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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Severe storms and tornadoes battered Oklahoma early Sunday, tossing cars and ripping roofs off buildings in the middle of the night and leaving tens of thousands of homes and businesses without power. Among numerous injuries, 11 people required hospitalization, authorities said. Much of the damage occurred in and around the state capital, Oklahoma City, near the state’s center, although there were reports of damage at various points around the state and early morning storms set off tornado warnings that extended south to the Arkansas state line. Heavy rains caused flash flooding in some areas and one lightning-sparked house fire was reported. More than 99,000 Oklahoma homes and businesses lost power during the overnight storms. By midday that number was reduced to fewer than 34,000. No fatalities had been reported as of midday. Richard Thompson, forecast chief for the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center in Oklahoma, said he believes six or more tornadoes hit the state overnight. Meanwhile, forecasters warned state residents to brace for more heavy rain and possible severe weather through Monday. “We’re not done with it yet,” he

A visibly angry Joel Embiid shouted at and eventually shoved a Philadelphia newspaper columnist in a locker room altercation after the struggling 76ers lost to the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night. The NBA quickly said it had opened an investigation into the matter. Embiid took issue with Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Marcus Hayes, who mentioned the All-Star center’s late brother and his son — both named Arthur — in columns questioning Embiid’s professionalism and effort not being in shape after playing in the Paris Olympics. Embiid has yet to play for the 76ers this season. As reporters entered the locker room to talk to players, Embiid stood and confronted Hayes. Thousands flock to Orange County for world’s longest running triathlon “The next time you bring up my dead brother and my son again, you are going to see what I’m going to do to you and I’m going to have to … live with the consequences,” Embiid said to Hayes. Embiid continued, with several instances of profanity in the next few sentences. Hayes offered an apology, which Embiid did not want. “That’s not the f— first time.” Embiid said. Embiid

11/3: Face the Nation – CBS News Watch CBS News As the 2024 presidential campaign enters the last few days, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Democratic Sen. Catherine Coretz Masto of Nevada join “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” Plus, CBS News director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto joins with the latest CBS News Battleground Tracker. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

November 3, 2024 / 1:46 PM EST / CBS/AP London police investigating Russell Brand London police investigating Russell Brand sexual assault allegations 04:30 British police investigating comedian and actor Russell Brand over allegations of past sexual offenses have given a file of evidence to prosecutors so they can consider whether to charge him. The Crown Prosecution Service said late Saturday that “we have been passed a file by the police to consider a charging decision in this case. Any decision to charge is made independently, based on the evidence and in line with our legal test.” Detectives from London’s Metropolitan Police have interviewed 49-year-old Brand three times over alleged “non-recent sexual offenses.” “Our investigation continues and a file has now been passed to the CPS,” said Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy, who is leading the investigation. “We have a team of dedicated officers providing specialist support to the women who have come forward. We are committed to investigating sexual offenses, no matter how long ago they are alleged to have taken place.” Russell Brand takes part in a discussion at Esquire Townhouse, Carlton House Terrace on

A resident of a Thousand Oaks nursing home has been arrested on suspicion of killing his roommate, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies responded at 4:40 a.m. Friday to a call from the Silverado memory care facility on Warwick Avenue about a resident who was agitated and had broken a window, according to a Sheriff’s Department news release . The deputies found the resident Thomas Buckley, 58, in a common area of the facility and detained him, authorities said. The nursing home’s staff then checked on his roommate, Michael Patterson, 72. The workers found that Patterson had severe injuries, which appeared to be caused by an assault. Paramedics were called to the scene and Patterson was pronounced dead a short time later, authorities said. Investigators said that before deputies arrived, Buckley had assaulted one of the facility’s workers, causing minor injuries. Patterson’s death is being investigated as a homicide. The Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office will conduct an autopsy to determine the official cause and manner of death. Buckley was booked on suspicion of murder, assault with a deadly weapon and vandalism, the Sheriff’s

