San Francisco firefighters rescue person trapped inside garbage truck

CNN Newsource on September 2, 2026

By Carlos E. Castañeda

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    SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A person trapped inside a garbage truck in San Francisco was rescued early Wednesday morning, the fire department said.

The incident happened near the Powell Street BART station. The San Francisco Fire Department said crews were dispatched at 4:11 a.m. to a report of a person trapped inside a Recology garbage truck on Mason Street near Eddy Street. The truck driver had been flagged down and told there was someone yelling from inside the garbage area of the truck, the department said.

It was unclear if the male person was sleeping in a dumpster when he was picked up and dropped into the truck’s trash compactor. More than 20 firefighters spent more than an hour working to remove all the garbage piled on top of the victim and extricate him from the truck. The person appeared limp when he was finally pulled out, but was conscious and speaking with firefighters. He was taken to the hospital and his condition was unknown.

One firefighter was also slightly injured with a laceration that required stitches.

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Livingston County Flock cameras pulled down after vandalism

CNN Newsource on September 2, 2026

By Elaine Rojas-Castillo

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    LIVINGSTON COUNTY, Michigan (WWJ) — The Flock cameras are now coming down across Livingston County.

Livingston County Sheriff Michael Murphy says about six have been damaged, costing his office about $5,000 so far.

“Some of them were just cut down. Some of them looked like they had a baseball bat taken to them, but they were inoperable,” said Murphy.

Murphy says taxpayers are footing that bill, and he doesn’t want to keep paying to repair them.

“We’ve solved homicides, we’ve solved armed robberies, we’ve solved petty theft, stolen vehicles, I can’t tell you how many, guns we’ve taken off the street, drugs we’ve taken off the street as a result of these,” said Murphy.

But as the sheriff defends the technology, some state lawmakers say Michigan needs rules governing how license plate data is used.

“Some of my constituents probably love us to just ban them, but we know that they do have a benefit when used properly. So, plus, there’s no appetite for banning in the legislature right now,” said state Rep. Jimmie Wilson Jr. (D-Ypsilanti). Wilson is behind house legislation that would require most license plate data to be deleted after 30 days and limit who can access it.

In the Senate, Republican Sen. Jim Runestad is pushing his own bill that would set a 14-day retention limit in most cases.

“Currently, there’s no rule; you can keep it forever. That’s not necessary in most cases. Fourteen days is sufficient. If law enforcement could persuade the committee that we need 30, well, we can look at that, but right now, there’s nothing,” said Runestad (R-White Lake).

While Murphy says the removal is temporary, his office is now looking at whether the cameras can be placed higher, hardened against damage, or even monitored by other cameras before they go back up.

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Dallas Cowboys legend Emmitt Smith accused of defrauding company out of $2.5 million

CNN Newsource on September 2, 2026

By Matthew Ablon

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    DALLAS (KTVT) — Former Dallas Cowboy great Emmitt Smith is facing a lawsuit in a Delaware court, accusing him of defrauding a Native American tribally-owned company over a solar farm project in Texas.

The lawsuit, obtained by CBS News Texas, claims Smith worked with two other men – identified as David Mosley and Darrel Wilson – to obtain a $2.5 million loan from Kituwah, LLC, under the pretense of obtaining an interest in the project. Kituwah is an agency that invests in business opportunities for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. It is headquartered in Cherokee, North Carolina, located about 170 miles northwest of Charlotte.

What does Kituwah claim? The suit claims Smith and Mosley obtained the money in 2023 by forming a joint venture between Kituwah and their own company, 4 13 Solutions, for the loan. Smith and Mosley allegedly further promised to transfer the interest in the solar farm project back to the joint venture and ultimately repay Kituwah’s money. Instead, Kituwah claims Smith and Mosley used the funds to improperly pay Wilson Holdings, a company owned by Wilson. Wilson’s company had partnered with them before and, according to the suit, the payout was compensation for prior unsuccessful loans and investments that it made with 4 13 Holdings. All the while, the suit claims Smith and Mosley told Kituwah they were using Kituwah’s loan properly.

Further, the suit claims Smith and Mosley pressured Kituwah into granting the loan by inventing false offers from other investors and claiming that the company they were seeking to invest in was ready to walk away.

Kituwah’s lawsuit further claims that those false offers led it to form a new limited liability company, incorporated in Delaware, called Jabez 4 10. The company was formed together with 4 13 Solutions and Wilson Holdings. The loan’s funds were directed to Jabez.

