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More questions about Trump security at rally Secret Service snipers’ view of shooter may have been blocked by tree during Trump rally 03:09 A tree may have prevented one of the sniper teams tasked with protecting former President Donald Trump at his Pennsylvania campaign rally from clearly seeing the would-be assassin as he climbed on a roof and  opened fire , according to a CBS News analysis of video and satellite imagery. The tree, located between the shooter and the sniper team closest to him, may have impaired the team’s line of sight as the gunman climbed onto the roof from where he fired multiple rounds. That sniper team, which was positioned on a roof over Trump’s right shoulder, did not fire the shot that killed the gunman, two federal law enforcement officials told CBS News. A U.S. Secret Service sniper stationed in a building behind the former president fired one round,  killing the gunman , according to multiple law enforcement officials. Two federal law enforcement officers told CBS News the Secret Service team that ultimately killed the shooter was located on a building behind

The Liberty Justice Center, a national ligitation firm, has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday, challenging a new law that prohibits California school districts from notifying parents of a child’s gender identification change. The filing was announced on X, formerly known as Twitter. The lawsuit names Newsom, California Attorney General Robert Bonta and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond. It was filed on behalf of the Chino Valley Unified School District, which implemented the controversial policy last year, and parents with children in the state’s public school system. California bill regarding politicians’ safety gets attention following Trump rally shooting “PK-12 minor students, most of whom are too young to drive, vote, or provide medical consent for themselves, are also too young to make life-altering decisions about their expressed gender identity without their parents’ knowledge. But that is precisely what AB 1955 enables—with potentially devastating consequences for children too young to fully comprehend them,” Emily Rae, senior counsel at the Liberty Justice Center, said in a statement. “School officials do not have the right to keep secrets from parents, but parents do

If you’re thinking like Roman Roy but have Carmy Berzatto’s money, there may still be some hope for you. New Jersey-based real estate agency The Robert Dekanski Team analyzed 16 famous TV show homes — from “Succession” to “The Bear” — by estimating their value as well as estimating how much the homeowner would need to make in order to afford the property.  Estimated values were determined by using real estate databases to find the average cost of a home of similar size in the area where the house was “located” in the show. ‘Shogun’ leads all Emmy nominees with 25 and ‘The Bear’ sets comedy series record with 23 Upon coming up with the estimated average home price, a 10% down payment was accounted for, as was the average mortgage interest over a 30-year period (7.32% according to Bankrate).   ‘The Friends’ series apartment building in Greenwich Village in New York City, United States of America on July 7th, 2024. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images) The total annual mortgage payment for each property was calculated to be 35% of the annual salary

Video shows swimmers unknowingly passing a woman who drowned in their gym pool in Las Vegas. According to KTLA’s sister station KLAS, the incident happened on Feb. 4 when Letica Triplett, 58, entered the North Decatur Las Vegas Athletic Club’s (LVAC) pool for a morning exercise. She swam and kicked her legs while gripping the pool wall for nearly 25 minutes. According to Oganna Brown, an attorney representing LVAC, Triplett arrived at the location on crutches before getting into the pool. While gripping the wall, Triplett appears to stop kicking and struggling as her head goes underwater. She then uses the wall to reach the pool stairs just feet away. During the struggle, multiple people are seen swimming near her and even walking alongside her as they enter the pool, with Triplett appearing to fight for her life. Security camera footage shows Letica Triplett drowning in a Las Vegas area gym pool on Feb. 4, 2024. (Southern Nevada Health District) While climbing the pool stairs, Triplett grabs the handrails and struggles to lift herself up. However, she falls deeper into the pool and appears to

Mayor Karen Bass took the unusual step this week of vetoing a proposed November ballot measure to rework the disciplinary process for Los Angeles police officers. Assuming the City Council doesn’t override her veto, the mayor’s decision means voters won’t get to consider police accountability this year. OK. But, if Angelenos are going to get a do-over on police reform, Bass and the City Council need to use the next two years to develop a stronger proposal that increases both the public’s confidence that officers will be held accountable for misconduct and officers’ confidence that they will be treated fairly. And they should not wait until just weeks before the deadline for the 2026 ballot. Although city leaders had seven years to plan a well-crafted reform proposal, the council put it off until the last minute and produced a rushed one. The reforms in the November ballot measure weren’t terrible, just underwhelming . It would have allowed the police chief to fire officers accused of some types of misconduct and rejiggered the composition of the department’s three-member Board of Rights disciplinary panels. And it would

