North Carolina State

Manhattan, NY

Columbus, OH

Louisiana State

Henderson, LA

NBC News

At least two people died as severe weather hit Louisiana overnight, with storms and tornadoes bringing devastation to southern states and leaving tens of thousands with damaged homes or severed power lines. One person died in unknown circumstances in the outskirts of the town of Henderson, while an unidentified woman...

2 dead in Louisiana as tornadoes hit the South, leaving thousands without power

New York City, NY

Brooklyn, NY

ALBANY, N.Y. — A disability rights advocate made a complaint to New York State Police saying he was shoved twice in the state capitol building by state Sen. Kevin Parker, a Brooklyn Democrat with a history of violent behavior. Michael Carey said his confrontation with Parker took place Wednesday...

Disability rights advocate says state senator with violent history shoved him at New York Capitol

Leeds, ME

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Stark, NH

The Quick Historian

In Stark, New Hampshire, a critical development has emerged in the case of 34-year-old Alex Jackson, who was reported missing by his family on May 14, 2023. Maine State Police recently announced the discovery of Jackson's remains, following a multi-agency search involving the Windham Police Department, Maine Warden Service, New Hampshire State Police, and New Hampshire Fish and Wildlife Department. This discovery came nearly a year after Jackson was last seen in Leeds, Maine, on May 12, 2023.

Police find remains of missing man after a year of searching

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

The Jacksonville Humane Society has received hundreds of kittens this year — most of them in the past month — and the organization is asking for help in caring for the fur babies.

Hundreds of kittens land at Jax Humane Society

Ocala, FL

The principal of a central Florida elementary school was arrested this week and accused of holding a child in a room for 40 minutes, putting him in a chokehold and hitting him with a charging cable. Dontay Akeem Prophet, 33, who had been principal of Destiny Leadership Academy in Ocala,...

Florida principal arrested, accused of hitting child with charging cable

Buffalo, NY

What's Going On

Buffalo, N.Y. – A former office manager has admitted to embezzling over $700,000 from her employer over a period of more than seven years, as disclosed by the Erie County District Attorney's Office on Tuesday.

Office Manager's Shocking Embezzlement: Former Employee Admits to Stealing Over $700,000

Georgia State

Mccalla, AL

An Alabama middle school principal was arrested and charged in the cold-case deaths of three people in Georgia more than a decade ago. The victims were found Jan. 13, 2013, after an officer in Union City, Georgia, saw a 2010 Dodge Charger abandoned in Fulton County, the Clayton County Sheriff's Office said in a news release this month.

Alabama middle school principal arrested and charged in 2013 cold-case murder in Georgia

New Mexico State

Farmington, NM

“She was very happy that day when I saw her,” Lela Mailman told Dateline about the last time she saw her daughter, Melanie James. It was the spring of 2014. “She was like, ‘OK, Mom. I’m going to go now. I love you. Have a great day,’” Lela recalled.

“10 years has been a long time,” Farmington, New Mexico family, authorities seek info about 2014 disappearance of Melanie James

Houston, TX

Houston's mayor said at least four people had been killed in severe storms that struck the city on Thursday. Hundreds of thousands of people are without power in parts of Texas and Louisiana. Frances Rivera has the details on Early Today.

Deadly storms batter the South

Abilene, TX

Clovis, NM

A Texas man accused of kidnapping a 10-month-old girl at a New Mexico park after having fatally shot her mother and another woman had previously threatened to "start killing people and children," according to federal investigators. A federal criminal complaint alleged that Alek Isaiah Collins called the FBI twice last...

Man accused of kidnapping baby from N.M. park after killing mother had threatened to ‘start killing people and children’

Texas State

Austin, TX

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a pardon Thursday for the Army sergeant convicted of murder last year in the fatal shooting of a protester in downtown Austin in July 2020. Daniel Perry was found guilty by a Travis County jury last year in the murder of Garrett Foster and sentenced to 25 years in prison. At the same time, Abbott made clear that he would like to pardon Perry and asked the Board of Pardons and Paroles to consider Perry's case.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, Army sergeant convicted of murdering protester in 2020

Key Biscayne, FL

Florida investigators identified and seized a "vessel of interest" possibly connected to a Key Biscayne boating hit-and-run in which a 15-year-old girl died, officials said Tuesday. Relying on accounts from witnesses, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers were able to quickly identify "a vessel that fits the description" of...

'Vessel of interest' seized in boating hit-and-run death of 15-year-old girl in Florida

New Jersey State

South Orange, NJ

Morristown Minute

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ - In a startling revelation from the office of U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger, 77-year-old Janis Miller of South Orange, New Jersey, has been indicted on charges of wire fraud, accused of pilfering more than $1 million in federal benefits designated for her deceased aunt. The indictment marks a significant development in a case that stretches over two decades.

NJ Woman Indicted for Embezzling $1M in Federal Benefits

Utah State

Palmdale, CA

Police were searching a landfill site in California for the body of a missing 3-week-old baby after his mother was arrested on child abuse charges in Utah. Los Angeles County sheriff's detectives were combing through waste at the Antelope Valley landfill in Palmdale, north of Los Angeles, on Tuesday in the hope of finding Baki Dewees, NBC Los Angeles reported.

Police searching for body of newborn baby in landfill site after mother is arrested on child neglect charges

Naples, FL

A Florida teenager says she was denied entry to her public school’s prom because she wore a suit, which the school says violated its dress code for formal occasions. Sophie Savidge, a 16-year-old junior at Mason Classical Academy, a top-ranked charter school in Naples, arrived at Vanderbilt Country Club for the school’s prom Saturday evening with her mom, Holly Savidge, and friends. But Sophie was turned away, Holly said, after Nissa Mitchell, the vice principal, told them Sophie’s suit violated the dress code. Holly said Sophie was told she could come back to the dance only if she went home and changed into a dress.

Florida teen says she was denied entry to prom for wearing a suit

NewsBreak

Columbia University protest occupation and 4 law enforcement killed in North Carolina: Morning Rundown

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupy a building at Columbia University as a campus protest escalates. A bank executive is expected to take the stand when Donald Trump's hush...

Columbia University protest occupation and 4 law enforcement killed in North Carolina: Morning Rundown

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