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The U.S. will not participate in a reprisal strike on Iran after its attack on Israel Saturday evening, according to National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports.
California is suing Huntington Beach over its voter identification measure, recently passed by voters, hoping to stop the city from asking residents to present proof of identification when voting at in-person polling locations. “It is violative of California state election law, undermines that process and threatens the constitutionally protected right to vote,” said California Attorney General Rob Bonta at a news conference in Los Angeles on Monday, April 15. Secretary of State Shirley Weber, who oversees elections across California, said the voter ID requirement would disenfranchise voters and called it a solution in search of a problem. “This voter ID measure conflicts with state law,” Weber said at the same press conference. “Not only is it a solution in search of a problem, laws like these are harmful to California voters, especially low-income, the elderly, people of color, those with disabilities, and young voters.” Attorney General Rob Bonta announces with Secretary of State Shirley Weber that they filed a lawsuit to challenge Huntington Beach’s voter identification law to protect voter rights in the Orange County city in Los Angeles on Monday, April 15, 2024. (Photo
CeCe Winans has sold millions of albums, won scads of Grammys and other major awards, performed around the world and positioned herself as one of the most successful gospel singers of all time. She’s also written a half dozen books — included her most recent bestseller, “Believe for It: Passing on Faith to the Next Generation” — and is in the third year of hosting a popular women’s conference. Oh, and she also found time to raise a family and start the Nashville Life Church with her husband, Alvin Love. It’s enough to make one wonder how this Detroit native — who is part of the legendary Winans gospel music family — finds time to accomplish everything that she does. “It might look like I’m Superwoman, but I’m not,” Winans says in a recent phone interview. “I balance out my days so that I won’t be overwhelmed and so that it won’t be too much.” Despite all that she has done in her amazing career, however, there was one thing that — somewhat surprisingly — she didn’t get around to doing for decades. And that
SUNNYVALE — A tech titan has widened its shopping spree for Bay Area real estate by purchasing a nondescript building in the South Bay, a buying binge that is now well over a quarter-billion dollars. Applied Materials paid $15 million to buy an industrial and warehouse building in Sunnyvale, according to documents filed on April 9 with the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office. The building is located at 222 Commercial Street in Sunnyvale and totals 24,000 square feet, according to the Loopnet commercial property listing service. Santa Clara-based Applied Materials has collected numerous properties in Sunnyvale in recent years. The semiconductor equipment maker’s property purchases in Sunnyvale are all relatively near the company’s headquarters on Bowers Avenue in Santa Clara. Including the most recent acquisition, Applied Materials has paid $296.4 million to buy an assortment of properties in Sunnyvale. The maker of equipment to produce semiconductors and displays has also turned to sublease deals to expand its footprint in its hometown of Santa Clara. Applied Materials has subleased 246,000 square feet of space from Aruba Networks at 3333 Scott Blvd. in Santa Clara, taking that
A plethora of injured San Jose Sharks players did not join the team for their final road trip of the year, ending their respective seasons and for a few of them, likely their tenures with the organization. Forwards Kevin Labanc, Mike Hoffman, Filip Zadina, and Alexander Barabanov, forward/defenseman Jacob MacDonald, defenseman Jan Rutta, and goalie Mackenzie Blackwood are all injured and did not travel with the team. San Jose faces the Edmonton Oilers tonight and the Calgary Flames on Thursday to close the regular season. The injuries prompted the Sharks to recall forward Danil Gushchin, defenseman Jack Thompson, and goalie Georgi Romanov from the Barracuda on an emergency loan basis. Gushchin and Thompson will play against the Oilers tonight and Romanov is an option to make his NHL debut on Thursday in Calgary. Goalie Devin Cooley, a Los Gatos native, will start tonight against the Oilers, who will have three-time Hart Trophy winner Connor McDavid back in the lineup after he missed the last three games with a lower-body injury. McDavid is third in the NHL with 130 points, including a league-high 99 assists. Labanc
Julie Appleby, KFF Health News | KFF Health News (TNS) Federal and state regulators aren’t doing enough to stop the growing problem of rogue health insurance brokers making unauthorized policy switches for Affordable Care Act policyholders, say consumers, agents, nonprofit enrollee assistance groups, and other insurance experts. “We think it’s urgent and it requires a lot more attention and resources,” said Jennifer Sullivan, director of health coverage access for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which oversees the ACA, “has acknowledged the issue,” said former Oklahoma insurance commissioner John Doak. “But it appears their response is inadequate.” The reactions follow a KFF Health News article outlining how licensed brokers’ easy access to policyholder information on healthcare.gov has led unscrupulous agents to switch people’s policies without express permission. Those agents can then take the commission that comes with signing a new customer. Dozens of people and insurance brokers responded to the earlier report recounting similar situations. Some switched policyholders end up in plans that don’t include their doctors or the medications they regularly take, or come with higher deductibles than
