In a first, Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama, an ardent supporter of capital punishment, commuted the death sentence of an intellectually disabled man convicted of murder on Friday. She said there wasn’t enough evidence to support killing Robin “Rocky” Myers but there wasn’t enough evidence to free him, either. “I am not convinced that Mr....
CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker gathered most of the state’s Democratic congressional delegation at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s hospital Friday to lay out in stark terms the damage that would be brought on vulnerable populations if President Donald Trump’s administration slashes Medicaid funding. “Red alert, everybody,” Pritzker said. “It is time to wake...
The West Texas measles outbreak continues to grow, now possibly spreading into the central part of the state and neighboring New Mexico, health officials said Friday. The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed there have been 146 cases of the highly contagious virus since the outbreak, centered in Gaines County, began in late January....
A man dropping off two students outside of charter schools in Chicago was arrested by federal immigration authorities this week as part of the Trump administration’s push to carry out mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. The man’s arrest during school drop-off comes as the administration says it has arrested more than 20,000 immigrants in one...
WASHINGTON — At least seven top prosecutors inside the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia — including some involved in Jan. 6 prosecutions — were demoted to entry-level positions by the new Trump-appointed interim U.S. attorney, multiple officials told NBC News. Ed Martin, a conservative activist with no prosecutorial experience who President Donald...
News that President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order that would for the first time designate an official language for the country — English — has stirred concerns among Puerto Rican officials and advocates about what this could mean for Puerto Rico, a Spanish-speaking U.S. territory. According to a White House official,...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill Friday that strikes gender identity from the state’s civil rights law, making Iowa the first state to remove civil rights from a previously protected class. The bill passed the Republican-majority state Senate, 33-15, along party lines Thursday. Less than an hour later, the House passed its version of...
Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid will miss the remainder of the NBA regular season with a left knee injury, the team announced Friday. Embiid, 30, appeared in only 19 games for the 76ers this season. He has struggled when on the court, averaging his fewest points per game (23.8) since 2020. “The Philadelphia 76ers and...
President Donald Trump, ready to wrap up his Oval Office meeting Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, asked for one last question from the reporters gathered in the room. That’s when Vice President JD Vance jumped in instead, offering a statement that steered an already tense discussion into an unexpected, full-blown, high-volume argument for the...
A 20-year-old Louisiana college student died Thursday after attending an off-campus event in Baton Rouge late Wednesday night, university officials said. Caleb Wilson, who was a junior at Southern University and A&M College, was brought to the hospital unresponsive around 3 a.m. Thursday, the Baton Rouge Police Department told NBC News affiliate WVLA. The university...