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Woman who accused Trump aide Corey Lewandowski of 2021 assault speaks out: “I was his prey” – CBS News Watch CBS News In 2021, Trashelle Odom accused Trump ally Corey Lewandowski of assaulting and stalking her at a Las Vegas charity event. Lewandowski was charged with misdemeanor battery and reached an agreement with prosecutors to drop the charges. Odom, the ex-wife of a wealthy GOP donor, said she felt compelled to share her story with CBS News after learning about Lewandowski’s return to the Trump campaign ahead of the November election. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Breaking down the verdict in the Tyre Nichols case – CBS News Watch CBS News A jury on Thursday delivered a mixed verdict for the three former police officers in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols. All of them were convicted of witness tampering related to the cover-up, but the defendants were also acquitted of violating Nichols’s civil rights by causing his death. CBS News correspondent Elise Preston has more. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

United Launch Alliance fired off a next-generation Vulcan rocket Friday in the second of two “certification” test flights needed before the new launcher can be used to carry high-priority national security payloads for the U.S. Space Force and the National Reconnaissance Office. United Launch Alliance’s second next-generation Vulcan rocket climbs away from pad 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, kicking off a second “certification” flight to clear the new rocket for use launching high-priority national security payloads. ULA One of two solid-propellant strap-on boosters provided by Northrop Grumman appeared to suffer an anomaly of some sort during the climb out of the lower atmosphere, but the Vulcan was able to continue on into orbit. What impact the issue might have on the Vulcan’s certification is not yet known, but ULA CEO Tory Bruno said it will be investigated. “The trajectory was nominal throughout,” he said on the company’s launch webcast. “We did, however have an observation on SRB No. 1, so we will be off looking at that after the mission is complete.” Thirty-seven seconds after liftoff, one of two strap-on solid fuel

L.A. district attorney reviews Menendez brothers case amid new evidence – CBS News Watch CBS News Erik and Lyle Menendez have each served 34 years in their life sentence after being convicted of the 1989 murder of their parents. Now, the Los Angeles district attorney is reviewing the murder case amid new evidence. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

A pursuit ended in a deadly crash after a motorist decided to flee a traffic stop in Anaheim early Friday morning. The incident began just after midnight when Anaheim police officers attempted to stop a white pickup truck. The driver fled the scene as officers approached and got on the 91 Freeway, prompting a pursuit, Anaheim Police Department Sgt. Sutter confirmed. The suspect exited on State College Boulevard and then lost control of the vehicle, crashing into a tree in front of the Arbor Park apartment community on the 1200 block of State College Boulevard. Emergency crews respond to a fatal crash in Anaheim on Oct. 4, 2024. (OnScene.TV) The driver was initially trapped inside the vehicle but was eventually transported from the scene with minor injuries. Police have not released the driver’s identity but did confirm that he had a license and the truck was not stolen. One person, described by police as a passenger in the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. Southbound lanes on State College Boulevard were expected to be closed in

An investigation is underway after a deputy opened fire, fatally striking a man in Loma Linda Thursday afternoon. The incident was reported around 4:30 p.m. after deputies responded to a 911 call in the 26300 block of Snowden Avenue. “Upon arrival, they contacted a male subject, and a lethal force encounter occurred,” a spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said. The unidentified man was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators respond to a fatal shooting involving a deputy in Loma Linda on Oct. 3, 2024. (OnScene.TV) No further details about the incident were provided but a woman who lives in the area said she was walking her dog when she heard the commotion. “I noticed that the yelling was a police officer and he was holding up his firearm and he fired his weapon … It was more than once but I did not count how many times,” Brianna said.  Brianna and her husband moved into the neighborhood just a few months ago and believe the man lived there. “Definitely worrying. You know it was really unexpected seeing something like that happen,” she said.

Every weekday morning, drivers arrive at the Little Tokyo Towers at 10 a.m. carrying precious cargo: seniors’ meals individually wrapped in tinfoil. Not too salty, not too sweet, each bento box is carefully portioned by food group to meet federal nutrition standards. Since 1976, Little Tokyo Senior Nutrition Services has sought to address food insecurity and social isolation among Asian American seniors in Los Angeles. Its meals are sold for $3.50 each and offered for free to those unable to pay. “People have this misconception of ‘all Asians are wealthy,’” said Darlene Kuba, president of Little Tokyo Senior Nutrition Services. “Well, that’s not the case.” One in 10 Asian Americans face poverty in the U.S., a fact that is often disguised by the wealth gap that exists between different ethnic groups. A woman walks away with her daily meal provided by the nonprofit Little Tokyo Senior Nutrition Services at the Little Tokyo Towers in Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Little Tokyo Senior Nutrition Services delivers more than 100 meals daily to seniors in Little Tokyo and Boyle Heights — a vital service

Some people might wonder: Is true love at first sight just a romantic fantasy? Or does it ever actually happen? These weren’t thoughts that had yet occurred to me when I was 13 years old. I was old enough to have started noticing girls, but the notion of true love, let alone at first sight, was still abstract. That was soon going to change. My main love back then was music. I was playing keyboards in bands with schoolmates and had dreams of becoming a rock star. I was into music by bands like Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Yes, but my older sister and I were also big fans of Elton John. When we heard he was going to perform in town, we begged our mother to take us. Ever the trouper, she agreed to load up the car with me, my sister and a bunch of my sister’s teenage friends. One of these friends invited her younger sister Susan to come along. Being the two youngest in the car, Susan and I were relegated to the “way back” of our Ford Country Squire

