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TAIPEI, Taiwan —  In the early hours of June 4, 1989, Chinese soldiers — under orders from the country’s leader, Deng Xiaoping, to clear pro-democracy protesters from Beijing’s Tiananmen Square — opened fire, killing hundreds. Times journalist David Holley watched from the window of a nearby hotel, using a phone in a coffee shop to report what he saw to colleagues in the Beijing bureau as gunfire crackled in the background. Three decades later in an article reflecting on what he saw and why it remains one of the most pivotal moments in China’s modern history, he wrote: “This Beijing massacre ultimately strengthened Deng’s control and froze into place his formula for China’s modernization: one-party dictatorship paired with market-oriented reforms. … Over the last 30 years, China has grown stronger and more prosperous, but the formula remains unchanged.” Holley spent two decades as a Times foreign correspondent, covering pro-democracy street protests in nearly a dozen other countries before going into teaching. He died Aug. 4 in Nagano, Japan, at age 73. His cousin Frederick Holley said the cause was complications from a chronic health condition. Former

By Richard Ramos Updated on: August 23, 2024 / 4:38 AM EDT / CBS Sacramento CBS News Live CBS News Sacramento Live CHICO — The man accused of igniting the Park Fire, which has grown to be California’s fourth-largest wildfire ever, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of arson, prosecutors said Thursday. Ronnie Dean Stout II, 42, of Chico, also denied all special circumstances relating to the arson charge and prior convictions, court records show. Stout was arrested on July 25 , the day after the fire started near Chico in Upper Bidwell Park. Prosecutors said a man was seen pushing a burning car into a gully near Alligator Hole. Cal Fire arson investigators and the Butte County District Attorney’s Office later identified that suspect as Stout. Stout has maintained that he did not purposely start the fire and previously did not enter a plea in an August 1 arraignment hearing that was continued to Thursday’s hearing. Stout is next scheduled to appear in court on September 19 to set a future preliminary hearing. Stout has two previous strike felony convictions in 2001 and

A man sexually assaulted a woman in Bermuda Dunes shortly after trying to assault another woman, the Thermal Sheriff’s Station reported Thursday. Deputies from the station responded at 2:56 a.m. Wednesday to the 78000 block of Avenue 42 regarding a report of a suspicious person. When they arrived, the caller told them an unknown masked man followed her to her apartment and was scared off when the woman screamed as he approached her, deputies said. Deputies checked the area and did not locate the suspect, but were able to obtain video surveillance footage with an image of the suspect. At 10:27 a.m. the same day, deputies received a report of a sexual assault near Adams Street and Dune Lake Street. The victim told deputies she was in the area between 2:30 and 3 a.m. when she was attacked by an unknown man and sexually assaulted, authorities said. The victim described the suspect as 20-30 years old, approximately 5 feet, 8 inches tall with a heavy build. The suspect was wearing a black ski mask and fled in an unknown direction after the assault, authorities said.

Two people are in custody while police continue to search for the driver of a suspected stolen vehicle who led authorities in a chase that ended in the area of East Los Angeles.   It’s unclear exactly what time officers with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Hollenbeck Division initiated the pursuit, but just before 11 p.m., Sky5 located the suspect in the westbound lanes of the 60 Freeway.   The driver transitioned to northbound lanes of the 710 Freeway before exiting at Ramona Boulevard and continuing the chase on surface streets.   The suspect driver ditched the car and fled on foot from police. (KTLA) The suspect driver ditched the car and fled on foot from police. (KTLA) Two passengers in a suspected stolen vehicle were arrested after leading officers on a pursuit in East Los Angeles on August 22, 2024. (KTLA) Two passengers in a suspected stolen vehicle were arrested after leading officers on a pursuit in East Los Angeles on August 22, 2024. (KTLA) L.A. police pursued stolen car suspects in East Los Angeles on August 22, 2024. (KTLA) L.A. police pursued stolen

