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Hope Mills, NC

Play Episode 1 of the second season of Dateline: Missing in America Podcast below and click here to follow. It was a little windy that March morning in Hope Mills, North Carolina. Spring was just around the corner on a crisp, dry day. In a ranch-style house on McDonald Road,...

Dateline: Missing in America podcast covers the March 2002 disappearance of Kent Jacobs in Hope Mills, North Carolina

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A woman whose wig was ripped off her head by a man as she was walking in New York City early Monday said she now wants to take legal action. The woman, known online as Lizzy Ashliegh, posted a video on TikTok of an incident that she said took place near Penn Station around 1 a.m., when a man ripped off a turquoise wig from her head. In the video, which had over 500,000 views Wednesday evening, Ashliegh, who is audibly distraught, asks the man, “For what reason did you take my wig off?” The man appears intoxicated and laughs when he is questioned.

A New York man is fired after a woman accused him of ripping her wig off in the street

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Elgin, TX

Payton Washington, the Texas cheerleader who was shot and critically injured after a friend accidentally got into the wrong car in April, says she didn’t even see the shooter and tried to keep her friends calm, even as she was bleeding. The 18-year-old was struck by three bullets —...

Texas cheerleader shot 3 times after friend got into wrong car recalls harrowing attack and hurdles in recovery

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Davenport, IA

Four days after the partial collapse of a Davenport, Iowa apartment building, city officials say three people are likely still trapped in the rubble. NBC News’ Shaquille Brewster has the latest updates as new questions are being raised about missed warning signs in the days before the incident.

Three people likely still trapped in Davenport building collapse, officials say

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Columbia, SC

A 14-year-old was fatally shot in the back Sunday by a South Carolina convenience store owner who wrongly accused him of shoplifting and chased him after a confrontation, authorities said. Rick Chow, 58, was arrested Monday and charged with murder in the death of Cyrus Carmack-Belton. “He did not shoplift...

14-year-old fatally shot in the back by S.C. store owner who wrongly accused him of shoplifting, sheriff says

Manlius, NY

Three teenagers have been arrested and accused of stealing a swan prized by its community in upstate New York, killing the beloved bird and eating it over the Memorial Day weekend, officials said. Police in Manlius, a southeast suburb of Syracuse, sounded the alarm this week after Faye, one of...

3 teens arrested after killing and eating New York village's prized swan, police say

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Gower, MO

Hundreds of people flocked to a small town in Missouri this week and last to see a nun whose body has barely decomposed since 2019. Some say it’s a sign of holiness in Catholicism, while others say the lack of decomposition may not be as rare as people think.

Nun whose body shows little decay since 2019 death draws hundreds to rural Missouri

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Queens, NY

A third person has been indicted in the killing of Run DMC DJ Jam Master Jay, more than two decades after he was found fatally shot in his Queens studio and nearly three years after two men were charged in the crime, officials said Tuesday. Jay Bryant, 49, was charged...

Third person charged in 2002 killing of hip hop pioneer Jam Master Jay

Largo, FL

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Fifteen months ago, Dev Shah spent a miserable five hours spelling outdoors in chilly, windy, damp conditions at a supersize regional competition in Orlando, Florida, only to fall short of his dream of returning to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. “Despondent is the right...

Meet the 14-year-old who won the Scripps National Spelling Bee with ‘psammophile’

Oklahoma State

Maysville, OK

An Oklahoma man said he was the victim of an hourslong bee attack last Friday, leaving him with a broken hip and over 200 stingers in his body. Carl Amos, 81, was mowing his yard in Maysville when his family said he was swarmed and attacked by what appeared to be “killer bees," an aggressive subspecies also known as Africanized bees.

Oklahoma man suffers hourslong bee attack, leaving him with broken hip and hundreds of stingers in his body

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Clinton, ME

Rachel Perkins

CLINTON, Maine — In a high-octane incident that unfolded on the streets of Clinton on Friday, local woman Brittney Young found herself in custody after leading police on a high-speed chase that clocked over 30 miles above the speed limit.

Clinton Woman Leads Police in High-Speed Chase, Then Runs Inside Her House to Feign Slumber as Her Alibi

A new venue in New York City is working to make live performances more accessible for people with dementia and their caregivers. NBC News NOW speaks to workers affiliated with the Lincoln Center to see how they are hoping to create more inclusive performances.

NYC venue offering live performances for people with dementia

Austin, TX

A murder suspect phoned Texas police and confessed to multiple slayings, telling them, "You're looking for me," triggering a manhunt that led to his arrest this week, authorities said. Marshals and police captured Raul Meza Jr., 62, in Austin on Monday, five days after his chilling call to homicide detectives,...

Texas murder suspect calls police and tells them, 'You’re looking for me'

Brownsville, TX

A medically fragile 8-year-old girl who died in the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol last month suffered a 104.9-degree fever, but was still not taken to a hospital, the day before she died, an internal investigation found. A contracted nurse practitioner also declined to review documents and refused repeated...

The 8-year-old who died in Border Patrol custody had a 104.9-degree temperature and still was not sent to the hospital

Chicago, IL

Natalie Frank, Ph.D.

Governor Abbott's response to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's plea that he stop sending migrants to Chicago was to blame the Biden Administration for their open border policy.

Texas Governor Responds to Chicago Mayors Plea to Stop Sending Migrants by Telling Her to Go Complain to the White House

Boston, MA

An attorney accused in a series of sexual assaults in Boston more than a decade ago waived extradition in New Jersey on Thursday and was set to return to Massachusetts, officials said. Matthew Nilo, 35, is charged with rape, kidnapping and assault counts from incidents that occurred in 2007 and...

Attorney accused of rapes in Boston in 2007 and 2008 faces charges

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Trump loses last bid to keep key evidence out of rape trial

Former President Donald Trump’s effort to keep key evidence out of his civil rape trial next month was rejected by a federal judge Monday. Judge Lewis...

Trump loses last bid to keep key evidence out of rape trial

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