State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is the leader as first-choice votes are tallied in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, ahead of former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who all but declared his rival the winner even though no candidate appears likely to secure a majority in the first round …
Read More »Marine veteran defends gardener father seen being hit by immigration agents in video
The Marine veteran son of a California gardener seen in a graphic video being repeatedly struck on the head by a masked Customs and Border Patrol agent and chased at gunpoint is pushing back against government statements that his father attacked agents with a weed trimmer. The arrest of Narciso …
Read More »Court orders Trump admin to facilitate another deported man’s return from El Salvador
A federal appeals court in New York on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a man who was deported to El Salvador roughly 30 minutes after the court suspended an order to remove him from the U.S. The ruling in Jordin Alexander Melgar-Salmeron’s case marks at …
Read More »Trump ramps up pressure amid growing GOP tensions over his bill: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today’s edition, our Capitol Hill team provides a status check on the “big, beautiful …
Read More »U.S. government prosecutors and Diddy’s defense team rest their cases
This is a free article for Diddy on Trial newsletter subscribers. Sign up to get exclusive reporting and analysis throughout Sean Combs’ federal trial. The U.S. government rested its case against Diddy today — and then, exactly two hours later, so did his defense team. In total, federal prosecutors called …
Read More »What mock drafts are saying as we approach the NBA Draft
The NBA Draft commences Wednesday night, which means the Dallas Mavericks have precious few hours left to make another earth-stopping trade just in case they don’t want to select Cooper Flagg with the first overall pick. Assuming the Mavericks stick to the script — and that’s a pretty safe assumption …
Read More »California woman who plotted the murder of her hair-mogul husband sentenced to life
LOS ANGELES — A woman who masterminded the killing of her husband, an internationally known hairdresser and beauty company executive, at their Los Angeles home eight years ago was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Monica Sementilli, 53, was convicted in April of first-degree murder …
Read More »Even after U.S. and Israeli strikes, Iran may still be able to build a nuclear weapon
Israel hailed its offensive against Iran as a success on Tuesday as it thanked its closest ally, the United States, for its role in “eliminating” the Iranian nuclear threat. But experts say those celebrations are likely premature, with an accurate picture of the impact of U.S. and Israeli strikes targeting …
Read More »4-year-old boy hospitalized after explosion at Oklahoma children’s museum
A 4-year-old boy was hospitalized on Saturday after an explosion at a children’s museum outside of Oklahoma City, according to NBC affiliate KFOR. The boy was rushed to an Oklahoma City hospital after being injured at the Jasmine Moran Children’s Museum in Seminole, Oklahoma, KFOR reported. The museum confirmed the …
Read More »‘Scared and alone’ after arrest during traffic stop
Scared, alone and heartbroken: that’s how 19-year-old Caroline Dias Goncalves said she felt the two weeks she spent in a detention center in Colorado after immigration authorities arrested her following a traffic stop. “The past 15 days have been the hardest of my life,” Dias Goncalves, who is a student …
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