TAMPA, Fla. — The wave of new rules that have transformed the college sports landscape and empowered student-athletes to earn money off of their name, image and likeness has found another fertile home: high school athletics. Dozens of states — from New York to California and now Florida — are all backing student-athletes in a … Read more
Caitlin Clark, the WNBA rookie sensation and all-time college scoring leader, is set to be left home when the U.S. national team travels to the Paris Olympics, a source familiar with the decision told NBC News on Saturday. The formal announcement of Team USA’s roster has not been announced, but the squad headed to the international … Read more
A 6-year-old girl died this week after succumbing to head trauma caused when the errant shaft of a badminton racquet struck her during a family vacation in Maine, police said. The girl, identified as Lucy Morgan of Stockholm, New Jersey, died Wednesday at Maine Medical Center in Portland following the noontime accident on June 1 … Read more
Hispanic-owned businesses in Montgomery, Alabama, are being “hunted’ by criminals, city officials said this week after three people were killed in a grocery store shooting that officials say may be connected to a string of targeted crimes. To “those in our Latino and Hispanic communities … we see you, we hear you, and we are … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles’ City Council president is demanding an investigation after video appears to show police from neighboring Burbank dropping off a clearly distressed homeless man in front of his L.A. office and driving away. The video was released by Council President Paul Krekorian Friday, and Krekorian said it shows the officers leaving … Read more
A head-on collision in Texas killed seven people and seriously injured two children Thursday, officials said. The crash occurred around 4:40 p.m. local time on FM 1433, about eight miles north of Carrizo Springs, said Rene Cordova, spokesperson at the Del Rio office of the Texas Department of Public Safety. Carrizo Springs is about 116 … Read more
Millions of people in southwestern states are under warnings of extreme heat on Friday, after two major U.S. cities recorded their hottest ever daily temperatures as the potentially dangerous heat wave continues. Phoenix reached a sweltering 113 degrees Fahrenheit on Thursday — beating the previous daily record for this time of year of 111 degrees … Read more
Two Seattle police officers are under investigation after a bystander recorded them beating a man with their batons at a bus stop last week. In the video, which was posted online and first reported by NBC affiliate KING 5-TV, two officers can be seen hitting a man with their batons last Friday afternoon. In the … Read more
Those were heady times, back in the early Canadian summer of 1993. Petrol cost about half a loonie per litre, the separatists Bloc Québécois was on its way to winning an unprecedented role as official opposition, the Toronto Blue Jays were in the midst of claiming a second consecutive World Series and the Montreal Canadiens … Read more
Two people were arrested Wednesday in what police are calling a LEGO theft ring after almost 3,000 boxes of stolen LEGO toys were found in a California home, police said. Richard Siegel, 71, and Blanca Gudino, 39, were arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department after a retailer identified Gudino as a suspect in a … Read more