Saratoga, CA

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

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

Virginia State

Cheryl E Preston

At this time last year, McDonald's customers were purchasing the Grimace Shake, which went viral, led to many videos, and quickly sold out in Virginia. I drove through two local counties to find the purple shakes for my grandchildren.

McDonald's is being accused of  recycling the tripple cheeseburger and renaming it Hat Trick Burger

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

A federal bankruptcy judge let Alex Jones convert his Chapter 11 filing into a liquidation, but dismissed the bankruptcy case against Jones' company. Jones's personal assets will be sold to pay toward previously-awarded damages of $1.5 billion to Sandy Hook parents for defamation and emotional distress. NBC News' Anne Thompson reports.

Judge allows Alex Jones to liquidate assets to pay damages to Sandy Hook families

Oregon State

Medford, OR

A former intensive care unit nurse has been arrested for allegedly swapping patients' pain medication with tap water, police in Medford, Oregon, announced Thursday. Dani Mari Schofield faces 44 counts of assault in the second degree, charges that "reflect the total amount of patients that this investigation revealed to have been affected by Schofield’s criminal actions," the Medford Police Department said in a statement.

Former ICU nurse is arrested on suspicion of replacing fentanyl with tap water

Illinois State

Carl Junction, MO

An 8-year-old girl from Missouri became “ill and unresponsive” on a SkyWest flight to Chicago on Thursday and was later pronounced dead, authorities said. The flight took off from Joplin, Missouri, and was headed to Chicago before making an emergency landing in Peoria, Illinois. “Her family immediately notified...

8-year-old girl has medical emergency on SkyWest flight to Chicago and dies

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

New York City, NY

Survivors of the Sandy Hook massacre are torn between celebrating their high school graduation Wednesday and remembering the 20 classmates who lost their lives in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. Lilly Wasilnak, 17, said graduation always seemed so far away "but now it’s here and you’re...

Sandy Hook shooting survivors graduate from high school and reflect on first-grade massacre

Colorado State

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Florida is bracing for another day of rain and devastating flash flooding despite already reeling from historic rainfall that has left entire neighborhoods underwater. Seven million people remain under a flood watch Friday morning 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

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

Kentucky State

Reynolds Station, KY

Kentucky State Police used cadaver dogs Tuesday to search some woods near the home of missing 8-month-old Miya Tucker but reported no discoveries as nightfall approached. "We have no evidence she’s deceased," State Police Trooper Corey King told NBC affiliate WFIE of nearby Evansville, Indiana. "But we have no evidence she’s alive, either."

Parents, grandparents of missing Kentucky 8-month-old arrested as police search woods for baby

Atlanta, GA

An Arizona man planned a mass shooting targeting African Americans and other minorities at a rap concert in Atlanta in May, looking to incite a race war ahead of the presidential election, federal authorities said. Mark Adams Prieto was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday on charges of firearms...

Arizona man planned a mass shooting targeting African Americans at an Atlanta concert to incite a race war, feds say

Nashville, TN

Murray, KY

The Murray Sentinel

MURRAY – A Murray couple was arrested last week after two juveniles in their care were admitted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, for severe weight loss with supporting evidence of malnutrition and physical abuse.

Foster parents arrested after children found to be extremely malnourished

Saint Johns County, FL

Hastings, FL

Jacksonville Today

Eight people have been arrested on drug charges stemming from an undercover investigation at a convenience store in Hastings, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

8 arrested in Hastings drug and gambling bust

River Oaks, TX

Robert Russell Shaneyfelt

This post includes content modified using AI. Garrett Beck could never have foreseen the events that transpired during his Thursday morning shift. The electrician and his colleague were heading south on Interstate 35 when lightning struck their work truck near Basswood Blvd.

Struck by Lightning on I-35: A Close Call

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

Federal prosecutors charged two digital health company executives with carrying out a 100-million-dollar fraud scheme, distributing more than 40 million pills of Adderall and other prescription stimulants whether or not patients qualified. NBC News' Maggie Vespa reports.

Two telehealth company execs arrested over ADHD drug sales

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

Parris Island, SC

Explore Beaufort SC

Marine Corps privates Jamil Winston Jr. and JuliMarie Winston are married Marines. The husband and wife have proved that the couple that trains together can stay together. Both graduated on May 17th from boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, just in time for their first wedding anniversary coming up in June.

Married Marines graduate from Parris Island together

San Jose, CA

Cupertino, CA

Los Gatos, CA

Campbell, CA

Sunnyvale, CA

Santa Clara, CA

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American sought after 'So I raped you' Facebook message is detained in France on 2021 warrant

LYON, France — An American accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said, “So I...

American sought after 'So I raped you' Facebook message is detained in France on 2021 warrant

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