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President-elect Donald Trump says he intends to nominate Paul Atkins, the CEO of Patomak Partners and a former SEC commissioner, to head the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Red Bluff varsity girls basketball team mounted a furious rally Tuesday night in their season opener in Redding against University Prep. Thanks to a very effective fourth quarter, the Spartans nearly overcame early foul trouble to beat the Panthers, but they lost 52-47. Red Bluff fell behind 11-4 partly because senior center Cydney Mataule was hit with early foul trouble. The Panthers built that lead to 24-8 early in the second quarter and took a 34-17 lead into the locker room.   That lead grew to 44-22 before the Spartans began to whittle down to five points in the fourth quarter. The Spartans outscored the Panthers 18-5 in the final quarter. Mataule scored six of her team-high 13 points in the fourth quarter. Aralynn Stroing scored nine points in the loss, while Piper Tyler had three assists. The Spartans host Corning High School on Tuesday night, starting at 7:30 p.m. Girls Soccer Spartans 2, Orland 0 Reese Plemons had a goal and an assist to lead the Red Bluff girls soccer team to a 2-0 win over Orland on Tuesday night. Plemons scored off a

By ADRIAN SAINZ and JONATHAN MATTISE MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Police Department uses excessive force and discriminates against Black people, according to the findings of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation launched after the beating death of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop in 2023. A report released Wednesday marked the conclusion of the investigation that began six months after Nichols was kicked, punched and hit with a police baton as five officers tried to arrest him after he fled a traffic stop. The report says that “Memphis police officers regularly violate the rights of the people they are sworn to serve.” “The people of Memphis deserve a police department and city that protects their civil and constitutional rights, garners trust and keeps them safe,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said in an emailed statement. The city said in a letter released earlier Wednesday that it would not agree to negotiate federal oversight of its police department until it could review and challenge results of the investigation. In the letter to the Justice Department’s Civil Rights

By JOSHUA GOODMAN MIAMI (AP) — One of Colombia’s legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cocaine cartel has been released from a federal prison in the U.S. and is expected to be deported back home. Records from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons show that Fabio Ochoa-Vasquez was released Tuesday after completing 25 years of a 30-year prison sentence. Ochoa, 67, and his older brothers amassed a fortune when cocaine started flooding the U.S. in the late 1970s and early 1980s, according to U.S. authorities, to the point that in 1987 they were included in the Forbes Magazine’s list of billionaires. Living in Miami, Ochoa ran a distribution center for the cocaine cartel once headed by Pablo Escobar. Although somewhat faded from memory as the center of the drug trade shifted from Colombia to Mexico, he resurfaced in the hit Netflix series “Narcos” true to form as the youngest son of an elite Medellin family into ranching and horse breeding that cut a sharp contrast with Escobar, who came from more humble roots. Ochoa was first indicted in the U.S. for his

By SAMY MAGDY CAIRO (AP) — Amnesty International accused Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip during its war with Hamas, saying it has sought to deliberately destroy Palestinians by mounting deadly attacks, demolishing vital infrastructure and preventing the delivery of food, medicine and other aid. The human rights group released a report Thursday in the Middle East that said such actions could not be justified by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack into Israel, which ignited the war, or the presence of combatants in civilian areas. Amnesty said the United States and other allies of Israel could be complicit in genocide, and called on them to halt arms shipments. “Our damning findings must serve as a wake-up call to the international community: this is genocide. It must stop now,” Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, said in the report. Israel, which was founded in the aftermath of the Holocaust, has adamantly rejected genocide allegations against it as an antisemitic “blood libel.” It is challenging such allegations at the International Court of Justice, and it has rejected the International Criminal Court’s accusations that Prime

Jericka Duncan reports on the aftermath of a shocking attack that left a major healthcare CEO dead, the landmark Supreme Court case surrounding gender-affirming care for minors, and dangerous new allegations from a Boeing whistleblower.

By Jenna Harrison, Alex Stone, Ivan Pereira, and Jack Moore Thursday, December 5, 2024 4:06AM A suspected gunman is dead and two students were taken to the hospital after a shooting Wednesday at a Northern California elementary school, authorities said. OROVILLE, Calif. — Two young boys were wounded and the suspected gunman is dead after a shooting at a Christian grammar school in Northern California on Wednesday, authorities said. The two boys, ages 5 and 6, were both taken to the hospital, where they were last listed in critical condition. Authorities in Butte County, California, responded to a 911 call for reports of an active shooter at the Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventist in the county around 1 p.m. local time and engaged with the unidentified man who was opening fire, Sheriff Kory Honea told reporters. The sheriff said the suspected shooter had met with the principal earlier in the day to discuss enrolling a student at the school, which teaches kindergarten to 8th grade and has a total of 35 students, according to Honea. A few minutes later, screams and shots rang out.

