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By Silvio Carrillo Friday, December 13, 2024 10:40PM This Northern California couple is finding new, tasty ways to use the apples growing on their 22-acre farm in Sonoma County. SEBASTOPOL, Calif. — Joanne Krueger and Dan Lehrer, a married couple who moved to Sebastopol in 1999, have converted a 22-acre orchard into a specialized food production business, creating unique products from a single ingredient: apples. Originally a certified organic plant start operation, the farm now produces apple-based items including candies, vinegar, and dried fruit. Using rare varieties like the pink pearl apple from Humboldt County, the farmers craft products that transform traditional agricultural practices. “Most businesses are based on a product,” Lehrer said. “We’re based on an ingredient.” The operation involves hand-watering greenhouses and aging vinegar in wooden barrels, creating complex flavors from what might typically be considered imperfect fruit. “I really like aging in wood. it gives a really, really nice flavor to the vinegar. a little appley, a little oaky, kind of almost like a fine wine,” said Krueger. Long hours and hard work are softened by surrounding natural beauty. “There’s never a

Friday, December 13, 2024 10:18PM Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi is recovering after suffering some sort of injury while in Luxembourg to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. LUXEMBOURG — Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will likely require surgery for a hip injury she sustained after falling down stairs while abroad on a congressional delegation trip in Luxembourg, sources familiar with the situation tell ABC News. Pelosi, 84, is currently hospitalized and receiving medical care, according to her office. “While traveling with a bipartisan Congressional delegation in Luxembourg to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi sustained an injury during an official engagement and was admitted to the hospital for evaluation,” her spokesperson Ian Krager said in a statement. “Speaker Emerita Pelosi is currently receiving excellent treatment from doctors and medical professionals,” the statement read. “She continues to work and regrets that she is unable to attend the remainder of the CODEL engagements to honor the courage of our servicemembers during one of the greatest acts of American heroism in our nation’s history.” “Speaker Emerita Pelosi

Friday, December 13, 2024 10:05PM In addition to the dazzling lights, you’ll also find the world’s largest Christmas-themed inflatable obstacle course. NEW CANEY, Texas — What is a popular summer playground is now a glowing holiday destination. At Big Rivers Waterpark and Adventures, guests can take a hayride through millions of dazzling lights or jump on the world’s largest Christmas-themed obstacle course. “It’s a bounce house! It’s over a quarter-acre. It’s a lot of fun,” CEO Monty Galland said. “It’s not just for kids either, I’ve been in there.” Click the video above to see the story. Big Rivers Waterpark and Adventures is located at 23101 TX-242 in New Caney, Texas.

Anderson Cooper investigates “nudify” websites and apps, which use artificial intelligence to turn a real photo of someone fully clothed into a real-looking nude image. Sunday on 60 Minutes.

By SEAN MURPHY, MICHAEL HILL and GEOFF MULVIHILL Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas woman via telemedicine. The lawsuit was filed in Collin County, Texas, by the state’s Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday and announced Friday. It appears to be the first challenge anywhere in the U.S. to a shield law that Democratic-controlled states have been adopting to protect exactly this kind of prescription. Prescriptions like these, made online and over the phone, are a key reason that the number of abortions has increased across the U.S. even since state bans started taking effect after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. Lawsuits challenging the bans had been expected to start eventually. Related Articles Trump has flip-flopped on abortion policy. His appointees may offer clues to what happens next Abortion bans could reverse decline in teen births, experts warn Expecting challenges, blue states vow to create ‘firewall’ of abortion protections Birth control and abortion pill requests have surged since Trump won the election As US Catholic bishops meet, Trump looms over their work on abortion and

SANTA CLARA – A day after De’Vondre Campbell Sr. refused to play and walked off the job, coach Kyle Shanahan  made it clear Friday that Campbell won’t be returning to the team. “We’re working through the semantics of exactly how to deal with it,” Shanahan said on a media conference call. “You heard from me last night and the players. His actions from the game are not something you can do to your teammates or your teammates and still be part of our team.” Whether Samuel’s one-year, $5 million contract is terminated or he’s released or suspended, Shanahan only said the 49ers would handle it “appropriately.” Campbell’s did not play a snap in Thursday night’s 12-6 home loss to the Los Angeles Rams, refusing to budge from the bench once the 49ers needed him in the third quarter to replace a fatigued Dre Greenlaw in the latter’s season debut. Shanahan said he wasn’t aware of Campbell’s boycott until asking the defensive coaching staff over their headsets about it in the third quarter. “I addressed De’Andre and found out. It was pretty simple to see how