However, Kituwah claims 4 13 Solutions had sole access to and total control over Jabez’s accounts through Smith and Mosely, and that the pair took the proceeds, claiming the money would be used to convey the ownership interests in the solar farm project. Instead, Kituwah claims 4 13 Solutions stopped participating in Jabez and abandoned promised efforts to obtain a loan from the Department of Energy to provide permanent financing. The promised solar farm, however, never materialized by the end of 2024, according to the suit. 4 13 Solutions also allegedly had not made any progress in acquiring the rights for the project.

Has any money been repaid? Kituwah’s suit claims the loan was due on Feb. 1, 2024, and that notices were sent to Jabez and 4 13 Solutions. A response was allegedly never provided; Kituwah claims its repayment demands were simply ignored. This prompted Kituwah to investigate, which found that “4 13 Solutions’ representations were part of Smith’s and Mosley’s scheme to cheat Kituwah out of $2.5 million,” likening it to a Ponzi scheme.

Kituwah’s suit further claims that a letter from Darrel Wilson admitted that Jabez had promised to pay his company $2.5 million once the solar farm project secured “permanent financing.” However, the company claims Wilson also admitted in that letter that the repayment condition never happened. Kituwah also alleges that Wilson admitted he didn’t know what triggered the payment.

What does Kituwah want? Kituwah’s suit says it wants to take the case to trial. The company wants the $2.5 million back, plus interest, costs, and expenses, along with anything else determined at the trial. It also wants Smith, Mosley, and Wilson to pay its attorney’s fees, costs, and expenses incurred in the investigation and in bringing the issue to court, along with any other relief the court deems proper.

CBS News Texas is working to reach out to Smith for comment.

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Homicide investigation launched in Frankfort, Illinois, after 2-year-old killed, mother hospitalized

CNN Newsource on September 2, 2026

By Darius Johnson, Sabrina Franza, Elyssa Kaufman

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    FRANKFORT, Illinois (WBBM) — Police in Frankfort, Illinois, have launched a homicide investigation after a 2-year-old child died and their mother was hospitalized after trying to self-harm.

Frankfort police said officers were called to a home in the 22700 block of Brook Stone Court around 4 p.m. Tuesday after a 17-year-old girl called 911 for help.

When they arrived, officers found a 2-year-old being given CPR by the teenager. The toddler was taken to a local hospital where they were later pronounced dead.

As officers searched the home, police said they found the child’s mother attempting to harm herself. She was also taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Neighbors were deeply shaken as police surrounded the home in crime scene tape and began an investigation that lasted nearly a full 24 hours.

“It’s very quiet in Frankfort,” said neighbor Melvin Woods, Jr. “I mean, you rarely hear about anything of this sort, so it’s a bit much.”

The relationship between the teen who found the toddler unresponsive and the family is not immediately clear; neighbors said four young children lived in the home. “This is just absolutely heartbreaking to understand,” said neighbor Carolyn Pappas. “What happened a couple blocks away, and that it’s impacting our community.”

The exact circumstances surrounding the toddler’s death were not immediately known. The Will County Coroner’s Office said they performed an autopsy Wednesday and the child’s death was the result of an apparent homicide, though final manner and cause of death are pending autopsy, toxicology and police reports. Frankfort police said they believe it was a domestic-related homicide and they are investigating it as such.

The Illinois Department of Child and Family Services told CBS News Chicago they have not had prior contact with the family until Tuesday. The agency said they are now involved in the investigation.

No one has yet been charged with a crime. The identity of the child and the mother have not yet been released. “It’s gut-wrenching. To understand that a little 2-year-old could be the victim of such a horrific event just makes us very sad,” Pappas said. “It just makes us very sad and devastated for the family, and devastated for those children.”

The homicide investigation by Frankfort Police is ongoing with assistance from the Will Grundy Major Crimes task force.

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NYC officials ban AI in the classroom until high school

CNN Newsource on September 2, 2026

By Marcia Kramer, Doug Williams, Alexa Herrera

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    NEW YORK CITY (WCBS) — Artificial intelligence will be banned in New York City public schools until students reach high school.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels made the announcement Wednesday, establishing a one-year moratorium on generative AI for children in 2-K through eighth grade.

Nearly 600,000 students, or two-thirds of the system’s total enrollment, will be affected. This includes all software that uses student-facing generative AI, including companion chatbots, according to education officials.

