Man accused of kidnapping baby from park after killing mother had threatened to ‘start killing people and children’ - Television news - NewsLocker (2024)

A Texas man accused of kidnapping a 10-month-old girl at a New Mexico park after fatally shooting her mother and another woman had previously threatened to "start killing people and children," according to federal investigators.

4 dead as severe storms hit Houston area; nearly 1 million without power in Texas

Four people were dead and hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses were without power in Texas as severe storms slammed the Houston area Thursday night.

Body shaming, IQ insults and cross talk: House committee meeting devolves into chaos amid personal insults

A fiery exchange between Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Jasmine Crockett leads to chaos in the House Oversight Committee.

Biden signs sweeping aviation safety, reform bill into law

President Joe Biden on Thursday signed sweeping aviation legislation that will boost U.S. air traffic controller staffing, increase funding to avert runway close-call incidents and speed up refunds for canceled flights.

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Disability rights advocate says state senator with violent history shoved him at New York Capitol

Michael Carey said his confrontation with Sen. Kevin Parker took place after he approached the senator and asked him to cosponsor a piece of legislation.

Fever fall to Liberty 102-66 in Caitlin Clark’s home debut

Breanna Stewart ruined Caitlin Clark’s regular season home debut by scoring 31 points to lead the New York Liberty to a 102-66 win in front of a sellout crowd of 17,247 on Thursday night.

Google tests AI to detect scam phone calls. Privacy advocates are terrified.

Some privacy advocates say that they’re terrified by an announcement this week from Google that the company is testing a way to scan people’s phone calls.

Proposed North Carolina law would make it illegal to wear masks in public

Republican senators in North Carolina passed a bill Wednesday revoking a pandemic-era law allowing for masks to be worn in public for health concerns.

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91-year-old Missouri man rescues fire department with $500,000 donation

A 91-year-old’s $500,000 donation has saved a tiny Missouri volunteer fire company from certain doom.

Larry Hogan says he's 'pro-choice' and supports enshrining abortion rights in federal law

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, is casting himself as "pro choice," a significant shift from his earlier position on abortion.

New research could solve the mystery behind the construction of Egypt's pyramids

More than 30 pyramids in Egypt, including in Giza, may have been built along a branch of the Nile that has long since disappeared, a new study suggests.

Community rallies to replace a Jackie Robinson statue after it was stolen from a Kansas little league park

Jaimarius Barnes, an 11-year-old in the Wichita, Kansas-based League 42 baseball organization, planned on suiting up for games this season just feet away from a Jackie Robinson statue.

New menopause drugs treat hot flashes, but women may face insurance hurdles

New drugs to treat debilitating menopause symptoms — namely hot flashes — are finally on the market or are in development.

House passes Republican-backed bill designed to pressure Biden on delivering weapons to Israel

The Republican-led House passed a bill that would put restrictions on the president's ability to withhold weapons transfers to Israel in a vote that drew attention to a divided Democratic caucus on the war in Gaza.

Potential new drug for menopause shows promise, study shows

In clinical trials, a new drug showed promising results in controlling hot flashes associated with menopause and in improving sleep and overall quality of life. Some who took part in trials of the drug reported life-changing results. NBC News' Anne Thompson reports.

Trump trial Day 18 takeaways: Fireworks on the stand as finish line nears

Much of Thursday's court proceedings in Donald Trump's hush money trial were consumed by the defense cross-examining Michael Cohen, his former attorney and fixer.

Sony Music Group warns more than 700 companies against using its content to train AI

One of the biggest record labels in the world is issuing notices warning hundreds of companies not to train artificial intelligence models on its content without permission.

Growing controversy over graduation speech by Kansas City Chiefs' kicker

In a commencement speech at a Catholic liberal arts college, Chiefs' kicker Harrison Butker was critical of LGBTQ+ rights and abortion and encouraged young women to focus on being homemakers. While many in the crowd applauded the speech, others criticized it as hom*ophobic and sexist. NBC News' Liz Kreutz reports.

World's oceans have gone 'crazy haywire,' officials warn, with majority of coral reefs in peril

Oceans are record-hot, and nearly two-thirds of the world’s coral reefs have experienced heat stress at levels high enough to cause bleaching, NOAA said.

A 19-year-old farmworker killed in a Florida bus crash was saving money to get married, his mom says

The mother of 19 year-old farmworker killed in a Florida bus crash says he was saving money to get married

The Satanic Temple is ‘fighting fire with fire’ to stop Christian nationalism

The Satanic Temple is known for trolling conservatives. Now it's challenging the push to place chaplains in schools by vowing to send its own ministers.

GOP Sen. Mitt Romneysays Biden should have pardoned Trump

Sen. Mitt Romney said President Joe Biden should have pardoned Donald Trump and pressured New York prosecutors not to pursue the hush money trial against the former president.

Biden and Trump agree to debates in late June and September

President Joe Biden's 2024 campaign on Wednesday challenged Republican nominee Donald Trump to two debates hosted in a television studio ahead of the November election — a departure from the traditional system that has been used.

Texas universities slashed hundreds of jobs and programs after state's DEI ban

The University of Texas system’s nine academic and five health campuses have slashed 311 full- and part-time positions since the ban took effect Jan. 1.

Vegetarian and vegan diets linked to lower risk of heart disease, cancer and death, large review finds

Vegetarian and vegan diets are associated with a reduced risk of heart disease, cancer and death, according to a large review of research.

FBI and DHS warn that terrorists could target Pride events in June

The FBI and Department of Homeland security issued a joint public service announcement last week warning that foreign terrorist organizations, or FTOs, could target events during LGBTQ Pride Month.

Barge slams into Galveston bridge in Texas, causing partial collapse and shutdown

A barge slammed into a bridge in Galveston on Wednesday, spilling oil into the bay and forcing a shutdown of the east Texas span, officials said, in the latest accident involving prominent U.S. thoroughfares.

RFK Jr. accuses Biden and Trump of 'colluding' to exclude him from debates

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. currently does not meet the qualifying threshold for the first presidential debate Biden and Trump agreed to participate in.

Actress Angie Harmon files suit after dog shot and killed by Instacart shopper

Actor Angie Harmon filed a lawsuit last week against Instacart and a former Instacart shopper after the man allegedly shot and killed her dog during a stop at her North Carolina home at the end of March, accusing the company of negligence.

U.S. imposes sanctions, visa restrictions on Nicaragua over repression, migrant smuggling

The U.S. on Wednesday imposed visa restrictions on more than 250 members of the Nicaraguan government and levied sanctions on three Nicaraguan entities in retaliation for “repressive actions” and a failure to stem migrant smuggling through the Central American country.