Columbus, OH

Minnesota State

Polk County, MN

Fargo, ND

NBC News

A North Dakota woman pulled over by deputies in Minnesota could face up to 30 years in prison after a bong containing water that tested positive for methamphetamine was found in her car. Jessica Beske, of Fargo, was stopped in Polk County, Minnesota, on May 8 for speeding, according to...

Woman faces 30 years in prison after bong water is found during Minnesota traffic stop

Newark, NJ

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MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - Nine individuals have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a drug trafficking organization operating in Newark, distributing fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

16 Arrested in Major Drug Bust: Meth, Cocaine, Fentanyl & Heroin

Northern Kentucky Tribune

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks Monday on the Senate floor regarding Iran:. “Last night, Iran confirmed that its president and foreign minister died in a helicopter crash. The condolences from sympathetic regimes were swift.

Opinion – Sen. Mitch McConnell: Untimely death of president of Iran does not change regime’s threats

Arizona State

Florida State

Phoenix, AZ

Florida is under a state of emergency after record rainfall and flash floods left streets underwater. It comes as a wildfire rages in Arizona, destroying homes and shutting down a major highway in Phoenix. NBC News' Marissa Parra and Liz Kreutz lead team coverage.

Record rainfall in Florida as massive wildfire rages in Arizona

Atlanta, GA

The man charged with murder and kidnapping after a bus was hihacked in Atlanta on Tuesday was interviewed by local media about having witnessed a shooting mere hours earlier. Joseph Grier, 39, spoke to NBC affiliate WXIA of Atlanta on Tuesday afternoon at the scene of a shooting at Peachtree Center Mall, where a gunman shot three people before he was shot and wounded by a police officer.

Suspect in armed bus hijacking in Atlanta spoke to local media at a shooting scene hours earlier

The State Department has launched an updated online passport renewal service, making it possible for travelers to forgo mailing documents and upload them digitally instead. Right now, the rollout is restricted to certain windows at midday Eastern time — starting at 1 p.m., according to The Wall Street Journal.

State Department rolls out updated online passport renewal

Winston-salem, NC

In the fall of 2022, Dr. William Dugal, then 32, contracted Covid-19 and began experiencing unusual symptoms. “It started with the numbness in my feet, almost like my shoes were too tight, and it progressed to where I was having trouble walking,” Dugal, now 34, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, tells TODAY.com. “I knew there was something significantly wrong.

Man, 32, becomes fully paralyzed within days of catching Covid due to rare syndrome

El Paso, TX

A man died after he was electrocuted in a Jacuzzi at a Mexican resort, local officials announced Wednesday. The 43-year-old man was in the Jacuzzi alongside another person when both were shocked, the attorney general’s office for the state of Sonora said in a statement on Facebook. The man...

Texas man dies after being electrocuted in Jacuzzi at Mexican resort

Colorado State

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Florida is dealing with another day of rain and devastating flash flooding despite already reeling from historic rainfall that has left entire neighborhoods underwater. Six million people remain under a flood watch through Friday evening across southern Florida, including metro areas of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Fort Myers and Naples.

Florida braces for more rain after week of devastating flash flooding

South Carolina State

Nevada State

Republican candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump won House and Senate primary contests in Nevada, South Dakota and South Carolina. NBC News’ Ali Vitali reports on the unsuccessful effort of a Kevin McCarthy-backed candidate to boot incumbent Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. from her seat.

Trump-endorsed candidates win primaries in Nevada, South Dakota and South Carolina

California State

NBC News' Steve Patterson reports from the California Women's Institute, where the Last Mile Program is teaching coding to those behind bars. The program aims to lower the chance of repeat offending and getting the chance at a new career.

Non-profit program teaches coding inside prisons in California

Oregon State

Ogle County, IL

Dixon, IL

DIXON, Ill. — Three sheriff’s deputies were shot Wednesday while responding to a northern Illinois home, and the suspect was also wounded, authorities said. Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle said the deputies were responding to a report that someone inside the home in the Lost Lake community near Dixon was threatening to kill themself or others. He said the suspect also was shot. He did not provide any information about the suspect, including name, age or where the person lives.

3 deputies shot while responding to northern Illinois home, suspect also wounded, official says

Duval County, FL

Jacksonville Today

A Duval County school police officer was arrested on a battery charge after an incident at Mandarin Middle School, one of two staff members accused of misbehavior recently, according to district officials.

Two Mandarin Middle School staff accused of misconduct

Wisconsin State

Michigan State

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's most likely path to re-election is a narrow one that relies on the same three states that gave Donald Trump the Oval Office in 2016 and then yanked it away from him in 2020 — Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin — along with a single electoral vote from an Omaha-based congressional district.

To beat Trump, Biden 'must have' the Rust Belt — plus Omaha

Mississippi State

Hattiesburg, MS

The mother of a University of Southern Mississippi football player who was found fatally shot in his car this week said he would call her every day after practice to check in and that he had no known enemies. Adrian Jackson said in an interview Thursday that she didn't know...

The mother of a University of Southern Mississippi football player who was fatally shot says her son had no enemies

Play-by-play broadcasters seemingly jinxing what happens on a baseball field is a nightly occurrence. Normally, it’s just brushed off with a laugh. But when Jenny Cavnar did it on May 30, the new voice of the Oakland A’s faced unrelenting criticism online. Playing off Tampa Bay Rays outfielder...

Female play-by-play broadcasters are on the rise in men's sports. So is the criticism.

Small universities and colleges are being forced to close due to low enrollment. An expert tells NBC News that there could be one closure per week by the end of this year, leaving students with fewer options. Valerie Castro takes a closer look at the driving forces behind the closures.

Low enrollment is forcing some small colleges to close

New Jersey State

Pennsylvania State

NEW JERSEY – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, along with the Division on Civil Rights (DCR), has co-led a multistate comment letter supporting the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) proposed rule aimed at reducing criminal history-based barriers to public housing. This initiative is a collaborative effort with the Attorneys General of Maryland, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania to improve access to safe and affordable housing.

HUD Rule Fights Housing Barriers for Ex-Offenders

West Virginia State

During her roughly four years in West Virginia’s foster care system, Nahomi Bennett says she bounced around among more than a dozen facilities — so many that she lost count. But there is one she can't forget: the group home where she was living when, she says, an older boy raped her at age 14.

A foster care system in crisis: West Virginia faces a legal reckoning

Lexington, KY

The Lexington Times

Federal authorities recently employed an unconventional yet effective method to link an alleged Lexington drug trafficker to a fentanyl stash house. A plea agreement, filed Wednesday in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, details the elaborate investigation that culminated in the arrest and subsequent guilty plea of a key individual. A key piece of evidence in the case? The defendant's DoorDash order history.

Plea agreement: Feds used DoorDash app to link Lexington drug trafficker to stash house

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Black and Latino workers die on the job at disproportionate rates, new report shows

Black workers’ job fatality rates are the highest they’ve been in nearly 15 years, and Latino workers die on the job more than any other group,...

Black and Latino workers die on the job at disproportionate rates, new report shows

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