Country music superstar Garth Brooks has named the woman who, as Jane Roe, accused him of rape in a lawsuit last week. In an amended complaint filed in federal court in Mississippi on Tuesday, Brooks’ lawyers publicized the accuser’s name. And in another filing, they said that Brooks “is the victim of a shakedown” and that … Read more
A Michigan teenager charged in the stabbing death of a gay Detroit man will be tried as an adult, in part because of the “heinous nature of the crime,” authorities said Tuesday. Detroit police charged Ahmed Al-Alikhan, 17, with first-degree murder, felony murder and unlawful driving away in an automobile, alleging he fatally stabbed Howard … Read more
Share 3 million energy customers without power across Florida Patrick SmithPatrick Smith is a London-based editor and reporter for NBC News Digital. More than 3 million energy customers are now without power in the hours after Hurricane Milton made landfall, according to PowerOutage.us, meaning more than a quarter of the energy connections tracked by that … Read more
Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, about five miles west of Sarasota, as a Category 3 hurricane Wednesday night, with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. The NHC said in an 8:30 p.m. update that “life-threatening storm surge, extreme winds, and flash flooding” were happening over Florida’s central peninsula. … Read more
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — In a storyline better befitting a melodrama than a popularity vote, Grazer won her second Fat Bear Contest Tuesday by defeating the male behemoth that killed her cub this summer. Grazer beat Chunk by more than 40,000 votes cast by fans watching live cameras at explore.org of Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve. Fans cast votes … Read more
Locals on Florida’s Gulf Coast still reeling from Helene are expressing their fears over Milton’s landfall, forecast to bring double the storm surge and even stronger winds that could turn flying debris into “weapons.” Robert Zastudil told NBC affiliate WFLA of Tampa that locals are “scared, but they don’t want to go.” “We want to leave, … Read more
Less than a fifth of large companies in the United States include coverage for the popular but pricey weight loss drugs Wegovy and Zepbound in their health insurance plans, according to a survey published Wednesday in Health Affairs. Among the large firms that do cover them, a third say the coverage has a “significant impact” … Read more
An Afghan national living in Oklahoma was charged this week with conspiring to carry out a terrorist attack on Election Day on behalf of the Islamic State terrorist group, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, was arrested Monday in connection with conspiracy and attempting to provide material support to ISIS and getting … Read more
Officials in Florida have issued a new round of dire warnings as Hurricane Milton takes aim for the state’s Gulf Coast less than two weeks after Helene ravaged the southeastern U.S. Evacuation orders for several counties in the hurricane’s path started on Monday, two days before it is expected to make landfall. “If evacuation orders … Read more
For what seemed like an eternity, Megan Drye, her son and her parents clung to the roof of their family home as the rains driven by Hurricane Helene pelted Asheville and the floodwaters around them rose higher and higher. Then, suddenly, the house collapsed, tossing them all into the muddy, unrelenting water. Drye was the … Read more