Florida grappling with flooding and high winds, more than 100K customers without power after intense rain (www.nbcnews.com)
Intense rain in parts of Florida has submerged neighborhoods, turned roads into rivers, closed schools and left more than 108,000 customers without power....
Escaped Pennsylvania killer spotted twice on same day as search zone narrows in on fugitive, police say (www.nbcnews.com)
Escaped prisoner Danelo Cavalcante was spotted twice Friday within the Chester County search area, Pennsylvania state police said, as officials appear to narrow in on the fugitive by reducing the search zone....
Montana otter attack leaves 3 women hurt, including one flown to the hospital (www.nbcnews.com)
Montana wildlife management officials don’t plan to take any further action. Otters can be protective of themselves and their young.
Detainees and advocates decry 'horrific' conditions at Louisiana ICE detention center (www.nbcnews.com)
People held at the Winn Correctional Center are subjected to undrinkable water, the constant threat of solitary confinement and limited access to doctors, they say.
Drugmakers agree to negotiate drug prices with government, White House says (www.nbcnews.com)
The manufacturers of 10 prescription drugs — including Eliquis, Xarelto and Januvia — will take part in the negotiations....
Barred from freezing their eggs at home, single Chinese women are traveling elsewhere (www.nbcnews.com)
Egg freezing has become a growing topic of discussion in China, where officials alarmed by the country’s first population decline in six decades are trying to boost the birth rate even as young people are increasingly putting off marriage and childbearing or avoiding it altogether....
One year in, U.S. climate law is already turbocharging clean energy technology (www.nbcnews.com)
One year in, U.S. climate law is already turbocharging clean energy technology:: In less than a year the Inflation Reduction Act has prompted investment in a massive buildout of battery and eletric vehicle manufacturing across the states.
Black BYU student says he was harassed while recording social media posts (www.nbcnews.com)
A member of the “Black Menaces,” a group of Black Brigham Young University students who regularly share on social media video interviews with white classmates, said that a university staff member confronted him while he was conducting an interview last week and that a classmate harassed him immediately afterward....
Tampa mayor finds big catch off Florida Keys: 70 pounds of cocaine (www.nbcnews.com)
Mayor Jane Castor, a former police chief, recognized the package floating in the Atlantic as a bundle of cocaine, a city spokesperson said.
Jim Jordan will back empowering interim speaker Patrick McHenry temporarily (www.nbcnews.com)
The resolution to empower McHenry, appointed as speaker pro tempore after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker on Oct. 3, may also not have the votes, according to this source.
U.S. is sending a carrier strike group closer to Israel and will begin supplying munitions starting today (www.nbcnews.com)
Liberal justices blast Supreme Court majority for allowing Alabama execution (www.nbcnews.com)
The high court allowed the execution of James Barber despite botched attempts to execute other inmates last year.
Another 'superfog' event hits Louisiana, resulting in accidents and one death (www.nbcnews.com)
Wildfire smoke from nearby marsh fires and heavy fog mixed to produce a “superfog” event early Tuesday morning northeast of New Orleans near the Irish Bayou, creating near-zero visibility conditions for drivers on Interstate-10....
Live Nation spars with senator over its vow to ditch hidden ticket fees (www.nbcnews.com)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar argues Ticketmaster’s parent company hasn’t fulfilled its “all-in” pricing pledge. The company says she’s mischaracterizing its commitments....
Homeland Security identifies 311 child victims of sexual exploitation in 'cold cases' (www.nbcnews.com)
DHS investigators and more than a dozen global partners combed through sexually graphic internet material, some decades old, involving children on the dark web.
Why Wisconsin didn’t issue an Amber Alert for missing 5-year-old later found dead (www.nbcnews.com)
State Sen. LaTonya Johnson wants to overhaul the state’s Amber Alert system after Prince McCree’s death.
Most of the Texas border buoys, installed to deter migrants, are in Mexican territory, study shows (www.nbcnews.com)
100 arrested in global sex abuse probe launched after FBI murders (www.nbcnews.com)
Florida hit by Canadian smoke from historic wildfire season (www.nbcnews.com)
More than 69,000 square miles have been burned by wildfire in Canada so far. Some 795 wildfires were still burning as of Tuesday afternoon....
Israel-Hamas war live updates: Gaza hospital blast likely a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket misfire, U.S. officials say (www.nbcnews.com)
President Joe Biden is visiting Israel on Wednesday as the deadly Gaza hospital blast fuels protests. NBC News is providing live updates.
They paid thousands to give up their U.S. citizenship. Now they want a refund (www.nbcnews.com)
Many “accidental Americans” filed a lawsuit after the State Department announced it would lower the fee to renounce citizenship.
Man who police say stuffed wipe into infant's mouth to quiet her is arrested in her death (www.nbcnews.com)
A Florida man was arrested in the 2021 choking death of his infant daughter after investigators concluded he put a baby wipe in her mouth, the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office said Monday....
Hackers force hospital system to take its national computer system offline (www.nbcnews.com)
Prospect Medical Holdings, a chain that owns hospitals, as well as more than 165 outpatient facilities, said ransomware hackers had breached its system.
Heat has killed at least 18 people in Arizona's Maricopa County this year (www.nbcnews.com)
69 more deaths are under investigation. The county is one of the few that has revamped its reporting to ensure heat deaths are accounted for.