Episode 199

A Chinese-born couple was arrested in California on Tuesday, more than a year after 21 children were discovered inside their castle-like mansion near Los Angeles. They are accused of what the L.A. County district attorney calls "horrific punishment and beatings and child abuse." The kids were almost all born via the largely unregulated world of surrogacy and are now in protective custody. Jonathan Vigliotti reports. Christa Pike, the convicted killer who survived two lethal injections last week in Tennessee, is now conscious and speaking, according to her lawyers. Tom Hanson reports. A roughly 700-mile stretch of the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle is under a tropical storm threat, and forecasters warn the storm could intensify into a hurricane, the first of the season in the Atlantic. Rob Marciano has more. Around 250,000 people protested funding cuts in France that have left public schools with leaks, rats and not enough desks. Aiden Stretch reports on the demonstrations that have turned violent. Cornell University, facing growing criticism of how it handled allegations of a 2024 gang rape in a fraternity house, has hired a former top Justice Department official to lead what it calls an independent review. Lilia Luciano has more details. Video shows a former Arizona State University cheerleader being shoved and pinned to a bicycle by officers and then being placed under arrest. Carter Evans reports.