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Superstar Selena Gomez and her mother are accused of defrauding investors of their mental health startup, Wondermind, in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Selena Gomez and her mom accused of fraud over their mental health startup
In a new lawsuit, investors say they gave $1.2 million to Wondermind to build out the company’s products and expected Gomez to be involved in marketing.
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Two people who were on board a military helicopter were killed Wednesday when it crashed in Salado, Texas, the Bell County Sheriff’s Office said. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Two people are dead after a military helicopter crashes in Texas, sparking a fire
The AH-64 U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter crashed Wednesday afternoon in Salado.
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Three people have been charged with threatening witnesses in the investigation surrounding the death of Mississippi teen Nolan Wells in three different instances. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Third person charged with threatening witnesses in Nolan Wells investigation
Wells was found dead on Mississippi’s Horn Island on July 6, two days after he and a group of friends went to celebrate Independence Day.
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A teenager accused of stabbing a 78-year-old man to death while dressed as a clown was charged with murder Thursday, and the prosecutor wants to try him as an adult, Illinois officials said. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Illinois teen in clown outfit charged with murder of 78-year-old man
The state’s attorney is seeking to prosecute the teen as an adult in the death of John Wesley Allen, according to a court filing.
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Ariana Grande plans to step away from the public eye following scrutiny, the singer’s representative said, as discussion swirls around her health. www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
Ariana Grande to step back from public life following scrutiny
The singer and actor, who is on tour, will no longer star in the London revival of “Sunday in the Park With George,” which is set to open in summer 2027.
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A small tourist plane crashed as it flew over the Nazca Lines archaeological site in southern Peru on Saturday, killing 13 people, authorities in Nazca province said. www.nbcnews.com/world/south-...
13 die in tourist plane crash over Peru’s Nazca Lines
The Nazca Lines, enormous drawings and geometric figures etched into desert plains in the south of the country, are one of Peru’s main tourist destinations.
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Vincent Pastore, who played Tony Soprano’s best friend turned informant on HBO’s mob drama ‘Sopranos,’ has died, a representative confirmed to NBC News Saturday. www.nbcnews.com/news/obituar...
Vincent Pastore, mob enforcer on ‘Sopranos,’ dies at 80
Pastore, a native of New York City’s Bronx neighborhood, starred as Salvatore Bonpensiero on HBO’s “Sopranos.”
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Seattle’s police chief resigned Thursday after days of questions about the release of information following a shooting at a food festival that left three dead, including two bystanders. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Seattle police chief resigns days after food festival shooting
A reason for Chief Shon Barnes’ resignation wasn’t disclosed. There have been questions this week over the release of information about the shooting Sunday that killed two bystanders.
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The wife of Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy was shot on Sunday night in Northern Virginia, allegedly by their son, authorities said. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Wife of Kansas City Chiefs OC Eric Bieniemy allegedly shot by their son
Elijah Zion Bieniemy, 27, was charged with malicious wounding in Northern Virginia.
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Democratic Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman said Friday that Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., sought his endorsement for her U.S. Senate campaign while he was in intensive care following the June 2025 attempt on his life. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman says Angie Craig sought his endorsement while he was in ICU
Hoffman and his wife were the victims of a politically motivated assassination attempt last year.
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The U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday that a Kenmore Air seaplane in Washington state with 11 people on board made an emergency landing near Sucia Island before catching fire, but everyone on the plane was accounted for after a rescue operation. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Seaplane crashes in Washington state, all 11 people on board accounted for
A Kenmore Air seaplane in Washington state with 11 people on board made an emergency landing near Sucia Island before catching fire, but everyone on the plane was accounted for.
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A Food and Drug Administration test on a sample of lettuce from a supplier that has recalled products because of a multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak produced a false positive for the parasite. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Taylor Farms lettuce sample produced false positive for cyclospora, FDA says
The false positive was discovered when the agency again reviewed the results of a sample from Taylor Farms de Mexico. It doesn’t change the company’s earlier voluntary recall.
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Jeremy Morrison always knew he didn’t look anything like his mother. He even joked that he was adopted. With no siblings, he had no one to compare himself with. It turns out he was Jeremy Morrison — but not the one his mother gave birth to. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Two men born 38 years ago say N.D. hospital gave them to wrong parents
A DNA genealogy test to explore his mother’s heritage led Kyle Bylin to discover that he wasn’t biologically related to who he had thought were his parents.
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The Justice Department sent letters to three Michigan cities requesting election-related documents and declaring its intention to deploy federal election monitors to polling locations for the state's August primary election, state officials said today. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Michigan officials say DOJ intends to send election monitors to August primary
The Justice Department sent letters to three Michigan cities requesting election-related documents and declaring its intention to deploy federal election
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Lauren Bennett, the singer who performed on the 2011 LMFAO hit “Party Rock Anthem,” has died at 37, her former group, G.R.L., said Monday. www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
Lauren Bennett, singer on ‘Party Rock Anthem,’ dies at 37
“Our hearts are broken,” said Bennett’s former musical group, G.R.L. Bennett was featured on LMFAO’s 2011 hit.
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More than 4,300 people have been injured in the Venezuela earthquakes, the country’s health minister says. www.nbcnews.com/world/venezu...
