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By Keenan Mills

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    BIDDEFORD, Maine (WMTW) — Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT, spent the weekend in Maine campaigning with U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Troy Jackson.

The pair was joined by Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, candidate for CD1, to close out the weekend in Biddeford.

All three spoke on a range of issues but focused largely on ICE reform.

“This activity has to stop,” said Pingree. “And ICE has to get out of Maine, and we have to abolish ICE.”

It comes after Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero was shot and killed by an ICE agent earlier this year in Biddeford.

“Immigrants aren’t deciding whether you can afford health care, gas or groceries, and immigrants sure as hell aren’t the reason that working people have been getting screwed in this country my whole damn life,” stated Jackson.

Sanders and Jackson held events in Bangor on Saturday and earlier on Sunday in Lewiston.

Sanders largely emphasized Democratic control of the Senate, stating the race between Troy Jackson and Republican Sen. Susan Collins holds incredible importance to a Democratic majority.

“If you want to hold Donald Trump and his disastrous policies accountable, the only way to do that is by electing a Democratic Senate,” added Sanders.

According to Collins’ campaign team, she spent the weekend cheering on UMaine’s hockey team, focusing the efforts of the campaign on Mainers. Rather than, they said, on whom the Democratic Socialists of America want in Washington.

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By Shaun Boyd

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    DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — A deepfake political ad is at the center of a precedent-setting court case in Colorado.

Deepfakes use artificial intelligence to generate fake images of a person that look and sound real.

The ad in question is in opposition to Proposition NN, which allows the state to keep money it would otherwise have to refund taxpayers and use it for education among other things.

Democratic state Sen. Cathy Kipp sponsored the bill that put Prop NN on the ballot. She insists it’s not a tax increase because taxpayers have already given the money to the state.

Opponents disagreed and made an ad to make a point. The ad shows an AI-generated deepfake of Kipp as a store clerk who refuses to give customers change when they overpay and instead tells them, “Our new policy allows us to keep customers change to help educate children.”

Kipp filed a campaign finance complaint saying the ad violates a state law that requires specific disclaimers for deepfakes unless they’re satire or parody.

Attorney David Lane is representing the Independence Institute, the libertarian-leaning think tank that paid for the ad. He says there is a real danger to AI-generated images, and, had the deepfake shown Kipp making a blatantly racist speech or taking a bribe, it would be different. But he says the ad is obviously satire and parody.

He filed a motion to dismiss Kipp’s complaint. “The test for parody and satire is would a reasonable person watching it understand that it’s parody or satire,” Lane said. “No reasonable person would believe, ‘Oh, this is an actual event. She’s actually stealing money as a grocery store clerk.'”

But the state elections division has a different take. It says satire and parody are “grounded in humor.” The deepfake, they say, isn’t comic relief but political advocacy.

Lane says political speech is perhaps the most important type of protected speech.

“The message that this is sending to the public is, ‘Don’t come after thin-skinned politicians because it’s gonna cost you money,'” Lane said. “They’re trying to shut the Independence Institute up by intimidating them with bogus administrative claims like this, and they’re going to be answering to a federal judge at the end of all this as to why they don’t understand the First Amendment to the Constitution.”

Lane says the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has found bad faith investigations alone are violations of free speech. He plans to sue Kipp and the state for his attorney fees.

Kipp previously released a statement saying, “We should not allow the rampant misuse of AI and the spread of false information to become normalized in our elections.”

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By Jacqueline Policastro | Quincy News Correspondent

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    Washington (Quincy News) — Market Recap: U.S. stocks finished Friday higher ahead of a busy week for inflation data and corporate earnings. The S&P 500 rose 0.6%, the Dow gained 0.8% and the Nasdaq added 0.6%.

The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield ended Friday around 5.24%, keeping borrowing costs in focus. Oil prices also edged higher, with U.S. crude and Brent each settling up about 0.4%.

Today’s Focus: U.S. stock markets are open for a regular session today, while the bond market is closed for the Columbus Day holiday.

September consumer prices arrive Wednesday, followed by producer prices and retail sales Thursday. The reports will help shape expectations for the Federal Reserve’s October 27-28 meeting, after the central bank raised interest rates last month.

Major banks begin reporting third-quarter earnings Tuesday, offering a closer look at consumer spending, lending and how higher borrowing costs are affecting the economy.

Energy policy also remains in focus after President Trump said Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an “energy ceasefire.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine supported a halt to attacks on energy infrastructure but was awaiting details from Washington. He also reported that Russian attacks on energy facilities had continued. Trump’s announcement came two days after he announced a diesel supply deal with Russia.

