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  • Deceased suspect identified in fatal shooting of four officers in N.C.

    Authorities on Tuesday identified the deceased suspect in the killing of four law enforcement officers who were shot trying to serve him with a warrant in Charlotte, North Carolina. Terry Clark Hughes Jr., 39, was killed in an exchange of gunfire Monday after he allegedly fired a high-powered rifle at a U.S. marshals task force that included local law enforcement officers, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police. Hughes also allegedly injured four other officers in the shootout before he was...

  • Conservative pundits embrace Jerry Seinfeld's comments about the 'extreme left' killing comedy

    Several conservative pundits praised Jerry Seinfeld this week after he garnered criticism online for suggesting political correctness is killing comedy. The online discourse began after a clip of the comedian, who starred in and co-created the popular '90s sitcom "Seinfeld," circulated across social media on Sunday. During an interview with The New Yorker, Seinfeld suggested the era of golden comedy no longer exists. “It used to be you would go home at the end of the day, most people would go,...

  • Columbia's Hamilton Hall unrest falls on anniversary of the police arresting protesters at same building

    The tumult at Columbia University has seized national attention, providing for many young Americans an emotionally fraught introduction to heated student activism. But the unrest engulfing the Ivy League campus in upper Manhattan is also intensely familiar, recalling one of the most dramatic chapters of the student protest movement of the late 1960s. Fifty-six years ago, Columbia students furious over the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and the school’s plans to build a segregated gym in...

  • Florida abortion clinics squeeze in as many patients as possible ahead of 6-week ban

    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Abortion clinics in Florida say they have been trying to see as many patients as possible before the state's ban on abortions after six weeks takes effect Wednesday. In Jacksonville, a clinic called A Woman’s Choice provided around double its usual volume of abortions Monday, according to Amber Gavin, its vice president of advocacy and operations. The waiting room has been so crowded that patients' companions were asked to stay in their cars or drop people off to free up...

  • Man buys $14,000 Cartier earrings for $14 after company posts price error on website

    MEXICO CITY — Luxury jewelry maker Cartier isn’t known for giving stuff away, but in the case of one Mexican man, they pretty much did. Rogelio Villarreal was paging through Cartier’s web page in a moment of idleness when he came upon on offer that seemed too good to be true. “I broke out in a cold sweat,” he wrote on his account on X, formerly known as Twitter. Cartier apparently had made a mistake and listed gold-and-diamond earrings for 237 pesos ($14), instead of the correct price, 237,000...

  • 2-year-old Arizona boy dies after bounce house goes airborne in strong gust of wind

    A 2-year-old boy died in a “tragic accident” after a bounce house went airborne in Arizona on Saturday, authorities said. The incident occurred around 5 p.m. near Casa Grande, a city about 50 miles south of Phoenix, according to a statement from the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office. “Several children were playing in a bounce house when a strong gust of wind sent it airborne into the neighboring lot,” the sheriff’s office said. “A two-year-old child was transported to the hospital where he passed...

  • Decision 2024: Meet Juawn Jackson, candidate for Georgia House District 145, Democratic Primary

    MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Three Democrat and three Republican candidates are qualified for the upcoming Georgia House District 145 election. Donald Druitt, Juawn Jackson and Tangie Herring are competing to win the Democratic nomination in the upcoming primary election. 41NBC’s Monica Diaz-Meek spoke with each candidate ahead of the May 21 election. Candidate name: Juawn Jackson Running for: Georgia House District

  • Biden administration plans to reclassify marijuana, easing restrictions nationwide

    WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will take a historic step toward easing federal restrictions on cannabis, with plans to announce an interim rule soon reclassifying the drug for the first time since the Controlled Substances Act was enacted more than 50 years ago, four sources with knowledge of the decision tell NBC News. The Drug Enforcement Administration is expected to approve an opinion by the Department of Health and Human Services that marijuana should be reclassified from the most...

  • The top U.N. court rejects Nicaragua's request for Germany to halt aid to Israel

    The top U.N. court rejected on Tuesday a request by Nicaragua to order Germany to halt military and other aid to Israel and renew funding to the U.N. aid agency in Gaza. The International Court of Justice said that legal conditions for making such an order weren’t met and rejected the request in a 15-1 vote. “Based on the factual information and legal arguments presented by the parties, the court concludes that, as present, the circumstances are not such as to require the exercise of its power ...

  • Walmart to close 51 clinics as it shutters its entire Walmart Health division

    Walmart will close all 51 of its doctor-staffed health clinics as part of an announcement that its Walmart Health initiative is shutting down. The clinics, located in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois and Texas, had been open just a few years. Walmart also said Tuesday it is winding down its virtual care option. Walmart pharmacies and vision centers will not be affected. Patients with scheduled appointments will continue to be seen, and Walmart will make efforts to direct patients to...

  • Restaurant Report Card: Food service inspection scores April 22-26

    MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Here’s this week’s Restaurant Report Card: Middle Georgia’s food service inspection scores from the Georgia Department of Public Health between Monday, April 22 and Friday, April 26, 2024. All scores of 69 and below (considered unsatisfactory on the state’s scale) are shown in red. All scores between 70 and 99 are shown in black. All scores

  • McDonald's rising prices pushing some diners away

    McDonald’s reported mixed quarterly results Tuesday as its reorganization weighed on its profit and boycotts hurt its Middle Eastern sales. The company also continues to see consumers worldwide pull back on their restaurant spending. “Consumers continue to be even more discriminating with every dollar that they spend as they faced elevated prices in their day-to-day spending, which is putting pressure on the [quick-service restaurant] industry,” CEO Chris Kempczinski said on the company’s...