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In the gripping Season 3 premiere of 'NCIS: Origins,' Mark Harmon's older Leroy Jethro Gibbs faces a startling and dangerous twist when he is shot in the chest by masked gunmen outside his Alaska cabin. Despite the shocking attack, Gibbs's enduring hero heart keeps beating as he leverages a clever survival reflex and loads up his sniper rifle to confront his unresolved past. The harrowing incident bridges his quiet retirement with deep 1992 flashbacks involving Lala, exploring the high stakes of his protector instincts and setting the stage for an explosive new chapter of the prequel series.

California authorities have charged Silvia Zhang, 39, and Guojun Xuan, 65, with severe felony child endangerment, neglect, and conspiracy after removing 21 children from their care in Arcadia. Law enforcement executed initial raids following an unreported traumatic head injury suffered by a two-month-old infant in the home. Authorities located 15 children at the residence and six others elsewhere, ranging in age from two months to 13 years old. Prosecutors allege security video shows hired nannies physically abusing the children while the parents operated Mark Surrogacy Investment LLC to obtain children from surrogates nationwide. Surrogates alleged the couple deceived them regarding the scale of their child acquisitions. Defense attorneys denied direct abuse by the parents, blamed hired caregivers, and requested lower bail, currently set at $20 million each. State child protective services placed all 21 children in state custody while the FBI and local police continue investigating multi-state surrogacy operations.