Reality star Savannah Chrisley waged fresh criticism against the “rogue prosecutors” who convicted her parents Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley of tax fraud and evasion two years ago. However, instead of airing her grievances on her podcast, on her Instagram or on “The Masked Singer,” Savannah channeled her family’s legal woes on a larger stage: the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. “72600019 and 7260119. These may be just numbers to you but to me, they’re my whole heart,” Savannah, Todd and Julie’s eldest daughter, began her address at the RNC on Tuesday. “These numbers are my parents’ identification numbers in our federal prison.” Under the RNC spotlight, Savannah detailed the federal fraud case against her parents and the emotional toll it has taken on her personal life. She also alleged that her family “was persecuted by rogue prosecutors in Fulton County due to our public profile … and our conservative beliefs.” The Chrisley family launched to reality TV fame in 2013 with the debut of USA Network’s “Chrisley Knows Best,” and inspired a reality TV empire in the following years including the E! spinoff “Growing

Angelenos searching for an aquatic adventure at one of Los Angeles County’s many inland waterways during the latest summer heat wave should do some research before taking the plunge, according to Heal the Bay’s River report card released Wednesday. Heal the Bay analyzed water quality at 35 freshwater sites along Malibu Creek, the Los Angeles River and the San Gabriel River last summer. Of the sites reviewed, 63% received grades ranging from A+ to B, which indicate low health risks for swimmers. Another 37% of sites received C, D or F rankings, indicating higher levels of bacteria and possible health risks. Six sites along the Los Angeles River, dubbed “freshwater fails,” showed the highest levels of bacteria where contact with water should be avoided, according to the report. Here are river locations in the Los Angeles area that pose the highest risk of illness 1. Compton Creek (lower L.A. River watershed)2. L.A. River below the Compton Creek confluence3. Bull Creek (lower L.A. River watershed)4. Tujunga Wash at Hansen Dam (upper L.A. River watershed)5. L.A. River at Willow Street (lower L.A. River watershed)6. L.A. River below

WASHINGTON —  President Biden has told progressives in Congress that he will soon endorse proposals to reform the Supreme Court, including by putting term limits on the justices and enforcing an ethics code. He also spoke in favor of a proposed constitutional amendment that would overturn the immunity for presidents that the conservative Supreme Court granted two weeks ago, according to media reports Wednesday. But the president apparently still remains opposed to expanding the court from nine to 13 justices. If Democrats were to win control of the House and Senate in the November elections and Biden were reelected, some or all of these legislative proposals could move forward early next year. But that outcome appears increasingly unlikely. So Biden’s proposed reforms for now remain largely political talking points for Democrats and progressives. Nevertheless court reform advocates welcomed Biden’s show of support. “The court has long been the most powerful, least accountable part of our government, and you can’t ensure the long-term success of our democracy without implementing changes to our all-powerful and unaccountable juristocracy,” said Gabe Roth, executive director of Fix the Court, an advocacy

The Tesla Cybertruck may not be able to keep an accelerator pedal from sticking or go through a car wash, but the Anaheim police believe the high-end electric vehicle would be a perfect fit for the department. As reported by 404 Media, public records show that Sgt. Jacob Gallacher said the Anaheim Police Department wants “to be the first police agency to have a Cybertruck.” Gallacher told 404 Media that the Cybertruck wouldn’t be a patrol vehicle; rather, it’d be used for “community engagement” in events like parades or to spark conversations with members of the public. The $100,000 cost is prohibitive for a patrol vehicle, he said, though other Tesla vehicles are already in use on patrols. APD has six modified Model Ys that it is using “as patrol vehicles, with lights, sirens, and ‘passenger compartments for the arrestees,'” Gallacher told 404 Media.

Disneyland’s opening day was supposed to be an exclusive affair. Movie stars and California’s governor were invited to check out the attractions alongside Walt Disney. On this day 69 years ago – July 17, 1955 – they all showed up. So did 15,000 uninvited guests. After a year of speedy construction, Disneyland was ready to open its gates to VIPs. Hollywood A-listers were invited to bring their kids to test out the new attractions. California Governor Goodwin Knight made an appearance, as did then-actor (future governor, future president) Ronald Reagan. The press was there to document the fun. The park was expecting a soft launch with an invite-only crowd of about 20,000, longtime Disney Imagineer Marty Sklar told Wired in a 2010 interview. In reality, 35,000 people rushed into the park with bootleg tickets. A large crowd of people wait to get into Disneyland on its opening day. Bootleg tickets resulted in over 30,000 guests attending what was supposed to be a small first day opening event. (Photo by USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images) The huge crowds weren’t the only hiccup on Disneyland’s opening day. It