THURSDAY’S RESULTS CITY SECTION Nonleague Granada Hills 22, Franklin 7Huntington Park 34, Sylmar 14 SOUTHERN SECTION Nonleague Orange Vista 20, Apple Valley 17Ayala 28, Colony 14Big Bear 40, Riverside Prep 0San Gorgonio 31, Canyon Springs 24Castaic 45, Adelanto 7Cathedral City 42, Indian Springs 20Cerritos 38, Buena Park 0Chino Hills 20, Glendora 3Costa Mesa 35, Magnolia 0Heritage 8, Elsinore 3Glenn 12, Bassett 8Leuzinger 62, Kaiser 0Barstow 20, Hesperia 12Placentia Valencia 34, Katella 7Damien 42, La Serna 21Godinez 10, Loara 3Maranatha 34, Lakeside 26Mater Dei 42, Corona Centennial 25Nogales 42, Miller 19Perris 34, Bloomington 6Fontana 20, San Bernardino 0Los Amigos 46, Garden Grove Santiago 7St. Bonaventure 38, St. Francis 7Temple City 41, Whittier 22Bishop Amat 49, West Covina 6Central 38, Jurupa Hills 6St. Genevieve 55, Ganesha 6 Intersectional Buchanan 38, St. Pius X-St. Matthias 0 FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE CITY SECTION Nonleague Angelou at Marshall, 3 p.m.Dorsey at Banning, 7:30 p.m.Dymally at Palisades, 7:30 p.m.El Camino Real at Kennedy, 7 p.m.Fulton at Canoga Park, 7 p.m.Garfield at Narbonne , 7 p.m.Grant at Wilson, 7 p.m.Hawkins at North Hollywood, 7 p.m.Jordan at King/Drew, 7:30 p.m.Locke at Manual Arts, 7:30 p.m.Marquez

No. 1-ranked Mater Dei turned in a dominating defensive performance in the second half Thursday night to pull away from No. 2 Corona Centennial and give new coach Raul Lara a 42-25 victory in a football opener at Santa Ana Stadium. Junior linebacker Shaun Scott put together a sequence of plays late in the third quarter that left the Huskies unable to respond. Scott recorded a sack, then blocked a punt on the next play, enabling Tomuhimi Topui to pick up the ball and run seven yards for the touchdown and a 32-17 lead. Oregon commit Jordon Davison was Mater Dei’s workhorse, rushing for 121 yards in 20 carries and scoring on a 44-yard run in the first quarter when Mater Dei took a 15-0 lead. The Monarchs outscored Centennial 20-7 in the second half. With the best quarterback in the state, Texas A&M commit Husan Longstreet, staying on the sideline to keep healing a toe injury, Corona Centennial did what it usually does — turns to the next man up. Junior Dominick Catalano had some impressive moments running the ball and completed 17 of

Odds are, she’ll sing for Kamala Harris at some point. In January 2013, she performed the national anthem at President Obama’s second inauguration; in November 2016, she sang “Formation” at an 11th-hour rally for Hillary Clinton. And she’s already blessed Harris’ use of her song “Freedom” as a 2024 campaign anthem (and sent Donald Trump a cease-and-desist for using the same tune in a social media video). Harris even came onstage to a recording of “Freedom” at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, shortly before accepting her party’s nomination for president. But despite the increasingly fevered assurances that rippled across the internet in the lead-up — including from the expert gossip-mongers at TMZ, who are almost never wrong — the one and only Beyoncé did not show up in the flesh to perform at Chicago’s United Center. At 7:01 p.m. Pacific — two hours and change after TMZ posted an exclusive claiming the pop superstar would appear at the convention — the Hollywood Reporter quoted Beyoncé’s rep saying that the singer “was never scheduled to be there” and that the “report of a performance is

Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department are in pursuit of a driver believed to have stolen a vehicle. The suspect was leading authorities in chase in in East Los Angeles shortly after the pursuit was initiated. Sky5 is overhead.

Four Russian-made hand grenades were found in a tree in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Baldwin Park Thursday, officials confirmed to KTLA.   A gardener working in the area of 13805 Los Angeles Street made the discovery at around 10:30 a.m. and called authorities, prompting the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad to respond to the scene. Details are extremely limited and it’s unknown who the munitions belong to and how they ended up on the ground near what appeared to be an apartment complex or a single-family residence behind Alberto’s Mexican Food restaurant.   Member of L.A. County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad seen disarming one of four Russian Grenades found near sidewalk in Baldwin Park on Aug. 22, 2024. (LASD) A Russian-made hand grenade found near the sidewalk in Baldwin Park on Aug. 22, 2024. (LASD) LASD Deputy Meza told KTLA that members of the department’s bomb squad rendered the grenades safe at the scene and then took them to the sheriff’s firing range for disposal.   VIDEO: High-speed pursuit suspect evades police in downtown Los Angeles It’s unclear if detectives are working to locate

A burglary suspect was taken into custody Thursday evening after briefly eluding law enforcement on the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway before stopping near Princeton Avenue in Moorpark. The chase was initiated by the Los Angeles Police Department around 6:45 p.m. in Porter Ranch on the Ronald Reagan Freeway after the suspect allegedly escaped from a burglary, according to broadcast reports. Details related to the burglary were not available. The suspect traveled on the Ronald Reagan Freeway until reaching Moorpark, where he pulled over, opened his car door, and disregarded law enforcement commands by getting on his cellphone and gesturing to CHP officers to wait as he appeared to be speaking with someone. The suspect was eventually taken into custody by the officers after briefly walking away while still holding the cellphone to his face.

