Month: October 2026

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    SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — A community prayer vigil is scheduled Friday evening to honor Sha’Michal Russell, 13, who was killed while shielding his younger sister from gunfire.

The event will focus on comfort, healing, and action following the tragedy. The vigil is set for 6 p.m. at 6725 Buncombe Road in Shreveport.

Sha’Michal was shot and killed Monday night at the Olde Salem Village Apartments. According to his family, the teenager used his body to shield his little sister from bullets while they were playing outside in a shooting that also left a 2-year-old and a 17-year-old injured.

Authorities announced Wednesday that Javieon Abbott, 19, has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in connection with Russell’s killing. On Thursday he was also charged with two counts of attempted second-degree murder. He is being held at the Caddo Correctional Center on a $1 million bond.

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By Juliegrace Brufke | Quincy News Correspondent

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    Washington (Quincy News) — Market Recap

U.S. stocks eked out gains Thursday after Treasury yields retreated from their highest levels in more than two decades. The Dow rose 0.04% to 50,926.56, the S&P 500 gained 0.19% to 7,666.45 and the Nasdaq Composite added 0.04% to 26,871.60. All three major indexes remain on pace for weekly losses.

The 10-year Treasury yield climbed as high as 5.342%, its highest level since 2002, before falling back toward 5.24% as buyers returned to the bond market and several Federal Reserve officials signaled patience on another rate hike. Oil moved sharply higher Thursday, with Brent crude settling at $102.31 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate at $92.87 amid renewed concerns about Middle East supply disruptions.

Today’s Focus

Friday is jobs day. The Labor Department releases its September employment report at 8:30 a.m. ET. The Dow Jones consensus calls for about 84,000 new jobs, down from 162,000 in August, with the unemployment rate holding at 4.1%. The report will be closely watched for signs that the labor market is strengthening or weakening as the Fed considers its next move on interest rates.

Markets were pointing higher ahead of the report, with S&P 500 and Dow futures up about 0.5% and Nasdaq-100 futures up roughly 0.8% in early trading. The 10-year Treasury yield was near 5.24%. Markets are now pricing in roughly a three-in-four chance that the Fed leaves rates unchanged at its October meeting.

Oil also reversed sharply overnight. Brent fell below $100 a barrel and WTI dropped toward $89.50 as European Union countries discussed a French proposal for additional releases of diesel reserves, along with a potential coordinated release of crude stocks by International Energy Agency members.

ON THE SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2026

– 8:30 a.m. ET – September employment report: nonfarm payrolls, unemployment and average hourly earnings

– 10:00 a.m. ET – August factory orders

– 10:00 a.m. ET – Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan gives welcoming remarks at a Dallas Fed workshop on the macroeconomic implications of migration

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By Cecilio Padilla

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    SAN FRANCISCO, California (KPIX) — A series of underground vault eruptions in downtown San Francisco prompted evacuations, an expanded shelter-in-place order and a power outage Thursday morning, fire officials said.

The San Francisco Fire Department responded just after 6 a.m. near California and Front streets after smoke was reported coming from several underground vaults. Earlier reports had described the incident as a vault fire.

SFFD said four vaults in the area have since experienced eruptions, all contained to the vaults themselves.

The immediate area has been evacuated and surrounding streets cordoned off while firefighters, police and PG&E work under a unified command.

The shelter-in-place order has been expanded to the 100-300 blocks of both California and Front streets.

A power outage is also affecting the area, and PG&E is shutting off additional power as crews work to make the scene safe. Fire officials said that will affect more nearby buildings.

PG&E told officials it anticipated resolving the incident around 9:30 a.m.

No injuries have been reported.

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By Laurie Perez

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    MONTROSE, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A remarkable twist of fortune in an unfortunate situation led to two lives being saved in one night this weekend.

The Montrose Search and Rescue Team said they headed up the Angeles Crest Highway on Sunday after receiving an iPhone SOS message from a solo hiker who had no idea where he was.

“He was completely lost, like 15 miles away from where he thought he was,” Reserve Deputy Mike Leum said. “He had been hiking for over 12 hours. All of it in the wrong direction.”

Three units hit the road, urgency rising with nightfall, when another call came in. A motorcyclist had collided with a car about five miles ahead of them.

Leum and Reserve Deputy Sean Morrisroe arrived at the scene first.

“It was very dark, very chaotic, debris all over the road,” Morrisroe said.

