Five people have been charged for their alleged roles in the scheme: Tycen Proper of Ohio, Daniel Eskridge of Missouri, Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez of Nebraska, and Bryan Omar Roa and Michael Alan Thomas of California. 

Proper, 19, faces four charges, including attempted murder of a federal officer and conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S., according to court filings. He has been ordered to remain in custody pending a detention hearing Wednesday, according to court records.

Investigators laid out details of the alleged scheme across four separate affidavits accompanying criminal complaints in federal courts in those states. Federal investigators became aware of the alleged plot based on a tip from Proper's mother, who was concerned about his recent behavior, according to an affidavit submitted by an FBI agent in his case.

The White House hosted the UFC fight series on Sunday — President Trump's 80th birthday — as part of the celebrations of the nation's 250th anniversary. Thousands turned out to watch the fights on the White House South Lawn, where Mr. Trump sat in the front row.

The alleged plot

Proper was interviewed by federal investigators last Thursday and admitted to planning, with others, a coordinated attack during the UFC event, according to the affidavit.

Proper told investigators that he began communicating with others via a TikTok group called "Vanguard of the Old" in March, whose members all said they wanted to protect the U.S. and believed the nation was headed in the wrong direction, according to the affidavit.

Communications among the group members continued on the encrypted messaging app Signal, where the FBI said they planned the attack for the UFC fight.

According to the affidavit, Proper described a plan in which members of the group would leave their homes on Friday or Saturday to meet up in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and travel to Washington, where they would stage a "demonstration" on the north side of the White House.

While the demonstration was taking place, the group would "fly small, unmanned aircraft (i.e. drones) laden with unspecified explosive devices which would detonate over the north side of the UFC arena," according to the filing.

When the drones exploded, the group then planned to force attendees of the UFC event and "high value targets" to evacuate to the south, the affidavit said. Proper told investigators that the plan was for group members to "act as snipers and additional shooters," shooting fight attendees and the "high value targets" as they fled from the explosions.

The affidavit said the "high value targets" were "wealthy people" and politicians. Proper allegedly told investigators the goal of the attack was to "jumpstart" a revolution in the U.S.

The FBI and local law enforcement officials executed a search warrant at the home of Proper's parents, where he lives, on Thursday. Investigators said they found a "large quantity" of ammunition and tactical clothing.

Investigators spoke with Proper's father and grandmother, who said he spent most of his time online talking to others, according to the filing.

Proper's family also became concerned with statements he had made in recent months, including "sympathetic comments about Adolf Hitler" and antisemitic content posted on his social media, according to the affidavit. 

CBS News' Pat Milton reported earlier that law enforcement became aware of the threat after a relative contacted them, concerned that a family member was talking about doing something nefarious in Washington, D.C.

An FBI review of Proper's phone messages with alleged co-conspirators revealed his desire to target lawmakers for taking money from AIPAC, a pro-Israel lobbying group, including Sens. Jim Justice and Shelley Moore Capito, and Reps. Carol Miller and Riley Moore, who are all from West Virginia, the affidavit said.

During a search of Proper's cell phone and Signal chats, investigators identified group chats consisting of between four and five people that were based on "role assignments and locations," such as shooters at different spots, according to the affidavit. Members of the group also discussed the location of a potential "safe house" and possible escape routes following the attack, according to the affidavit.

The FBI said some group members planned to escape along the Potomac River.

The search of Proper's phone also revealed chats in the encrypted messaging app SimpleX, investigators said. In one chat in May, Proper wrote, "I got a possible target Marsha Blackburn is senator for Tennessee," and later said she had taken money from the "pro Israel lobby," according to the affidavit.

The investigation into Proper began last Wednesday, when his mother contacted local law enforcement because of concerns about how he was acting, including his firearms purchases and online communications, according to the FBI. 

Proper's father told police the 19-year-old had been planning "recons" with people he met online and had been planning to meet up with them over the weekend, the affidavit states. Proper's father also said his son had recently obtained camping gear, food, ballistic plates, a new shotgun, rifle, ammunition, magazines and plate carriers, the FBI said. Agents alleged Proper spent roughly $3,000 of graduation money to buy the equipment. 