Phil Galewitz | KFF Health News (TNS) Nearly a quarter of adults disenrolled from Medicaid in the past year say they are now uninsured, according to a survey released Friday that details how tens of millions of Americans struggled to retain coverage in the government insurance program for low-income people after pandemic-era protections began expiring last spring. The first national survey of adults whose Medicaid eligibility was reviewed during the unwinding found nearly half of people who lost their government coverage signed back up weeks or months later — suggesting they should never have been dropped in the first place. While 23% reported being uninsured, an additional 28% found other coverage — through an employer, Medicare, the Affordable Care Act’s insurance marketplace, or health care for members of the military, the survey by KFF found. “Twenty-three percent is a striking number especially when you think about the number of people who lost Medicaid coverage,” said Chima Ndumele, an associate professor of health policy at the Yale University School of Public Health. Going without insurance even for a short period of time can lead people to
It’s finally spring, which comes as a relief to those who have been looking forward to stowing away their sweaters and gloves — and to book lovers as well, who know that publishers unleash a flood of new titles this time of year. Here are 20 books coming out now and in the following months that are perfect for reading on your porch, at the ballpark during the seventh-inning stretch, or wherever else you choose to welcome the sun back into your life. “Table for Two: Fictions” Author: Amor Towles What It’s About: The latest from the author of “A Gentleman in Moscow” and “The Lincoln Highway” comprises six short stories set in turn-of-the-millennium New York — and a novella that takes place in Golden Age Hollywood, and revisits Evelyn Ross, a character from his novel “Rules of Civility.” Publication Date: Out now — “The Audacity” Author: Ryan Chapman What It’s About: Chapman’s 2019 debut novel, “Riots I Have Known,” was a hilarious satire about literature and the prison system, and his new one promises to bring back his wildly original sense of humor. This
A women’s prison in California so plagued by sexual abuse that it was known among inmates and workers as the “rape club” will be closed, the head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons announced Monday Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters said that the agency is closing the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, where more than a half dozen correctional officers and the former warden have either been charged or convicted of sexually abusing the female inmates. Peters stated that the bureau had “taken unprecedented steps and provided a tremendous amount of resources to address culture, recruitment and retention, aging infrastructure — and most critical — employee misconduct.” “Despite these steps and resources, we have determined that FCI Dublin is not meeting expected standards and that the best course of action is to close the facility. This decision is being made after ongoing evaluation of the effectiveness of those unprecedented steps and additional resources.” She said, “planning for deactivation is currently ongoing” for the prison that houses 605 inmates. The facility east of Oakland is one of a handful of federal women’s prisons in the
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is allocating $45 million to California programs that help migrants who have crossed the southern border. The money is part of a $300-million national effort announced Friday by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Most of the California funding will be split between San Diego County and the Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego. More than $6 million goes to Riverside County. An additional $341 million will be used to establish a competitive grant program and allocated before the end of the fiscal year Sept. 30, the administration said. It’s less funding than programs helping migrants had hoped for, representing an 18% cut from last year’s $780-million total. But California’s overall share is $3 million higher than last year; San Diego’s allotment rose by $10 million. Border nonprofits including Jewish Family Service of San Diego are hailing the increase as a win that’s reflective of the recent uptick in migrant arrivals near the California border. In an announcement Friday, the Department of Homeland Security called on Congress to pass a stalled bipartisan national security bill that included more border funding and other
A New Mexico judge on Monday ordered “Rust” movie weapons handler Hannah Gutierrez to serve 18 months in prison — the maximum sentence — for her role in the accidental shooting death of the western film’s cinematographer 2½ ago in New Mexico. In March, a Santa Fe, N.M., jury found Gutierrez, 26, guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Halyna Hutchins’ death during a rehearsal for a scene with Alec Baldwin, who was pointing his prop gun at her when it discharged. Prosecutors have alleged that Gutierrez brought the live ammunition to the film’s set and loaded it into Baldwin’s gun. At an emotional sentencing hearing on Monday, in the same Santa Fe courtroom where Gutierrez’s trial unfolded, friends of Hutchins described her joy, generosity, determination and talent — and their sorrow over her death. The testimony, including from her family in Ukraine, underscored the profound loss felt by friends, family members and fellow filmmakers. Gutierrez, wearing a prison jumpsuit, sobbed at times during Monday’s hearing. She asked the judge to sentence her to probation rather than jail time for the felony conviction and said the media
Disney’s plans to grow its theme park resort in Anaheim by investing at least $1.9 billion will be presented to city council members on Tuesday for approval. Disney wants to build new immersive attractions and experiences, like the World of Frozen in Hong Kong or Zootopia in Shanghai, at its theme park in Anaheim, but to do so, zoning codes on undeveloped land the company already owns or operates need to be updated to allow theme park usage. Disneyland moves closer to breaking ground on major expansion Should the city council approve the expansion plan during Tuesday’s meeting and again on May 7, changes related to the expansion plans would be implemented 30 days after that. Here’s what you need to know about the Disneyland Forward and how it can impact Anaheim. What is Disneyland Forward Disneyland Forward is a 40-year agreement that would guide where and how future developments would occur. The proposed expansion plan would allow new attractions, shops and restaurants to be built within current Disneyland Resort property utilizing undeveloped areas at the resort. The proposal would allow theme park attractions to
