6 Massachusetts teens charged in racial bullying incident with mock slave auction on Snapchat (www.nbcnews.com)
The chat was allegedly created by a group of 8th-grade students and involved some of the juveniles expressing “hateful and racist comments" and a mock slave auction....
Oklahoma students walk out after trans student’s death to protest bullying policies (www.nbcnews.com)
'White Lives Matter' member gets 18 years for firebombing church that planned drag events (www.nbcnews.com)
Rooftop where gunman shot at Trump was identified as a security vulnerability before rally: sources (www.nbcnews.com)
Two sources told NBC News that the Secret Service flagged a building near the rally site as a security concern. Investigators will be scrutinizing how a gunman was allowed to scale it....
Florida abortion clinics squeeze in as many patients as possible ahead of 6-week ban (www.nbcnews.com)
Clinic staff described packed waiting rooms, full parking lots and phones ringing nonstop in the final days before the state’s new law takes effect....
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs bill that bans children under 14 from having social media accounts (www.nbcnews.com)
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Monday that will prohibit children younger than 14 from joining social media in the state. Those who are 14 or 15 will need a parent’s consent before they join a platform....
The premise of Black Santas caused a fuss 10 years ago — now, they're everywhere (www.nbcnews.com)
Megyn Kelly went viral when she declared Santa Claus “just is white,” but a decade later the idea of what St. Nick can look like has only expanded....
Oklahoma judge opened fire while driving and intentionally crashed his car, police say (www.nbcnews.com)
An Oklahoma judge was arrested in Austin, Texas, last week after authorities say he opened fire on parked vehicles while out driving, striking at least one of them, and intentionally crashed into a woman’s vehicle, telling officers later that she had cut him off....
'I did the right thing,' Jan. 6 rioter says before being sentenced to 2.5 years in prison (www.nbcnews.com)
At her sentencing hearing, Yvonne St Cyr did not express regret or accept any responsibility for her actions on Jan. 6, 2021....
Infamous fiasco Fyre Festival relaunches — and is already sold out (www.nbcnews.com)
Here’s what we know about Fyre Festival II so far: Line-up? Unknown. Date? Unclear. Location? Somewhere in the Caribbean. Price? $500 to $8,000.
American couple doing missionary work killed by gangs in Haiti, wife is daughter of Missouri rep. (www.nbcnews.com)
First responders in a Texas town are struggling to cope with the trauma of recovering bodies from the Rio Grande (www.nbcnews.com)
After a record-breaking year of migrant crossings, Eagle Pass is applying for a grant to help pay for therapy and other mental health services....
Black man was holding sandwiches and keys when an Ohio deputy fatally shot him, prosecutor says (www.nbcnews.com)
The gun the deputy said Casey Goodson Jr. was waving when he was shot in the back multiple times was found in the man's kitchen with the safety on, the prosecutor shared publicly for the first time.
Jimmy Buffett, legendary 'Margaritaville' singer, dies at 76 (www.nbcnews.com)
Wife of U.S. soldier detained in Russia says he was having an affair, not involved in 'geopolitical intrigue' (www.nbcnews.com)
Megan Black said her husband’s trip to Russia was “ill-advised” but simply part of an extramarital affair. Black’s mother said she thought he had been set up by his girlfriend....
Late-night shooting at popular outdoor mall in Miami suburb leaves two dead, 7 injured (www.nbcnews.com)
A shooting at a bar in a popular outdoor mall in a Miami suburb early Saturday left two dead and seven injured....
AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile customers hit by widespread cellular outages in U.S. (www.nbcnews.com)
Over 50,000 AT&T outages were reported at about 7 a.m. ET Thursday, with most issues reported in Houston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Atlanta, according to tracking site Downdetector....
The parents of a school shooter are heading to trial. The rare case could pit them against each other. (www.nbcnews.com)
James and Jennifer Crumbley face four counts of involuntary manslaughter each after their son, Ethan, killed four students at Oxford High School in 2021....
H.S. football coach is fired after holding a baptism for players after practice (www.nbcnews.com)
A Georgia high school football coach who was criticized for holding a baptism on school grounds for some of his players has been fired weeks later....
Biden administration moves to ban medical debt from credit reports (www.nbcnews.com)
The Biden administration is moving to ban medical debt from credit reports....
$1.3 billion Powerball jackpot winner is a Laotian immigrant battling cancer (www.nbcnews.com)
Cheng “Charlie” Saephan, who was born in Laos and immigrated to the U.S. in 1994, plans to split the money with a friend and find himself a “good doctor.”...
Elon Musk smears Haitian migrants with 'cannibal' claims amid crisis (www.nbcnews.com)
As Haiti faces an extreme political and societal crisis amid a wave of intense violence, tech billionaire Elon Musk and right-wing pundits online are weaponizing unverified claims of cannibalism coming out of the conflict to advance a political agenda on immigration....
Haley loses Nevada GOP primary skipped by Trump to 'none of these candidates' (www.nbcnews.com)
State laws are factoring into college choices for young adults (www.nbcnews.com)
One survey shows as many as 73 percent of young adults are taking state abortion laws into account when making decisions about where to go to college. Savannah Sellers reports on one of the most important decisions in the lives of young students and their families.