What was the Norwalk City Council thinking? Los Angeles County had 75,000 homeless people at last count. Voters have repeatedly said in polls and surveys that reducing homelessness should be among the government’s top priorities, and people want to see humane solutions, such as more housing and shelters. So what did Norwalk leaders do? In August, they adopted a 45-day moratorium on homeless shelters and supportive housing. Even after Gov. Gavin Newsom and Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta warned the ban violated several state planning and fair housing laws, Norwalk leaders went ahead and voted in September to extend the moratorium to August 2025 — blocking Los Angeles County from launching a new effort to move people living in an encampment along the 105 Freeway into a nearby motel. That’s outrageous. Now Newsom has cracked down on Norwalk — and rightfully so. The governor announced Thursday that his administration is decertifying Norwalk’s state-mandated housing plan. The decision makes the city ineligible for certain funding and triggers the “builder’s remedy,” a provision in state law that lets developers apply to build whatever they want so long as

Two years after Los Angeles City Hall was rocked by scandal, voters on Nov. 5 have the chance to enact important reforms to curb elected officials’ political power and increase independent ethics oversight. Good government advocates have been pushing these reforms for years but they were largely ignored by the city’s elected leaders, who didn’t want to give up power or face greater scrutiny. That changed after the release of the leaked recording of three City Council members and a labor official exchanging racist comments about their colleagues, while plotting to carve up the city into districts that protect their own interests. Much of L.A. was united in outrage, and that opened a door through which reform could finally be pushed. For more than a year the council’s Ad Hoc Committee on City Governance Reform, led by then-Council President Paul Krekorian and Councilmember Nithya Raman, consulted with academics, community groups and racial justice advocates. The goal was to come up with a package of changes to the city’s charter to increase transparency, discourage corruption and make elected officials more representative and responsive to constituents. The

Updated on: October 4, 2024 / 8:01 AM EDT / CBS/AP Examining the accuracy of FBI crime data Examining the accuracy of FBI crime data 04:56 A Utah woman has been arrested for investigation of murder after she told a confidential informant that she shot her estranged husband in his sleep and buried him in a shallow grave but did not disclose the location, police said. Jennifer Gledhill, 41 of Cottonwood Heights, was arrested Wednesday and is jailed in Salt Lake County without bond, according to court records. The body of Matthew Johnson, 51, had not been found as of Thursday, police said. The Utah National Guard member was reportedly shot late Sept. 20 or early Sept. 21, the informant told police Sept. 28 – six days after Gledhill “openly admitted” to killing Johnson, police records said. Gledhill said she shot Johnson on the bed, buried his body and removed items from the house and destroyed them to cover up the crime, the informant said. A search of the house found a bloodstain on the carpet under the bed and blood on the bed frame. 

The political class barely shrugged in August when Corey Lewandowski announced he was back at former President Donald Trump’s side. But when Trashelle Odom learned that Lewandowski had joined Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign as a senior adviser, it was a gut punch. That’s because a little over three years ago, in 2021, Odom, then the wife of a wealthy Republican donor, had reported Lewandowski to the police for allegedly assaulting and stalking her at a Las Vegas charity event. Later, she said his lawyers offered her payment to keep quiet.  Lewandowski, who was Trump’s first campaign manager , was charged with misdemeanor battery and reached an agreement with prosecutors to dismiss the charges in exchange for community service, a $1,000 fine, enrollment in an impulse control class and an apology in court to Odom for “any discomfort he may have caused her.” Lewandowski was ousted from Trump’s orbit, where he’d been running a super PAC supporting the former president. A Trump spokesman vowed at the time that Lewandowski “would no longer be associated with Trump world.”   In response to a request for comment, lawyers

Experts weigh in on “Oatzempic” diet fad Experts weigh in on “Oatzempic,” the latest weight loss trend on social media. 00:52 The internet’s current obsession with cortisol has prompted a new trending concoction dubbed the “cortisol cocktail” that users claim can reduce stress and even help with weight loss. Also referred to as an “adrenal cocktail,” the drink has some variations across social media but mainly consists of orange or lemon juice, coconut water and a bit of sea salt.  Experts say there’s no evidence this drink can significantly reduce stress or weight by lowering cortisol levels, but the ingredients do offer some nutritional benefits that may give drinkers a boost. “As soon as I saw the ingredients, I was like, this looks remarkably similar to a sports drink you would mix up,” Lindsay Malone, an integrative and functional medicine dietitian and nutrition instructor at Case Western Reserve University, told CBS News. “Juice, sodium, some potassium, so a little bit of sugar, some electrolytes in a fluid… I just wonder, if some of the benefits are just that, generally, people are dehydrated, and so maybe they

Updated on: October 4, 2024 / 6:39 AM EDT / CBS/AFP 10 bodies found in Mexico amid cartel violence 10 bodies found in Acapulco, Mexico, amid cartel violence 04:06 Twelve bodies — all bearing signs of torture and left with messages by cartels — were found on Thursday in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato , local authorities said, attributing the killings to disputes between organized crime groups. Guanajuato, a thriving industrial center that is also home to popular tourist destinations, is currently Mexico’s most violent state, according to official homicide statistics. The 12 bodies were found within two hours in five locations in the city of Salamanca, according to the state prosecutor’s office, which is investigating the crime. The victims — three women and nine men — were found on roads, bridges and avenues, their bodies bearing gunshot wounds and signs of torture, while one was dismembered, officials said.   The state prosecutor’s office also said the perpetrators left messages in which a cartel claimed responsibility. Messages are often left on victims’ bodies by drug cartels seeking to threaten their rivals or punish behavior