An FBI agent also spoke with Proper's mother on Thursday, who said he had begun communicating online with a group of people who expressed "ultra-religious and anti-government sentiments," including grievances about government corruption, the handling of files from the federal case involving convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and data centers.

FBI Director Kash Patel revealed the existence of the alleged plot earlier Tuesday.

"On June 10, FBI and our law enforcement partners became aware of a potential threat to the UFC America 250 event in Washington, D.C. involving individuals outside of the National Capital Region — and thanks to the rapid action of this FBI, our partners, and the Department of Justice in a multi-state operation, multiple individuals are now in custody and allegedly planned attacks were stopped cold," Patel wrote in a post on X. 

"It was a serious threat," U.S. Secret Service Deputy Director Matt Quinn said during a briefing Tuesday morning. He said he could not provide too many details because it remains an active investigation, but said, "They were planning to attack the Freedom 250. ... There are still suspects at large, and we're going to work it until everyone's been identified."

Quinn added, "The event itself, I am confident in saying, was never at risk due to the great investigative work."  

Secret Service Director Sean Curran said in a statement that the agency had worked "closely with the FBI throughout this investigation," and their "formal comments regarding the specifics of this case will be made available in court filings."

Patel praised the FBI, saying the result "represented the best of investigative work" and was "nothing out of the ordinary for this law enforcement team."

"We are built to detect, respond to, and bring to justice those who threaten the lives of American citizens — particularly during large gatherings like the historic UFC 250 fight," Patel said. "That's exactly what we did here." 

The alleged plot comes after a gunman was killed by U.S. Secret Service officers late last month after opening fire on a checkpoint near the White House and in the wake of an April 27 shooting that targeted the White House Correspondents' Dinner. 

Investigators said firefighters waited for Xcel Energy crews to arrive and were on standby until the scene is safe for people to return home. 

What caused the gas line leak is being investigated. 

CDOT says the percentage of interstate pavement in good condition is 50.6% for 2025, just three years after that metric fell to 42.8%. Interstate pavement in poor condition fell to 1.6% after rising as high as 3.9% in 2020 and 2021.

Colorado separately tracks non-interstate U.S. highways and a subset of state highways. CDOT says the Federal Highway Administration shows all Colorado roads tracked for this data. For these National Highway System roads, 2025 data show the pavement in good condition rising to 42.5%, its highest level since 2018. Pavement in poor condition also dropped to 2.4%, the lowest level measured since 2018.

CDOT says the percentage of roadway in good condition reached its highest levels in at least a decade, while the percentage of pavement in poor condition dropped to the lowest measured levels since CDOT began collecting these data metrics in 2018. The goal is not to let the poor condition increase any higher, so they have to stay on top of all projects.

"We are seeing a clear signal that years of sustained focus on improving our roads, including interstates, major non-interstate routes and rural roads, is making a difference," Shoshana Lew, CDOT Executive Director said. "This follows the creation of CDOT's first 10-Year Plan in 2019; a broad coalition of stakeholders and legislators helped pass new transportation funding through SB 21-260, which has helped us to secure additional federal resources as well. With several construction seasons' worth of work now part of our road condition performance data, we can see how this plan is delivering benefits. These improvements, and the demonstrable impact of public dollars, make the case for continued investment."

See the full breakdown of this report online.

Elon Musk's space exploration and satellite company said Cursor, developed by San Francisco-based startup Anysphere, will become a wholly owned subsidiary upon closing the deal in the third quarter of 2026.

This high-priced acquisition underscores the immense demand for AI-based coding, a sector currently transforming the software industry.

"We are excited to share that SpaceX has exercised their option to acquire Cursor in an all-stock transaction with the goal of building the world's most useful AI models," Cursor CEO Michael Truell said in a statement shared with CBS News. "We look forward to working closely with the SpaceX team to advance our frontier AI capabilities and continue to work closely with our customers and partners."

SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In a social media post on Tuesday, the company said it has been jointly training an AI model with Cursor and will release it soon.

Launched in 2022 by Truell and three of his classmates from MIT, Cursor helped spark a trend called "vibe coding" as AI coding tools have become increasingly capable of autonomously producing computer software. On its website, Cursor bills itself as a "coding agent for building ambitious software."

The deal will help SpaceX compete with AI competitors, including OpenAI and Anthropic, which have their own AI coding tools. Both companies are expected to go public sometime this year.

"SpaceX hopes the Cursor team/product will give a jolt to its Grok AI business (especially in coding), which has so far failed to make a dent in the frontier market (which is led by Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Meta in the US, in that order)," Vital Knowledge analyst Adam Crisafulli said in a note to investors on Tuesday.

SpaceX alluded to the deal last month in April on its X account, writing that it was working with Cursor to create the "world's best coding and knowledge work AI."

Musk's company also said at the time that Cursor had granted it approval to either buy the company for $60 billion or pay $10 billion to "work together." When it first announced the potential deal, Cursor said teaming with SpaceX subsidiary xAI would enable it to build future software products using xAI's AI data center complex in Memphis, Tennessee.

The deal comes after SpaceX raised $75 billion in its IPO on Friday. SpaceX shares were up 8% in early trading on Tuesday, lifting the company's market capitalization to more than $2.7 trillion. That means investors now see SpaceX as more valuable than companies such as Amazon, which has a market capitalization of $2.66 trillion and Meta Platforms ($1.51 trillion).

Pizza Hut, excluding the mainland China business, will be sold to LongRange Capital for $1.5 billion, while Pizza Hut China will be sold by Yum! China for $1.2 billion, the company said in a news release.

"Under LongRange and Yum China, Pizza Hut will be well positioned for future growth with ownership that brings deep expertise in the restaurant industry," Yum Brands CEO Chris Turner said in a statement.

The sale comes after a challenging period for the pizza chain, marked by poor performance. Yum's latest earnings report shows Pizza Hut's sales growth lagging that of its other major restaurant chains, such as KFC and Taco Bell. In February, Yum! Brands said it would close 250 Pizza Hut locations in the U.S. The pizza chain has over 6,000 locations nationwide. 

"Pizza Hut has long been the weak link in Yum's portfolio," Neil Saunders, managing director and retail analyst at GlobalData, said in an email Tuesday. "Despite efforts to revitalize the brand and shut underperforming locations, it has become increasingly clear that pushing the division back into growth will require a level of investment and patience that Yum is just not prepared to commit to."

Pizza Hut is losing market share to Domino's, which has outperformed the chain in ordering, delivery, menu innovation and marketing, Saunders added.

Yum! Brands started exploring options for Pizza Hut in November, following declining comparable-store sales.

Pizza Hut was founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kansas. PepsiCo acquired the chain in 1977 but spun off its restaurant division in 1997, which became Yum! Brands. 

The empty pool is typically the summer spot for kids in the Sunnyside neighborhood to hang out. 

"There's a lot of kids in the neighborhood that enjoy the pool, and even people outside of the neighborhood come to this pool," said Donald Garcia.

Garcia's daughter Cecilia is one of those children, and she was disappointed that she couldn't go on the slide.

Denver Parks and Rec says the pool has structural issues that prevent it from operating safely.

Preston, a young boy, also lives in the neighborhood and uses the pool every summer.

"It's close, and we don't need to drive everywhere," he said.

"He loves to play in the water," said Preston's dad, Phillip Martinez. "I know as long as they can bring him over here, he'll love it."

Although there are other pools in other neighborhoods, not everyone is able to access them. 

"A lot of us ain't fortunate to have vehicles, so we got to commute through the bus system, and but again, that's, I guess you could say that's part of life," said Garcia.

The pool was losing more than 16,000 gallons of water each day. A leak was discovered during preseason maintenance, but a new pool has already been in the works.

"Hopefully a whole new, nice, bigger pool," said Garcia.

