Julia Ingram

Jan 15, 2025 | yahoo.com | Julia Ingram |Joanne Stocker

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass faced renewed scrutiny Wednesday after new details emerged about her trip to Ghana and the exact timing of her travel back to the United States, raising further questions about whether she returned as quickly as she could have when the Palisades Fire broke out. Bass traveled to Ghana to attend the inauguration of the nation's new president on Jan. 4, a day after the National Weather Service issued a fire weather watch for Los Angeles. She landed on Jan.

Jan 9, 2025 | yahoo.com | Julia Ingram

Before wildfires broke out across Los Angeles, the city's fire chief said that budget cuts were hampering the department's ability to respond to emergencies, a department memo shows. Funding for the city's fire department decreased by $17.6 million, or 2%, between the 2024-25 fiscal year and the 2023-24 fiscal year, according to city budget documents.

Nov 7, 2024 | yahoo.com | Laura Doan |Julia Ingram |Layla Ferris

Officials and universities in several U.S. states condemned racist text messages that were sent to Black residents on Wednesday. The messages, which had almost identical language, told the recipient they had been "selected for cotton picking."In a statement, the FBI said it was aware of "the offensive and racist text messages sent to individuals around the country" and said it is in contact with the Justice Department and other federal authorities.

Nov 5, 2024 | cbsnews.com | Layla Ferris |Chris Hacker |Julia Ingram |Jui Sarwate

Throughout Election Day and night, CBS News' Confirmed team will be fact checking reports of threats around voting today, voter fraud, election hacking, and more as the nation votes and waits to see whether Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will be the 47th president of the United States. The Confirmed team and CBS News reporters are also providing updates on voting machine errors and problems as they happen. CBS News' full coverage of the election is here.

Oct 21, 2024 | thebharatexpressnews.com | Julia Ingram

Elon Musk has used the social media platform he owns to amass nearly 3.3 billion views on X by fueling doubts about election security issues since January this year — making the tech mogul one of the most viral voices on elections during the 2024 campaign, a CBS News investigation has found.