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This story previously aired on July 13, 2024.The murders of two young women, killed months apart while riding their bikes along a canal in Phoenix, Arizona, went unsolved for more than two decades and would become known as the Phoenix canal murders.Investigators got a break 21 years after the murders thanks to DNA and genetic genealogy. They zeroed in on Bryan Patrick Miller, 42, a divorced father raising his teenage daughter. Investigators soon discovered Miller had an alter ego. He was a local celebrity known for participating in parades and festivals as the Zombie Hunter.A person of interest, detectives just…

A White House official told CBS News Saturday that the National Guard members deployed to Washington, D.C., as part of President Trump’s effort to address crime in the nation’s capital and take control of the city’s police force “may be armed,” but that Guard members would not make arrests.”The National Guard is not making arrests at this time – they may be armed, consistent with their mission and training, to protect federal assets, provide a safe environment for law enforcement officers to make arrests, and deter violent crime with a visible law enforcement presence,” the official said. The Wall Street Journal…

Hundreds of protesters march to White House on Aug. 16, 2025. Brian Mann/NPR hide caption toggle caption Brian Mann/NPR WASHINGTON — Hundreds gathered peacefully in the nation’s capital on Saturday afternoon to protest President Trump’s attempted takeover of the city’s police department and deployment of  National Guard units alongside federal agents. Starting with a rally in the northwest neighborhood of DuPont Circle, protesters chanted, “Shame” and “Trump must go now!” while demanding an end to the “crime emergency” that Trump declared in an executive order on Monday. Protesters later marched to the White House, continuing to chant, as D.C. Metropolitan…

Los Angeles — Los Angeles has no shortage of architectural oddities, such as the Hollywood sign, the Watts Towers and the space age Theme Building at Los Angeles International Airport.Now, L.A. can add one more to the list: a newly constructed five-story residence for the dearly departed.Hollywood Forever Cemetery’s new vertical Gower Mausoleum towers over the sprawling grounds that are the final resting place of legendary actors like Judy Garland, silent film star Rudolph Valentino and “Gone with the Wind” actress Hattie McDaniel, the first Black American to win an Oscar.”We’re trying to answer all of our community’s needs for death…

Politics / August 15, 2025 The defense secretary fervently supports a theocratic church that preaches female submission. Ad Policy Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia.(Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) On August 7, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted on X a clip of a CNN segment featuring Doug Wilson, the pastor who cofounded the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC), the extremist Christian nationalist sect that Hegseth joined in 2018. Hegseth added a catchphrase to the post that he learned from the church, “All of Christ for All…

Hundreds of West Virginia National Guard members will deploy across the nation’s capital as part of the Trump administration’s effort to overhaul policing in the District of Columbia through a federal crackdown on crime and homelessness.The move comes as federal agents and National Guard troops have begun to appear across the heavily Democratic city after President Trump’s executive order on Monday, federalizing local police forces and activating about 800 D.C. National Guard troops.Republican West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Saturday that he was sending a contingent of 300 to 400 members.”West Virginia is proud to stand with President Trump in…

Millions of AT&T customers can now file claims in a $177 million legal settlement related to two data breaches, which could provide up to $7,500 in compensation per person.The first data breach, announced in March 2024, affected 73 million current and former AT&T account holders whose information — including birth dates and Social Security numbers — was found in a dataset on the dark web. The second data breach, announced in July 2024, involved hackers unlawfully downloading AT&T data from a third-party cloud platform, exposing the records of calls and texts of “nearly all” of AT&T’s cellular customers. Multiple lawsuits were filed in state…

President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin talk, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP ANCHORAGE, Alaska – President Trump said he will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Monday to talk about how to end Russia’s war on Ukraine, a follow-up meeting to Trump’s summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin that failed to yield a ceasefire. On Saturday, Trump said on social media that he had spoken with Zelenskyy and European leaders as he flew back to Washington from Alaska. “It was…

The Trump administration is signaling it will more heavily scrutinize applications filed by legal immigrants seeking American citizenship, in its latest effort to tighten access to U.S. immigration benefits.U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the federal agency overseeing the country’s legal immigration system, instructed officers on Friday to consider additional factors when determining whether immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship have a “good moral character.” Typically, legal immigrants with U.S. permanent residency, also known as a green card, can apply for naturalized American citizenship after a 3- or 5-year period, depending on their case. Demonstrating “a good moral character” has long been one…

Politics / Hiding in Plain Sight / August 15, 2025 Hundreds of Angelenos took to the streets Tuesday to show support for their neighbors and coworkers who are being targeted during ICE’s raids. Ad Policy A community coalition of labor, immigrant, and civil rights groups rally at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles on August 12.(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Since June 7, when Donald Trump deployed thousands of National Guard troops and hundreds of marines to Los Angeles to back up ICE’s increasingly confrontational strategies against the immigrant community, local residents have taken to the streets in protest…