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    LOS ANGELES, California (KCAL, KCBS) — The California Department of Transportation is crafting a permit-only network of freeway lanes and streets for athletes, coaches and officials during the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.

While Caltrans is still ironing out the details, the “Games Route Network” will allow official LA28 vehicles to use freeway carpool lanes and some local streets exclusively.

“That was part of the bid package,” said Juan Matute, a researcher for UCLA Transportation. “In order to get the Olympic Games, Los Angeles and other cities have to offer an exclusive network.”

The network will consist of 369 miles of roadways, 236 on freeways and 134 on local streets, all of which lead from the Olympic Village to the competition sites scattered around LA County, according to a map published by the Southern California Association of Governments.

It includes major roads including Sunset Boulevard near UCLA, where the Olympic athletes will be staying for multiple weeks during the games. MoveLA community advocate Eli Lipman said the network would help create consistency for athletes on a strict Olympic schedule.

“If they’re late, or if they’re not getting the nutrients that they need to perform at the highest level, that’s the difference between winning gold and maybe not even qualifying,” he said.

Experts said the permit-only roadways are meant to keep Olympic traffic away from regular cars and could work, especially if most fans take Metro buses and shuttles, which will also get their own dedicated lanes.

“Having a network that kind of operates like the Games Route Network is going to be, I think, the antidote for the gridlock,” Matute said.

Blue “LA28” labels on freeway and street signs will designate the permit-only lanes and exits to Olympic venues. Experts are hopeful that the plan may not be needed at all after seeing a dip in traffic during the 2026 World Cup.

“The transit worked. Everything worked,” said Joshua Schank, a transportation expert with InfraStrategies. “I think that gave a boost to the idea that maybe transit could play a bigger role in the future of Los Angeles.”

Drivers without a permit caught in the exclusive lanes could face fines of nearly $300.

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    DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — A woman involved in a hit-and-run incident in Denver last week believes the driver who struck her vehicle was Barry Morphew, the Colorado man currently charged with murdering his wife Suzanne Morphew.

Denver police have not confirmed the identity of the driver but a source close to the Morphew family who reviewed the Denver video told CBS Colorado he is certain the man depicted is Barry Morphew. Also, video of the encounter reviewed by CBS Colorado contains another potential connection to Morphew — an Indiana license plate that also appears in court records from his murder case.

Video shows driver leaving the area after refusing to provide ID The incident happened on Aug. 26 around 7:30 p.m. near East 8th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard.

Christina, the woman whose car was struck, said she and a friend were sitting in her vehicle outside CVS when she noticed a black Ford pickup closely following another vehicle and repeatedly honking. CBS Colorado is not including her last name in this report for safety reasons.

She pulled out her phone to record what was happening.

That’s when she said the pickup backed into her car.

Her video shows her repeatedly asking the driver for identification and insurance information. She said he refused to provide either.

“He didn’t tell me his name, didn’t give any insurance at all,” she said. “He was just trying to give me $300 cash.”

In the video, she can be heard telling the driver she does not feel comfortable accepting money and again asking for his insurance information. When she asks whether he has insurance, the man responds, “No, I don’t.”

The video also shows the man attempting to buff scratches from Christina’s vehicle while she continues trying to obtain his information.

“He ran away once we told him we were calling the cops,” she said.

Video shows the pickup quickly leaving the area and driving over a curb as it departs.

Christina remained at the scene and filed a police report when officers arrived.

Denver police told CBS Colorado Tuesday that the department could not confirm any suspect information.

Driver said she didn’t recognize the man during the encounter Christina said she did not recognize the man during the encounter. That changed the following day.

“I sent the video to my mom the next day, we were on the phone, and she recognized him immediately,” she said.

Her mother believed the man resembled Barry Morphew. Christina said she then searched for information about Morphew and looked at his publicly available booking photo.

“I almost, I almost passed out because that’s literally him,” Christina said.

Pickup displayed same license plate found in court records CBS Colorado found another potential connection while reviewing the video.

The black Ford pickup involved in the Denver incident displays Indiana license plate F397FR.

That exact plate number appears in court records in Morphew’s pending murder case.