Last year, Denver voters approved the Vibrant Denver Bond to improve the city's infrastructure and community spaces. $15 million to build a new pool was already secured within the project.

"I want it to get bigger," said Preston.

The community is already looking forward to its reopening.

"50 more times better," Preston added.

Denver Parks and Rec did not respond to questions from CBS Colorado regarding the project and a potential timeline for when it will be completed. However, members of the community can sign up to receive updates.

That's when officers Sutherland and Majka used a pole to capture the snake and they put him in the back of a patrol car. They took a little trip to a nearby field where they released the snake. 

When officers arrived, one victim was rushed to the hospital. 

At the scene, one vehicle was seen with its back windshield shattered. 

What happened leading up to the shooting is being investigated. 

The United Nations' World Health Organization has warned that the virus is still "increasing" in its "geographic spread" in Congo, and experts say it's a race against time to stop it from mushrooming into a wider health crisis. 

In the epicenter of Ituri province, Congolese security forces fired warning shots to break up an angry crowd of people trying to take the body of an Ebola victim home. Health workers were trying to remove the body for the community's safety — even in death, victims are highly contagious.

The WHO has said that "intense community transmission continues" in the Central African region, and new cases and deaths have surged.

WHO Incident Manager Dr. Marie-Roseline Belizaire told CBS News deaths were still being reported by the community in Congo, and "that means we are missing cases," with the disease still spreading undetected in the population.

"One month after the outbreak has been declared, I'm still feeling concerned," she said.

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Efforts to trace anyone believed to have come into contact with known Ebola cases have also seen slow progress. There's been some improvement, but Congolese health workers say they've only been able to follow up with a little over half of the people who came into contact with confirmed cases. In real numbers, this means about 3,000 possible contacts are still unaccounted for.

Over the border in Uganda, authorities are in proactive protection mode. As soon as CBS News landed in the country, all members of the team had to scan a QR code and declare that nobody had been in contact with bats, attended a funeral or experienced symptoms of Ebola such as fever or vomiting.

But that was at the main airport. Uganda shares a nearly 500-mile border with Congo — about the length of the state of Florida — and despite it officially being closed amid the outbreak, people continue to move freely across it.

"Our problem is how is it being managed across the border with the Congo," Uganda's National Director of Public Health, Dr. Daniel Kyabayinze, told CBS News. "We know all our cases have been imported from there."

As of June 10, the WHO said at least 19 Ebola cases had been confirmed in Uganda, including two deaths.

Kyabayinze said the movement of people across the border was likely "very minimal" under the restrictions, but he couldn't rule it out. 

"We are the same people. The culture and language in Uganda and the people across the Congo are the same," he said. "They're the same families. So, even when you have non-gazetted (unofficial) crossing points, the families still communicate."

"Putting a tight ribbon, or a no-stop movement on the porous borders is almost impossible, it's like stopping wind from blowing," Kyabayinze said.

He and other top epidemiologists told CBS News this week that they're generally happy with the preventative measures implemented by Uganda, and no new cases have been reported in the country in 11 days. But they said they continue to monitor the outbreak in Congo — and the two countries' long shared border — very closely.

Mr. Trump made the comments from Évian-les-Bains, France, where he is attending the G7 summit of leading industrialized nations. The summit is coming as Mr. Trump and Iran inked a truce to extend the ceasefire, which is expected to be formalized Friday in Switzerland.  

The deal was almost held up when Israel launched strikes against a command center in Beirut for the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah. Iran said Sunday those strikes could complicate the deal, leading Mr. Trump to call on "all sides" to stand down. 

Mr. Trump said Tuesday that Netanyahu "has to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon."

"[I] didn't like where two hours before we're signing the agreement that there was an attack in Lebanon, in Beirut," Mr. Trump said Tuesday. He also described the attack as "vicious," saying it was "too much." 

But the president added he and Netanyahu have a "great relationship," and "we're talking about some end details."