A team of armed law enforcement officials entered the property Wednesday of a home in Sun Valley that has been dubbed a “junkyard” by residents over the years. Sky5 was overhead shortly after 10 a.m. as the team worked their way through the large property in the La Tuna Canyon area that is littered with old cars, tires and wheels, large appliances and trash. “Interesting that some of those officers are in effectively tactical gear. They are coming in with what appears to be weapons out and ready. perhaps that’s out of fear of a person that may be staying on the property and/or animals,” KTLA’s Frank Buckley said. Armed law enforcement enters a property described as a ‘junkyard’ in Sun Valley on July 17, 2024. (KTLA) Sun Valley resident Elena Malone said her kids once played and felt safe in the neighborhood, but over time, she said their next-door neighbor took all that away with what she described as a six-acre junkyard. “It just kind of multiplied and became things that were pretty worrisome, you know, burnt car batteries, bags of trash, debris, moldy

A prominent far-right social media account has targeted a California Lutheran University professor for a comment posted to Facebook, but school officials say the post is “fraudulent.” Louise Kelly, an associate professor of exercise science, allegedly replied to a Fox News Facebook post about the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump with “I hope next time they don’t miss and I really hope this isn’t the last attempt too.. I would love to do it myself if I wasn’t so far away.” This prompted a post from Libs of TikTok, a far-right and anti-LGBTQ account run by Chaya Raichik. Tagging both the university and the U.S. Secret Service, the account on Monday posted screenshots of the comment and Kelly’s faculty page on CLU’s website. “Hi [Cal Lutheran] this one of your employees?” Libs of TikTok posted to X, formerly Twitter. In a statement posted to Instagram, CLU called the comment allegedly made by Kelly “fraudulent,” adding that Kelly “has contacted the police regarding her legal options.” “Needless to say, remarks like this are entirely inappropriate and intolerable,” the statement said. CLU officials said they’re

Welcome home. Not your home. Probably not a place you’d even want to be your home. But welcome to some of the Houses of Los Angeles — notorious, historic and just plain fabulous. Get the latest from Patt Morrison Los Angeles is a complex place. Luckily, there’s someone who can provide context, history and culture. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. So many superb and significant houses have slipped through L.A.’s civic fingers and into the steel scoop of a bulldozer, yet the city has just chosen to make a stand in Brentwood, preserving in perpetuity as a cultural-historic monument an otherwise undistinguished 1929 Spanish-style house that actress Marilyn Monroe bought in 1962, lived in for six months, and died in. It’s on 5th Helena Drive. There are 25 Helena Drives in Brentwood, each a cul-de-sac preceded by a different ordinal number — 7th, 19th, etc. It’s the handiwork of a 1920s developer, Richard Peter Shea, a poor man who made good and who also built Shea’s Castle , a grandiose Irish confection in the Lancaster desert. He may have

MILWAUKEE —  Donald Trump resurfaced at the Republican National Convention, ushered in by a video montage of his jiggle-dancing to the gay anthem “Y.M.C.A.” Kamala Harris was repeatedly trashed — mockingly referred to as the failed “border czar” — a signal she’s seen as a possible sub for the beleaguered President Biden. Trump’s erstwhile rival, Nikki Haley, delivered her unqualified endorsement in the “name of unity” — backpedaling from her earlier animus faster than Never-Trumper-turned-running-mate J.D. Vance. Columnists Mark Z. Barabak and Anita Chabria were in Milwaukee and break down the big events on Day 2 of the RNC. Chabria: The theme for the convention Tuesday night was “make America safe again,” with lots of talk about how the “woke, Marxist left” loves crime and criminals (that’s from Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana). The calls for unity were sprinkled like confetti over every speech, but the substance changed little from what we’ve been hearing from MAGA for years: America is in a Democrat-induced spiral. Johnson framed it as a choice between, “the party of self-destruction,” and the party of “peace and prosperity.” At one

The nominations for the 76th Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday and in a milestone that reflected Hollywood’s topsy-turvy year, FX — not HBO or Netflix — led in the major categories, nabbing a whopping 93 in total, the most in the network’s history. Netflix, however, led the pack with 107 nominations overall. FX picked up 23 nominations for Season 2 of “The Bear” — a new record tally for a comedy series — and 25 nominations for the historical epic “Shōgun,” the most for any program this year. The latest installment of the anthology series “Fargo,” which starred Jon Hamm and Juno Temple, also fared well for the cable network, with 15 nominations. And in a surprise welcomed by many fans, “Reservation Dogs,” which was developed by FX and streams on Hulu, also picked up its first comedy series nomination, a historic breakthrough for a series from an Indigenous creator, and an additional nod for lead actor D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai. D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai and Dallas Goldtooth in a scene from the final season of FX’s “Reservation Dogs.” (Shane Brown/FX) “True Detective: Night Country,” the latest incarnation of