ON THE SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2026

-Columbus Day holiday; U.S. stock markets remain open, while the bond market observes the holiday

-Tuesday, before the market opens – Third-quarter earnings from JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Wells Fargo

-Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. ET – September Consumer Price Index

-Wednesday, 2 p.m. ET – Federal Reserve Beige Book

-Thursday, 8:30 a.m. ET – September Producer Price Index; September retail sales and weekly jobless claims

-Thursday, noon ET – EIA weekly petroleum report, delayed by Monday’s holiday

-Thursday, 11:30 p.m. ET – Fed Chair Kevin Warsh joins IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva for a discussion in Bangkok

-Friday, 8:30 a.m. ET – September import and export prices; 9:15 a.m. ET – September industrial production and capacity utilization

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By Madisen Keavy

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    SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — Several drivers are raising concerns about a towing company they believe is operating illegally after cars were towed and damaged during the weekend of Aftershock.

Bruce Capagli is one of those drivers. He parked in a lot on Bercut Drive and attended the Aftershock music festival. When he returned to the lot after the shows, his car was gone, but there was a temporary sign with a phone number to call for vehicles that had been towed.

Capagli said he became concerned when he called the number and instead of answering his questions, the person on the other side of the line gave him an address on Del Paso Boulevard where he could come retrieve his car.

When he arrived at the address, Bruce immediately had more questions. The towing company, identified in paperwork and a sign on the door as “J&B Towing”, required payment to retrieve vehicles, as outlined by pre-printed receipts for the total: $562.

That location, CBS Sacramento confirmed, was a shared office with an auto body shop.

From there, Capagli said he was driven in a white Honda Civic to another location, a dirt field in a residential area.

“I knew something was up when we saw a rig that was a Lincoln Navigator with a trailer pulling another car off the lot,” Capagli said.

CBS Sacramento confirmed that the dirt lot where drivers picked up their vehicles does not have any signage related to a towing operation or the company on the paperwork.

Capagli said he was given an affidavit of towing authorization that he believes was forged. The document named Allied Universal as the company that requested the tow, but the number written on the form was connected to the towing company.

In a statement, Allied Universal told CBS Sacramento they do not provide guarding services over the weekend at the location where Capagli’s car was towed and they do not contract with towing services.

“Our services at this location only include guarding services in the lobby inside the building of one tenant. We do not provide guarding services over the weekend and we are not responsible for the building’s parking facilities. In addition, Allied Universal does not contract with towing services,” the statement says.

Capagli also questioned the preprinted invoices, which he said did not include key information, including the vehicle identification number, the time of the tow or the time the vehicle was released.

“I knew immediately when I went to a location that’s not a tow yard and I could find no record of being an authorized tow company that something wasn’t right,” Capagli said.

Capagli ultimately got his car back, but said it was damaged so badly that he cannot drive it. His insurance is treating the incident as a stolen vehicle, not a tow with damage, he said.

“My vehicle wasn’t towed. It was stolen,” Capagli said.

Capagli is not the only driver describing a similar experience. Other drivers have reported returning to find their vehicles missing, receiving a phone number to call and being directed to an address on Del Paso Boulevard to retrieve their cars, and paying the same $562 amount.

Multiple other drivers have provided us the same pre-printed receipt with a “J&B Towing” name on it for towing operations that happened on other days in other areas of Sacramento.

The towing company’s owner said Friday the company was legitimate, but did not provide a license number. The owner also declined interviews and did not provide any requested license documentation.

A company with the name, “J&B Towing”, is listed on the Department of Transportation Registration System with an active status. However, there is no company with the same name listed on other license and business searches required to legally operate a towing company in California.

“My vehicle wasn’t towed, it was stolen,” Capagli said.

A police report has been filed with the Sacramento Police Department.

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By Tim Fang

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    MONTEREY COUNTY, California (KPIX) — Authorities on California’s Central Coast provided additional details in the “Baby Angelita” case, saying she may have been run over by a vehicle driven by her 14-year-old mother shortly after being born.

On Thursday, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office, FBI and other law enforcement held a briefing about the case, several days after the girl’s father, 38-year-old Salvador Galvez Perez, was arrested in Mexico for suspected incest and sexual abuse. The 14-year-old was also located by Mexican authorities and rescued.

“It is one of the more difficult ones,” said Detective Richard Geng of the violent crimes unit. “By difficult, I’m not referring to the evidentiary aspect of it. I’m referring to the human side of it. Anyone who has touched this case has been affected by it in some way.”

The newborn, dubbed Baby Angelita by deputies, was found on the side of a road near Highway 1 in Moss Landing on the morning of Aug. 1 and was pronounced dead at the scene. According to Geng, the infant was found with “extensive crush type trauma” near tire impressions and blood-soaked soil.

An autopsy was performed on the infant on Aug. 3, with results still pending, deputies said.

Video and witness statements led authorities to a beige Mercury sedan that was seen going to and from the scene around the time of the incident. A license plate reader traced the vehicle to the teen’s parents.