After Mayor Karen Bass and the Los Angeles City Council approved a plan to move decades-old artifacts to the Convention Center, two groups of predominantly Japanese American and Korean American activists frustrated with the decision Thursday urged them to return the displays to City Hall. The city removed the displays to make way for Olympic flags as L.A. is set to host the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Scott Suh, former president of the Los Angeles Wilshire Center Koreatown Neighborhood Council, and spokesman for the Turtle Ship and Mikoshi Shrine Restoration Demand Committee, told City News Service the city’s decision to move the artifacts outraged some members of the Korean and Japanese community. He further described it as “terribly disrespectful.” This is the second time this month Suh organized a news conference to share his concerns. The Korean-American Seniors Coalition, Busan & Kyeong Nam Fellowship Association, the LA Nagoya Sister City Affiliation, Little Tokyo Business Association, among other groups, on Aug. 7 joined Suh during a news conference to express their frustrations. The displays were gifts from Los Angeles’ sister cities of Nagoya, Japan in

Watch: Kamala Harris’ full DNC speech Full DNC Speech: Kamala Harris shares policy goals, slams Trump on issues as she accepts nomination 39:44 CBS News is fact checking some of the statements made by  speakers  during the 2024 Democratic National Convention this week, which is taking place in Chicago through Thursday, Aug. 22.  On Thursday, the final night of the convention, Vice President Kamala Harris is accepting her party’s nomination and delivering her acceptance speech. CBS News’ Confirmed team is conducting the fact checks this week. CBS News is covering the DNC live.  Fact checking Harris’ claim that Trump’s tariff plan will cost families almost $4,000 per year: Partially true, needs context  Vice President Kamala Harris : “[Trump] intends to enact what in effect is a national sales tax, call it a Trump tax, that would raise prices on middle-class families by almost $4,000 a year.”  Details: Harris is citing an estimate of potential costs if former President Donald Trump were to implement tariffs on imported goods. Trump has advocated for a tariff of at least 10% on most imports and a tariff of at least 60% on Chinese imports.

Watch: Kamala Harris’ full DNC speech Full DNC Speech: Kamala Harris shares policy goals, slams Trump on issues as she accepts nomination 39:44 Vice President Kamala Harris made history as the first woman of color to accept the presidential nomination of a major party on Thursday when she delivered a speech closing out the 2024 Democratic National Convention .  Harris, who replaced President Biden at the top of the ticket just a few weeks ago, delivered a forceful address to delegates in Chicago laying out her argument for the White House. She began by reintroducing herself to the country and reciting her biography before tying her story into her vision for the country and warning about the dangers of returning former President Donald Trump to the presidency. “With this election, our nation has a precious, fleeting opportunity to move past the bitterness, cynicism and divisive battles of the past. A chance to chart a new way forward,” she said. “Not as members of any one party or faction. But as Americans.” Read the full transcript of Harris’ speech as delivered, and watch the speech in

A high-speed pursuit suspect wanted for allegedly stealing a vehicle evaded capture, at least temporarily, when he drove into an underground parking garage, abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot Thursday night in downtown Los Angeles. The pursuit was initiated by officers with LAPD’s North Hollywood Division at around 8:45 p.m. when the suspect, described by police as an Armenian male with facial hair, was on the southbound 101 Freeway.   The suspect, reportedly behind the wheel of a black Alfa Romeo, was seen hitting high speeds while weaving through moderate traffic on the 101 and 110 Freeways, at times exiting the freeways only to get back on in the opposite direction.   A high-speed pursuit suspect wanted for car theft escaped capture by driving into an underground parking garage in downtown Los Angeles on Aug. 22, 2024. (KTLA) A high-speed pursuit suspect wanted for car theft escaped capture by driving into an underground parking garage in downtown Los Angeles on Aug. 22, 2024. (KTLA) A high-speed pursuit suspect wanted for car theft escaped capture by driving into an underground parking garage in downtown Los

Former President Trump, in a string of posts on his Truth Social, repeatedly insulted Vice President Kamala Harris — whom he called “Comrade Kamala” — as she spoke Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where she formally accepted her party’s nomination for president. Trump billed the running commentary as a live analysis of what he called “her puff piece.” “Too many ‘Thank yous,’ too rapidly said, what’s going on with her?” he asked as Harris began her remarks. He asked where Hunter Biden was. He said Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a former high school football coach, “was an ASSISTANT Coach, not a COACH.” And, just after Harris praised her late mother for teaching her and her sister to “never do anything half-assed,” Trump posted: “Kamala’s biography won’t lower prices at the Grocery Store, or at the Pump!” Harris blasted Trump’s behavior during the deadly insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, when his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to undermine the certification of Joe Biden’s electoral win. “In many ways, Donald Trump is an unserious man,” Harris said.