We may receive commissions from some links to products on this page. Promotions are subject to availability and retailer terms. By Angelica Leicht Edited By Jennifer Earl July 17, 2024 / 2:08 PM EDT / CBS News Gold prices just hit a new record high — but there are still lots of good reasons to add it to your portfolio now. Getty Images The gold market has been on a wild ride since the start of 2024, with gold prices breaking numerous records and capturing the attention of investors . The trend started in March , when gold prices surged to a new high of $2,160 per ounce — up 8% from the previous price record set in December 2023. And, the bull run continued into the following month, with gold hitting another milestone of $2,259.29 per ounce on April 1. Late May saw another peak as gold prices soared to $2,439.98 per ounce. After a brief period of stabilization, gold is once again making headlines due to its upward price trajectory. This week, the price of gold has been teetering on a new all-time

CBS Essentials It’s Day 2 of Amazon Prime Day 2024 . That means Amazon’s biggest sale of the year (so far) will be over in mere hours. And when the sale ends, you’ll no longer be able to shop all the incredible deals available on  laptops , smartphones ,  headphones and robot vacuums , smart TVs and more crave-worthy tech. Because the best Prime Day deals tend to be on tech, our in-house team of deal-seeking experts curated a list of the best  Amazon Prime Day  tech deals of 2024, including, yes, the best deals on Apple and Samsung. Check out our top picks below, or tap the button to shop all of Prime Day’s best deals. Best Amazon Prime Day 2024 tech deals If you’re shopping for a new smart TV , headphones , laptop , tablet or camera, here are some of the best Amazon tech deals you can shop right now during Amazon Prime Day 2024 . The best deals today are reserved for Amazon Prime members . Not a Prime Member yet? It’s not too late to sign up today and take advantage

By Noel Brennan, John Dodge Updated on: July 17, 2024 / 2:00 PM EDT / CBS Chicago U.S. Navy Secretary reads declaration exonerating sailors unjustly punished in Port Chicago explosion U.S. Navy Secretary reads declaration exonerating sailors unjustly punished in Port Chicago explosion 05:47 The Port Chicago 50, a group of Black sailors charged and convicted in the largest U.S. Navy mutiny in history , were exonerated by the U.S. Navy on Wednesday.  The decision culminates a mission for Carol Cherry of Sycamore, Ill., who fought to have her father, Cyril Sheppard, and his fellow sailors cleared . The Secretary of the Navy, Carlos Del Toro, said the sailors’ court martial contained “significant legal errors that rendered them fundamentally unfair.” “Yet, for 80 years, the unjust decisions endured. Now, I am righting a tremendous wrong that has haunted so many for so long.” Sheppard was a third-class gunner’s mate in the Navy in Port Chicago, California. He and fellow Black sailors in the Bay Area were tasked with a dangerous job they weren’t trained to do – loading live munitions onto ships. “The dangers under

Foreign policy changes that could happen if Trump gets elected again – CBS News Watch CBS News With the Republican National Convention’s third day highlighting foreign policy and national security, Washington Post national security reporter John Hudson joined CBS News to talk about how a second Trump term could change U.S. diplomacy. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that up to $3.3 billion in competitive grant funding is now available to develop behavioral health treatment centers for Californians who need it most.  According to the governor’s office, the funding will expand the behavioral health continuum by providing appropriate care to individuals experiencing mental health conditions and substance use disorders.  The program will particularly focus on the most seriously ill, vulnerable and homeless Californians, the governor’s office said.  Software error leads to special California Lottery promotion “Treatment and housing with services for our most at-risk and vulnerable family members and neighbors continues to be a priority for my administration, which is why we’re moving at an unprecedented speed to get this money out the door,” Gov. Newsom said in a statement issued Wednesday morning.  “California is not only investing billions of dollars to build new treatment settings, but also sharing a new primer for counties to help them understand how to direct nearly $1 billion of the state’s annual ongoing behavioral health investment towards housing interventions.”  “We are not taking our foot off the gas…we [are moving] quickly to build

Disneyland is offering its Anaheim neighbors a special ticket deal in celebration of the park’s 69th birthday. For a limited time, Anaheim residents can purchase a 1-park, 1-Day ticket for Disneyland or Disney California Adventure for $69. The tickets can be redeemed any day beginning on Aug. 5 until Sept. 26. Park reservations are required. These Disneyland rides have changed throughout the years The park’s Disney Genie+ service or a park hopper upgrade can be added to the discounted ticket. The ticket deal is only available to Anaheim residents who live within the 92801 through 92809, 92812, 92814 through 92817, 92825, 92850, and 92899 zip codes. Proof of eligible residency, including a valid government-issued photo ID, is required for purchase and admission, according to the Disneyland website. Walt Disney officially opened “The Happiest Place on Earth” on July 17, 1955. Disneyland guests who visit on Wednesday will also be treated to a birthday celebration cavalcade to celebrate the park’s anniversary.