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A Connecticut woman was arrested Wednesday, after police said she held her stepson captive for more than 20 years, an imprisonment that only ended when the man lit a fire to draw the attention of authorities. On Feb. 17, crews responded to a fire at a home in Waterbury, Connecticut, KTLA sister station WTNH reports. Two people, 56-year-old Kimberly Sullivan and a 32-year-old man later identified as her stepson, were inside the home at the time. Sullivan was able to evacuate safely, and the man was helped out by firefighters. New Haven police reconnect father and daughter who was kidnapped decades ago According to Waterbury police, while being evaluated by EMS for smoke inhalation, the man told first responders that he set the fire on purpose in his upstairs room using a lighter, hand sanitizer and paper because he “wanted his freedom.” He said Sullivan had held him captive since he was 11 years old. The man was taken to a hospital, where his condition worsened and he was listed in critical condition due to smoke inhalation. Detectives later determined that the man had been

Authorities at a Southern California police department are trying to return a headstone engraved with the names of three pets found during a recent encampment cleanup. “Did you know Wiggles, Tuffy, or Sassy? I’m sure the owner of these pets intended to remember them,” the Murrieta Police Department posted on Facebook Tuesday. Officers found the headstone while the Community Policing Team conducted a “large encampment cleanup” in the south end of Murrieta on March 7. Police found a headstone during an encampment cleanup on March 7, 2025. (Murrieta Police Department) Police said the headstone does not belong in the area. “We believe that it was stolen from somewhere in Murrieta or Temecula. We would really like to get it back to the owner,” the post read. Anyone with information was asked to email Sgt. Schmidt at mschmidt@murrietaca.gov.

Four California Lottery players are the state’s newest millionaires after winning a combined total of $5.5. million from lottery games, lottery officials announced Thursday. The winners purchased their tickets at various shops across the state. In Sun Valley, Jorge Loza came within a single number of winning the Powerball jackpot but still walked away with nearly $2.5 million. New California Lottery millionaire plans to keep on trucking Loza purchased his ticket at a 7-Eleven on Sunland Boulevard and matched five numbers, missing only the Powerball number. In Ventura, Teresa Cisneros won $1 million on a Single, Double, Triple Scratchers ticket during her routine stop at a local 7-Eleven on North Ventura Avenue. Northern California players have also had their share of good fortune. Guadalupe Guerro, who was visiting Santa Rosa to see his mom, purchased two $10 Scratchers tickets instead of his usual $5 options at MD Liquor & Food in Rohnert Park. “At first, I thought I had won $1,000, but then my kid pointed out, ‘No, that’s not a thousand, that’s a million!” Guerro said. He confirmed his win using the California Lottery’s

Sea levels rose even higher than anticipated last year, according to an analysis by NASA. Last year was the hottest on record for the planet — largely due to human-caused climate change — leading to a sea-level rise of nearly 0.23 inches, significantly more than the 0.17 inches of rise expected, NASA said. “The rise we saw in 2024 was higher than we expected,” said Josh Willis, a sea level researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in the NASA release. “Every year is a little bit different, but what’s clear is that the ocean continues to rise, and the rate of rise is getting faster and faster. These areas of California could be underwater by 2050 While a quarter inch may not sound like a lot on its own, the effects are cumulative, with sea levels now 4 inches higher than they were in 1993, when satellites were first used to record ocean height. Since that first record, sea levels are rising more than twice as fast as they were. “By the end of the century, global mean sea level is likely to rise at

Four California Lottery players are the state’s newest millionaires after winning a combined total of $5.5. million from lottery games, lottery officials announced Thursday. The winners purchased their tickets at various shops across the state. In Sun Valley, Jorge Loza came within a single number of winning the Powerball jackpot but still walked away with nearly $2.5 million. New California Lottery millionaire plans to keep on trucking Loza purchased his ticket at a 7-Eleven on Sunland Boulevard and matched five numbers, missing only the Powerball number. In Ventura, Teresa Cisneros won $1 million on a Single, Double, Triple Scratchers ticket during her routine stop at a local 7-Eleven on North Ventura Avenue. Northern California players have also had their share of good fortune. Guadalupe Guerro, who was visiting Santa Rosa to see his mom, purchased two $10 Scratchers tickets instead of his usual $5 options at MD Liquor & Food in Rohnert Park. “At first, I thought I had won $1,000, but then my kid pointed out, ‘No, that’s not a thousand, that’s a million!” Guerro said. He confirmed his win using the California Lottery’s

By Jesse Zanger Updated on: March 13, 2025 / 1:42 PM EDT / CBS New York CBS News Live CBS News New York Live A group of protesters entered Trump Tower in New York City just before noon Thursday.  Video from inside the building shows the group went to the public area inside the building and then began chanting “Free Mahmoud,” an apparent reference to pro-Palestinian Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil, who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the weekend . Members of the NYPD were on the scene and could be seen escorting several of the protesters out in zip-tie handcuffs.  Protesters during a sit-in at Trump Tower on March 13, 2025. CBS News New York Protest organizers – the group Jewish Voice for Peace – said hundreds of people were involved in a sit-in inside the building to protest Khalil’s detention, and that they were wearing shirts that said “Not in Our Name.” They also carried banners into the lobby. The organizers said that actor Debra Winger is among those protesting.  Video shows several of the protesters sitting in the lobby

Judge’s orders on federal firings Judge orders 6 federal agencies to offer to reinstate fired probationary employees 02:27 Washington — A federal judge in California ordered six federal agencies to reinstate probationary employees who were fired last month, finding that their terminations by the Office of Personnel Management were unlawful. U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco handed down his order in a challenge brought by a group of unions against the Trump administration from the bench. He said that neither OPM nor its Acting Director Charles Ezell had the authority to direct the terminations across agencies. The order extends relief to fired workers at the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Interior and Treasury. “It is a sad, sad day when our government would fire some good employee and say it was based on performance when they know good and well that’s a lie,” Alsup said at the end of a hearing on the unions’ request for a preliminary injunction. “That should not have been done in our country. It was a sham in order to avoid statutory requirements.” The judge, who

By Kaia Hubbard, Alan He Updated on: March 13, 2025 / 1:34 PM EDT / CBS News Looming government shutdown: What to know What to know about the looming government shutdown as funding deadline nears 05:01 Washington — Senate Democrats are considering a plan that would pave the way for a GOP bill to keep the government funded for six months in exchange for a doomed-to-fail vote on their own 30-day alternative, facing an uncomfortable choice between allowing the Republican measure to pass or letting the government shut down. The Senate plans to take up the House-passed bill to fund the government through September beginning on Friday. Republicans need 60 votes to invoke cloture and advance the measure, meaning it will need the support of Democrats to get to a vote on final passage. With government funding set to expire on Friday night, Democrats find themselves in the position of being able to block the GOP bill, but also wary of the government shutdown that would ensue if they do so. Democratic leaders are instead pushing for a 30-day funding extension that would allow more time