Saturday marked the last day vote by mail ballots will be counted in San Luis Obispo County until election day. The county elections office was open for anyone wanting to cast their vote. We have so many things going on in the world today and agendas that need to be addressed and I feel when we vote we are able to bring those to the table, Mark Weissman said. There are around 180,000 registered voters in San Luis Obispo County, according to the county clerk recorder’s office and Weissman is one of them. He’s hoping his vote will make a difference. I have kids and grandkids and to vote sets us up for the future so to me, my voice and opinion is important for my family, Weissman said. Clerk-recorder Elaina Cano says her office has already received and processed 78,000 ballots. Anyone can return their voted vote by mail ballot at any polling place and any drop box and both of our offices, Cano said. “We will also have drive-up drop-off locations throughout the county that folks can just drive up and not get

Halloween parades took place all across America last week, but one parade in Pennsylvania is drawing the ire of many after a video surfaced showing someone dressed as Kamala Harris shackled to the back of a Trump-themed golf cart-style vehicle.  Video taken by Ashley Frailey shows the vehicle with a Donald Trump banner on the front of it being driven by a woman with a child in her lap at a Halloween parade in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 30.  Standing in the back of the golf cart was man dressed like the former president, and he was being “escorted” by other men dressed as a Secret Service agents, including at least one with a fake gun strapped around his chest.  A replica assault rifle was mounted to the top of the golf cart, the video showed, and an audio recording of Trump speaking could also be heard.  Deadly crash involving fuel tanker shuts down freeway in Los Angeles Tied to the back of the cart was a woman dressed as Kamala Harris; the woman appeared to have had her hands tied together and was

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Sunday it has carried out a ground raid into Syria, seizing a Syrian citizen involved in Iranian networks. It was the first time in the current war that Israel announced its troops operated in Syrian territory. Israel has carried out airstrikes in Syria multiple times over the past year, targeting members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah and officials from Iran, the close ally of both Hezbollah and Syria. But it has not previously made public any ground forays into Syria. The Israeli military said the seizure was part of a special operation “that took place in recent months,” though it did not say exactly when it occurred. Syria did not immediately confirm the announcement, but a pro-government Syrian radio station, Sham FM, reported Sunday that Israeli forces carried out a “kidnapping operation” over the summer targeting a man in the south of the country. Israel has waged an escalating campaign of bombardment in Lebanon for the past six weeks, as well as a ground invasion along the countries’ shared border, vowing to cripple Hezbollah. On Saturday, an Israeli military official

Cortez Masto: “Very confident” Dems’ organization in Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto “very confident” Dems will “organize our way to victory” in Nevada 05:59 Two days before Election Day , Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto , a Nevada Democrat, said she’s “very confident” Democrats will win in her battleground state.  “I am optimistic that we are going to win, not only for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, but for Jacky Rosen in this state,” she said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” Around half of Nevada’s active registered voters have cast ballots, with Republicans leading statewide, spurring anxiety among Democrats heading into Election Day. Nevada is also the only state where Republicans flipped the governor’s mansion in 2022, although Cortez Masto hung onto her seat by less than 8,000 votes in that same election. But Cortez Masto said she’s “optimistic” about Harris’ chances in the Silver State, citing what she has seen as an impressive ground game and canvassing efforts from Democrats. “That’s literally what matters here, is making sure that our voters, who are paying attention now in a swing state like Nevada, that

How infrequent voters, GOP defectors could tip the battlegrounds for Trump, Harris – CBS News Watch CBS News CBS News director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto joins “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” to discuss the latest 2024 Battleground Tracker, which shows how voter turnout and persuasion scenarios could tip battleground states for former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Both Trump and Harris spending plans are concerning in a “big way,” Mohamed El-Erian says – CBS News Watch CBS News Mohamed El-Erian, the Allianz chief economic adviser, tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” that both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris’ economic proposals are concerning “in a big way” since they do not include any plan to reduce the national debt. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

(WKBN/NEXSTAR) — Today, daylight saving time is associated with the twice-annual changing of the clocks. But, during a warring age when resources and money were scarce, daylight saving time was implemented in the hopes of cutting down the nation’s costs. In March 1918, The Standard Time Act was passed by Congress, creating daylight saving time in the United States. President Woodrow Wilson signed the act into law, which then went into effect on March 31 as clocks jumped ahead an hour. As reported at the time, the bill provision stated that at 2 a.m. on the last Sunday in March clocks nationwide that affect “any operations of the Federal government, or railroads,” would be set ahead by one hour. Then, come the last Sunday in October, they were to be set back one hour. (The bill also established time zones.) The Washington Times reported at the time that the change was estimated to result in a $4 million cut in the nation’s bill for artificial light. A March 16, 1918, volume of The Washington Herald advocated for the change, claiming it would give workers more