It appears that former Los Angeles Clippers center Boban Marjanović still has love for the fans in the Southland. While suited up for the Houston Rockets in the regular season finale at Crypto.com Arena on Sunday, the 7-foot-4 big man understood the game’s situation. With an 8-point lead in hand and under five minutes left in the game, Marjanović felt the crowd’s anticipation grow after he missed the first of two free-throw attempts. As part of a promotion with Chick-Fil-A, all fans in attendance at Clippers’ home games receive a free chicken sandwich if a player from the opposing team misses two-consecutive free throws in the fourth quarter. So what did Marjanović do? He delivered. In hilarious fashion, he appeared to mouth “I got you” toward fans before taking his second shot and lofted up an off-balance effort toward the basket. The ball rattled off the rim and the crowd went crazy. Houston Rockets center Boban Marjanović salutes Los Angeles Clippers fans after he appeared to intentionally miss a free throw. The Clippers run a promotion with Chick-Fil-A that gift fans a free chicken sandwich
“Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed makes statement at her sentencing – CBS News Watch CBS News Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the “Rust” armorer who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the 2021 death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the film set, told a court she wasn’t a monster before her sentencing Monday. Despite asking for probation, the judge in the case sentenced Gutierrez-Reed to 18 months in prison. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On
By Kate Gibson Edited By Anne Marie Lee April 15, 2024 / 2:50 PM EDT / CBS News How Mattel is marking Barbie’s 65th birthday Mattel marks Barbie’s 65th birthday by creating dolls of iconic women 00:58 Taking a cue from its blockbuster brand, Mattel is partnering with Kraft Heinz Co. to create “Barbiecue” sauce. Colored Barbie pink, the condiment is being offered by Kraft in the United Kingdom, beginning with a limited-edition sale of 5,000 bottles online starting today. The online promotion will be followed by a nationwide run at Tesco supermarkets later in the week and then via a UK delivery service in the middle of May, the food producer and Mattel announced on Monday. Bottles of the sauce, which gets its pink hue from beetroot extract, will be available across Spain on April 25. Heinz alluded to the condiment in an Instagram post in August, pairing a bottle of the Barbiecue sauce with Tomato “Kenchup,” and asking if the company should “make this dream team a reality.” Barbie-themed products have been in heavy demand since the “Barbie” film’s release in July 2023.
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Jim Goddard was once the key figure in a legal fight that led to a state law declared unconstitutional. But really all he cared about was getting sprung from jail. Goddard in early 1902 pleaded guilty in Needles court of being a vagrant, earning him a free ride to the county jail in San Bernardino. But there, a young lawyer, Henry M. Willis was contacted to find a way for the well-known drifter to avoid 90 days behind bars. Willis, son of a former San Bernardino County district attorney, failed twice to liberate Goddard, arguing Needles Judge L.V. Root made a variety of questionable actions in his ruling. His third try, though, was certainly novel, and remarkably simple. Willis realized that Judge Root convicted Goddard of being a “vagrant,” not of vagrancy. He argued the state’s definition was improper. “The complaint charges Goddard with being ‘a person who roams around from place to place without any lawful business,’” reported the Sun newspaper, Jan. 31, 1902. Such was the description of a vagrant in Subdivision 3 of Section 616 of the state Penal Code. Willis insisted
A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle and killed Monday on the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway in the Norwalk area. The person was injured about 9:15 a.m. on the southbound 605 Freeway near the Glenn Anderson (105) Freeway and died at the scene, according to the California Highway Patrol. Information was not immediately available on the identity of the fatally injured person. Traffic was routed away from the area while an investigation was conducted.
A fire that erupted adjacent to a downtown Riverside apartment complex may have been intentionally set, authorities said Monday. The non-injury blaze was reported just after 5 p.m. Sunday in the 3000 block of Mission Inn Avenue, near Commerce Street, behind the Mission Lofts Apartments, according to the Riverside Fire Department. Battalion Chief Mike Allen said three engine crews and a truck company — numbering nearly 20 personnel — were sent to the location and encountered flames burning “rubbish and a large trailer up against a building.” Allen said firefighters “made an aggressive attack on the fire and kept it contained to the exterior of the building.” The blaze was completely knocked down at 5:50 p.m. The property damage was estimated to be $100,000, according to Allen. “Witnesses reported seeing a person standing at the fire’s origin when it started,” he said. Arson investigators were summoned to examine the remnants of the fire and identify the exact cause. Anyone with information was asked to contact the fire department at 951-826-5321.
The crash happened about 7:30 pm. Sunday on Oceanside Boulevard near College Boulevard. A 21-year-old man died at a hospital, and a 24-year-old man and 28-year-old woman were treated at a hospital and released
The crash occurred about 11 a.m. Saturday on Pine Boulevard south of Rocky Pass in a Pine Valley residential area