“Children need teachers and human connection in order to learn and grow. They need to develop skills alongside their peers, build relationships with educators and wrestle with tough problems on their own,” Mamdani said. “The tech industry wants us to believe that AI-powered early education is not only inevitable, but necessary. We do not see it that way.

“Just because technology is everywhere doesn’t mean it belongs everywhere,” the mayor added. “We are finally creating a policy for the entirety of our public school system.”

There will also be twice-yearly AI critical thinking modules implemented for high schoolers and limited AI pilots for a small number of high school classrooms. There will be limits on how much time all students will be able to spend on screens, depending on the grade level.

Educators will also face restrictions, as teachers will not be able to use AI to grade assignments. Teachers can still use it for instructional planning and operational tasks, officials said. The United Federation of Teachers released a statement in favor of the screen time limitation, but added the policy “leaves many questions unanswered,” adding, “Missing are details about how the Department of Education will be more aggressive in demanding the products it purchases have AI safeguards.”

The mayor said 38 current DOE programs are being cut or altered from curriculums due to their AI usage, but City Hall and education officials may not know of all the programs being used by students.

“Schools often purchase products that are not through a citywide contract. They’re school-level, individual, smaller purchases,” said Michael Elsen-Rooney, of Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization that covers education.

Over the next school year, a coalition of students, parents, educators, elected officials and others will meet to assess the impact of the moratorium. The plan comes as a reversal from what City Hall and education officials were saying about AI less than six months ago.

“The announcement that was made in the spring was intended to be the beginning of a conversation,” Mamdani said.

Many parents voiced their concerns about the use of AI in schools in May, when the Department of Education was finalizing its plan to develop a formal AI policy.

Some parents feared the damage was already done, while others were concerned about the tools that many of them don’t yet understand.

Wednesday’s announcement comes just days before the Sept. 10 start of the new school year in the city.

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Man accused of stabbing wife in the back while she slept, Miami-Dade deputies say

CNN Newsource on September 2, 2026

By Steven Yablonski

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    MIAMI DADE COUNTY, Florida (WFOR) — A 75-year-old man was arrested Tuesday after he walked into his bedroom while his wife slept and began to repeatedly stab her in the back, according to information from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.

Pratapsinh Thakor now faces charges of attempted felony murder causing injury and domestic violence battery causing harm, according to an arrest form.

The MDSO said that around 1 a.m. Tuesday, Thakor walked into his bedroom and began to stab his wife.

When she woke up, police said she was begging him to stop the attack. Investigators said she was able to somehow get the knife away from him, but he continued his vicious attack and began to punch her with a closed fist.

The victim was able to get away and call police for help, and authorities said that when police arrived, they found Thakor outside and holding his wife by her hair.

Thakor was taken into custody, and his wife was rushed to a hospital to be treated for lacerations to her back and arm, and a punctured lung, according to the arrest form.

Thakor was arrested and charged.

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Florida man found naked in private swimming pool bites deputy at Keys hospital, authorities say

CNN Newsource on September 2, 2026

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    MONROE COUNTY, Florida (WFOR) — A Florida man is facing charges after deputies say he was found naked in a private swimming pool in the Florida Keys on Tuesday and then bit one of them after he was taken to a local hospital, authorities say.

Rochan Rock Jean, 24, of Tavernier, faces charges of battery on a law enforcement officer and criminal mischief, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies said they were called to a neighborhood on 52nd Street in Marathon around 12:45 p.m. regarding a naked man walking around in public, and they were able to eventually find Jean trespassing naked in a swimming pool on private property.

Jean was combative during the encounter and deputies said they used a Taser to take him into custody. He was transported to Fishermen’s Hospital, where he bit a deputy on the arm.

That deputy, who wasn’t identified, required medical attention at the hospital.

This incident was the second time deputies dealt with Jean that day.

Earlier Tuesday, the sheriff’s office was called to a Marathon business after Jean, who was clothed at the time, was reported acting strangely. The business asked that he be trespassed from the property.

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3 deputies, Georgia corrections special agent arrested for alleged misuse of Flock cameras

CNN Newsource on September 2, 2026

By Dan Raby

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    ATLANTA (WUPA) — Four more law enforcement officers across Georgia have been arrested in connection with the misuse of their agencies’ Flock license plate readers, authorities say.

The arrests span across the central and northern part of the state and involve three deputies and a Georgia Department of Corrections special agent in charge.