In a prosecution filing opposing a request to reduce Morphew’s bond, prosecutors said investigators used license plate reader technology and determined Morphew had traveled in two different vehicles using Indiana plate F397FR between 2023 and 2025. Prosecutors said the vehicles traveled through several states.

CBS Colorado also reviewed surveillance video collected during the investigation into Suzanne Morphew’s disappearance that shows Barry Morphew exiting a dark-colored pickup similar in appearance to the truck seen in Christina’s video.

Murder suspect has restrictions on his movement Morphew is currently charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Suzanne, who disappeared in Chaffee County in 2020 and whose remains were found more than three years later. He has pleaded not guilty.

Morphew is currently free on a $3 million bond with restrictions on his movement.

According to his bond conditions, Morphew is GPS monitored and cannot leave his home except for a medical emergency, doctor’s appointment, legal matter or work. He surrendered his passport and is prohibited from leaving Colorado. His bond conditions also state he may drive only vehicles registered in his name.

The bond document warns that if Morphew fails to comply with his conditions, the court can revoke his release, increase his bail or modify his bond conditions.

CBS Colorado sent Morphew’s attorney an image from Christina’s video and requested comment and confirmation of whether the man depicted is his client. The attorney responded that he was working to obtain more information.

CBS Colorado also contacted the district attorney’s office prosecuting Morphew’s murder case. The office had not responded as of Tuesday evening.

“He hit two cars and drove off” Christina said learning who she believes she encountered made her more fearful, but she said she was concerned about the driver’s behavior before she had ever heard Morphew’s name.

During the incident, Christina said she was frightened by what she described as the driver’s aggressive behavior toward the other driver and his refusal to provide information after hitting her vehicle.

“Before I even knew who he was, I was like, I just want this man off the road because he is obviously very aggressive and cannot contain his anger,” Christina said. “He hit two cars and drove off.”

Denver police said their investigation remains ongoing.

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    OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Michigan (WWJ) — A 50-year-old worker was rescued nearly five hours after a trench collapse on Tuesday in Oxford Township.

Fire Chief Matt Majestic said that at about 3:45 p.m., first responders were called to the Brabb-Dewey subdivision, where a new sewer system was being installed. Majestic says the worker from the Swartz Creek area was walking alongside a trench when it “gave way,” causing him to fall in.

Majestic says the man fell next to a trench box, which he believes likely saved his life. The worker was trapped from the waist down, but was still able to communicate with authorities, Majestic said.

“He was in pretty good spirits, all things considered,” Majestic said of the worker during the rescue. “Upon my arrival, I was the safety officer and was on the east side of the trench with him and maintaining verbal contact with him, talking to him the whole time, and he was doing really well.”

“He could tell he was in a standing position. He could tell that he could move his toes inside his boots and everything was feeling good,” Majestic added.

Majestic says crews were able to get the man out of the trench at about 8:05 p.m. He says the man, who insisted on climbing up the ladder from the trench, was being airlifted to a hospital for evaluation.

No other injuries were reported, according to authorities.

“Our biggest concern is that because he was in soil for so long from the waist down, that we have concern of compression,” Majestic said.

Majestic says they initiated the Oakland County tech rescue team, resulting in a mutual-aid response from surrounding agencies. He says they installed panels around the man to prevent further soil from falling in and used a vactor truck to collect the soil.

Majestic says they reported the incident to the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

“Luckily, he’s out and alive,” he said.

Majestic says this is the third trench collapse in Oakland County in recent months.

On June 30, a 35-year-old Ira Township man was among the workers installing field tile for a septic system on Barber Road. The sheriff’s office says that when the man entered the trench, it collapsed, burying him in the soil. Twenty-four hours later, a 25-year-old Clarkston man became trapped after a trench collapsed at a subdivision that was under construction in Orion Township.

Both men were expected to survive.

During that time, another trench collapse occurred in Livingston County, where a 23-year-old man died from his injuries.

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    NORTHFIELD, Minnesota (WCCO) — A shipping company employee’s gut instinct saved a Minnesota woman from being scammed out of tens of thousands of dollars.

