.  A bear is seen lounging in behind a Sierra Madre home. (JP and Annie Slater) The video inspired KTLA’s Chris Schauble to break out in song. “You can almost literally hear the bear, ‘Just the bear necessities, the simple bear necessities,’” he sang.  Experts say with hibernation season over, bears will often wander into neighborhoods near the foothills. Topgolf opening new Southern California location Residents are urged to keep pet food inside and trash locked up to help keep bears away.

A Los Angeles County student is a C-H-A-M-P-I-O-N after taking home the top spot in the 20204 California Elementary Spelling Bee. Oliver Halkett, a sixth grader who already took home the county title and topped KTLA’s anchors in a spelling challenge, earned the state’s top prize on Saturday, according to an Instagram post by the San Joaquin County Office of Education. Coming in second place was Priya Sekera, a sixth grader from Placer County. Topgolf opening new Southern California location Halkett’s winning word was pityriasis, a “mild, but common, skin condition” believed to be caused by a virus or bacteria. To show that his performance wasn’t just luck, he spelled it again over the PA system on his Southwest Airlines flight home, earning another round of applause from his fellow passengers. The Scripps National Spelling Bee begins May 26 in the Washington, D.C., area.