More than 4,300 injured in quake, health minister says
More than 4,300 people have been injured in the Venezuela earthquakes, the country’s health minister says.
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Venezuela Health Minister Carlos Alvarado said today that around 235 died after being brought to healthcare facilities without vital signs. www.nbcnews.com/world/venezu...
Death toll rises to around 235, health minister says
Venezuela Health Minister Carlos Alvarado said today that around 235 died after being brought to healthcare facilities without vital signs.
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Lionel Richie’s performance Wednesday in Saint Paul, Minnesota — the first stop on his joint tour with Earth, Wind & Fire — was cut short after he told the audience he was feeling dizzy, according to videos circulating on social media. www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
Lionel Richie cuts opening night concert short after feeling dizzy onstage
Richie postponed his Chicago and Columbus shows “under advisement by doctors to rest and return to full health” after he kicked off his tour Wednesday in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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Copa Airlines said flights to and from Caracas will remain suspended until July 2, 2026, subject to changes in operating conditions. www.nbcnews.com/world/venezu...
Copa Airlines: Flights to and from Caracas suspended until July 2
Copa Airlines said in a statement Thursday afternoon that following official notification from the Venezuelan aviation authorities, they'll be resuming regular
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A pair of powerful earthquakes shook Venezuela less than a minute apart Wednesday evening, collapsing buildings in the capital, Caracas, and killing at least 188 people. www.today.com/news/news/ve...
Powerful Twin Earthquakes Hammer Venezuela, Killing at Least 164
The quakes are among the strongest to strike Venezuela in more than a century.
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The family of a woman who was killed when a Tesla in an automated assist mode crashed into her Houston-area home has sued Tesla and the person behind the wheel, attorneys said Tuesday. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Victim’s family in fatal Texas Tesla ‘automated driving assistance’ crash files lawsuit
Attorneys for Martha Avila’s family said the Tesla was in “Autopilot” mode when the speeding car crashed into the 76-year-old woman’s home, killing her.
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A progressive nonprofit and five Utah residents have filed a lawsuit against government officials and a special entity overseeing Kevin O’Leary’s planned Stratos Project data center, alleging that Box Elder County residents’ rights were violated. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Utah residents sue officials over Kevin O’Leary data center plan
The lawsuit, filed by a nonprofit and Box Elder County residents, comes as celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary has agreed to scale back the size of the data center plan.
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A United flight bound for Minneapolis diverted to Dane County Regional Airport Friday night after reports of an unruly passenger, officials said. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
United Airlines plane diverted and ‘unruly passenger’ detained after in-flight incident
The FBI and police responded to reports of a security concern with an unruly passenger on the plane, which diverted to Dane County Regional Airport.
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Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara, who took over the department in the wake of George Floyd’s death, resigned Tuesday after an investigation found that he had interfered with a probe into his conduct. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara resigns after allegedly interfering with investigation into his conduct
“This is not about being intolerant of mistakes; everyone makes mistakes, including me, but what I can’t allow is a breach of trust,” Mayor Jacob Frey said.
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An Air France flight bound for Detroit was redirected to Canada after a passenger from Congo boarded “in error” amid the Ebola outbreak in central Africa, officials said Wednesday. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Detroit-bound flight diverted to Canada after Congolese passenger boarded ‘in error’ amid Ebola outbreak
The passenger shouldn’t have boarded the aircraft because of “entry restrictions put in place to reduce the risk of the Ebola virus,” a Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said.
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Tom Kane, who voiced characters in the “Star Wars” franchise and Professor Utonium in Cartoon Network’s “The Powerpuff Girls,” died Monday from complications of a stroke he suffered in 2020. www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
‘Star Wars’ and ‘Powerpuff Girls’ voice actor Tom Kane dies at 64
His representative remembered him as a “legendary voice actor whose work shaped the childhoods and imaginations of millions around the world.”
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Mark Fuhrman, the former Los Angeles police detective who became infamous as one of the lead officials investigating O.J. Simpson after the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown, and her friend Ron Goldman, has died. He was 74. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Mark Fuhrman, former LAPD detective who investigated O.J. Simpson, is dead
Fuhrman later shouldered some of the blame for Simpson’s acquittal in 1995. He was later convicted of lying on the witness stand.
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Six people were found dead inside a cargo train boxcar near a Laredo, Texas, rail yard on Sunday, officials said. Police responded after a Union Pacific employee called to report a “trailer box car with the discovery of multiple casualties in the car." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
6 people found dead inside cargo train boxcar in Texas
The six were discovered near a Union Pacific rail yard Sunday afternoon. What caused their deaths was not immediately clear.
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New York Police Department officials said a 37-year-old male who attempted to jump the police barricade at the Met Gala earlier this evening is now in custody. www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
NYPD: Man in custody after attempting to jump Met Gala barricade
New York Police Department officials said a 37-year-old male who attempted to jump the police barricade at the Met Gala earlier this evening is now in custody.
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A United Airlines plane hit a light pole during its final approach to Newark Liberty International Airport, injuring a driver on the New Jersey Turnpike and causing damage to the aircraft, officials said Sunday. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Driver on N.J. Turnpike hurt as United plane hits pole on approach to Newark airport
The tractor trailer driver was briefly hospitalized after a piece of the light pole struck his vehicle on the New Jersey Turnpike.
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