A woman tried mailing a package through Graphic Mailbox in Northfield last week when a staff member noticed something strange.

“She did seem kind of frantic, like, almost immediately,” Alice Castro, an employee at Graphic Mailbox, said. “She had very specific answers to every question that I asked her, almost as if she had been rehearsing it a little bit.”

The woman was also willing to pay $500 for an overnight shipment to Texas. She claimed her box was filled with cookbooks.

After Castro’s manager and the police got involved, they discovered the box was actually filled with $30,000 in cash. The woman was sending that money to strangers.

“They told her her accounts were hacked or something,” Terri Sim, manager at Graphic Mailbox, said. “She said, ‘You know I’ve never fallen for this type of thing before, but this time, I don’t know what it was; they were very convincing.’ I walked around the counter and gave her a hug and said, ‘It’s all going to be OK.'”

Since the package never went anywhere, the woman got all of her money back, including the $500 shipping fee.

Police say being asked to withdraw or ship large amounts of cash is one of the red flags they want people to watch out for; others include being asked for payment via gift cards and being told not to tell anyone about the payment. Police say you should talk to someone you trust before sending any money.

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    DILWORTH, Minnesota (WCCO) — A Minnesota teenager is being recognized for helping stop an alleged school shooting plot in Pennsylvania.

“The first thing she says to me is that she wants to shoot up her school, and I’m like, ‘What?'” said Isabel Mansfield.

That’s the shocking message Isabel Mansfield received on the online messaging platform Discord over the spring. The Dilworth, Minnesota, teen took a screenshot.

That’s when Isabel’s dad, Preston Mansfield, alerted authorities more than 1,100 miles away in Rostraver Township, Pennsylvania. Isabel Mansfield had gathered critical details, in particular, the high school being targeted.

“When Isabel first initially told me, it was, ‘OK, sure,'” Preston Mansfield said. “And then it got a little bit more serious.”

Police in Pennsylvania executed a search warrant at the home of a 15-year-old girl, finding concerning items and gear, including a replica handgun. Authorities believe the Pennsylvania teen intended to carry out her plan at her school, allegedly looking to recruit others to help her.

“She had indicated that she wanted to shoot up our school Columbine style,” said Colleen Naylor, a Rostraver Township police officer and school resource officer. “She had mental health issues, so I’m not sure what she was planning on doing with that, but we take that threat very seriously.”

On Tuesday, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension held a special salute for Isabel and Preston Mansfield.

“I’m beyond proud,” Preston Mansfield said. “I couldn’t be any more of a prouder father than I am right now.”

“Even if it could be a joke, take it seriously,” Isabel Mansfield said. “Because even if it is a joke, you report it and they’ll be able to tell if it’s a joke.”

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    CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — Newly uncovered video shows that, two years before dozens of decomposing bodies were found inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home, police in nearby Evergreen Park found two bodies in the owners’ minivan outside their home.

The follow-up investigation raised a red flag that apparently was ignored.

Around 1:45 a.m. on June 14, 2024, an Evergreen Park police officer on patrol spotted a minivan double-parked outside Clark and Johanna Morgan’s home and noticed a stench coming from the vehicle.

A second officer pulled up to help a short time later, and the two confirmed together what they were seeing inside the minivan was real – two dead bodies in the back.

“Tell me what this looks like. Those are two bodies right?” one officer said in body camera footage from the incident.

“A thousand percent,” the other officer said.

As more officers arrived on scene, police ran the minivan’s plate, which showed the vehicle was owned by Clark Morgan.

The same Clark Morgan that the CBS News Chicago investigative team exposed seven months later for mishandling bodies at Heights Crematory in Chicago Heights, a business he was running with his wife, Johanna Morgan, until the Illinois State Comptroller’s Office – which regulates crematories in Illinois – shut them down in 2025.

At Heights Crematory, bodies were improperly stored in trailers, stacked on top of each other with body parts exposed and covered in bugs. One man had been dead an entire year.

The Morgans lost their license to operate that crematorium in 2025, but were still able to own and run the South Chicago Chapel funeral home on the South Side of Chicago.

Last month, the funeral home was also shut down after 56 decomposing bodies were found inside.