Thousands of athletes descended on Newport Beach Sunday for the 2024 Optimism Cal Tri Newport Dunes Triathlon.  Nearly 2,000 people registered for the event – some as young as seven and as old as 82 – which functions as the longest running triathlon in the world and is hosted at the Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort and Marina.  Sunday’s events are broken down into 21 different options for athletes of all abilities, including Olympic distance events (such as the original triathlon and the “RunBikeRun,” “SwimBike” and “SwimRun” events; also includes a 10K), sprint distance events (which include a 400-yard swim and a 5K in addition to the four aforementioned events) and youth sprint events.  Sprint distance triathlons consist of a 400-yard swim, an eight- to 16-mile bike ride and a 3.1 mile run; the Olympic level includes a 1,640-yard swim, a 24.8 mile bike ride (or as close as possible) and a 6.2-mile run. Relay events — which mean that each leg is completed by a different person — are also available. Participants get ready to start the Cal Tri Events Newport Dunes Triathlon on Nov.

November 3, 2024 / 12:09 PM EST / CBS News The following is a transcript of an interview with David Becker, Samantha Vinograd and Chris Krebs on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that aired on Nov. 3, 2024. MARGARET BRENNAN: Welcome back to Face The Nation and our panel of election law and security experts. David Becker is the Executive Director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research. Chris Krebs is the former head of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency under the Trump administration. And Samantha Vinograd was most recently a counterterrorism official at the Department of Homeland Security under the Biden administration. Good morning to you all setting the table for a consequential week. Chris, I want to start with you. We’re in that 48-hour window that Microsoft warned was going to be rife with attempts to hack people’s minds. We’ve seen at least four fake videos the FBI and US intelligence have warned are meant to manipulate. Yesterday, the FBI said there were two out there that are fake. Before that, we had disclosures that Russia was behind a Bucks County

Analyzing the 2024 gender divide Analyzing the 2024 gender divide and Trump’s approach to women voters 04:25 Washington — The 2024 election will not only decide who succeeds President Biden in the White House, but in 10 states, voters will also have the chance to weigh in on abortion access through ballot measures . In the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade , which had established the right to an abortion in the U.S. Constitution, abortion rights groups have turned to ballot initiatives to put the issue of reproductive rights squarely before voters. Proponents have already seen successes with this approach in 2022 and 2023, when there were abortion-related initiatives on the ballot in seven states . If the latest ballot measures are successful in expanding abortion access, they would override stringent bans on the procedure in five states. Roughly two dozen states have enacted abortion restrictions after Roe was reversed, and 14 of those states have near-total bans with limited exceptions. Here’s where abortion is on the ballot in 2024: Arizona A ballot measure, known as Proposition 139, would

November 3, 2024 / 11:56 AM EST / CBS News The following is a transcript of an interview with Mohamed El-Erian, chief Economic Adviser at Allianz, on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that aired on Nov. 3, 2024. MARGARET BRENNAN: To dissect some of the new economic indicators we’ve been seeing, we’re joined by Mohammed El-Erian. He is the Chief Economic Advisor at Allianz. Welcome back to the program. MOHAMED EL-ERIAN: Thanks for having me. MARGARET BRENNAN: You know, we saw on Friday this jobs report that indicated job creation stalled a bit in October. There were some complicating factors, like hurricanes and a strike at Boeing. But what’s your perspective on what this indicates for the next President of the United States? MOHAMED EL-ERIAN: So most of the report, as you pointed out, was distorted in a really important manner, by the strikes, by the hurricanes. The bottom line, Margaret, is, we have an economy that has been growing robustly. Inflation is coming down, and the main challenge for the next administration is not just to maintain what is called economic exceptionalism, because

November 3, 2024 / 11:51 AM EST / CBS News The following is a transcript of an interview with Sen. Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that aired on Nov. 3, 2024. MARGARET BRENNAN: We go now to Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio. Good morning to you, Senator. SEN. MARCO RUBIO: Good morning, Margaret. MARGARET BRENNAN: In recent days, the Harris campaign has said they have seen favorable movement towards them with Latinos and with undecided voters, particularly following that New York rally we referenced there, with the insult comment making remarks about Puerto Rico. You’ve been focused on outreach to Hispanic voters for the Trump campaign. Are you concerned that this unforced error hurt outreach? SEN. RUBIO: Well, there was no unforced error. I mean, a comedian made a joke and it was tasteless, but it wasn’t Trump that said it. It wasn’t- this guy is not going to be in his cabinet. This comedian is not going to be a member of his government. He’s certainly not running for anything. It was a comedian who tells tasteless

