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After jurors declared themselves deadlocked, the judge in the trial of Daniel Penny, the man charged with manslaughter in the chokehold murder of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway last year, dismissed the charge on Friday. Jurors will only take into account the lesser accusation of criminally negligent homicide, according to the ruling, which was made at the prosecutors' request. The maximum penalty for it is four years. Prosecutors' request was not disclosed to jurors. Penny entered a not guilty plea. On Monday, the five male and seven female jurors will begin deliberating again. On Friday, they submitted the judge two notes stating that they were unable to reach a unanimous conclusion on the most serious accusation of manslaughter. Judge Maxwell Wiley gave them instructions to conti...

Authorities announced Friday that the days-long search for a Pennsylvania grandmother who fell down a sinkhole while looking for her cat ended tragically when rescuers discovered her death. According to Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Steve Limani, the remains of 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard were discovered around 30 feet below the surface at approximately 11:05 a.m. Pollard was last observed in Unity Township, approximately 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, at 5 p.m. on Monday. She plunged into a decades-old mining shaft after falling through a sinkhole. According to state police on Wednesday, the search became more of a recovery effort rather than a rescue operation. As the search and rescue's commander of operations, Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire commander John Bacha stated, "Obviou...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture published a federal order Friday requiring the testing of the nation's milk supply for avian flu. Samples must be gathered and shared with USDA upon request by organizations that handle raw milk, such as dairy processors or bulk milk transporters. The objective is to stop the spread of the avian flu strain H5N1, which is generating outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows, among livestock by promptly identifying which dairy herds are impacted. In 15 states, 718 dairy cattle were impacted as of Thursday. Among other benefits, this will help farmers and farmworkers feel more secure about their animals' safety and self-defense, and it will set us up for swiftly containing and halting the virus's spread across the country, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsacks stated...

Rescuers discovered a Pennsylvania grandmother's body Friday, after a tragic days-long search for her after she fell down a sinkhole while looking for her cat. According to Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Steve Limani, the remains of 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard were discovered around 30 feet below the surface at approximately 11:05 a.m. The 64-year-old Pollard was last seen in Unity Township, some 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, at 5 p.m. on Monday. She was thought to have fallen into a mine shaft that was decades old after falling through a sinkhole. According to state police on Wednesday, the search became more of a recovery effort rather than a rescue operation. According to officials, the family expressed gratitude to searchers for finding their loved one's body. "Like to have ha...

More than 48 hours after an armed assailant shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a hotel in midtown Manhattan, police are still going through the evidence and looking for hints on Friday. Investigators have gathered shot casings with mysterious text on them, found a water bottle that the shooter may have thrown away, and released images of the person they think is the shooter. However, the shooter's identity, whereabouts, and motivation are still unknown. What we know about the shooting on Wednesday morning is as follows. Gunman was 'lying in wait for several minutes' Around 6:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Thompson, wearing a suit, was headed to speak at UnitedHealth Group's investor conference when a shooter came up behind him and shot him at least once in the back and o...

NBC News was informed by a family member that comedian Kabir Singh had passed away. His age was 39. According to his sister, Sonya Singh, he died while sleeping in his Pleasanton, California, Bay Area home. On Wednesday, he was discovered by their mother. Sonya Singh told NBC News, "My mom, who lives with him, tried to wake him up, and he didn't wake up." She stated that her brother had congenital cardiac condition but that the cause of death is yet unknown. According to his sister, Kabir Singh has undergone two surgeries in the past because of his ailment. Of his three siblings, Kabir Singh was the youngest. According to Sonya Singh, he would have turned 40 on December 30. According to her, "We were planning his birthday," Most famously, Singh participated in NBC's "America's Got Talent" ...

Following a four-day search, authorities believe they have located the body of the Pennsylvania grandmother who fell down a sinkhole while looking for her cat. Elizabeth Pollard, 64, was last seen in Unity Township, approximately 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, around 5 p.m. on Monday. She was thought to have fallen into a decades-old mine shaft, estimated to be at least 30 feet deep, after falling through a sinkhole. According to Pittsburgh's NBC affiliate WPXI, which cited state police, her body was discovered on Friday. Reporters were informed by Pennsylvania State Police on Wednesday that the search had changed from being a rescue to a recovery operation. On Monday, a relative reported Pollard missing. The 5-year-old granddaughter was still in her car when state troopers found it par...

According to fresh campaign finance filings, billionaire Elon Musk invested over $20 million in an enigmatic super PAC at the conclusion of the 2024 campaign, as part of his overall expenditure of nearly $250 million to support President-elect Donald Trump. According to the filing the group submitted to the Federal Election Commission Thursday night, Musk provided funding for RBG PAC. The super PAC, which failed to reveal its contributors prior to the election, ran advertisements claiming that Trump opposed a federal ban on abortion. A single donation from the Elon Musk Revocable Trust in Austin, Texas, provided the group with $20.5 million. According to the campaign financial report, which covered the period from October 17 to November 25, RBG PAC spent nearly all of its funds on digital ...

Before losing the 2024 election, Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign continued to outspend and outspend President-elect Donald Trump's in the last days of the election. Her campaign also garnered millions more from small-dollar donations after she lost. In the final days of the election and the weeks that followed, Harris's billion-dollar campaign raised and spent almost twice as much as Trump's, breaking fundraising records this year, according to new campaign finance disclosures submitted to the Federal Election Commission. Between October 25 and November 25, when the fresh financial records were released, the Harris campaign raised $160 million and spent $277 million, while the Trump campaign raised $87 million and spent $113 million over that same period. An examination of expenditu...