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    SOLANO COUNTY, California (KOVR) — At least one Solano County Jail employee is on administrative leave after a partially written racial slur targeting the Black community was allegedly found taped on a wall, the Solano County Sheriff’s Office confirmed on Tuesday.

The slur was allegedly used as the answer in a game of “hangman,” a child’s word game in which players guess letters to reveal a word, according to Daily Republic, who first reported the story.

The sheriff’s office did not say where in the facility the word was found.

“We are aware of the incident and take these allegations seriously. It is under investigation, and the involved parties are on administrative leave pending its outcome,” a sheriff’s office spokesperson said.

The sheriff’s office did not specify how many people were on administrative leave.

“The alleged acts are contrary to the values we hold at the Sheriff’s Office and will not be tolerated if true,” the sheriff’s office said.

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By Jose Fabian

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    CALIFORNIA (KCAL/KCBS) — The California DMV on Tuesday said Tesla Motors faces a possible 30-day sale ban over its misleading use of the term “autopilot” in its marketing of electric vehicles.

On Nov. 20, an administrative judge ruled that Tesla Motors’ use of “autopilot ” and “full self-driving capability” was a misleading description of its “advanced driving assistant features,” and that it violated state law, the DMV said.

In their decision, the judge proposed suspending Tesla’s manufacturing and dealer license for 30 days. However, the DMV is giving Tesla 60 days to address its use of the term “autopilot” before temporarily suspending its dealer license.

“Tesla can take simple steps to pause this decision and permanently resolve this issue — steps autonomous vehicle companies and other automakers have been able to achieve in California’s nation-leading and supportive innovation marketplace,” DMV Director Steve Gordon said.

Tesla had already stopped its use of “full self-driving capability” and switched to “full self-driving (supervised)” after the DMV filed accusations against it in November 2023.

The DMV said its decision to file those accusations stretches back to Tesla’s 2021 marketing of its advanced driver assistance system. Besides the two terms, the DMV said it also took issue with the phrase, “The system is designed to be able to conduct short and long-distance trips with no action required by the person in the driver’s seat.”

“Vehicles equipped with those ADAS features could not at the time of those advertisements, and cannot now, operate as autonomous vehicles,” the DMV said.

As for the manufacturing license suspension, the DMV issued a permanent stay on that proposal.

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By DeJanay Booth-Singleton

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    FLINT, Michigan (WWJ) — A Flint, Michigan, man is heading to trial after the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Chicago intercepted firearm conversion kits from China.

According to the Genesee County Prosecutor’s Office, Chad Edward Walker, 24, is charged with receiving and concealing a stolen firearm, possession of methamphetamine, possession of a device that is intended to convert a semiautomatic firearm and three felony firearm charges.

The trial is scheduled for March 7, 2026, in the Genesee County Circuit Court.

Prosecutors say that on July 29, 2024, and Aug. 3, 2024, federal agents intercepted two packages at the Chicago O’Hare International Mail Branch that were being shipped to Walker. The packages, which included the manifested cargo description of “racing car assembly toys,” consisted of automatic pistol conversion and automatic AR conversion devices, according to a news release.

Police obtained a search warrant from the Genesee County Prosecutor’s Office, and the packages were delivered to Walker’s home under surveillance by the Flint Area Narcotics Group. Authorities executed a search warrant at Walker’s home and found the packages, one of which was in the attic.

Authorities also uncovered a stolen Glock pistol and methamphetamine pills on top of the refrigerator, according to the prosecutor’s office.

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By Bri Buckley

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    SUNRISE, Florida (WFOR) — A tow truck driver is facing felony charges after towing a car away with a young girl still inside.

Surveillance video provided to CBS News Miami showed the moment a tow truck quickly pulled up to take a blue car away on Sunday in Sunrise.

In the video, a man believed to be the owner of the car was seen frantically running up and yelling at the driver to stop because his 4-year-old daughter was inside, according to the arrest report from the Sunrise Police Department.

He told police that he went to the Bistro Creole Restaurant on West Oakland Park Boulevard for just two minutes, when the tow truck began to take his car. That’s when he ran out and chased after the tow truck.

According to the police report, he saw his daughter fall out of the car, and he ran into traffic to get her to safety.

The driver of the tow truck, identified as 34-year-old Sergio Suarez, was arrested for child neglect without great bodily harm.