On the afternoon of Aug. 3, a search warrant was served at the parents’ home and the parents were interviewed. Geng said the 14-year-old was found hiding under a pile of clothes in a bedroom.

The teen, who was interviewed separately, said she had a sexual relationship with an underage juvenile male and gave birth, according to Geng. Detectives took the teen to the hospital and a sexual assault investigation was opened.

The following day, deputies said Perez took the 14-year-old from the hospital before she was medically discharged. In the following days, authorities obtained multiple search warrants for phone downloads, call detail records, location information and medical records.

Detectives determined that the teen drove herself and her mother to a nearby agricultural field for work that day. According to witness statements, the teen got into the driver’s seat before leaving the scene, which is the moment that detectives believe the baby was run over.

According to Geng, the 14-year-old “regularly” drove the vehicle. In California, the minimum age to obtain a driver’s license is 16 years old.

Detectives said that text messages indicated that the 14-year-old’s mother did not know what happened at the scene. Perez was in the San Francisco Bay Area at the time of the incident and Geng said so far there is no “clear evidence of him in any way” encouraging the baby’s death.

On Aug. 19, DNA evidence determined that Perez was the father of the newborn and a warrant for felony sexual assault was obtained. Deputies said despite re-interviewing the mother and other family members, efforts to find the pair were not successful.

Geng said that a tip received by authorities on Sept. 14 indicated that Perez and the 14-year-old were in Mexico. The tip was shared with federal authorities, and Perez was arrested on suspicion of drug possession.

FBI Special Agent in Charge Scott Schelble described the case as a “deeply troubling investigation” and that the teen suffered “unimaginable abuse.”

“What happened in this case is nothing short of horrific. The facts uncovered by the Monterey County investigators shocked us all,” Schelble said.

Schelble said extradition for Perez is pending. He is accused of incest, lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14, lewd acts with a minor, unlawful sexual intercourse, child concealment and child endangerment.

The teen’s mother, identified as 36-year-old Ofelia Garcia Ortega, was arrested Tuesday. Garcia Ortega is accused of putting her daughter to work in the fields as a 13-year-old using falsified documents, allowing her to drive without a license and kept her out of school.

Garcia Ortega is accused of two felony counts of displaying or possessing a forged identification card, a misdemeanor count of permitting a child to suffer or be endangered, and a misdemeanor count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

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By Carlos E. Castañeda

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    SAN FRANCISCO, California (KPIX) — The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office released police body camera video on Thursday showing officers beating a suspect last year, leaving him hospitalized and in intensive care, and accused officers and prosecutors of misconduct.

The violent arrest happened on Aug. 17, 2025, at an apartment on Sixth Street in the city’s South of Market area. The video shows officers approaching 33-year-old Kevon Gibson at an elevator, telling him to step out and that he was not under arrest. However, the officers immediately grab Gibson as he begins screaming and is taken to the ground.

During the struggle which continues for several minutes, each of the police officers is seen repeatedly punching and kicking Gibson, kneeling on his head, and pulling his hair. Gibson is heard yelling out that he can’t breathe during the struggle, and officers are also heard accusing Gibson of biting them.

According to the Public Defender’s Office, officers falsely claimed that Gibson had assaulted them by biting, punching, and wrapping a radio cord around an officer’s neck, claims later refuted by video evidence.

Gibson spent several days in the ICU before he was booked on charges of illegally possessing a gun and felony resisting arrest. Gibson was convicted of unlawful gun possession and misdemeanor resisting arrest for not exiting the elevator, but the jury acquitted him of felony resisting arrest.

The Public Defender’s Office said that despite the jury rejecting the officers’ claims of assault, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins released a public statement acknowledging the officers’ arrest while omitting any mention of excessive force, Gibson’s hospitalization, or the dropped felony charges. The office also alleged that the DA’s Office tried to hide key evidence from the jury, and accused the officers involved of ignoring racist threats against Gibson by the original complainant, taunting one of Gibson’s neighbors, and mocking the pronunciation of his name.

“This was an egregious case where our client was violated brutally, and there was a misrepresentation of what happened in the trial, and I think San Franciscans want to know the truth about what happened,” Public Defender Mano Raju said at a press conference on Thursday. “And it’s our job as defenders to reveal truth and demand justice. Because there was a misrepresentation, the conduct was so egregious. We felt it incumbent upon us to let the community know, and the jurors were very, very upset with the misrepresentation of what happened in this case.”

The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office has not yet responded to a CBS News Bay Area request for a response to the claims as of Thursday afternoon.

The Public Defender’s Office said it plans to file formal complaints against the DA’s Office with the San Francisco Department of Police Accountability and seek the decertification of the officers involved through the state’s Commission of Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST).

Gibson plans to appeal his conviction for unlawful gun possession, contending that he possessed the gun only out of necessity due to fear of the original complainant.

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