After Evergreen Park police found two bodies inside Clark Morgan’s minivan outside their home, both Clark and Johanna Morgan spoke to the officers.

“Do you have contact info for their next of kin?” an officer asked.

But Johanna Morgan at first declined to give that information to police.

“I’m not giving you that information. That’s ridiculous. I’ve been doing this for 27 years. I’ve lived in this village my entire life,” Johanna Morgan said.

Clark Morgan told police he was in the process of transporting the bodies from a hospice care facility to Heights Crematory.

He even showed them his state license claiming to be a licensed funeral director and embalmer intern.

“They both have credentials,” an officer said.

But how carefully did police check Clark Morgan’s credentials? His state license to transport bodies was officially revoked two months before police found the bodies in his minivan.

State disciplinary records revealed Morgan was fined $10,000 for using that expired funeral director’s and embalmer’s intern license after he was caught transporting bodies at a hospital. In addition, his license had been altered. Morgan had changed the expiration date to make it appear valid.

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), which regulates funeral directors, said whatever Clark Morgan handed Evergreen Park officers on the night the bodies were found in his minivan could not have been valid.

Further investigation the day after the incident revealed a conversation with Cook County Medical Examiner’s chief investigator, who told Evergreen Park police he had “filed numerous complaints against Heights Crematory for unprofessional practices.”

In the end, the officers bought the Morgans’ story but still pressed them to identify the bodies in the minivan.

“Just so I can document it in my report,” an officer said.

“It’s like a hospital, it’s HIPAA. Nope,” Johanna Morgan said. “The family didn’t give you the information, they gave it to me. We keep it safe.”

Evergreen Park police later discovered Clark Morgan’s license was invalid, but neither police nor Cook County prosecutors filed any criminal charges for that, which IDFPR said they could have.

Police also found out the identities of the bodies in the minivan and contacted relatives.

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    FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — An open records request from the Fort Worth police produced nearly nine pages of black redaction for the case of bystander Regina Allen.

Allen, a mother and grandmother, says she is the person that police won’t acknowledge in a non-criminal injured person report from April 12 on Purington Avenue publicly.

“I was literally about to be inside,” Allen said. “It just chose me.”

According to Allen, she was trying to alert officers to an elderly neighbor’s mental state when a Fort Worth police K-9 attacked her. Before she could complete that mission, her arms went up in the air, and the video shows a dog taking her to the ground.

“I was screaming for help,” Allen said. “The officers couldn’t even get him off. Even his handler was saying what they say to them, their commands, and he was not listening.”

Her husband, Thomas Fisher, joined their son and officers trying to break the dog’s grip.

“She’s laying there bleeding,” Fisher said, describing severe wounds to his wife’s arms.

Allen remembers looking at the injuries.

“There’s stuff all over me that are supposed to be inside of me,” she said.

The 50-year-old was taken to the hospital with nine puncture wounds. She got 19 stitches, which made things worse. As soon as she left the hospital, Allen was back within days.

Attorney Blerim Elmazi says the family believes accountability begins with acknowledging what happened.

“What happens is wrong is wrong, mistakes are mistakes,” Elmazi said. “And we expect officers and cities who are in the wrong to just admit it, right?”

Fort Worth has been lawful but silent. The department has refused to confirm why they were in Allen’s neighborhood in the first place or share information about an arrest, if any.

Instead, CBS News Texas received redactions and documents proving that video footage of the incident exists. The department denied a request to release the video to the public. Instead, it used what many law enforcement agencies shield behind Texas’ Rule of Evidence to protect footage, documents, images, and other information from becoming public. Agencies send a lawful review to the Attorney General’s Office, which tends to rule in law enforcement’s favor even if the public has a right to know.

In Allen’s case, not redacted was an officer’s report that says, “The K-9 broke free” and “The K-9 bit.” The victim is covered by black redactions on paper.

In real life, Allen’s pain from that cannot be covered up by evidentiary privileges.

“I saw a flash of fur, and next thing I know I was on the ground,” she said.

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    MANASQUAN, New Jersey (WCBS) — Jellyfish, known as “purple meanies,” washed up along the Jersey Shore over the weekend and stung beachgoers.

