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In an ad promoting Proposition 34, a friendly registered nurse says that the so-called Protect Patients Now Act on the Nov. 5 ballot would “stop the squeeze on taxpayers,” reduce the cost of prescriptions for Medi-Cal patients and do a bunch of other things that may sound great to the average voter. If you watch all the way through, you will see that the top funders of the ad, in a disclosure required by state law, are listed as the California Apartment Assn. and California Assn. of Realtors. Huh? You may wonder, as any reasonable person would, why two real estate lobbying groups would invest millions (more than $30 million, as it turns out, most of it from the former group) of their members’ money to push an obscure healthcare policy that does not appear to benefit them. If so, you have hit upon the hidden agenda of Proposition 34. Dig into the details, and it appears as if the real goal is silencing the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that has backed three state rent control ballot measures, including Proposition 33 on

October 7, 2024 / 7:48 AM EDT / CBS/AFP Glide bombs help Russia advance in Ukraine How Russia is utilizing glide bombs to gain ground in Ukraine war 02:05 Moscow — A Russian court on Monday sentenced a 72-year-old U.S. citizen accused of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine amid Russia’s ongoing invasion to nearly seven years in prison. Judge Alexandra Kovalevskaya at Moscow City Court sentenced the defendant, named as Stephen Hubbard by the media, to six years and 10 months in prison. The bearded defendant stood with difficulty as the sentence was read out. He was convicted of “participating as a mercenary in the armed conflict” after a brief trial largely held behind closed doors. The sentence took into account the fact that Hubbard has already been in custody since April 2, 2022. Stephen Hubbard, a U.S. citizen accused of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine against Russia, is seen inside an enclosure for defendants as he attends a court hearing in Moscow, Russia Oct. 7, 2024, in this still image taken from video. Moscow City Court Press Service/Handout via REUTERS His case only

Kamala Harris discusses her economic plan on 60 Minutes election special – CBS News Watch CBS News Tonight, on a 60 Minutes election special, Bill Whitaker asks Vice President Kamala Harris how she’ll fund her economic plan and how she’d get it through Congress. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

If the intent of the Dodgers fans who threw two baseballs at San Diego Padres left fielder Jurickson Profar and a water bottle, beer can and other debris at right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. during a lengthy seventh-inning delay was to intimidate the visiting team on Sunday night, it backfired spectacularly. “I mean, we scored, what, six runs after that? Five? Four? I don’t know,” Padres third baseman Manny Machado said with a grin. “It was six? Yeah, maybe it fired us up.” The Padres held a three-run lead in Game 2 of the National League Division Series when play was halted and umpires worked with stadium security officials to lower the temperature among several unruly fans in the left-field and right-field corners. When play finally resumed, San Diego right-hander Yu Darvish, who spent much of the delay crouched behind the Dodger Stadium mound, retired three straight batters after issuing a leadoff walk in the bottom of the seventh to close a seven-inning, three-hit gem in which he held red-hot Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani hitless in three at-bats. The Padres then pounded four of the

Updated on: October 7, 2024 / 6:57 AM EDT / CBS/AP 2 Massachusetts researchers awarded Nobel Prize in medicine 2 Massachusetts researchers awarded Nobel Prize in medicine 00:39 STOCKHOLM – Two researchers working in Massachusetts have been awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine. MicroRNA Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun were honored Monday for their discovery of microRNA, a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated. The Nobel Assembly said that their discovery is “proving to be fundamentally important for how organisms develop and function.” The Secretary of the Nobel Assembly announced the winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine, Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, on October 7, 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden.  Steffen Trumpf/picture alliance via Getty Images Victor Ambros    Ambrose performed the research that led to his prize at Harvard University.  He is currently a professor of natural science at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. Ambrose was born in Hanover, New Hampshire. He earned his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)  in 1979. Gary Ruvkun   Ruvkin’s research was performed at Massachusetts General Hospital and the

