New Jersey State

Yavapai County, AZ

Mahwah, NJ

NBC News

A jawbone discovered two decades ago in Arizona by a boy with a rock collection was positively identified decades later as that of a Marine who died in a 1951 training accident. Last year, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office turned the piece of bone over to the Ramapo College Investigative...

Jawbone found by rock-collecting child identified as that of Marine who died in 1951 training accident

California State

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Wasco, CA

The Quick Historian

In Wasco, California, deputies arrested a 28-year-old man after he was observed walking around and brandishing the severed leg of an individual struck and killed by a train nearby.

Man arrested after waving around and eating severed leg

Chicago, IL

CHICAGO — A Chicago woman accused of luring a pregnant teenager to her home and cutting her baby from her womb with a butcher knife nearly five years ago pleaded guilty to murder Tuesday and was sentenced to 50 years in prison. Clarisa Figueroa, 51, seated in a wheelchair...

Chicago woman who lured pregnant teen to home and ripped baby from womb is sentenced to 50 years

Metropolis, IL

METROPOLIS, Ill. — The pastor began his sermon with a warning. Satan was winning territory across America, and now he was coming for their small town on the banks of the Ohio River in southern Illinois. “Evil is moving and motivated,” Brian Anderson told his congregation at Eastland Life...

In Superman's 'hometown,' a pastor vows to fight Satan's influence at the local library

Baltimore, MD

Annapolis, Maryland - Authorities are delving into the "suspicious death" of a potential kidnapping victim, whose body was reportedly discovered in a wooded locale last week. According to the Baltimore Police Department, the incident unfolded on March 28, just before 1 a.m., when officers were summoned to a residence following reports of a home invasion. Upon arrival, a woman recounted to the police that two unidentified men forcibly entered her home, demanding money. They purportedly claimed to have her son, 47-year-old David Winchester Jr., and threatened harm unless she complied with their monetary demands. The suspects absconded from the premises without the ransom.

Man found dead in woods after possibly being kidnapped in Baltimore

Morristown, NJ

Morristown Minute

Food Excluded from Supplemental Security Income Calculations to Improve Equity and Efficiency. The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced an update to the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) regulations, marking a significant shift in how In-Kind Support and Maintenance (ISM) calculations are determined.

Social Security Administration Simplifies SSI with Major Rule Change on Food Assistance

Michigan State

East Lansing, MI

Police announced Tuesday that they identified seven suspects in connection to an alleged assault on two college students that took place at their school’s main library the day before. Michigan State University police said in a statement that the suspects targeted the two victims on Monday potentially for bias...

Police identify 7 suspects in alleged anti-LGBTQ assault on two Michigan State students

Montana State

Butte, MT

An elephant escaped the confines of a traveling circus and roamed the streets of Butte, Montana, on Tuesday before it was recaptured without incident, NBC Montana reported. Sheriff Ed Lester of the Butte-Silver Bow Law Enforcement Department said by email that the elephant was “spooked by a vehicle and escaped briefly.”

Spooked circus elephant roams Montana streets before being recaptured

Florida State

Lakeland, FL

Jim McFarland, a fourth-generation shoe cobbler in Lakeland, Florida, never anticipated his trade mending shoes would lead to millions of views on social media. People are captivated by his careful craftsmanship: removing, then stitching and gluing soles on leather footwear. Across the country, some send him letters, sharing the stories behind their most cherished belongings. NBC News’ Sam Brock brings us his story.

Florida shoe cobbler mends more than soles

San Jose, CA

Imagine planning your child's first birthday party — a casual celebration at a neighborhood park — and accidentally inviting hundreds of people, including strangers. "I just made an Evite for my daughter's first birthday party and on Evite it says, 'Import contacts' and I thought it meant import to select through (the names)," Emily King, 30, a mom in San Jose, California, said in a viral TikTok video with more than 12 million views.

Mom accidentally invites 487 people to child’s birthday: ‘I have to get a new identity’

Kentucky State

Russell Springs, KY

In Russell Springs, Kentucky, two individuals are now in custody after allegedly providing false information to law enforcement officials, claiming their baby had been attacked by a stray dog.

Couple arrested after baby hospitalized by family dog, blamed it on stray

Libby, MT

HELENA, Mont. — BNSF Railway attorneys are expected to argue before jurors Friday that the railroad should not be held liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former residents of an asbestos-contaminated Montana town, one of the deadliest sites in the federal Superfund pollution program. Attorneys for the...

BNSF Railway says it didn't know about asbestos that’s killed hundreds in Montana town

King County, WA

Connell, WA

Timothy A Gruver

A King County practical nurse has been charged with misconduct for romancing a prisoner, the Department of Health reports. In March, the Board of Nursing charged licensed practical nurse Monica A. Davis with unprofessional conduct, according to the DOH.

Nurse Charged for Inappropriate Prisoner Romance

Bucks County Beacon

Written by Thomas F. Schaller , University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Rural white voters have long enjoyed outsize power in American politics. They have inflated voting power in the U.S. Senate , the U.S. House and the Electoral College .

Why ‘White Rural Rage’ Is a Threat to American Democracy

Maryland State

Rockville, MD

A Maryland teenager has been charged with planning to carry out a school shooting after authorities discovered a 129-page document in which he allegedly outlined his intentions in detail and said he wanted to be famous. Alex Ye, 18, of Rockville, was arrested Wednesday on a charge of threats of...

Maryland teenager accused of plotting school shooting in 129-page document

Iowa State

Las Vegas, NV

LAS VEGAS — A conference for a far-right sheriffs group this week drew a parade of felons, disgraced politicians, election deniers, conspiracy theorists and, in the end, a few sheriffs. The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, or CSPOA, met in Las Vegas’ Ahern Luxury Boutique Hotel conference center...

A sheriff, a felon and a conspiracy theorist walk into a hotel. They're there for the same conference.

New York City, NY

The objects bear the scars of a massacre. Bullet-riddled bathroom stalls. Burned-out cars caked in ash. Dusty sandals, shattered eyeglasses, abandoned camping tents. All of these items were recovered from a sprawling field in southern Israel where thousands of young people had come together last fall for the open-air Tribe of Nova trance music festival. When the sun rose on Oct. 7, Hamas terrorists breached the nearby border with Gaza and opened fire, killing 360 people and taking dozens hostage.

New exhibit in New York re-creates Israeli music festival attacked on Oct. 7

Automatic Recovery Rate Reduced to 10 Percent, Enhancing Financial Security for Beneficiaries. The Social Security Administration (SSA) has taken a significant step towards enhancing the fairness and equity of its overpayment policies by announcing a reduction in the default withholding rate for Social Security beneficiaries.

Social Security Eliminates Overpayment Burden for Beneficiaries

Eustis, FL

Senai

Within the grim pages of criminal records, the incident involving Richard Henyard and Alfonza Smalls emerges as a disturbing testament to the depths of human wickedness. Their atrocious actions sent shockwaves through the Eustis, Florida community in January 1993, resulting in a profound impact of destruction and grief.

The Tragic Case of Jasmine and Jamilya Lewis: A Story of Murder and Justice

NewsBreak

Immunity acquired from a Covid infection is as protective as vaccination against severe illness and death, study finds

Immunity acquired from a Covid infection provides strong, lasting protection against the most severe outcomes of the illness, according to research published Thursday in The Lancet...

Immunity acquired from a Covid infection is as protective as vaccination against severe illness and death, study finds

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