"You know, you can do too much also, but we've had a very effective relationship," Mr. Trump said. "Without us, without the United States, there would be no Israel. Without me, there would be no Israel, because no other president was willing to do what I did."

Mr. Trump said Israel has been fighting Hezbollah "too long."

"Too many people are being killed, and you don't have to knock down an apartment house every time you're looking for somebody, because there are a lot of people in those apartment houses, and they're not all Hezbollah, that I can tell you, and I suggested to Israel to let Syria take care of Hezbollah, because to be honest with you, I think they'd do a better job of doing it," he said.

Tuesday's comments are the latest example of Mr. Trump's frustration with Netanyahu. Fox News reporter Trey Yingst said Sunday that Mr. Trump told him the president asked Netanyahu "what the f*** are you doing?" after this weekend's strikes. 

Troops are expected to stay in Lebanon, Israeli officials said Monday, because "Trump's agreement does not bind us." But Iran's foreign minister said any Israeli forces remaining in the country would constitute a violation of the fledgling deal. 

The All England Club announced a doubles wild card invitation on Tuesday for the sisters to take part in the tournament, which starts in less than two weeks.

The move comes after 44-year-old Serena recently returned to competition after nearly four years away from professional tennis.

Venus, who has still been competing sporadically, turns 46 on Wednesday.

The Williams sisters have won 14 Grand Slam titles together in doubles, including six at Wimbledon - the first of them in 2000 and the last in 2016.

Serena won her first doubles match with partner Victoria Mboko at Queen's Club in London last week and was slated to play doubles with Karolina Muchova at the Berlin Open later on Tuesday.

The Williams sisters last played doubles together at the 2022 U.S. Open, where they lost their opening match. That was the first time they'd played doubles together in 4-1/2 years.

Serena and Mboko won their opening match at Queen's Club but then had to withdraw after Mboko injured her knee in a singles match.

Serena hasn't ruled out a return in singles, as well, and one of the eight wild card spots for women's singles was left as "to be announced."

Other Wimbledon draws 

Recent French Open finalist Maja Chwalinska received a singles wild card, as did six British women: Harriet Dart, Alicia Dudeney, Hannah Klugman, Mika Stojsavljevic, Katie Swan, and Mimi Xu.

Men's singles wild cards went to Stan Wawrinka and Grigor Dimitrov and four British players: Jacob Fearnley, Arthur Fery, Jack Pinnington Jones and Toby Samuel.

Wawrinka, a three-time Grand Slam champion whose best result at Wimbledon was reaching the quarterfinals twice, plans to retire at the end of the year.

Dimotrov led eventual champion Jannik Sinner two sets to none in the round of 16 last year before having to retire early in the third due to an injured pectoral muscle. Dimitrov is now ranked No. 169.

Two more men's singles wild cards were also left open.

In men's doubles, a wild card went to the pairing of Alexander Bublik and Nick Kyrgios. Kyrgios was a singles finalist in 2022.

Matteo Berrettini, a Wimbledon finalist in 2021, was left off the list despite a quarterfinal appearance at the French Open. He's ranked No. 49 but was ranked outside the top 100 when Wimbledon's entry list was established. Still, Berrettini could get direct entry into the main draw depending on withdrawals.

Coach Amir Ghalenoei didn't say who ordered the Iranians to leave earlier than planned. The team had expected to spend the night in California to maximize the normal recovery process after its opening game, only to be told after the match that everyone must immediately get on a plane for the 140-mile trip back to Tijuana.

"They didn't even give us time to recover," Ghalenoei said through an interpreter. "After the game today, they said to us, 'You have to leave immediately.' It's very important for us to have time for recovery, (but) we are asked to get on a plane and return to our camp in Tijuana, and we are really troubled by that."

The Iranians' World Cup cycle has been in upheaval since the U.S. and Israel began a war against Iran on Feb. 28. Iran ultimately decided to compete even after FIFA rejected its request to move its three group-stage matches out of the U.S.

Iran captain Mehdi Taremi said the team endured five hours of travel and security checks during what's normally a very short trip from Tijuana to the Los Angeles area on Sunday.