HAIFA, Israel —  I reported from southern Israel on the morning of Oct. 7, 2023. I witnessed the carnage of the Hamas massacre, and I have been covering the subsequent war in Gaza for Fox News over the past 12 months. The takeaway on the ground is obvious: The hostages who remain in Hamas’ hands must be released and Israel’s bombing of the Gaza Strip must cease. Each additional day of suffering is driving a wider wedge between Israelis and Palestinians, along with those who support each side. Enough is enough. The Hamas attack on Israel, known as Black Saturday, left more than 800 civilians and more than 300 soldiers dead. People were slaughtered in their homes, kibbutzim obliterated, and many of those who survived were dragged as hostages into Gaza. The killings and kidnappings are objectively terrible events that should be widely condemned. The Israeli response to Black Saturday has left more than 40,000 Palestinians dead, according to the Gazan Health Ministry. Based on Israel Defense Forces estimates, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says some 17,000 are militants. Of the civilians who have been killed

Howdy! I’m Jaclyn Cosgrove, an outdoors reporter at the L.A. Times. I write about the best trails, bodies of water, campgrounds and more that you should visit in and around Los Angeles County. I’m also the voice behind The Wild, our weekly outdoors newsletter. I am often out hiking alongside Maggie May, my trusty trail dog, whether it’s for work or fun. As the seasons change, I’d love to meet you out on the trail to determine if fall foliage does in fact exist in L.A. I’m inviting 30 L.A. Times subscribers to join me on a hike from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Oct. 19. This is the second event in our subscriber-exclusive hiking event series. (We’re already busy planning fun outdoors events for 2025.) We will start from the lower parking lot of the Gabrielino Trail and take an easy three-mile stroll along the Arroyo Seco. This is one of my favorite hikes in all of Angeles National Forest, as it includes a river, a shaded path and plenty to look at and listen to. Along the way, we’ll be on the lookout

CULIACÁN, Mexico —  In this city built from the spoils of Mexico’s richest drug-trafficking empire, they’re calling it the “narco-pandemia’’ — not a virus but a deadly reckoning inside the Sinaloa cartel that has left businesses shuttered, schools empty and the streets nearly deserted. Even the glitzy bars, exclusive car dealerships and plastic surgery boutiques catering to cartel lieutenants and their entourages are mostly closed. Driving around after dark is a lonesome experience, the eerie consequence of what many label a “voluntary” curfew. “Right now, there’s a psychosis everywhere in Culiacán,” said Donaciano García, a trumpet player and leader of a band desperate for work since cantinas and dance halls have shut down. “Things are terrible. No one wants to leave their home. It’s worse than the pandemic.” More than 140 people have been killed in the last month, many of their bodies dumped on the streets. Forensic investigators remove a body from the street in Culiacán, Mexico, on Sept. 19. (Eduardo Verdugo / Associated Press) Behind the chaos are two rival factions of the Sinaloa cartel. One is loyal to Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the

AMMAN, Jordan —  The harsh Israeli revenge war that has shattered Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon and now may expand into Iran has exposed a serious rift in the concept of the universality of human rights. Since Oct. 7, 2023, we’ve learned that not all lives matter and not all countries are held accountable for their actions. Many nations that preach human rights, the rule of law and freedom of expression have reacted unequally to the deaths and detention of Israeli civilians and combatants as compared with the deaths of Palestinian and Lebanese civilians and combatants. Because Hezbollah is deemed a terrorist group, Israel’s booby-trapping of cellphones and pagers issued by the organization largely gets a pass, even though the devices blew up and injured or killed civilians in hospitals and shopping malls in Lebanon, in apparent violation of international law. The definition of “terrorism” — and “antisemitic” — has been eroded because of the identity of those engaged against Israel. Despite efforts to reduce Middle East history to one moment, the Oct. 7 attacks, the world has learned that what happened to Israeli civilians

