HUDSON, Wis. — A 54-year-old Minnesota man was convicted Thursday in the slaying of a high school student and stabbing of four other people who were tubing on a western Wisconsin river. A Wisconsin circuit court jury found Nicolae Miu guilty of first-degree reckless homicide, four counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety and one count of battery, Minnesota … Read more
A dinner for graduating law students at the University of California, Berkeley, has become the latest flashpoint over free speech and concerns about Islamophobia and antisemitism on college campuses as the war in Gaza rages on. Video shot by a law student and shared with NBC News shows law professor Catherine Fisk trying to grab … Read more
The Anti-Defamation League gave Harvard University and 12 other schools failing grades for policies to protect Jewish students from antisemitism on campus. The ADL said it selected 85 of the top national and liberal arts colleges for assessment this year and chose those with the highest Jewish student populations. It assigned grades from A through F … Read more
SMITHVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Before his transgender daughter was suspended after using the girls’ bathroom at her Missouri high school. Before the bullying and the suicide attempts. Before she dropped out. Before all that, Dusty Farr was — in his own words — “a full-on bigot.” By which he meant that he was eager to steer clear … Read more
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A Virginia prosecutor said Thursday that he will pursue the case against a former assistant principal indicted on a felony child neglect charge at the elementary school where a 6-year-old shot a teacher last year, and suggested others could be charged as the investigation continues. A day after a special grand … Read more
Measles has spread at a rapid clip this year. From January to March, the U.S. recorded around 30% of the total cases seen since the beginning of 2020. From 2020 through 2023, the U.S. recorded an average of five measles cases in the first quarter of each year. Those low numbers were due, in part, … Read more
Spring is a time for renewal and fresh starts, and Japan and the United States celebrated both with a Wednesday morning announcement: Japan has gifted 250 new cherry trees to the U.S. President Joe Biden shared the news with reporters gathered at the welcome ceremony for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and first lady Yuko … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is poised to alert doctors nationwide about fake Botox injections that have already hospitalized at least four people, it said Wednesday. Clostridium botulinum is a nerve toxin that relaxes facial muscles that would otherwise cause wrinkles. Botox is generally considered safe, but too much in the wrong places can … Read more
Chad Daybell is someone with a “desire for sex, money and power” and who labels people standing in the way of his dreams as “zombies” and “dark spirits,” prosecutors said. The remarks were made during opening statements Wednesday in Daybell’s triple-murder trial. He and his current wife, Lori Vallow, were charged in connection with the … Read more
In Port Arthur, another EF-2 tornado with a width of around 300 yards traveled more than 2 miles, damaging homes and ripping down trees, according to the weather service. “It was pretty bad,” Michelle Viator, of Lake Charles, told NBC affiliate KPLC. “I mean, everything’s down.” Viator’s home was damaged, but a family down her … Read more