SYDNEY — Australia passed tough anti-hate crime laws on Thursday, including mandatory minimum sentences for terror offenses and displaying hate symbols, in a bid to tackle a recent surge in antisemitism. The laws will impose minimum jail sentences between 12 months for less serious hate crimes, such as giving a Nazi salute in public, and six years for those found guilty of terrorism...
A search is underway in Alaska after a plane with 10 people on board never arrived in Nome when scheduled, officials said. The Bering Air Caravan flight, from Unalakleet to Nome, was reported overdue to Alaska State Troopers at 4 p.m. local time, the law enforcement agency said. There were nine passengers and a pilot...
NEW ORLEANS — Antonio Gates, Jared Allen, Eric Allen and Sterling Sharpe were voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the smallest induction class in 20 years following offseason rule changes meant to make it harder to get inducted. Sharpe got in as a seniors candidate in voting announced Thursday night at the...
MANILA, Philippines — One U.S. service member and three defense contractors were killed Thursday when a plane contracted by the U.S. military crashed in a rice field in the southern Philippines, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said. The aircraft was conducting a routine mission “providing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support at the request of our Philippine allies,”...
NEW ORLEANS — Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen won the NFL’s Most Valuable Player award on Thursday. He earned the honor over finalists Lamar Jackson, Saquon Barkley, Joe Burrow, and Jared Goff. Allen threw for 3,731 yards, 28 touchdowns with six interceptions this season. He also added 531 yards and 12 scores on the ground....
In videos NBC News obtained through a public records request, three women detail their allegations that they were raped and sexually assaulted by luxury real estate star Oren Alexander and his twin brother, Alon. The women gave their statements to Miami Beach police last fall, shortly before the men were arrested, according to the time...
The courts are slamming the brakes on some of President Donald Trump’s efforts to quickly trim and transform the federal government. In his first weeks in office, Trump has signed more than 50 executive orders aimed at reshaping the government, from targeting birthright citizenship to changing how transgender inmates are housed. Government agencies have also...
Days before the Philadelphia Eagles take on the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl, Philadelphia’s mayor sought to dissuade celebrating fans from climbing light poles or onto other equipment. The ask by Mayor Cherelle Parker on Thursday comes more than a week after an 18-year Temple University student fell from a light pole after...
The wreckage of a military helicopter involved in a mid-air collision with a passenger jet that killed all 67 people on both aircraft was recovered Thursday from the Potomac River, federal officials said. Additional parts were also recovered from the American Airlines plane that was bound for Reagan National Airport when it struck the UH-60...
The U.S. Agency of International Development is expected to be reduced to about 290 workers from the more than 5,000 foreign service officers, civil servants and personal service contractors it currently employs, according to two sources familiar with the plans. Most of the approximately 3,000 institutional support contractors have already been fired or furloughed. The...