When Aleisha Goodwin, an estate coordinator at the Clark County Public Administrator’s Office, reached out to Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German in March 2022 to describe the problems she and her co-workers said they were experiencing with their boss, she said they were at their breaking point. “We were desperate,” Goodwin told “48 Hours” correspondent Peter Van Sant …
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After three decades spent On the Road, beloved photographer Bob Caccamise retires
If you could look backward through the lens of the camera that captured the most memorable moments of my career, you would see the eye of photographer Bob Caccamise. But now, sad to say, Bob is retiring. “It’s like Simon and Garfunkel breaking up, you know, it’s similar to that,” Bob said. “Or it could be like ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ …
Read More »OpenAIs new text-to-video tool, Sora, has one artificial intelligence expert "terrified"
Another groundbreaking generative artificial intelligence tool from the company behind ChatGPT unveiled Thursday is expected to accelerate the proliferation of deepfake videos and have implications for virtually every industry. Sora, an AI application that takes written prompts and turns them into original videos, is already so powerful that one AI expert says it has him “terrified.” “Generative AI tools are …
Read More »Customs and Border Protections top doctor tried to order fentanyl lollipops for helicopter trip to U.N., whistleblowers say
The chief medical officer for the Customs and Border Protection agency repeatedly asked staff members to order fentanyl lollipops for him to take on a helicopter mission to the United Nations in New York City in Sept. 2023, according to a whistleblower report by the Government Accountability Project. The report was shared with Congress on Friday morning, and stated that …
Read More »Child wounded at Kansas City Chiefs parade shooting says incident has left him traumatized
Kansas City, Missouri — Among those wounded in the shootingat the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade was 10-year-old Samuel Arellano, who had attended with his grandfather and worn his jersey of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Arellano on Friday showed CBS News where he was shot, near his upper ribcage. A woman was killed in Wednesday’s shooting and 22 others …
Read More »Alexey Navalnys message to the world "if they decide to kill me," and what his wife wants people to do now
“You’re not allowed to give up.” That was the central message Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny wanted to stress to his supporters in the event of his death. He said it in an Oscar-winning 2022 documentary about his life by Canadian director Daniel Roher, in which Navalny spoke about his political ideals and surviving a purported poisoning attack. “If they …
Read More »Can we talk? Many Americans feel speaking about race draws more criticism than encouragement — CBS News poll
Most say they see challenges in talking about race today. Many — including most Black and White Americans — worry that speaking their minds on race draws criticism, not encouragement. But there are different reasons why Americans think it draws criticism. For some it’s that they need to be careful not to offend; for others, it’s that they feel others …
Read More »2 juveniles charged in Kansas City Chiefs parade shooting, court says
Two juveniles have been charged in connection with the deadly shooting at the end of the parade celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory. The unidentified suspects are being detained on gun-related and resisting arrest charges, according to a Jackson County family court statement released on Friday. The statement added that “additional charges are expected in the future as …
Read More »Biden vows to continue to hold Norfolk Southern accountable for derailment in East Palestine, Ohio
Washington —President Biden visited East Palestine, Ohio, on Friday, just over a year after a freight train carrying hazardous materialsderailedin the small villagenear the Pennsylvania state line, and he vowed to hold the railway company Norfolk Southern accountable. “There are acts of God,” Mr. Biden said. “This was an act of greed that was 100% preventable.” Mr. Biden received a …
Read More »Fulton County prosecutors decline to call Fani Willis to return for questioning
Fulton County prosecutors declined to call District Attorney Fani Willis to the witness stand for additional questioning Friday, after she forcefully defended herself and accused defense attorneys of lying as part of a bid to disqualify her and her office from prosecuting the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump. Lawyers representing Trump and several of his co-defendants …
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