France’s lawmakers voted on a no-confidence motion that forced Prime Minister Michel Barnier to resign on Wednesday. President Emmanuel Macron now faces pressure to select the country’s new head of Parliament. CBS News correspondent Elaine Cobbe reports.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Whether you’re sipping hot cocoa ahead of your visit with Santa or grubbing on comfort food after an ice skating session, your purchases are a meaningful part of Hanford’s Winter Wonderland. “We see winter wonderland not only recreation and fun but it’s also economic development for our community,” Hanford Parks and Community services director Brad Albert said. Now in its fourth year, the event that’s become a holiday staple in the south valley makes local businesses the star of the show with Wonderland Village. “We try not to step on toes, we don’t duplicate food offerings, we have sweets, we have hot chocolate, we try to keep it pretty balanced for what our customers like,” Albert said. Donated and decorated Tuff Sheds allow eight Hanford businesses to serve and store their specialties, during the week and on weekends four additional food trucks round out the dining options. “Last year we had 110,000 visits in eight weeks so when we do the marketing, we bring them into the event and while they’re here we try to get them to stay a while,”

By HALLIE GOLDEN Thursday, December 5, 2024 12:02AM Debbie Nelson, the single mother of rapper Eminem whose rocky relationship with her son was known widely through his hit song lyrics, has died. She was 69. Eminem’s longtime representative Dennis Dennehy confirmed Nelson’s death in an email on Tuesday. He did not provide a cause of death, although Nelson had battled lung cancer. Nelson was born in 1955 on a military base in Kansas. Her fraught relationship with her son, whose real name is Marshall Mathers III, has been no secret since the Detroit rapper became a star. This split image shows Debbie Nelson, left, mother of rap star Eminem, on April 10, 2001, and Eminem, right, Jan. 14, 2024, in Detroit. AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File Eminem has disparaged his mother in songs such as the 2002 single “Cleaning Out My Closet.” Eminem sings: “Witnessin’ your mama poppin’ prescription pills in the kitchen. … My whole life I was made to believe I was sick when I wasn’t.” In lyrics from his Oscar-winning hit “Lose Yourself” from the movie “8 Mile,” his feelings seem to have

Thursday, December 5, 2024 12:01AM The holiday season is here, bringing gatherings with friends and family but also heightened stress and anxiety, especially after the election. FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — The holiday season is in full swing – meaning gatherings with friends and family … but that can also mean more stress and anxiety. The tension is even higher in some cases after the U.S. election. Action News Anchor Vanessa Vasconcelos spoke with a local couples and family therapist to learn ways to keep the peace at your next holiday gathering. Copyright © 2024 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.

Wednesday, December 4, 2024 11:52PM OROVILLE, Calif. — A suspected gunman is dead and two students were taken to the hospital after a shooting Wednesday at a Northern California elementary school, according to authorities. Deputies were “on scene of an active incident involving a shooting” at Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists in Palermo, the Butte County Sheriff’s Office said on the social platform X. Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said when deputies arrived at the school they found a man believed to be the shooter with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. That man is dead. The sheriff’s office says deputies also found two students with gunshot wounds who were taken to the hospital but their condition is unknown at this time. Authorities say students are being transported to Oroville Church of the Nazarene where parents can reunite with their children. A Google Earth view of the Feather River Adventist School in Oroville, Calif. Google Earth According to the school website, Feather River Adventist School has 33 students enrolled. The school is located roughly 10 miles south of Oroville. Palermo – home to about 5,500 people

SANTA CLARA — When Isaac Guerendo trots on to the field with the first team Sunday at Levi’s Stadium, he will equal the same number of starts he had in five years of college football. Hard to believe, but Guerendo started exactly one time, and it came in his final college game at Louisville. Against USC in the Holiday Bowl, Guerendo carried 23 times for 161 yards and three touchdowns and added five receptions in a 42-28 loss. In 40 other games at Wisconsin and Louisville, Guerendo played in a shared backfield –something he’s done with the 49ers this season behind Jordan Mason and Christian McCaffrey. With McCaffrey on injured reserve with PCL strain and Mason to follow soon with a high ankle sprain, Guerendo should get his biggest workload since his last college game. “I’m excited, but really it’s whatever it takes to win,” Guerendo said Wednesday as the 49ers (5-7) began preparations to host the Bears (4-8). “Whatever the plan looks like is what we’ll bring.” Guerendo will be backed up by Patrick Taylor Jr., who was on the roster earlier this season

