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  • UPDATE: Highway 49 in Byron is open again after ‘major fuel spill’

    UPDATE – (8:03 P.M.): According to the Byron Police Department Facebook page, Highway 49 is open again. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BYRON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A “major fuel spill” Thursday afternoon led to the closure of Highway 49 at I-75 in Byron. The Byron Police Department made the announcement in a Facebook post just after 5 p.m. Motorists should expect traffic delays and

  • What you missed on Day 14 of the hush money trial: 2 rulings against Trump, plus his office habits

    Attorneys for former President Donald Trump sought to pierce Stormy Daniels' credibility and motive Thursday, casting the adult film actor as someone whose retelling of their alleged sexual encounter was rife with inconsistencies and driven by a desire to harm him. Trump’s lawyer Susan Necheles asked Daniels on the stand in Manhattan criminal court in New York City about making “a lot of money” from her story over the years, striking deals worth a million dollars or more. She also needled...

  • Maine man sentenced to 27 years in machete attack on NYPD officers in Times Square

    A Maine man who attacked three New York police officers with a machete in Times Square on New Year’s Eve in 2022 was sentenced to 27 years in prison Thursday, federal prosecutors said. Trevor Bickford, who was 19 at the time, said he attacked the officers because he wanted to wage jihad, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said. Three officers were injured but survived. Bickford used a machete-style knife and said “Allahu Akbar,” which means “God is great” in Arabic,...

  • Police body cam video released in fatal police shooting of Florida man

    Newly released police body cam video shows officers responding to a report of a disturbance in Okaloosa County, Fla. When Airman Roger Fortson opened the door with a gun by his side, a sheriff's deputy opened fire, killing Fortson. NBC News' Sam Brock reports.

  • At least 10 killed in wave of severe weather

    Parts of the South and Midwest were hit by more tornadoes and other severe weather, with at least 10 people reported killed in this week's tornadoes and other severe weather. Columbia, Tennessee, was hard hit by a tornado that swept through the town. Almost 80 tornadoes have been reported in 17 states this week. NBC News' Priya Sridhar reports.

  • Maryland governor signs bill banning the sale of speculative tickets

    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Thursday signed into law a bill that aims to protect consumers from ticket scalpers and resellers. The legislation is the latest to combat unfair ticketing practices, an issue that has gained significant traction since the sale of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour tickets in 2022. A Minnesota bill named after Swift was signed into law on Wednesday, requiring ticket price transparency and prohibiting resellers from offering the same ticket more than once. The bill was first...

  • Biden faces new Democratic divisions after Israel shift

    WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden significantly shifted his policy toward Israel this week by threatening to withhold U.S. weapons if the Israeli government moves forward with a full-scale invasion of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, while also pledging “ironclad” support for the Jewish state in a speech condemning the rise of antisemitism. But Biden’s nuanced position has created different fault lines of division within his own Democratic Party. The president now faces a rash of new criticism from some...

  • Top border officials under investigation over ties to tequila maker

    Two top Border Patrol officials and others are being investigated over their contacts with a Mexican tequila maker, current and former officials tell NBC News. Investigators are asking whether the officials properly disclosed the contact and whether they accepted anything that would violate ethics rules. NBC News' Julia Ainsley reports.

  • 2 skiers dead, 1 rescued after Utah avalanche

    Two missing skiers are dead and a third man was rescued after an avalanche Thursday near the Lone Peak Summit area in Utah's Wasatch Range, officials said. Search-and-rescue crews had been looking throughout the day for the two missing men, ages 23 and 32, who have been confirmed dead, Greater Salt Lake Police Sgt. Aymee Race said. The skiers' identities have not been released. Emergency crews responded to the mountain at 10:50 a.m. local time for reports of an avalanche and three missing...

  • Washington County deputies make nine arrests in multi-day contraband operation

    SANDERSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Nine people are now in custody after the Washington County Sheriff’s Office says its deputies seized seven pounds of marijuana, two pounds of methamphetamine, seven pounds of tobacco, two pounds of ecstasy, three drones and 15 cell phones. According to a Washington County Sheriff’s Office news release, sent Thursday by Sheriff Joel Cochran, the operation spanned

  • Two top Border Patrol officials who partied with Mexican tequila mogul are now under investigation

    Two top Border Patrol officials are under investigation after they partied with and were hosted by a wealthy Mexican tequila maker who hoped to make a Border Patrol-branded tequila, three sources familiar with the probe told NBC News. The sources said the relationship between distiller Francisco Javier González and Border Patrol chief Jason Owens and Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol sector chief Gloria Chavez has raised questions about whether the officials disclosed their contact with a foreign...

  • Apple apologizes for 'crushed' iPad Pro ad after widespread online blowback

    Apple is apologizing for its advertisement promoting its latest iPad Pro after widespread blowback online. In a statement obtained by advertising industry publication Ad Age, Tor Myhren, Apple's vice president of marketing, said the ad's message failed to connect. “Creativity is in our DNA at Apple, and it’s incredibly important to us to design products that empower creatives all over the world,” Myhren said. “Our goal is to always celebrate the myriad of ways users express themselves and bring...