Columbus, OH

Chicago, IL

NBC News

CHICAGO — Protesters fueled by fervent opposition to American support of Israel remain dedicated to demonstrating outside the Democratic National Convention next week, despite the party’s last-minute change to a nominee who is seen as more sympathetic to their cause. Protest groups readying for the event say tens...

Pro-Palestinian groups are mobilizing thousands to Chicago to demonstrate outside DNC

Arizona State

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. — A leading pro-cryptocurrency political group has dumped millions of dollars into high-profile Michigan and Arizona Senate races to back Democrats against Donald Trump-endorsed candidates, angering top Republicans who viewed the industry as an ally, not an opponent. Fairshake PAC and its affiliated super PACs are...

Republicans claim betrayal as cryptocurrency PAC backs Democrats

BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Former President Donald Trump lauded a wealthy donor on whom he bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom as having gotten the "better" award compared to the top military honor, the Medal of Honor, because those recipients are often deceased or injured. Speaking at a campaign event...

Trump says presidential civilian award is 'better' than top military honor whose recipients are 'dead' or 'hit' by bullets

Florida State

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Jacksonville Today

Republican Donald Trump has a 7-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris among Florida voters, 49% to 42%, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. Four percent are backing another candidate, and 6% are undecided or didn’t answer.

New Florida poll: Trump leads; support strong for abortion and recreational weed

Australian meteorologist Nate Byrne had a panic attack during a live weather report Tuesday and candidly addressed it in real time. After he delivered a forecast of rain for ABC's "News Breakfast," Byrne pressed his hands together and said, "I'm actually going to need to stop for a second." "Some...

TV meteorologist has on-air panic attack during weather report: 'Going to need to stop'

COPALIS BEACH, WASH. — When Japan issued its first-ever “megaquake” warning last week, Harold Tobin, Washington state’s seismologist, was watching carefully. The advisory came after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck the southern island of Kyushu. Although that shaking caused little major damage — the biggest tsunami wave it produced would have risen up to your knee — it wasn’t the main worry.

Earthquake scientists are learning warning signs of 'The Big One.' When should they tell the public?

The Biden administration said Thursday that it had reached an agreement with drugmakers to lower prices on the 10 costliest prescription drugs under Medicare. It's part of the federal government's first-ever drug pricing negotiations, a cost reduction it claims could help ease the financial burden on the estimated 1 in 7 older adults in the U.S. struggling to pay for their medications.

Medicare announces lower prices on 10 common, high-cost drugs

Virginia State

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Kentucky Vibes.net

Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. On July 28, 2024, a TikTok video posted by Erica W., known as @tasteofmelanin on the platform, garnered significant attention after she exposed disturbing racist decorations in an Airbnb rental. The incident occurred in a rental property that Erica had booked, although the exact location remains unspecified. The video has since gone viral, prompting widespread concern and leading to the removal of the listing from Airbnb's platform.

Airbnb Listing Taken Down After Black Woman Finds Hanging Monkeys and Cotton Used As Decor

New Jersey State

Texas State

Republican National Convention delegates erupted in applause last month when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott doubled down on his commitment to send buses full of migrants to blue cities. “We have continued busing migrants to sanctuary cities all across the country,” Abbott told the cheering crowd in Milwaukee. “Those buses will...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vows to keep busing migrants north. One problem: Not enough migrants.

Ocala, FL

A white woman with a history of harassing children and using racial slurs was convicted of manslaughter on Friday in the fatal shooting of a Black neighbor last year in Ocala, Florida. Susan Louise Lorincz, 60, killed Ajike “AJ” Owens with a single shot from a .380-caliber handgun as Owens...

Susan Lorincz, white Florida woman who fatally shot Black neighbor, found guilty of manslaughter

Jacksonville, FL

A permanent marker will be erected to honor the victims of the racist mass shooting nearly a year ago at a Dollar General store in the New Town community. City Council approved the marker 17-0 on Tuesday night.

Marker will honor victims of racist Dollar General shooting

Colorado State

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Mounds View, MN

Experts believe millions of homes nationwide still have "Racial Covenants", which are legal clauses in property deeds that prevent people of color from owning homes. NBC News' Adrienne Broaddus speaks with Mounds View, Minn., residents about how they fought to remove these harmful covenants from deeds in their city.

'To be occupied by caucasian race': Minnesota city fights to remove racial covenants in housing

Ohio State

The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

At least 449 people were likely sickened by cucumbers tainted with Salmonella bacteria, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. Since June, the agency has been investigating an outbreak linked to cucumbers originating with producers in Florida. In its latest update, it said individuals in 31 states and the District of Columbia reported becoming ill after eating affected cucumbers, with 125 ending up hospitalized, though no deaths were reported.

Recalled cucumbers linked to at least 449 illnesses have been pulled from stores, CDC says

Amherst County, VA

On August 14, 2024, the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia announced the likely remains of Elsie Wiggington had been found and her husband is in custody in connection to the case. In May 2024, Elsie’s case was featured in Dateline’s ‘Missing in America’ series and Dateline spoke with...

Remains believed to be Elsie Wiggington found on property in Amherst County, Virginia

South Carolina State

Los Angeles, CA

Four people were arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of Johnny Wactor, the “General Hospital” actor who authorities said was gunned down in May after he interrupted a catalytic converter theft, police said Thursday. In a statement, the Los Angeles Police Department identified three suspects arrested on...

Four suspects arrested in fatal shooting of 'General Hospital' actor Johnny Wactor

Tennessee State

Lenoir City, TN

After an investigation that spanned nearly five years and included hundreds of possible suspects, authorities in Tennessee said they believe a custody dispute was behind the killing of a National Guard member who was bound with zip ties and fatally shot in 2019. Officials in Loudon County said Tuesday that...

Tennessee guardsman found dead and bound with zip ties in 2019 was shot over custody dispute, authorities say

Georgia State

Decatur, GA

DECATUR, Ga. — A large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis was installed Friday, at the very spot where a contentious monument to the confederacy stood for more than 110 years in the town square before it was dismantled in 2020.

Statue of John Lewis replaces more than 100-year-old Confederate monument

Orlando, FL

Disney is trying to have a widower's wrongful death lawsuit dismissed and sent to arbitration because the man had signed up for a Disney+ account several years ago. Jeffrey J. Piccolo sued Disney Parks and Resorts in February, months after his wife, Dr. Kanokporn Tangsuan, died after she consumed food containing allergens at a restaurant in Disney World.

Disney says man can't sue over wife's death because he agreed to Disney+ terms of service

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At the GOP convention, Trump's call to be 'united' means coming together to beat Biden

MILWAUKEE — A day after the attempt on his life, former President Donald Trump called on the country to come together. \"In this moment, it is...

MILWAUKEE — A day after the attempt on his life, former President Donald Trump called on the country to come together. "In this moment, it is...

At the GOP convention, Trump's call to be 'united' means coming together to beat Biden

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