"We don't know why they are returning us, to be honest," Ghalenoei said. "I think it's very strange. It seems like others are doing the planning for us. The decision-making for us is being made elsewhere. We were supposed to come two nights before the game, and we were supposed to stay tonight to recover and return tomorrow at lunchtime. We have no idea why.

"I think our team is perhaps the most oppressed in the World Cup."

Taremi and Ghalenoei both decried the team's lack of many important staff members — including the president of Iran's football federation, coaching support personnel and media officials — who were denied visas by the U.S., amplifying the team's difficult preparations.

"We have to leave Los Angeles right now, and it's not good for us," Taremi said about an hour after the match. "I think FIFA have to help us more than this. ... Everything is like a disaster, actually, for us."

Ghalenoei said several players developed cramps during the game, which was played in mild conditions. He attributed the injury problems to the lack of proper preparation time caused by Iran's bureaucratic and diplomatic obstacles.

"Before the game, I said we haven't had time to adjust because of the travel," Ghalenoei said. "Many of our players, they had cramps, and that's why we had to substitute them. So it wasn't for technical reasons that we made substitutions. It was because of the injury and because of the cramp. They will be examined (Tuesday) by our technical staff, but the fact they delayed our arrivals and they are forcing us to go back early without time for recovery, they are making the situation more difficult."

The Iranians' remaining two games in group stage play are against Belgium in Inglewood on Sunday, followed by a trip to Seattle to face Egypt next week.

Iran opened its World Cup with a disappointing draw to a team ranked 65 places lower in FIFA's rankings. Yet the Iranians also overcame two deficits in an exciting match, getting the tying goal from Mohammad Mohebi in the 64th minute before a strongly pro-Iranian crowd at SoFi Stadium near Los Angeles, which has the world's largest population of Iranians outside Iran.

The game was played in a crackling atmosphere created in part by a conflicted, diasporic fan base which remains furious with the current Iranian government but is still largely supportive of Team Melli.

While several hundred Iranian Americans protested the government outside, many fans from the diaspora jeered and turned their backs on the field during the national anthem. Dozens of Lion and Sun emblems — the centerpiece of Iran's official flag before 1979 — were displayed in the crowd despite FIFA's attempts to keep them away, while dozens more fans wore the Lion and Sun emblems on T-shirts.

Yet the vast majority of the crowd vocally supported the Iranian players once the match kicked off.

"It was an incredible atmosphere in the game, all 90 minutes," Taremi said. "It was like at home for us."

Elijah Just scored early in each half for New Zealand, but Iran responded twice with a pair of beautiful goals, including Mohebi's header off a perfect pass from Ramin Rezaeian, who had scored off the side of his boot in the first half.

Mohebi appeared to mime the shooting of a gun after his goal, setting off criticism online. He also made the now-ubiquitous "ice in my veins" gesture originated 10 miles away from SoFi Stadium by Los Angeles Lakers rookie D'Angelo Russell a decade ago, before he held up a heart to the cheering fans.

"The Iranians who live in Los Angeles, they make a great atmosphere," Mohebi said. "That celebration, it comes in the mind, and I did like this" — motioning to his arm — "for all the fans. Just a celebration."

Players from both teams embraced and shook hands after the final whistle, with at least one jersey swap occurring. While Ghalenoei sat by himself in the dugout, his players gathered together and walked around the field applauding their remaining thousands of flag-shaking, roaring fans.

Both of Iran's next two matches are tougher on paper, endangering their chances of getting out of the World Cup group stage for the first time. Iran, Belgium, Egypt and New Zealand have one point apiece after the opening round.

"We're facing more hurdles, but we're not going to let that stop us from doing our best," Ghalenoei said. "I think today was one of the best games in the World Cup so far, and I think the fans really enjoyed it inside the stadium and outside the stadium."

Over the past month, Walker says he has submitted applications to more than a dozen businesses.