PALERMO, Calif. (AP) — Two students were wounded in a shooting Wednesday at a Northern California elementary school and the gunman is believed to have killed himself, sheriff’s officials said. The wounded students were taken to hospitals in unknown condition after the shooting at Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists in Palermo, Butte County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Megan McMann said. The suspect died after apparently shooting himself, McMann said. A motive was unknown. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. PALERMO, Calif. (AP) — There was a shooting Wednesday at a Northern California elementary school and the suspect is dead, sheriff’s officials say. Deputies were “on scene of an active incident involving a shooting” at Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists in Palermo, the Butte County Sheriff’s Office said on the social platform X. It wasn’t immediately known if anyone at the school was hurt. “The suspected shooter is deceased,” the sheriff’s office said. A phone call and email to the sheriff’s office were not immediately returned. A representative from the Butte County Fire Department did not immediately have any information

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM and MATTHEW BROWN Swaths of Pennsylvania and many other states are honeycombed with old, unstable mines that can cause the earth to suddenly give way — a phenomenon known as “ mine subsidence ” that poses a threat to people and property. That’s what searchers in Westmoreland County, just southeast of Pittsburgh, fear led to the disappearance of 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard. Pollard and a young granddaughter were looking for a lost cat when she went missing Monday evening. At about the same time, a sinkhole appeared roughly 20 feet (6 meters) from where she had parked her car, in an area above an old coal mine. The granddaughter was found safe inside the car hours later, while the difficult and potentially dangerous search for Pollard continues. Mine subsidence has caused billions of dollars in damage in areas of the U.S. where mining once took place. In Pennsylvania alone, coal was mined in nearly half of the state’s 67 counties and there are at least 5,000 abandoned underground mines, leaving behind hazards that officials say can arise at any time. The Marguerite Mine

Olivia Lloyd | (TNS) The Charlotte Observer CHARLOTTE, N.C.— A pet food company based in North Carolina is recalling puppy mix sold in seven states after a batch tested positive for salmonella, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said. The contamination came to light when a litter of puppies got sick after consuming Blue Ridge Beef’s Puppy Mix, and the customer reported it to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, according to the FDA. The FDA said it notified the company that the food tested positive for salmonella on Nov. 27, and Blue Ridge Beef issued a voluntary recall on its 2-pound plastic-wrapped logs sold in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York. The recall affects puppy mix sold from Aug. 6 to Aug. 23 with logs labeled with lot numbers 08/06/N25 and 08/16/N25, with UPC 854298001696. It’s not the company’s only recall in the past year. In January, Blue Ridge Beef expanded a December 2023 recall of its puppy mix, as well as some of its kitten food, due to possible salmonella and listeria contamination, FDA records show. “Pets

By AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A top White House official on Wednesday said at least eight U.S. telecom firms and dozens of nations have been impacted by a Chinese hacking campaign. Deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger offered new details about the breadth of the sprawling Chinese hacking campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans. Neuberger divulged the scope of the hack a day after the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued guidance intended to help root out the hackers and prevent similar cyberespionage in the future. White House officials cautioned that a number of telecommunication firms and countries impacted could still grow. The U.S. believes that the hackers were able to gain access to communications of senior U.S. government officials and prominent political figures through the hack, Neuberger said. “We don’t believe any classified communications has been compromised,” Neuberger added during a call with reporters. She added that Biden has been briefed on the findings and that the White House “has made it a priority for

A CBS News investigation found dozens of law enforcement leaders buying and illegally selling guns. A review of government audits and court records over the last 20 years uncovered instances in 23 states across the U.S., plus Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., for more than 50 cases. CBS News crime and public safety producer Erin D. Cauchi has the details.

Several candidates under consideration to replace Trump’s defense pick, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst.

A small asteroid neared the Earth’s atmosphere before exploding. Derrick Pitts, the Franklin Institute’s chief astronomer and planetarium director, joins CBS News with more on the phenomenon.

Surveillance video appears to show the moments before UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed outside a New York City hotel. CBS News’ Rikki Klieman looks at what’s known.