Police in New York City are warning departments across the country to check for any victims of a man suspected in a killing in that city, as well as the stabbing of two women in Arizona, this month. Raad Noan Almansoori, 26, is a suspect in the killing of Denisse …
Read More »IVF doctors, patients fearful after Alabama court rules embryos are children
After three miscarriages in less than a year, Gabby Goidel said she was diagnosed with unexplained genetic infertility. For reasons that aren’t clear to doctors, any fetus she carries has a higher-than-average likelihood of genetic abnormalities, she said, so there is a slim chance she’d be able to carry a …
Read More »Bankruptcy judge says Rudy Giuliani can appeal defamation judgment but has to find someone else to pay the legal bills
WASHINGTON — A bankruptcy judge has ruled that Rudy Giuliani, the once-respected former mayor of New York City, can appeal the $146 million verdict after he was found liable of defaming two Georgia elections workers — if he uses pre-approved donors to pay the legal expenses. In December, an eight-person …
Read More »Suspect in fatal Colorado university dorm shooting was a roommate of one of the victims, police say
The suspect arrested on murder charges in the fatal shooting of two people at a University of Colorado Colorado Springs dorm was the roommate of one of the victims, police said. Colorado Springs Police Chief Adrian Vasquez on Tuesday morning confirmed to NBC News that suspect Nicholas Jordan, 25, of …
Read More »Taliban refuses to join U.N.-sponsored meeting on Afghanistan
DOHA, Qatar — A United Nations-sponsored conference on Afghanistan aimed at improving dialogue with the country’s Taliban rulers has ended after the administration’s representatives failed to show up. The Taliban-led foreign office refused to attend the meeting in Doha when the U.N. rejected its demand to act as Afghanistan’s sole …
Read More »Capital One to acquire Discover Financial Services in $35.3 billion all-stock deal
Capital One Financial is set to acquire Discover Financial Services in a $35.3 billion all-stock deal. Under the agreement, Discover shareholders would receive 1.0192 Capital One shares for each Discover share or about a 26% premium from Discover’s Friday closing price of $110.49. The companies said they expect the deal to close in late …
Read More »Wisconsin governor signs new state legislative maps into law, ending a GOP gerrymander
Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Monday signed into law new maps that will shift the balance of power in a state Legislature that has been dominated by Republicans for more than a decade. The new maps followed a change in the balance of the state Supreme Court from a …
Read More »Missing Texas girl, 11, was due to catch a bus but never made it to school, officials say
Police in Texas are pleading for information on the whereabouts of an 11-year-old girl who vanished four days ago, as authorities said a car belonging to a man arrested on Friday may have been involved in the disappearance. Audrii Cunningham was last seen near her home in Polk County, Texas, …
Read More »Houthis suspected in attack on Belize-flagged ship in Bab el-Mandeb Strait
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Yemen’s Houthi rebels are suspected in an attack that damaged a Belize-flagged ship traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, authorities said early Monday. The attack on the ship came as the U.S. military acknowledged conducting new …
Read More »Inside the making of Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg’s ‘Masters of the Air’
“Masters of the Air,” Apple TV+’s World War II miniseries, has been a labor of love in every conceivable way. Even backed by Hollywood heavyweights Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman, who previously worked on HBO’s World War II miniseries “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific,” the scale of …
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