Attorneys for a prosecutor who alleges he was demoted from a prestigious position for speaking out against current District Attorney George Gascón’s sentencing directives say in new court papers that a judge should allow a deposition by former District Attorney Steve Cooley to proceed. Lawyers for Los Angeles County want to block Cooley’s pending deposition, arguing in their court papers that there is “no legitimate reason” for Deputy District Attorney John Lewin’s lawyers to depose him. “This relief is especially important given that the underlying deposition subpoena seeks information that is not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence,” the county lawyers argue. But in court papers filed Wednesday with Judge Steve Cochran in advance of a scheduled Nov. 13 hearing, Lewin’s attorneys argue Cooley can testify first-hand about his knowledge of the office’s transfer procedures and put the plaintiff’s transfer in context. “Mr. Cooley’s testimony is further relevant because he was previously plaintiff’s supervisor at the … District Attorney’s office and has maintained a longstanding relationship with plaintiff,” Lewin’s lawyers further state in their pleadings. The county can move to exclude

One person was killed and two others injured in the rollover crash of a tanker truck on the northbound Harbor (110) Freeway at Manchester Boulevard that spilled 500 to 1,000 gallons of aviation fuel onto the roadway, the Los Angeles Fire Department said Sunday. The crash was reported at 10:55 p.m. Saturday and responding personnel found one person dead under the tanker truck, LAFD spokeswoman Margaret Stewart said. The driver of the tanker was reportedly transported to the hospital by private vehicle and had no contact with LAFD responders, she added. A 30-year-old woman was transported by paramedics to a hospital with minor injuries. Firefighters used a redwood plug to stop a leak in the tanker, where an estimated 8,000 gallons of aviation fuel remained, Stewart said. LAFD crews assisted CalTrans with laying down an absorbent to contain the fuel hazard, authorities said. Firefighters drilled four holes into the tanker to give access for the fuel offload operation, which was conducted by the owner of the truck company. Private wreckers were at the scene to upright the tank trailer and prepare it for removal. Firefighters

A man was shot to death at a restaurant in Gardena that also housed an illegal casino, police say.  According to a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson, the shooting occurred around 8 p.m. Saturday and involved two men considered “regulars” at the establishment, Salvimex Restaurant, which is located in the 14100 block of South Vermont Avenue near Rosecrans Avenue.  The two were seated at different tables when the suspect walked up and shot the victim unprovoked, the spokesperson said.  Police outside the scene of a deadly shooting at a restaurant that also housed an illegal casino. Nov. 2, 2024. (OnSceneTV) People outside the scene of a deadly shooting at a restaurant that also housed an illegal casino. Nov. 2, 2024. (OnSceneTV) He was struck at least once in the chest and died at the scene. No identifying information – other than the decedent being a 35-year-old man – was released.  Deadly crash involving fuel tanker shuts down freeway in Los Angeles The suspect fled the restaurant, got in a vehicle and left the area in an unknown direction, police said.  He remains outstanding as of

Harris, Trump hold dueling North Carolina rallies Trump, Harris make play for North Carolina, polls show tight race in the Tar Heel State 04:01 With such a close presidential race estimated in the battleground races , a host of factors could tip the 2024 election. We focus on two that have the potential to cause the key states to break toward Kamala Harris or Donald Trump. The first has to do with infrequent voters, and the second depends on how successful the Harris campaign is at peeling off Trump’s previous supporters. In order to see how these scenarios could play out, we tweak specific parameters in our Battleground Tracker model  that is trained on tens of thousands of survey responses collected during the campaign. The resultant estimates below illustrate a range of possibilities to be on the lookout for this week… Scenario 1: Infrequent voters show up big, driven by Trump-leaning men The swingiest segment of the electorate — and most challenging to estimate in polling — consists of infrequent voters. We define them here as registered voters who didn’t cast a ballot four years