Brothers Jack and George Slager and their friends all said they got stung on Saturday by what experts say are “mauve stingers” at Manasquan’s beach.

The boys described the sting as “bumpy and itchy.”

“It was starting to get red. I thought it was a rash at first, but it stayed the same amount of pain for a while and noticed it was probably a jellyfish sting because there were hundreds of them,” Jack said.

“It was like, really painful,” George said.

Bay Head lifeguard Chris Li said they have medical kits to treat stings.

“First thing is rinse it off. Some people might be highly allergic, like a bee sting; they would have to get medical attention for that,” Li said.

The boys said lifeguards rinsed their rashes and sprayed them with a vinegar concoction.

Mom Allison Slager said her pediatrician said there’s no serious concern, but she took George to get checked out anyway.

“When I looked at the back of his leg, I could see big bubble blisters had already formed,” she said.

Experts say mauve jellyfish are pretty infrequent down the Jersey Shore because they live farther offshore.

Montclair State University Professor Paul Bologna said he has been getting reports of them washing up on Ocean and Monmouth County beaches.

“It’s not the typical species we see on a regular basis,” he said.

Bologna and Li said there are more of these jellyfish due to offshore winds pushing them toward the coast.

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    NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — A quarter century after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, the NYPD is making sure the heroes that ran toward the danger are never forgotten.

Several members of the Emergency Service Unit were honored Tuesday with a newly rededicated memorial wall at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said more than half of the NYPD officers killed on 9/11 were members of the ESU.

“No single day exemplifies the bravery, the selflessness, the heroism, of this unit more profoundly than Sept. 11, 2001,” Tisch said. “ESU officers were the tip of the NYPD spear. They fought to get as many people [as possible] out of buildings.”

“This wall is not merely wood, pictures and name plates. It is a permanent reminder that the highest traditions of the ESU department are written in the very lives of those who have given everything in the line of duty,” said Gerry Dowling, NYPD EMS commanding officer.

As the curtain fell during the ceremony, emotions rose, and 45 faces with 45 stories faced out from the wall. The NYPD honored all the ESU members who died in the line of duty, including 14 who were killed on 9/11, like John D’Allara.

“[It] means a lot to know that he will never be forgotten,” Carol D’Allara, John D’Allara’s widow, said. “[I’m] very touched that they would honor him in such a way.”

John D’Allara also left behind two sons. One of them is now following in his father’s footsteps, becoming an officer about a year and a half ago.

“Really carry on his legacy. This is his badge number as well,” Carol D’Allara said.

Next to the wall and behind glass is a piece of that legacy — John D’Allara’s firearm. It was recovered from the World Trade Center months after the attack.

For John D’Allara’s son, it’s a physical connection to a father he lost, and a reminder of why he chose this life of service.

“I really wanted to help people. He helped people up until his last day. I would like to help as many people as I can while on this job,” Nicholas D’Allara said.

And on the memorial wall, which was strategically placed at the ESU training school, the names and faces will continue to watch over the next generation of officers.

It’s daily reminder of the courage, sacrifice and commitment to service that came before them.

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    MARTHA’S VINEYARD, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A beach on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts was closed to swimming after a woman suffered a potential shark bite on Monday afternoon.

Emergency personnel responded to Norton Point in Edgartown at approximately 1:40 p.m. for a report of a swimmer who sustained an injury to her lower leg while in the water.

Edgartown Town Administrator James Hagerty said the woman in her twenties had “wounds consistent with a bite from a marine animal.”

“No shark or other marine animal was observed or confirmed in connection with the incident,” Hagerty said in a press release. “Based upon the nature of the injuries, however, the wounds were considered consistent with a potential shark bite.”

The woman was treated at the scene by Edgartown Fire and EMS and taken to the hospital for further treatment. Her injuries were reported to be non-life-threatening.

Swimming at South Beach was suspended for several hours as a precaution while town personnel assessed conditions.

“Beachgoers are reminded to remain aware of their surroundings while in the water and to comply with instructions from lifeguards and any posted beach advisories,” Hagerty said.

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