A Nebraska man who was fatally shot after he opened fire in an Omaha, Nebraska, Target store on Tuesday bought the AR-style rifle he fired in the store four days before the incident, police said. The suspect, Joseph Jones, 32, of suburban Omaha, was killed by an Omaha police officer …
Read More »Hunter Biden asks for criminal probe into Trump allies over laptop
Lawyers for Hunter Biden sent letters Wednesday requesting investigations into allies of former President Donald Trump who they say trafficked in stolen information from his laptop — a dramatic shift in strategy for the president’s son after years of GOP attacks. Among the letters, which were obtained by NBC News, was one sent Wednesday …
Read More »A dozen squirrel monkeys were stolen from a Louisiana zoo, officials say
A dozen squirrel monkeys were stolen from a Louisiana zoo Saturday, less than two days before a pair of monkeys were stolen from the Dallas Zoo, officials say. The person who stole the animals in Louisiana broke into Zoosiana in Broussard — a city about 7 miles southeast of Lafayette — just …
Read More »Deadly ice storm rages in Texas, causing travel chaos and outages
“Because of the icing, many roads in Texas will remain very dangerous for the next 24 to 48 hours,” he said. “Be cautious, especially for things like black ice.” The National Weather Service in Fort Worth warned that light to moderate freezing rain moving into central Texas counties early Wednesday …
Read More »Oregon man accused of kidnapping and torturing a woman is in custody after a weeklong manhunt
An Oregon man sought on attempted murder and other charges after a woman was found bound and badly beaten last week was in custody Tuesday night, police in Grants Pass said. Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, of Wolf Creek, was in custody after a standoff that lasted several hours, police said …
Read More »Alec Baldwin is formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in the ‘Rust’ shooting
New Mexico prosecutors on Tuesday charged Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter, accusing the actor of skipping “required firearms training” and creating “a climate of recklessness” on the set of “Rust.” Baldwin and “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed were both charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with their alleged roles in the …
Read More »‘In my case … we won’
Florida Gov. DeSantis on Tuesday responded to criticism from Donald Trump, saying that, unlike with the former president’s 2020 bid, voters re-elected him. “You take a crisis situation like Covid, the good thing about it is that when you’re an elected executive, you have to make all kinds of decisions, …
Read More »Trump revamps his fundraising after struggling to raise cash
Former President Donald Trump is strapped for campaign cash following the mid-November launch of his 2024 presidential campaign, according to end-of-year figures obtained exclusively by NBC News. Trump, who has been the GOP’s most prolific fundraiser in recent years, pulled in about $9.5 million over the final six weeks of …
Read More »Death toll in Pakistan mosque explosion rises to 90
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The death toll from a suicide bombing at a mosque in northwest Pakistan has risen to 90, a local official said Tuesday, a day after one of the worst attacks in months in the cash-strapped South Asian nation. Shafiullah Khan, deputy commissioner of the city of Peshawar, …
Read More »Cindy Williams, actor best known for her role as Shirley in ‘Laverne & Shirley,’ dies at 75
Actor Cindy Williams, best known for her role in the “Laverne & Shirley” TV sitcom, has died at 75, her family said Monday. Williams died peacefully Wednesday at her home in Los Angeles after a short illness, her children said in a statement released by family spokesperson Liza Cranis said. …
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