New York City, NY

NBC News

Attorneys for former President Donald Trump have filed a motion seeking to have the judge recuse himself from the Manhattan criminal case against him. Trump’s lawyers accused Judge Juan Merchan in a statement Wednesday evening of having conflicts, which the statement says are detailed in the motion. The motion...

Trump attorneys seek recusal of judge in New York criminal case

North Carolina State

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

Iowa State

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

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

Texas State

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

South Carolina State

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

Pennsylvania State

Lebanon, PA

Relatives of two young boys killed by gunfire as they played with kittens in the backyard of their Pennsylvania home were mourning them as authorities announced two men were charged with their slayings. Brothers Jesus and Sebastian Perez-Salome, ages 8 and 9, and a third victim were killed Tuesday night...

Brothers, ages 8 and 9, fatally shot as they played with kittens in their backyard

Four days before part of an Iowa apartment building collapsed, an engineering firm warned that it appeared at risk of crumbling. Select Structural Engineering said in a letter dated May 24 that large patches of brick “appear ready to fall imminently” and laid out repair recommendations “to keep the entire face of the building from falling away when the bottoms area(s) come loose.”

Days before Iowa building collapsed, engineers warned it could crumble

Los Angeles, CA

“That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson was convicted on two counts of rape Wednesday at his retrial in Los Angeles. The seven-woman, five-man jury deadlocked on a third count, which alleged Masterson raped a former girlfriend, after deliberating for over a week, The Associated Press reported. Masterson was...

Danny Masterson found guilty of rape

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

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'

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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

Florida State

Laconia, NH

LACONIA, N.H. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lashed out at a reporter — twice barking “Are you blind?” — at the end of his first campaign event in New Hampshire on Thursday. DeSantis, who delivered his stock stump speech to an audience of more than...

Ron DeSantis loses his temper with a reporter: 'Are you blind?'

NEW YORK — Two weeks before ending his life, Jeffrey Epstein sat in the corner of his Manhattan jail cell with his hands over his ears, desperate to muffle the sound of a toilet that wouldn’t stop running. Epstein was agitated and unable to sleep, jail officials observed...

Jeffrey Epstein tried to send a letter to Larry Nassar before his death, records show

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Kinzinger says he believes Justice Department 'will do the right thing' and charge Trump over Jan. 6

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., said Sunday that he believes the Justice Department will charge former President Donald Trump after the House Jan. 6 committee concluded its...

Kinzinger says he believes Justice Department 'will do the right thing' and charge Trump over Jan. 6

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