Called last year to stand and be admonished by his Republican colleagues for allegedly misleading the American public during his dogged investigations of former President Trump, Rep. Adam B. Schiff refused to back down. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna accused Schiff of using his former leadership role on the House Intelligence Committee to wage an “all-out political campaign” against Trump. The Florida Republican said he spun a “web of lies” that were “so severe that they altered the course of the country forever” and “ripped apart American families.” Schiff responded with the same prosecutorial righteousness he’d employed for years in congressional hearings and cable news shows, where he’d investigated and publicly shamed Trump for his campaign ties to Russia, his solicitation of political favors from Ukraine and his fomenting of the Jan. 6 insurrection and the election denial that underpinned it. “To my Republican colleagues who introduced this resolution, I thank you. You honor me with your enmity. You flatter me with this falsehood,” the Burbank Democrat said. “You who are the authors of a big lie about the last election must condemn the truth tellers

By Haley Ott Updated on: October 7, 2024 / 6:28 AM EDT / CBS News One year after October 7 attacks, anger and anguish persist One year after October 7 attacks, anger and anguish persist 05:19 Tel Aviv — Israelis were marking a full year Monday since Hamas’ brutal Oct. 7 terrorist attacks , gathering at the sites of some of the atrocities to honor those killed and demand the release of those still held captive in Gaza. For many, it’s hard to believe that 365 days have passed. “We didn’t close the story. We are still there in that Shabat — in that Saturday,” Batsheva Yahalomi told CBS News just days ago, as she revisited her former home in Kibbutz Nir Oz.  Her husband is thought to be among the 101 hostages still held in Gaza. Her son was held hostage for 52 days before being released in a prisoner swap with Hamas in November 2023 — one of 105 Israelis freed in exchange for about 180 Palestinians in the only such exchange negotiated during the year of war. Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his

Ghost guns found in NYC day care, police say Ghost gun operation found inside East Harlem home day care, police say 01:51 Washington — The Supreme Court will convene Tuesday to consider a challenge to the Biden administration’s efforts to regulate untraceable firearms known as ghost guns, as major American cities report the measure seems to have caused a reduction in the use of these weapons within their borders. The court fight involves a 2022 regulation from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that sought to ensure the difficult-to-trace weapons known as ghost guns are subject to the same requirements as commercial firearms sales. The issue before the justices is not whether Second Amendment rights were violated, but rather if the Biden administration went too far when it issued the rule. The case may sound similar to one before the high court in its last term that involved a ban on bump stocks put in place during the Trump administration. In that instance, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority invalidated the regulation that outlawed the devices, finding that ATF exceeded its authority by issuing

Harris backing Biden’s asylum crackdown Harris backing Biden’s asylum crackdown in border visit 02:41 The number of migrants crossing into the U.S. illegally at the southern border reached the lowest point of President Biden’s administration in September, three months into his crackdown on asylum claims , according to internal Department of Homeland Security statistics obtained by CBS News. In September, U.S. Border Patrol agents recorded nearly 54,000 apprehensions of migrants who crossed into the country between legal entry points along the border with Mexico, the government figures show. It’s a smaller figure than the previous Biden-era low in July , when Border Patrol processed roughly 56,000 migrants who crossed the border without authorization.  Border Patrol’s tally of migrant apprehensions in September is the lowest number recorded by the agency since August 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic and the travel restrictions countries enacted in response to it led to a sharp decrease in migration to the U.S. southern border. It’s also a 78% drop from a record high in December, when illegal border crossings soared to 250,000. U.S. immigration officials processed another 48,000 migrants in September

By Haley Ott October 7, 2024 / 5:43 AM EDT / CBS News We Will Dance Again | Official Trailer We Will Dance Again | Paramount+ Official Trailer 02:23 Eitan Halley and his friends were looking forward to the Nova Festival last fall, in part because the tickets were affordable. “We were all looking for jobs, so we didn’t really have a bunch of money,” said Halley, 28. “The second the Nova tickets came out, they were really cheap. We all liked going to parties, and it seemed like a perfect thing to do right before the [school] year started.” Halley and his friends didn’t know the exact location of the festival ahead of time — part of its mystique — but they planned to drive south to Be’er Shiva, a kibbutz in the general area, a few days early to get supplies.  “I remember driving and looking out the window and seeing Gaza and just thinking about my time in the army, and how I used to just guard a couple of kilometers away from where I was at the moment,” Halley said. “You