Pop culture buffs are flocking to the West Coast for the 2024 San Diego Comic-Con. Recognized as the largest comic-con in the U.S., this year’s event began Wednesday and runs through Sunday. Michael Peyton, director of events and partnerships for IGN, joins CBS News to preview the celebrity guests and panels generating buzz.
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CBS News has learned that the sheriff’s deputy charged with murder in the shooting of Sonya Massey worked for six different law enforcement agencies in four years. He was also discharged from the Army in 2016 for misconduct after receiving a DUI. Roxana Saberi reports.
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The FBI arrested the leader of Mexico’s notorious Sinaloa cartel and a son of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman near El Paso on Thursday. CBS News national correspondent Manuel Bojorquez is in Irving, Texas, with more details.
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Celine Dion, nearly two years after revealing her stiff-person syndrome diagnosis, belted Edith Piaf’s “Hymne à l’amour” as the finale of the four-hour opening ceremony.
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In Canada, a fast-moving fire has ravaged the resort town of Jasper, Alberta. In Northern California, fires have burned 164,000 acres of land. CBS News Sacramento reporter Kayla Moeller joins from Chico, California, with more on the wildfires.
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What does Vice President Kamala Harris need in a running mate? Robby Mook, campaign manager for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, joins “America Decides” to discuss what goes into vetting a VP candidate.
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In a presidential race all about age, what does a younger candidate at the top of the Democratic ticket do to energize the youth vote? CBS News senior business and tech correspondent Jo Ling Kent explains.
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With a new frontrunner at the top of the Democratic ticket in Vice President Kamala Harris, and the first millennial ever on a presidential ticket in Republican Sen. JD Vance, both campaigns have been making a concerted effort to harness the enthusiasm of young voters, who could potentially swing the election. Jo Ling Kent explains.
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Unit 731 injected prisoners of war with diseases and performed unnecessary amputations and organ removals, according to historians and former unit members.
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Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 campaign released its first official video on Thursday, set to the soundtrack of Beyoncé’s song “Freedom.” In it, she called out her Republican opponent Donald Trump, showing the former president’s mugshot and declaring “no one is above the law.” CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joins with more.
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