When listing off businesses Walker said, "Dutch Bros, Maverick, Snarf's Sandwiches, Cobblestone Car Wash, Chick-fil-A, Taco Bell, Sonic, Jersey Mike's, King Soopers, McDonald's ..." among others.

Even if he gets an interview, Walker says the competition is tough. 

"Even if you go into like a job interview, there's like 20 other people waiting to interview in there, so just everyone's trying to get a job for summer," Walker said.

Experts say Walker's experience reflects a larger national trend.

According to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, businesses nationwide are on track to hire a record-low number of teenagers this summer.

According to Challenger, as recently as the 1980s, roughly half of teens participated in the nation's labor force in some capacity; today, that figure is under 30%.

As a youth workforce specialist at the Colorado Workforce Centers location in Broomfield, Marci Machuga helps teens and young adults navigate the job market.

"It's harder this year, probably," Machuga said. "You know, some of those traditional summer jobs may have been filled by adults with a lot of experience in the workforce."

Experts point to several factors contributing to lower teen employment, including economic uncertainty, the growing use of artificial intelligence and automation, and students focusing more on college preparation activities instead of seasonal work.

And, while Machuga notes teens should try to apply in the winter or spring for summer jobs, there are other ways to bolster resumes this summer.

"Looking for opportunities to volunteer in your community, networking, so teachers and professors may have opportunities that are only available to youth," Machuga said. "There's courses that you can go and take this year, so that next year you're more well-rounded."

For Walker, building his resume now includes an interview with CBS Colorado.

Asked what he would tell potential employers watching, Walker said, "I'm a hard worker," adding, "... quick learner, teamwork and tech savvy," he said.

Job seekers of any age can access free assistance through Colorado Workforce Centers, which operates at least 50 locations across the state.

A job fair is also scheduled for Wednesday at the Broomfield Workforce Center from 1:30 to 4 p.m.

U.S. stocks soared to record highs on optimism that the agreement will bring relief to businesses and consumers after May inflation hit its highest level in more than three years.

Brent crude, the international benchmark, fell 4.8% to $83.17, back to where it was in early March. While that's still above its price of roughly $70 from before the war, it's lower than the $100 plus it cost just a few weeks ago. West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. standard, dropped 4% to $81.46.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 469 points, or 0.9%, to 51,671, closing at a new all-time high, while the S&P 500 jumped 123 points, or 1.7%, to 7,554. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index surged 3.1%.

President Trump said the Strait of Hormuz will reopen on Friday after the deal is signed, and the U.S. naval blockade on Iran will be lifted.

Despite the cessation of hostilities in Iran, it may take several weeks for oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz to reach even 50% of its pre-war levels, according to analysts with political risk consultancy Eurasia Group. Energy experts said shipping and insurance companies will want to be confident the pact will hold, ensuring that oil and gas flows out of the region resume. 

While gas prices could ease in the coming weeks, they're unlikely to return to pre-war levels anytime soon, which could continue to put financial pressure on U.S. households and businesses, experts said.

"Even if the deal reopens the strait immediately, it will not prevent inflation from rising a bit further in the near term, nor will it avoid some economic damage during Q3," Capital Economics group chief economist Neil Shearing told investors in a report on Monday.

Another question hanging over the truce is whether Iran will charge ships for passage through the strait. The U.S. has demanded that the waterway remain toll-free.

Instant winners

On Wall Street, stocks of companies with big fuel bills were instant winners. United Airlines flew 3.9% higher, and cruise operator Royal Caribbean Group rose 6.6%.

Stocks of companies enmeshed in the artificial-intelligence industry also jumped. These stocks have yo-yoed in recent weeks, going from roaring to records to suddenly turning lower. The concern is whether such stocks shot too high, too fast because of AI mania, and their careening moves have sometimes reversed direction by the hour.

"The driver of the equity advance was the Iran deal, not so much because people feel the agreement will be a powerful source of incremental upside itself but instead that by removing it as a potential risk factor, stocks will be able to focus on what are encouraging earnings fundamentals," Wall Street analyst Adam Crisafulli of Vital Knowledge said in a report to investors.

