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OpenAI’s controversial text-to-video artificial intelligence tool Sora sent shock waves through the entertainment industry when the company unveiled it earlier this year. The technology promised to revolutionize filmmaking by automatically creating short movies based on written commands. For example, users could type in descriptions, such as “a stylish woman walks down a Tokyo street,” and Sora would provide up to 60-second videos based on that information. Workers feared that it was a prelude to a future in which AI displaced jobs throughout Hollywood. But until now, Sora has been available only to people participating in research, testing and previews for artists. On Monday, Sora faces its next big test as OpenAI, best known for the ChatGPT text bot, makes it available to the broader public. In the U.S., consumers can use Sora with a ChatGPT Plus subscription, which costs $20 a month. It can generate up to 50 videos of up to 20 seconds long. Customers can get more Sora usage, higher resolution and longer videos with a ChatGPT Pro subscription. OpenAI executives say Sora will lead to new possibilities for artists and creatives. “We

Watch: 2025 Golden Globes nominations Watch: 2025 Golden Globes nominations revealed by Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut 17:40 Awards season kicked off with a bang for Selena Gomez, who on Monday received Golden Globe nominations for her performances on both the big and small screens. Gomez, who was already a two-time Golden Globe nominee, earned nods this year in the categories for best actress in a musical or comedy TV series and best supporting actress in a motion picture. Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut unveiled the nominees in a televised presentation Monday morning at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. The best actress nomination went to Gomez for her role in the Hulu mystery series “Only Murders in the Building,” which she reprised for a fourth run in August after previously gleaning acclaim for her work on its earlier seasons. Gomez’s last two Globe nominations were in the same category for “Only Murders.” Her co-stars, Steve Martin and Martin Short , have received equivalent nods in the best actor category each year since the show became eligible for consideration at the awards ceremony. For best

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.

The councilwoman representing Los Angeles’ Westside neighborhoods introduced a new public safety package on Tuesday which aims to protect public safety and prevent crime.  Break-ins, thefts and other crimes have affected private residences and small businesses alike, including Ronnie’s Diner on Culver Boulevard in Del Rey, which is part of L.A. City Councilwoman Traci Park’s District 11.   Ron Garcia and his wife, who have owned the diner for over two decades, say they have been broken into twice in the past year.  “They didn’t steal much [because] there’s not much to take, since everything is credit card based and there’s no cash,” Garcia said. “But the real damage is the cost to repair…our insurance company has limits on what they’ll cover, so there’s a lot of out-of-pocket [expenses] for each time they break in.”  Ventura Police Department introduces new maps to track crimes, calls for service Garcia told KTLA 5’s Annie Rose Ramos that, as restaurant owners, he and his wife “feel alone” and feel as if they are “policing” themselves.  “We’ve [had to] chase people away, and there used to be a lot

A 70-year-old suspect has been arrested in the fatal beating of a carpenter in his home in 1983, according to the Newport Beach Police Department. (File Photo) Nearly 41 years after a carpenter was found beaten to death in his home, Newport Beach Police arrested a 70-year-old man in connection to the cold case. Larry Manatt was arrested Friday on suspicion of killing Ronald Gaskey, the Newport Beach Police Department announced in a social media post. Manatt, a Huntington Beach resident, was taken into custody and booked in jail on suspicion of murder, days before the 41st anniversary of Gaskey’s death. Gaskey was found beaten to death in an upstairs hallway at his home in Newport Shores on Dec. 13, 1983, the Orange County Register reported days after his killing. Gaskey, 35, was found by his girlfriend, who went to check on him after he did not show up for work at his family’s construction company. Authorities said he was beaten with a blunt instrument, but there were no details about a suspect, the newspaper reported. “It’s a real mystery,” then-Newport Beach Police spokesperson Tom

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 / 1:08 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.  After Thompson, 50, was fatally shot outside the Hilton Midtown hotel on Dec. 4, NYPD 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. Investigators later said they believed the person of interest had left New York City,  possibly on a bus bound for Atlanta .  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, matching  a description of the weapon  used to kill Thompson, and a fake

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Man in Pennsylvania being questioned in connection to UnitedHealthcare CEO killing, sources say – CBS News Watch CBS News Police sources tell CBS News New York that a man in Pennsylvania is being questioned in connection to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. CBS News’ Anna Schecter has the latest confirmed details. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

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 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. The NYPD offered a $10,000 reward for information in the targeted shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown on Dec. 4

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