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France’s train network hit by “acts of sabotage” ahead of opening ceremony of Paris Olympics – CBS News Watch CBS News Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, France’s train network was hit by several coordinated arson attacks, causing widespread disruption. Officials said fires were set at critical spots in an attempt to cut off routes into Paris. Jamie Yuccas reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

7/26: CBS News Weekender – CBS News Watch CBS News Lana Zak reports on former President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhu’s meeting in Florida, the wildfires in California and San Diego’s Comic-Con. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

RFK Jr. critical of Biden for “refusing to let go of power” – CBS News Watch CBS News In an interview with CBS News’ Major Garrett, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed that President Biden “tarred” his “reputation and that career over the past year by refusing to let go of power.” He also addressed his meeting with former President Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

By Robert Legare Updated on: July 26, 2024 / 8:00 PM EDT / CBS News 7/26: CBS News 24/7 Episode 2 7/26: CBS News 24/7 Episode 2 43:20 Former FBI special agent Peter Strzok reached a $1.2 million settlement with the Justice Department over claims that the department violated his privacy and the Privacy Act when it released text messages  during the Trump administration between him and former FBI employee Lisa Page that criticized former President Donald Trump  and his candidacy.  One of Strzok’s lawyers, Aitan D. Goelman, of Zuckerman Spaeder, said in a statement that it was a “critical step forward in addressing the government’s unfair and highly politicized treatment of Pete,” and said the settlement “also vindicates the privacy interests of all government employees.”  Former FBI special agent Peter Strzok is suing the FBI and Justice Department, claiming his firing in 2018 violated his rights to due process and free speech and was only carried out because of political pressure.  The settlement resolves his privacy allegations, but the claims of unlawful termination are still being litigated. For that claim, he is seeking back

Longtime residents and city leaders in Laguna Beach say this summer has been unlike any other. Fleeing the scorching inland heat, visitors have flocked to this affluent coastal community by the tens of thousands, crowding beaches and, according to locals, leaving behind unprecedented amounts of trash. “I’ve never seen the influx of trash, people, crowds, rescues, sirens in my entire life,” said Greg Viviani, a Laguna Beach native who runs the popular Instagram handle SoLagLocal. In a video shared on July 1, Viviani emptied a trash bag full of beach toys and garbage that he collected in a single morning. Greg Viviani empties a bag of trash collected on the beach in Laguna Beach on July 1, 2024. (IG @SoLagLocal) “This has to stop. This is killing our town, killing our way of life … this is ridiculous,” he says. Laguna Beach Mayor Sue Kempf hears the complaints. “Since I’ve lived here, I’ve never seen so many visitors, and the people who have lived here 30, 40, 50 years have said the same thing,” Kempf told KTLA’s Chip Yost on Friday. While the volume of

An initial $200 million federal grant is in the works to assist the Southland in establishing a bus leasing program and bolster infrastructure in preparation of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla announced Friday. The funding is outlined as part of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2025 — recently approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The bill is expected to be reconciled with the U.S. House of Representatives version before being finalized and able to be enacted, Padilla’s office said in a statement. Padilla, D-California, is in Paris this week for the opening ceremony of the Olympic and Paralympic Games as part of a presidential delegation, which includes Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and members of the LA2028 organizing committee. “With the Olympic and Paralympic Games headed to Los Angeles in just four short years, we must continue making critical investments in planning and preparing our transportation infrastructure,” Padilla said in the statement. The senator expressed his gratitude toward the Senate Appropriations Committee for including his request for funding to support a regional transportation

A Hemet man who “catfished” a pre-teen girl online and persuaded her to send him sexually explicit photos of herself and her 5-year-old sister pleaded guilty Friday to production of child pornography. John Mathew Piecuch, 64, admitted the felony count during a hearing at U.S. District Court in Santa Ana. Federal prosecutors agreed to drop two related charges under the plea agreement. Federal Judge John Holcomb scheduled a sentencing hearing for Oct. 25. Piecuch is facing a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison. The defendant remains held without bail at a federal detention center. Court filings by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and FBI said that Piecuch was using the online gaming platform Roblox in December 2020 when he met the victim, identified only as a Carroll County, Maryland, girl. The defendant convinced her that he was a 13-year-old boy, and the two then engaged in a series of text messages, through which he coaxed her into sending him sexually explicit images of herself, and additionally convinced her to snap explicit photos of her 5-year-old sister, also not identified, and send him those, according to

