The Department of Justice announced on Friday it has resolved a biased policing investigation of California’s Antioch Police Department, where officers’ racist texts sparked outrage and blowback. The city and its police have agreed to hire a consultant to review its policies, its officer training, and its use-of-force incidents to suggest improvements, the Justice Department...
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Jimmy Butler indicates he wants to be traded from Miami Heat
The Miami Heat have suspended star small forward Jimmy Butler for seven games, the team announced Friday, and said it will listen to trade offers. The Heat said in an X post that Butler’s suspension was because of conduct that has hurt the team throughout the season. “We have suspended Jimmy Butler for seven games...
Judge rejects Jan. 6 defendant’s request to attend Trump’s inauguration
WASHINGTON — A judge rejected a request from a Jan. 6 defendant to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration after the man was invited by a former member of Congress, according to a court document released Friday. The defendant, Russell Taylor, was accused of organizing a group of “fighters” to travel to D.C. on Jan. 6,...
How New Orleans fell short in guarding against the New Year’s vehicle attack, experts say
NEW ORLEANS — Vehicle attacks are a rising global terror threat that can be difficult to prevent — but the deadly assault on New Year’s revelers in New Orleans shows how a city’s efforts to protect a heavily crowded and vulnerable area can fall short, experts said. New Orleans failed to deploy anti-vehicle barriers that the...
Wounded survivor of New Orleans truck attack says her mom saved her life from afar
Good thing they called her mother. An Alabama woman who was struck by a terrorist-driven pickup truck on New Year’s Day and later shot in the foot during the attack said her friends called her mom for help as she lay bleeding on Bourbon Street. Alexis Scott-Windham said in an interview with NBC News on...
Mike Johnson hangs on, but his challenges are only beginning: 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, we dive into how Mike Johnson managed to survive a tight re-election bid for House speaker on the...
What Tesla driver texted his ex-girlfriend before explosion outside Trump Hotel
Just a few days before New Year’s Eve, Alicia Arritt received a text message out of the blue from her ex-boyfriend, a decorated U.S. special forces soldier named Matthew Livelsberger. The pair hadn’t been in touch since 2022. Now, Livelsberger was asking if she was single. They exchanged a few breezy texts over the next...
Officials say man in Cybertruck explosion was Army veteran suffering from PTSD
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Soldier who died in Cybertruck left writing criticizing government, authorities say
A decorated Army veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder called U.S. government leadership “weak” and appeared to acknowledge he purposely blew up a Tesla Cybertruck at the entrance of Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day, police said Friday. Clark County/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Assistant Sheriff Dori Koren said investigators were able...
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