“This one stood out to me; he towed a vehicle allegedly without checking whether or not there was anyone in the vehicle, and there was a child in the vehicle, who then had to jump out of the vehicle in the middle of the road,” said Judge Corey Friedman.

Suarez appeared in bond court on Monday. His lawyer defended him, claiming he and his colleague checked the car three times, and he was “at a loss” as to where the neglect charge came from.

According to the report, police called the tow company, All-Ways Towing in Pembroke Park, to ask Suarez to come back to the scene. When he did, he dropped the car off away from the officers and tried to leave the scene again. He was pulled over by police a short time later.

“It doesn’t make sense to me if a 4-year-old had to jump out of the vehicle and had injuries that anybody checked the vehicle because they would have been able to see a 4-year-old,” Friedman said.

The girl had minor injuries on her arms and legs and was taken to the hospital to get checked out.

Multiple witnesses saw the whole thing happen, according to the police report.

“I wanted to tear up. I have nieces and nephews; anything can happen. Thank God the little girl made it home safe, safe to her family,” said Aidan, of Coral Springs.

CBS News Miami reached out to All-Ways Towing and was told no comment.

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    NEW YORK (WCBS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul said she’s reached an agreement with the state New York State Legislature to sign a “Medical Aid in Dying” bill, also known as MAID. It’s also known as “physician-assisted suicide.”

The measure would give terminally ill adults who have less than six months to live an option to have a doctor prescribe them a lethal medication mixture.

It was initially passed in June. Hochul says, under the agreement she’s reached with the legislature, several new provisions will be added to the version she will sign. The revised version is expected to be passed and signed next month, and will take effect six months later.

Similar measures are already legal in 11 states, including New Jersey, as well as Washington, D.C.

The additions being added to the bill include a five day waiting period between when the prescription for the lethal medication is written and when it is filled, a requirement for an audio or video recording by the patient requesting medical aid in dying, a mental health evaluation of the patient, barring any financial beneficiary from serving as a witness to the request for MAID, and more.

“New York has long been a beacon of freedom, and now it is time we extend that freedom to terminally ill New Yorkers who want the right to die comfortably and on their own terms,” Hochul said. “My mother died of ALS, and I am all too familiar with the pain of seeing someone you love suffer and being powerless to stop it. Although this was an incredibly difficult decision, I ultimately determined that with the additional guardrails agreed upon with the legislature, this bill would allow New Yorkers to suffer less–to shorten not their lives, but their deaths.”

State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal called the agreement historic.

“This agreement on Medical Aid in Dying is a monumental victory for every New Yorker who has wished to peacefully end their suffering from a terminal illness,” Hoylman-Sigal said.

“This issue has always been deeply personal for me. My sister died a horrific death from ovarian cancer, and in her final days she was in pain so overwhelming that she begged for death. Her experience is, tragically, the story of so many others,” said Assemblyman Amy Paulin, who sponsored the bill. “Most people will never choose medical aid in dying, but they want the reassurance of having it as a compassionate safeguard that offers comfort even if it is never used.”

The measure has opposition.

“We are extraordinarily troubled by Governor Hochul’s announcement that she will sign the egregious bill passed by the legislature earlier this year sanctioning physician-assisted suicide in New York State. This new law signals our government’s abandonment of its most vulnerable citizens, telling people who are sick or disabled that suicide in their case is not only acceptable, but is encouraged by our elected leaders,” the New York State Catholic Conference said in a statement. “Tragically, this new law will seriously undermine all of the anti-suicide and mental health care investments Governor Hochul has made through her tenure. How can any society have credibility to tell young people or people with depression that suicide is never the answer, while at the same time telling elderly and sick people that it is a compassionate choice to be celebrated?”

“The New York Alliance Against Assisted Suicide unequivocally opposes this legislation and urges the Governor to reverse course. This bill is fundamentally flawed and must be rejected in its entirety,” the group said in a statement. “Even with changes, this legislation would still single out disabled and terminally ill New Yorkers for radically different treatment than other individuals experiencing suicidal ideation. It would still transform physicians into facilitators of suicide. It would still undermine medical transparency by requiring false reporting on death certificates. And it would still abandon the state’s responsibility to protect people at their most vulnerable moments.”

“New York should be investing in palliative care, mental health services, suicide prevention, and support for patients and families — not authorizing the state to facilitate suicide. Assisted suicide must be vetoed. No amendments are acceptable,” the statement went on to say.

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