The deal comes after the Consumer Price Index in May rose to its highest level in more than three years, with energy prices accounting for more than 60% of the monthly inflation increase. While fuel prices have eased slightly in June, as the CBS News gas and oil price tracker shows, that decline was not captured in the May data.

Even with the recent dip in gas prices, Americans are still paying 37% more at the pump than they did prior to the start of the war. The average national price for a gallon of gasoline on Monday was $4.07, down from $4.53 a month ago, according to AAA. 

A new analysis from the National Energy Assistance Directors Association estimates that Americans will spend an average of nearly $800 on electricity between June and September, up 10.5% from the same period last year.

"Electricity prices continue to rise, and hotter summers mean households need to use more electricity simply to stay safe," Mark Wolfe, executive director of NEADA, said in a statement. "The result is that Americans are paying substantially more to cool their homes than they were just a few years ago."

Electricity prices are rising as energy demand grows and utilities and states invest more in updating the nation's aging power grid, including building thousands of new data centers needed to power AI services. 

From 2019 to 2024, the national average monthly electric bill rose about 23%, a separate analysis of federal data by nonprofit consumer education organization PowerLines.

How much will you pay based on where you live?

NEADA's analysis also examined how much Americans will pay from June to September, depending on where they live. The state-level estimates are based on electricity data from the Energy Information Administration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's regional temperature forecast.

Arizona residents will likely face the steepest electricity costs this summer, with NEADA projecting that households in the state will spend $ 1,060, up nearly 14% from last year. That's followed by Connecticut, where the group estimates residents will spend $944, up roughly 11% from the summer months in 2025. Washington and North Dakota are projected to see the lowest power bills at $488, NEADA found.

Americans are facing higher utility costs at a time when they are already struggling to stay afloat financially. Roughly half of Americans feel they are worse off financially than they were a year ago, according to a recent survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. 

Part of the pain is due to rising costs amid inflation at its highest level in years. One in six U.S. households is behind on its utility bills, according to NEADA.

The number of metropolitan areas with basic homes worth at least seven figures has tripled since 2020, the real estate firm said in a new analysis. Zillow defines a starter home as one in the lowest third of home values in a given region.

Home prices surged during the pandemic as a housing shortage collided with strong demand and historically low mortgage rates.  

"The pandemic reset the cost of buying a home, spreading million-dollar starter homes from a handful of coastal states to more than two dozen states across the country," Kara Ng, senior economist at Zillow, said in a statement. 

To be sure, the typical starter home still costs far less than $1 million at just under $199,000, Zillow noted. Overall, the median home costs nearly $418,000, according to the National Association of Realtors. 

Households need annual income of nearly $117,000 to afford the average home, according to Redfin. A household with average earnings would need to spend 40% of its income on the median-priced home, the real estate firm found. Experts generally advise keeping monthly mortgage payments to no more than 30% of annual income after putting 15% down.

Soaring real estate prices in cities across California account for most of the high-priced starter homes. The state has 105 cities where a basic property costs at least $1 million, according to Zillow. Pricey starter homes are also becoming more common in the Northeast, Ng said.

"Million-dollar starter homes are popping up in more Northeast cities because the housing shortage there hasn't been solved," she said. "Sun Belt markets have responded with new supply and seen price growth moderate as a result. The Northeast hasn't had that relief."

A total of 26 states have at least one city with million-dollar starter homes, up from nine before the pandemic, Zillow found:

• California: 105
• New York: 41
• New Jersey: 26
• Florida: 11
• Massachusetts: 10
• Washington: 8
• Texas: 7
• Connecticut: 4
• Hawaii: 4
• Maryland: 4
• Colorado: 3
• South Carolina: 3
• Illinois: 2
• Wyoming: 2
• Arizona: 1
• Georgia: 1
• Kansas: 1
• Michigan: 1
• Minnesota: 1
• Missouri: 1
• New Hampshire: 1
• Nevada: 1
• Pennsylvania: 1
• Rhode Island: 1
• Utah: 1
• Virginia: 1