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has transported out of Syria an American who had disappeared seven months ago into former President Bashar Assad’s notorious prison system and was among the thousands released this week by rebels, a U.S. official said Friday. Travis Timmerman, 29, was flown out of Syria on a U.S. military helicopter, according to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing operation. It’s unclear where Timmerman may go next. After being rescued, he thanked his rescuers for freeing him but has told American officials that he would like to stay in the region, according to another person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to comment publicly. Timmerman was detained after he crossed into Syria while on a Christian pilgrimage from a mountain along the eastern Lebanese town of Zahle in June. He told The Associated Press that he was not ill-treated while in Palestine Branch, a notorious detention facility operated by Syrian intelligence. In his prison cell, Timmerman said, he had a mattress, a plastic drinking container and two others for

By BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer Nearly half of American teenagers say they are online “constantly” despite concerns about the effects of social media and smartphones on their mental health, according to a new report published Thursday by the Pew Research Center. As in past years, YouTube was the single most popular platform teenagers used — 90% said they watched videos on the site, down slightly from 95% in 2022. Nearly three-quarters said they visit YouTube every day. There was a slight downward trend in several popular apps teens used. For instance, 63% of teens said they used TikTok, down from 67% and Snapchat slipped to 55% from 59%. This small decline could be due to pandemic-era restrictions easing up and kids having more time to see friends in person, but it’s not enough to be truly meaningful. X saw the biggest decline among teenage users. Only 17% of teenagers said they use X, down from 23% in 2022, the year Elon Musk bought the platform. Reddit held steady at 14%. About 6% of teenagers said they use Threads, Meta’s answer to X that launched in

By KELVIN CHAN LONDON (AP) — After a sprawling hacking campaign exposed the communications of an unknown number of Americans, U.S. cybersecurity officials are advising people to use encryption in their communications. Related Articles Technology | US updates a science and technology pact with China to reflect growing rivalry and security threats Technology | North Korean nationals indicted in scheme using IT workers to funnel money for weapons programs Technology | TikTok files challenge against Canadian government order to dissolve its business in the country Technology | California to consider requiring mental health warnings on social media sites Technology | Apple Cash: How to use it to send and receive money To safeguard against the risks highlighted by the campaign, which originated in China, federal cybersecurity authorities released an extensive list of security recommendations for U.S. telecom companies — such as Verizon and AT&T — that were targeted. The advice includes one tip we can all put into practice with our phones: “Ensure that traffic is end-to-end encrypted to the maximum extent possible.” End-to-end encryption, also known as E2EE, means that messages are scrambled so

New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland residents are joining those in New Jersey reporting mysterious drones hovering in the sky. Federal officials have offered little information on their purpose. CBS News’ Tom Hanson has more.

Luigi Mangione is still in custody in Pennsylvania as the timing of his extradition to New York remains in the air. CBS News’ Lilia Luciano breaks down what’s known about the suspect’s legal process in the case of the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing.

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Friday, December 13, 2024 6:08PM LUXEMBOURG — Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi, 84, was hospitalized while abroad on a congressional delegation, her office said on Friday. “While traveling with a bipartisan Congressional delegation in Luxembourg to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi sustained an injury during an official engagement and was admitted to the hospital for evaluation,” her spokesperson Ian Krager said in a statement. “Speaker Emerita Pelosi is currently receiving excellent treatment from doctors and medical professionals,” the statement read. “She continues to work and regrets that she is unable to attend the remainder of the CODEL engagements to honor the courage of our servicemembers during one of the greatest acts of American heroism in our nation’s history.” “Speaker Emerita Pelosi conveys her thanks and praise to our veterans and gratitude to people of Luxembourg and Bastogne for their service in World War II and their role in bringing peace to Europe,” Krager added. Eighteen House members are part of the delegation, according to House Speaker Mike Johnson. They were to take part in observances of the