The deputies said the biker lost a lot of blood after his leg was partially amputated, and time was running out to save his life. They quickly tied a tourniquet to stem the bleeding.

“He was getting very pale and cold,” Morrisroe said. “It was just by God’s grace that we got the call out for the hiker, and we were five minutes away from the accident.”

The deputies said that had they not been there, a Los Angeles County Fire Department crew would have responded from 35 minutes away.

“He didn’t have 15 minutes, definitely not 20,” Leum said.

Instead, the team was able to call for the LA County Fire helicopter.

“That person’s bleeding was so extreme that without that tourniquet getting applied as quickly as it was, things would have been a lot different,” said Jay Balagna, a member of Montrose Search and Rescue.

Once the biker was loaded on, the helicopter crew flew four minutes to the hospital.

The search-and-rescue teams continued onto the original call, finding the lost hiker off the Rincon Red Box Fire Road, where he told them he’d started hiking that morning in Sierra Madre.

He was dehydrated but otherwise fine.

“There’s a whole lot of issues with his lack of preparedness and he felt badly, and he was very apologetic,” Leum said. “I told him, ‘If you hadn’t hit the SOS 911, we wouldn’t have been activated. We wouldn’t have been in a place where we were able to save that motorcyclist.”

Luck, fate or divine intervention, the volunteers at Montrose Search and Rescue said whatever happened led them to two people in danger on Sunday. They said it reaffirmed that whenever they show up for work, they are exactly where they need to be.

“The fact that we were on our way to that lost hiker and happened to be just short of them on the same road was miraculous,” Balagna said.

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By Matthew Rodriguez

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    CULVER CITY, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A Culver City bus driver was shot and killed by a passenger on Thursday.

The Los Angeles Police Department said the shooting happened at about 5:15 p.m. near the intersection of South Centinela and Mitchell Avenues in Mar Vista. Investigators said there were four people on the bus, including the driver and suspect.

Witnesses told officers that the passenger argued with the bus driver about missing a turn before pulling a gun out of a backpack and shooting the driver.

The roughly 40-year-old driver was taken to the hospital, where he later died, according to police.

Investigators said the suspect ran off the bus and grabbed his bicycle after the shooting. He was gone when police arrived.

Officers closed off the road as they continue their investigation.

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By Matthew Rodriguez, Chelsea Hylton

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    CATALINA ISLAND, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Three people died and two more were hospitalized after a medical helicopter crashed off the coast of Catalina Island on Wednesday night.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department said it dispatched helicopters and divers at around 7:50 p.m. on Wednesday, shortly after receiving the initial reports of the crash. Five people were aboard the flight, which was transporting a woman seeking additional medical treatment on the mainland, according to LA County Fire.

Rescue crews found four of the passengers immediately after the crash.

The pilot and a nurse were declared dead at the scene, according to the LA County Sheriff’s Department. The two others, a medic and another man, were flown to the Ronald Reagan Medical Center at UCLA.

Recovery crews located the final person’s body, the patient seeking further medical treatment, at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.

The U.S. Coast Guard, LA County Fire and the LA County Sheriff’s Department spent nearly 24 hours searching for the woman and the wreckage.

During a news conference earlier on Thursday, LA County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said dive teams located the helicopter resting on the ocean floor, 218 feet below sea level. Shortly after, LA County Sheriff Robert Luna said crews were not sure if the woman’s body was still in the helicopter. He added that divers were hoping to find the woman alive but that it was “highly unlikely.”

The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate what caused the crash and said the helicopter that went down was a Eurocopter EC 135 P2.

The helicopter belonged to Reach Air Medical Services, according to the LA County Sheriff’s Department.

Flight tracking data showed a Reach Air Medical Services helicopter taking off from Oceanside in San Diego County at 6:40 p.m. and landing on Catalina Island at 7:04 p.m.

LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn said she is heartbroken for the families of the people who lost their lives in the crash.

“The people onboard this helicopter dedicated their careers to saving lives,” Hahn wrote in a statement. “They are heroes, and this is a terrible loss not just for Catalina but for our County.”

A Reach spokesperson said the company was grieving the loss of their colleagues and offered their condolences to their families on Thursday.

“We are heartbroken by the tragic helicopter accident involving a REACH Air Medical Services aircraft. This is an incredibly difficult situation, and our hearts are with everyone affected by this tragedy,” the spokesperson wrote.

