Mountain View, CA

Wisconsin State

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Students are barely back on campus, but pro-Palestinian protests have already returned, putting a divisive issue back in the spotlight that Democrats had hoped the nomination of Vice President Kamala Harris might allow them to move beyond it. While few expect this fall’s protests to match the size or ferocity...

Pro-Palestinian protests return to campuses adding election complication

Delaware State

Georgetown, DE

A Delaware man was arrested and charged nearly 30 years after the death of his girlfriend, whose body was discovered in a Florida canal in 1996, officials announced Wednesday. Stephen L. Ford, 72, was taken into custody near his home in Georgetown, Delaware, on Aug. 16 on a warrant for second-degree murder with a weapon in connection with the death of Doris A. Korell, authorities in Florida said.

Delaware man arrested and charged nearly 30 years after girlfriend's body was found in Florida canal

Nevada City, CA

A woman was found in the Northern California wilderness on Friday, 12 days after going missing, officials said. Esmeralda Marie Pineda, 24, was found Friday afternoon by the Nevada County Sheriff's Office in Nevada City, California, at the top of a canyon near the Yuba River and Sweetland Creek, the sheriff's office wrote on Facebook.

California woman found in wilderness 12 days after going missing

Kentucky State

Laurel County, KY

London, KY

Multiple people have been shot near a Kentucky highway Saturday night, and the search for a person of interest considered "armed and dangerous" is underway, authorities said. The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office said a stretch of Interstate 75 nine miles north of the small city of London was shut down amid the law enforcement response. The interstate later reopened.

Multiple people shot near Kentucky highway, 'armed and dangerous' person of interest ID'd

California State

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. — Nick Mardesic and his family are living off the power grid, so light at night comes from a flashlight, and a hot meal and shower require driving several miles to his parents’ home. The family is not in a rugged location, but rather...

In a landslide-stricken town in California, life is like camping with no power, gas

Hillsborough County, FL

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Brandon, FL

Uncovering Florida

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) has arrested Avery Rhodes, a 15-year-old student at Bloomingdale High School, for allegedly making threats to "shoot up" the school on social media, according to an official release shared by the department this evening.

15-Year-Old Student Arrested for Threatening Hillsborough County School Shooting

Chicago, IL

Nine Chicago-area mayors sent a letter to President Joe Biden Friday seeking a pardon for former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., the namesake son of the legendary civil rights leader who was honored at last month's Democratic National Convention. In 2013, Jackson Jr. pleaded guilty to conspiring with his then-wife, Sandi...

Mayors ask Biden to pardon Jesse Jackson Jr.

Los Angeles, CA

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Evacuations were expanded Saturday as a wildfire with leaping flames scorched the foothills of a national forest east of Los Angeles, amid a days-long heat wave that pushed temperatures into the triple digits across the region. The so-called Line Fire was burning uncontrolled along the...

Evacuations ordered as fire burns foothills of national forest east of L.A. amid heat wave

Former President George W. Bush does not plan to endorse a candidate for president, his office told NBC News on Saturday. When asked whether the former president or his wife, Laura, would endorse a candidate or make public how they will vote, Bush's office said "no." "President Bush retired from...

Former President George W. Bush has no plans to endorse in the election

Suffolk County, NY

Huntington, NY

Suffolk County police have identified the remains of a woman whose remains were found stuffed inside a suitcase on Long Island. Seikeya Jones’ body was left behind an apartment building in Huntington, according to Suffolk County police. The gruesome discovery occurred before noon on Tuesday in a wooded area along Nassau Road in Huntington, police said.

Remains found in suitcase identified by police as 31-year-old missing Long Island woman

Florida State

North Fort Myers, FL

An alligator bit an 84-year-old woman who was walking her dog in South Florida on Thursday, causing her “significant injuries,” authorities said. The incident occurred near a pond in North Fort Myers, when the gator, measuring 7 feet and 3 inches, bit the woman on her right leg, according to a statement from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

7-foot alligator bites elderly woman while she was walking her dog in South Florida

Utah State

Tooele, UT

TOOELE, Utah — Prosecutors charged a Utah man with murder Friday, alleging he killed his adult daughter, a Salt Lake County sheriff’s deputy. Hector Ramon Martinez-Ayala, 54, of Tooele, confessed in a text message to his brother to making “a big mistake” before fleeing the country and using his daughter’s bank card to withdraw money, prosecutors said in court documents.

Utah sheriff’s deputy stalked and killed by her father, prosecutors say

Oregon State

Beaverton, OR

The body of an Oregon nurse who went missing earlier this week has been found and her neighbor has been arrested and charged with her murder, police said Saturday. Officers with the Beaverton Police Department responded to 32-year-old Melissa Jubane's home at 1050 SW 160th Avenue in Beaverton Wednesday to conduct a wellness check after she didn't report for her morning shift at St. Vincent Hospital, the department said Thursday in a Facebook post.

Oregon nurse found dead after 'unusual and alarming' disappearance, neighbor charged with murder

Kansas State

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Missouri State

CJ Coombs

According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), 1,467 children have been reported missing in the U.S. since January 1, 2024, a drop since the figure of 1,533 previously reported. That drop indicates 66 cases were resolved.

15 missing children in Missouri since June 2024: some cases resolved and more added

Salem, OH

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Every day, 8-year-old Emma sits in a small garden outside her grandmother’s home in Salem, Ohio, writing letters to her mom and sometimes singing songs her mother used to sing to her.

Thousands of parents die of overdoses; advocates say their kids need more help

Jefferson County, KY

Louisville, KY

Federal, state and local public health officials have confirmed the first case of the Oropouche virus in Kentucky and Jefferson County in a person who had returned to Louisville after traveling to the Caribbean.

Health officials report first case of Oropouche virus, aka ‘Sloth Fever,’ confirmed in Kentucky

Inside Chicago’s McCormick Place center during the Democratic National Convention last month, one sign stood out: “Evangélicos Con Harris.”. The group is part of a national effort to rally evangelical voters around Vice President Kamala Harris and signals the Democrats’ intent to try to peel off Latino evangelicals — a growing and highly coveted voting bloc — from former President Donald Trump’s base.

Latino evangelicals are a growing voter bloc as parties vie for their support

Washington, DC

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A woman says she overheard Texas Roadhouse corporate managers plotting to terminate an employee who is in the intensive care unit (ICU) by baiting her husband with a fake benefits package. The story has sparked outrage in a now-viral TikTok.

Woman catches Texas Roadhouse managers allegedly scheming to terminate an injured worker

Denver, CO

David Heitz

An opinion piece appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or JAMA this week illustrates why the drug problem among people experiencing homelessness in Denver may be so severe. It's because many homeless people aren't addicted to just one drug, but two, according to the viewpoint's author, Benjamin A. Howell of Yale School of Medicine and colleagues.

Fentanyl-meth combo ravages homeless in Denver, so why aren't there better treatments?

Michigan State

Two Nigerian men were sentenced 210 months each on Thursday in a Michigan federal court over their roles in an online sexual extortion scheme, which authorities said led a teenage boy to die by suicide. Two years ago, 17-year-old Jordan DeMay was told that the sexually explicit images he believed...

2 Nigerians sentenced to over 17 years in 'sextortion' case that led to Michigan teen's suicide

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White House requests investigation of American woman's killing in West Bank

The family of a 26-year-old American citizen killed amid a protest in the occupied West Bank said an Israeli military shooter killed her, and said an...

White House requests investigation of American woman's killing in West Bank

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