According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, 40-year-old Clayton County Deputy Errol Farrell Jr. and 45-year-old GDC Special Agent in Charge Robert “Bobby” Michael Keim are both charged with misuse of a license plate reader system.

Investigators say both men are accused of using their agencies’ camera systems for non-law enforcement purposes and were arrested on Tuesday. Farrell was booked into the Clayton County Jail. Keim was booked into the Putnam County Jail.

Richmond County deputies accused of Flock misuse The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office announced on Tuesday that it arrested Inv. Sean Morrow and Deputy Jose Ferrer after an investigation into the alleged misuse of its systems. Both Morrow and Ferrer are accused of using the system for personal reasons.

Morrow and Ferrer were charged with misuse of license plate readers and violation of their oath of office and were booked into the Charles B. Webster Detention Center.

“The investigation further determined that both deputies’ actions violated multiple Richmond County Sheriff’s Office policies, including the unauthorized access and misuse of law enforcement databases and information systems, conduct unbecoming a member of the Sheriff’s Office, and the ethical obligations associated with the Oath of Office,” the sheriff’s office wrote on Facebook. “Sheriff Eugene Brantley remains committed to ensuring the integrity and accountability of every member of the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office. Allegations of misconduct are thoroughly investigated, and employees found to have violated the law or agency policy will be held accountable.”

Both deputies have since been fired from the agency.

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Former Baltimore County soccer coach indicted on more counts of child sexual abuse

CNN Newsource on September 2, 2026

By Michelle Richardson

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    BALTIMORE COUNTY, Maryland (WJZ) — A former soccer coach in Baltimore County who was previously arrested on multiple counts of child sex abuse has been indicted on multiple additional charges.

According to court records obtained by CBS News Baltimore, Roberto Garcia of Reisterstown, Maryland, has been indicted on six additional felony counts of sexual abuse of a minor, and two additional charges of third degree attempted sexual offense of a individual who is physically helpless or mentally incapacitated.

Garcia was previously arrested on four counts of sexual solicitation of a minor, three counts of indent exposure to a minor, two counts of displaying obscene material to a minor and one count of continuously sexually abusing a minor.

Police said an extensive investigation was conducted by detectives assigned to the Baltimore County Police Department Crimes Against Children Unit (CACU) before the warrant was issued in June. Garcia was first arrested in early August.

“Since January of 2026, Baltimore County detectives have received multiple reports of alleged sexual misconduct involving Garcia and male juveniles between the ages of 10 and 15,” said police in a statement provided to CBS News Baltimore.

Garcia had been a soccer coach for “multiple private organizations” the statement said and from 2017-2020 he coached soccer at Perry Hall High School. An Instagram post from last year showed he also coached at the Pipeline Soccer Club.

Charging describe alleged abuse In the initial charging documents, details of the sexual abuse are made public and they involved two boys who were 13 years-old at the time.

According to the charging documents, some of the allegations occurred when Garcia was traveling with the team.

The first victim told police that Garcia allegedly touched him inappropriately when they were in Florida for a tournament. The actions allegedly continued when they were back in Maryland at a Chipotle restaurant, where Garcia allegedly tried to bribe the victim with food if he touched himself.

The documents also alleged similar incidents happened during a team trip to Pennsylvania, where Garcia allegedly showed the victim pornography and pressured him to masturbate in front of him.

Another player allegedly Garcia offered him money to take his pants off during a trip to Seattle.

Garcia’s next court appearance is set for September 11.

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70-year-old man, pastor charged with multiple child sex crimes

CNN Newsource on September 2, 2026

By Chloe Godding

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    LINN COUNTY, Kansas (KMBC) — A 70-year-old Kansas man and pastor has been arrested and charged in connection with multiple sex crimes involving a minor victim.

Wade Booth was arrested in Linn County, Kansas, on four counts of child sex crimes including aggravated incest and aggravated intimidation of a witness/victim.

The incident or incidents occurred between Jan. 1, 2026, and July 31, 2026, according to a criminal complaint.

The most serious of the four counts that Booth is facing could result in a minimum of 55 months in prison and a maximum of 247 months if Booth is convicted.

Booth is listed on the website of the First Baptist Church of Pleasanton, Kansas, as its pastor. According to the biography posted, Booth has served in the role since 2007, and for decades before that, was involved in leadership roles with churches around the region.

Booth made his first appearance in court Wednesday and is due back for a preliminary hearing on Sept. 15.

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