  56m ago Harris, Walz families on stage for traditional balloon drop Balloons are dropped following a speech by Vice President Kamala Harris during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. Mike Segar/Reuters/Bloomberg via Getty Images Harris was joined on stage by her family and Walz’s family as red, white and blue balloons fell from the ceiling.  A convention official said more than 100,000 balloons were prepared for the moment.  The convention soon ended with a benediction, bringing the 2024 DNC to a close.   56m ago Harris wraps up speech, calling for “next great chapter” Vice President Kamala Harris celebrates with her husband, Doug Emhoff, vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and his wife Gwen, following her acceptance speech on Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Aug. 22, 2024. Mike Segar / REUTERS Harris wrapped up her nomination speech, calling on Americans to “write the next great chapter in the most extraordinary story ever told.”  “It is now our turn to do what generations before us have done,” she said. “Guided by optimism and faith, to

Full DNC Speech: Kamala Harris shares policy goals, slams Trump on issues as she accepts nomination – CBS News Watch CBS News Vice President Kamala Harris talked about her experience and policy goals while knocking former President Donald Trump on several issues, including his part in the Jan. 6 insurrection, as she accepted the Democrats’ nomination for president at the DNC Thursday night. See Harris’ full remarks. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

A local hospital needs the public’s help to identify a patient who was found injured in Los Angeles. The female patient has been hospitalized since Aug. 16 at the Los Angeles General Medical Center. She was found lying on the ground on East Chavez Street. Officials believe her injuries were likely caused by a vehicle striking her. She is around 35 years old, stands 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs around 127 pounds. She has dark brown hair, brown eyes and a slim build, hospital staff said. The woman does not have any personal belongings to help workers identify her. Hospital staff needs help identifying an injured female patient in her mid-30s who has been hospitalized since August 16, 2024. (Los Angeles General Medical Center) Anyone who recognizes the patient or has additional information is asked to call weekend supervisors Melissa De Ramos or Teresa Ejanda-Sano at 323-840-8816. If calling on Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., the public can contact clinical social worker Cesar Robles at 323-409-6884.

Former President Trump, in a string of posts on his Truth Social, repeatedly insulted Vice President Kamala Harris — whom he called “Comrade Kamala” — as she spoke Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where she formally accepted her party’s nomination for president. Trump billed the running commentary as a live analysis of what he called “her ‘puff piece.” “Too many ‘Thank yous,’ too rapidly said, what’s going on with her?” he asked as Harris began her remarks. He asked where Hunter Biden was. He said Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a former high school football coach, “was an ASSISTANT Coach, not a COACH.” And, just after Harris praised her late mother for teaching her and her sister to “never do anything half-assed,” Trump truthed: “Kamala’s biography won’t lower prices at the Grocery Store, or at the Pump!” Harris blasted Trump’s behavior during the deadly insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, when his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to undermine the certification of Joe Biden’s electoral win. “In many ways, Donald Trump is an unserious man,” Harris said.

Before there were immigrant “monsters” to occupy Donald Trump’s hate, there was the Central Park Five. Most people know the case: Five Black kids accused of brutally raping a woman in New York City in the spring of 1989, leaving her brain-damaged, naked and gagged. Within days, police had obtained confessions from the teenagers — ages 14 to 16 — through methods considered today, at best, controversial. Those coerced confessions would lead to the convictions of Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam and Korey Wise — and unjust incarcerations for a crime they had no part of. Years later, in 2002, through the confession of the real rapist and the advances of DNA evidence, the boys were exonerated — and became known as the Exonerated Five. But it has never been enough for Trump. Nearly two weeks after the attack, Trump took out a full-page ad in the New York Times and three other newspapers, at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars, to call for the death of the boys. “BRING BACK THE DEATH PENALTY. BRING BACK OUR POLICE!” his headline

By Melissa Quinn Updated on: August 22, 2024 / 11:13 PM EDT / CBS News CBS News Live CBS News 24/7 Live Washington — Vice President Kamala Harris officially accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday, framing the upcoming election as an opportunity for the nation to “chart a new way forward.” Harris makes history as the first Black woman to lead a major party’s presidential ticket, and her remarks closed out the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. “My entire career, I’ve only had one client: the people. And so, on behalf of the people, on behalf of every American regardless of party, race, gender or the language your grandmother speaks, on behalf of my mother and everyone who has ever set out on their own unlikely journey, on behalf of Americans like the people I grew up with, people who work hard, chase their dreams, and look out for one another, on behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on earth, I accept your nomination to be president of the United States of America,” she said.