Experts urge parents to prepare kids for possible livestreamed execution

An OpenAI employee suspected of secretly planting a recording device in one of the company's conference rooms has been arrested on criminal charges, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, a Saudi national, was arrested Friday and made his initial appearance in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Tuesday. Alfozan was charged with trying to use an electronic, mechanical, or other device to intercept oral communications. Prosecutors said that Alfozan had worked at OpenAI as an engineer since July 2025.

Trump administration officials are leaning against livestreaming the execution of the ex-Army major convicted of the killing of 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, sources familiar with the discussions said. Last week, the Pentagon had said that the public would be able to view the execution live. President Trump had not yet made a final decision on Tuesday, two of the sources told CBS News. There has been pressure from Congress and elsewhere not to livestream Nidal Hasan's execution by firing squad , which is scheduled to take place on Dec. 3.

Potential jurors in the federal trial of Payton Gendron are expected to be questioned by attorneys on Tuesday about their opinions on the death penalty.