ALLEN, Texas — As eyewitness accounts of the mass shooting at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, continued to pour in, survivors described a harrowing account of the carnage in which a gunman shot and killed eight people Saturday night at Allen Premium Outlets, about 29 miles northeast of Dallas. …
Read More »Seven victims believed to be migrants killed when they’re struck by a vehicle while waiting at bus stop in a Texas border city
Seven people waiting at a bus stop in a Texas border city were killed and a dozen more were injured early Sunday when a vehicle rammed into them, officials said. The victims, who are believed to be migrants, were at a stop near a Catholic Charities facility in Brownsville known …
Read More »Hakeem Jeffries won’t commit to a short-term debt ceiling deal
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., on Sunday wouldn’t commit to supporting a short-term extension of the debt ceiling and insisted on a “clean” debt ceiling lift, in an exclusive interview on “Meet the Press,” as congressional leaders remain in a gridlock to work out a deal. Asked by NBC …
Read More »17-year-old girl killed and 5 people wounded in shooting at a party in California
CHICO, Calif. — A 17-year-old girl was killed and five other people were wounded in a shooting early Saturday at a party near a college campus in Northern California, police said. Officers responding around 3:30 a.m. to reports of gunfire found six people shot at an apartment building in Chico, …
Read More »Police respond to reports of ‘active shooter’ incident at Dallas-area outlet mall
Law enforcement were responding to reports of an “active shooter” incident Saturday at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, north of Dallas, officials said. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives described the situation as an “active shooter incident,” and said it was responding to the mall. It …
Read More »New Orleans student with $10M in college offers chooses Cornell
A 16-year-old high school senior in New Orleans who received scholarship offers from 149 colleges and universities totaling $10 million said Friday that he has chosen to attend Cornell University. Dennis “Maliq” Barnes will graduate on May 24 from the International High School of New Orleans, where he earned a 4.98 grade …
Read More »For one American, the coronation of King Charles is the second of her lifetime
LONDON — The coronation of a British monarch is a once in a lifetime event for most — but not for one American woman who travelled to London early Saturday to attend her second. Graham Burns, 83, from the small town of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, told NBC News Saturday that …
Read More »Biden defends son Hunter ahead of possible federal tax, gun charges
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden defended his son Hunter as federal prosecutors are said to be nearing a decision on whether to charge the president’s son with tax and firearms violations after a four-year criminal investigation. “First of all, my son has done nothing wrong,” Biden said in an interview …
Read More »Black Americans say white vigilantism played a role in Jordan Neely’s homicide
In the moments before New York City subway entertainer Jordan Neely was killed on an F train in lower Manhattan in the middle of the day, a witness said he had been yelling, asking for food and saying that he didn’t care if he went to jail. A 24-year-old man from …
Read More »Diplomats to discuss Syria’s return to Arab league after more than a decade
Diplomats from Arab nations are planning an emergency meeting in Cairo over the weekend about the fighting in Sudan and the prospect of Syria’s return to the Arab League more than a decade after its membership was suspended, an official said Friday. Sunday’s meeting, confirmed by Gamal Rushdy, a spokesman …
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