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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Prosecutors have dismissed felony charges against the alleged president of the Antelope Valley chapter of the Vagos biker gang. Charges of gang participation and gun and ammunition possession by a felon were dismissed Thursday against John Eric Anderson, according to court records. “With the current state of evidence, we were unable to proceed at this time,” prosecutors said in an email. It’s unclear if the case will be refiled. LENOIR, N.C. — A man was arrested on gun charges during a police raid at the Lenoir motorcycle clubhouse of the Pagans Mc early Monday morning, state investigators said.  Anthony Lee Card was arrested at 4 a.m. when police searched the Pagans Motorcycle Club gathering spot in Lenoir. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation worked with the Lenoir Police Department, Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office and Newton Police Department on the search. Card was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was taken to the Caldwell County jail and is being held under a $50,000 bond.  00:00 Coming up 01;22 Big Raid at Pagans MC Clubhouse 03:04 Something I don’t understand 04:13 Vagos MC 06:17 Some serious Hardware

Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News, has agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit filed by President Trump over the editing of a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris. Trump filed the lawsuit in October, alleging the network had deceptively edited the interview to boost Harris before the 2024 presidential election. The money will not go to Trump directly but toward his future presidential library. As a result, “60 Minutes” will release transcripts of interviews with presidential candidates in the future after they’ve aired. Journalist Nick Sortor shared footage from the interview: BREAKING: CBS’ parent company has just agreed to pay President Trump $16 MILLION after they deceptively edited Kamala’s 60 Minutes interview Another HUGE legal win for Trump Within the past several months, he’s been paid: $16 MILLION by ABC $25 MILLION by Meta… pic.twitter.com/8mK55G0fkW — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 2, 2025 CNN provided further details: Trump filed the lawsuit before winning reelection. His complaint was about a single question and answer in a lengthy “60 Minutes” interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris. He claimed without evidence that the Harris exchange was deliberately edited to benefit the Democratic candidate and hurt him. Conservative media watchdogs had noticed that CBS aired two different soundbites from Harris in response to correspondent Bill Whitaker’s question about the Biden administration’s relationship with Israel amid the war in Gaza. One clip aired on “Face the Nation” and another clip aired on “60 Minutes,” which generated confusion on the part of the viewing public. As criticism mounted and Trump threatened to sue, CBS said it merely edited the vice president’s answer for time, in accordance with television news standards, and it declined to release the full transcript. Trump went on the warpath, claiming “election interference” and calling it “the biggest scandal in broadcast history.” He accused CBS News of violating a Texas consumer protection law and demanded $10 billion in damages. His lawyers later raised the total to $20 billion. Legal experts slammed the suit as “frivolous and dangerous,” and CBS defended “60 Minutes” on First Amendment grounds. Under pressure from the FCC last winter, CBS released the tapes and transcript of the interview, and the raw materials confirmed that it engaged in normal editing, not any nefarious activity like Trump alleged. Nevertheless, the lawsuit posed a serious problem for Paramount, especially its controlling shareholder, Shari Redstone, who stands to make hundreds of millions of dollars through the Skydance deal. So once Trump took office for a second term, Paramount executives sought to make the lawsuit disappear by pursuing a settlement. In its announcement, Paramount said the settlement does not include a statement of apology or regret. Just in: Paramount will pay President Trump $16 Million to settle his lawsuit against CBS 60 Minutes The $16M will go to President Trump Presidential Library CBS will now release the transcripts of Presidential Candidates However, CBS will issue no public apology to Trump pic.twitter.com/taelARVL9y — The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) July 2, 2025 NPR noted: 60 Minutes Executive Producer Bill Owens had told colleagues he would refuse to apologize. The chief executive of CBS News and its local stations, Wendy McMahon, had opposed settling. Each ultimately resigned this spring, saying their departures would smooth a path for the program and the news division to continue independent-minded reporting. 60 Minutes is the longest running prime-time series in American television. CBS’s legal team repeatedly made robust legal defenses even as attorneys for Paramount Global sought to strike a deal with the president’s private lawyers. Yet Paramount’s controlling owner, Shari Redstone, has billions of dollars at stake as she seeks to close a sale of the company to Skydance Media. The deal is under formal review by the Federal Communications Commission, now led by Trump’s pick as chairman, Brendan Carr.

An explosion rocked a fireworks warehouse in California after it caught fire. Fire crews battled the raging inferno at the facility in Northern California’s Yolo County that prompted evacuations. The explosion launched debris into the air and caused pyrotechnics to detonate. Check it out: BREAKING: Fireworks warehouse explodes in Yolo County, California, destroying 2 homes pic.twitter.com/kRlVDvu8YV — BNO News (@BNONews) July 2, 2025 KCRA 3 shared further details: Crews initially responded to the fire along County Road 23 and County Road 86A in Esparto just before 6 p.m. LiveCopter 3 was over the area and a number of fireworks could be seen going off amid the flames. Several explosions appeared to engulf some structures on the property. The fire also appeared to spark additional spot fires. One of the spot fires, which Cal Fire called the Oakdale Fire, spread across more than 78 acres of nearby vegetation before it was handled. The explosions also posed a danger to firefighters who responded to the area, and crews had to push back and let the fire burn as explosions riddled the facility for hours. In a press briefing just after 9 p.m., Esparto Fire Protection District Chief Curtis Lawrence said that crews would maintain a safe perimeter around the main fire throughout the night, while putting out spot fires around the area. “KCRA 3 anchors Kurtis Ming and Edie Lambert and reporter Andres Valle react on air as a massive explosion destroys a structure at a fireworks facility in Yolo County,” KCRA 3 noted. EXPLOSION ON AIR | KCRA 3 anchors Kurtis Ming and Edie Lambert and reporter Andres Valle react on air as a massive explosion destroys a structure at a fireworks facility in Yolo County. Find the latest on the fire at https://t.co/IfJMWEgcfd pic.twitter.com/HCkPW7ewE3 — kcranews (@kcranews) July 2, 2025 “Emergency crews in Esparto California, are urging residents in the area to evacuate following a massive explosion at a fireworks factory. A towering plume of black smoke is visible for miles, and multiple explosions have reportedly engulfed several structures on the property. The fire has also sparked additional spot fires nearby,” Rawsalerts wrote. “The sheriff’s office has issued a one-mile evacuation order around the impacted zone. It’s currently unclear if anyone was injured, and the cause of the explosion remains unknown,” it added. #BREAKING: Emegerncy crews are asking people to evacuate the area after massive explosion took place at a Fireworks Warehouse ⁰⁰#Esparto | #California Emergency crews in Esparto California, are urging residents in the area to evacuate following a massive explosion at a… pic.twitter.com/TLi5TyrhOR — R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) July 2, 2025 NBC News noted: The agency, known as Cal Fire, is investigating the cause of the fire, but a representative from the sheriff’s office said Tuesday night that there was nothing apparently criminal. Drones were being used to assess the damage. Yolo County issued an evacuation order for what fire officials have named the Oakdale Fire, but some people were allowed to return Tuesday night. People south of an area south of Highway 16 remained under an evacuation order. Esparto is a community of around 3,000 almost 30 miles northwest of Sacramento. The explosion happened near the border between Esparto and Madison, which lies to the east, the sheriff’s office said.

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