President-elect Donald Trump campaigned relentlessly on grocery prices in the 2024 race, vowing to bring down costs quickly for American families if given four more years in the White House. But in an interview with Time in conjunction with being named the magazine’s “Person of the Year,” Trump now says doing that will be a “very hard” task. Trump was asked if his presidency would be considered a “failure” if he didn’t deliver on his promise to slash Americans’ food bills. “I don’t think so. Look, they got them up,” referring to the Biden-Harris administration. “I’d like to bring them down. It’s hard to bring things down once they’re up. You know, it’s very hard,” Trump said. The president-elect then added he believed lower prices were possible through boosting energy production and solving supply chain issues. “But I think that they will. I think that energy is going to bring them down. I think a better supply chain is going to bring them down. You know, the supply chain is still broken. It’s broken,” Trump said. Just last week, Trump told NBC’s “Meet the Press”

Karoline Leavitt told Fox News Trump wants to create dialogue with adversaries. By Shannon K. Kingston and Kevin Shalvey Friday, December 13, 2024 5:47PM President-elect Donald Trump has invited China’s President Xi Jinping to his inauguration in January, his spokesperson said Thursday. WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has invited China’s President Xi Jinping to his inauguration in January, his spokesperson said Thursday. Incoming White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed reports about the invitation on Fox News on Thursday morning. In this June 29, 2019 photo, Donald Trump poses for a photo with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, western Japan. AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File Asked if she could confirm if Trump has invited Xi to his inauguration, Leavitt said, “That is true, yes and this is an example of President Trump creating an open dialogue with leaders of countries that are not just our allies, but our adversaries and our competitors, too. We saw this in his first term — he got a lot of criticism for it; but it led to peace around

If you’re flying United Airlines this holiday season, adding an Apple AirTag to your checked bag could be and extra assurance that you’ll be reunited with your luggage, even if it gets lost in the shuffle. United integrates Apple’s new share item location feature for AirTag The Chicago-based carrier is officially the first of the major airlines to implement Apple’s Find My item location, which was first announced by the tech company last month. “Customers can now securely share the location of an AirTag or Find My network accessory with United customer service agents through the United app for faster bag recovery and an even better overall travel experience,” the airline stated in a press release on Thursday. United said it expects this move “to drive a much-improved customer service experience for the fewer than 1% of customers whose bags arrive on a later flight.” How Find My technology works with United Airlines In the event a bag doesn’t arrive to its final destination, customers can file a delayed baggage report in the United app, and those who travel with an AirTag or Find My

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is in the hospital after sustaining an injury on an overseas trip in Luxembourg, her office said Friday.

Vice President-elect JD Vance has invited Daniel Penny to attend this weekend’s Army-Navy football game as his personal guest. Earlier this week, Penny was found not guilty for the New York City subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more.

We’re learning more about a large-scale aerial attack Russia launched on Ukraine overnight, targeting the country’s energy facilities. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay and CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion have the latest.

Russia launches massive aerial attack on Ukraine; Taylor Swift sweeps Billboard Music Awards.

SANTA CLARA — Dre Greenlaw could not wait to get back on the field. The 49ers linebacker spent 305 days away from game action after tearing his left Achilles tendon in the Super Bowl against Kansas City. He got his chance against the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday night at Levi’s Stadium, and he made it count. Though he left in the second half with left knee tightness and the 49ers ultimately lost 12-6, Greenlaw’s impact was felt throughout the first half. He recorded eight tackles and finished the game as San Francisco’s second-leading tackler despite playing just three snaps after halftime. “I missed letting my anger and frustration out,” Greenlaw said of the layoff. “I like going to hit people sometimes. It lets a lot of frustration out, makes me feel better. I missed everything about it. The fans, going out there at Levi’s, playing next to Fred (Warner). That feeling of playing next to him.” San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw (57) tackles Los Angeles Rams running back Kyren Williams during the first half of an NFL football game in Santa Clara, Calif.