HOUSTON —  Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman was scratched from the team’s lineup Friday so that he could travel to Los Angeles to be with his family, manager Dave Roberts announced. According to an Instagram post on Thursday from Freeman’s wife, Chelsea, the couple’s 3-year-old son, Maximus, has been in the hospital this week. On Tuesday night, Freeman was seen sprinting out of the team’s home clubhouse immediately after that night’s game. Chelsea Freeman’s post on Thursday said the couple spent Wednesday night in an emergency room before being discharged around 3:30 a.m. Freeman had been in the lineup for each of the Dodgers’ games earlier this week. He also traveled with the club to Houston for this weekend’s series, taking his normal routine of pregame drills about four hours before first pitch. When Roberts came out to address the media a couple of hours later, however, he said “something spurred” Freeman to “where he feels like he’s gotta go home.” “When your child is going through things it’s just hard to be present, and rightfully so,” Roberts added. “He certainly had a heavy heart the

PARIS —  All around the city there was talk of bad weather and nervous glances toward a dour, gray sky. Sure enough, the clouds let loose in torrents of rain late Friday afternoon, dousing the streets, threatening to spoil France’s big moment. Then the show began. 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games A convoy of boats cruised down the Seine, one after another, carrying thousands of athletes. Lady Gaga danced across a glittering stage and Celine Dion sang from a perch in the Eiffel Tower. The Olympic torch levitated like a giant hot-air balloon. It seemed that nothing — not even a drenching summer storm — could stop the 2024 Paris Olympics from staging one of the most spectacular opening ceremonies ever. “Through this ceremony, our country will show the world what it is,” President Emmanuel Macron said earlier. “Let the party begin!” In recent weeks, there was a sense that France needed something like this, a reason to celebrate after a tough stretch that included protests and worker unrest, political upheaval, even a series of arson fires that disabled the railway system earlier Friday. U.S. flagbearers

Weeks after an emergency hospitalization forced Stevie Nicks to postpone two stops on her U.K. tour , she played the last show of her two-year run on Wednesday in Glasgow. At the time of the postponement, Glasgow’s OVO Hydro arena explained that Nicks had changed the date because of a “leg injury requiring a minor surgical procedure.” But the Fleetwood Mac alum on Wednesday shared additional details about her “crazy” medical emergency. “I don’t know what happened. I just got this weird infection, and it just went crazy,” Nicks told the crowd in Scotland. The twice-inducted Rock and Roll Hall of Famer added that she had arrived in Glasgow several days before the show that was originally scheduled for July 6. One night, she said, “I finally just looked at my assistant — it was like 2 in the morning — and I said, ‘I think we need to go to emergency.’” The “Edge of Seventeen” singer spent two days in the hospital before returning to the castle where she was staying, and decided to cancel the concert just hours before showtime. She also moved

Two men from Long Beach were arrested by federal agents Friday morning on an 11-count indictment accusing them of selling fentanyl and methamphetamine out of a Gardena upholstery shop. Hector Valle, 48, and Efren Sanchez, 52, were expected to be arraigned Friday afternoon in United States District Court in downtown Los Angeles, according to the United States Department of Justice. The two men face charges for conspiring to distribute fentanyl and meth, as well as illegal gun charges. Valle faces additional charges for possessing cocaine with an intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in the “furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.” The grand jury indictment alleges that the two men sold approximately 433 grams of methamphetamine and 49.95 grams of fentanyl on June 9, 2023. The investigation eventually led to search warrants being served Friday at three locations, one of which was an automobile upholstery shop in Gardena called “Stitchn’ Time.” Law enforcement found several packages of fentanyl, meth and cocaine hidden in a vending machine at the upholstery shop. In total, officers recovered more than 31 pounds of fentanyl, 424 grams of