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By Chierstin Roth

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    DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — Denver Water is in the process of replacing lead pipes they say could contaminate water. The lead reduction project began in 2020, and the water provider says it’s more than 60% complete.

That includes both residential homes and businesses. It’s a move that’s beneficial for everyone’s health, but one business says construction could cost them thousands of dollars.

The Monkey Barrel, located in Denver’s Sunnyside neighborhood, opens at 11 a.m., serving up food and drinks seven days a week.

“We should have a say in when we have to open our business and close our business,” said owner Jimmy Nigg.

But this upcoming Monday they’ll likely be closed.

“They made the decision that any business that needs to have their lines replaced is going to have to shut down for the day,” Nigg explained.

Denver Water has hired a contractor to replace lead pipes in the area. However, Nigg says in order to do that, he was told he must close down for an entire day.

“It could be anywhere from $3,000 to $5,000 in lost revenue, and it’s also revenue or also hours that my employees are going to lose.”

He says the cost doesn’t stop there. He’s required to hire a company to remove an ice bin that will cost an additional $500.

“The ice bins are connected to all the soda guns, so it’s a very complicated piece of equipment. You can’t just move it out of the way.”

And the work is scheduled to take place first thing Monday morning.

“We received a letter from Denver Water informing us that if we didn’t comply with the contractor and that we didn’t approve the work, that they were going to shut our water off completely.”

CBS Colorado reached out to Denver Water about the issue earlier this week. They said they “understand that construction is impactful and we work with businesses and other customers as much as possible to minimize inconvenience. In this case, we have been working with this customer to identify potential accommodations and help with their concerns as best we can, and we will continue to do so …”

However, Nigg says he spoke with them afterward and nothing changed.

“It’s still not being handled properly,” he said.

In fact, he says it’s gotten worse. Any damage to the walls or floor tiles from construction will be on him to fix, leaving The Monkey Barrel in a situation he believes isn’t fair.

“We’re at the mercy of Denver Water right now.”

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By Paula Wethington

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    EATON COUNTY, Michigan (WWJ) — Disgraced former physician and convicted sex offender Larry Nassar is among the more than 20,000 people whose names have been removed from the Michigan Sex Offender Registry list, the Eaton County (Michigan) Prosecutor’s Office said.

The registry is meant to “assist the public” with preventing future criminal sexual acts by convicted sex offenders, the Michigan State Police say. A typical entry includes their legal name, a photo of the person, their primary address, their work address, age, physical description, and the court that has the records of the relevant criminal conviction.

Nassar is serving multiple prison sentences that will last decades for crimes of sexual abuse and child pornography, making it unlikely he will be released before he dies.

The Michigan Supreme Court ruled on Sept. 9 that amendments issued in 2021 to the Sex Offender Registration Act cannot be used to retroactively require registration due to older incidents. As a result, the Michigan State Police recently purged thousands of individuals whose crimes happened before July 1, 2011, from the database.

The Eaton County Prosecutor’s Office said one of those removed was Nassar, providing a screen image of the name search in its social media conversation on the topic.

“His conduct occurred before 2011 despite his convictions coming after,” the prosecutor’s office said.

The Eaton County Prosecutor’s Office also listed other offenders its office had prosecuted over sexual assault of minors, where the registration requirement was lifted. The Supreme Court could have applied a different interpretation upon hearing the case, the prosecutor’s office claimed, and allowed for certain sex offenders to remain on the list.

While the effectiveness of such lists “can be debated,” the prosecutor’s office said, “that should occur in the legislature, not by decision of the court.”

The Eaton County prosecutor is Doug Lloyd, who is the Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general in the Nov. 3 election.

The Larry Nassar investigation The Larry Nassar investigation gained national attention, given the dozens of women who spoke up at court hearings or other events regarding his conduct, his connection to the national gymnastics team, and the civil lawsuits that resulted.

Nassar was a team doctor for the USA Gymnastics Team, which trains the country’s Olympic participants, until 2014, and team physician at Michigan State University until 2016.

A former gymnast made the initial report that led to a months-long investigation and, eventually, multiple state and federal charges, including cases stemming from Ingham County and Eaton County. The accusations involved sexual assault of women and girls who were in his care.

During one of the court hearings that resulted, Nassar said the actions he took against the gymnasts were against medical protocols and done for his personal satisfaction alone.

Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina called him “possibly the most prolific serial child sex abuser in history” during sentencing for one of the cases that resulted.

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