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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, at approximately 5 p.m. on Monday. She was thought to have fallen into a decades-old mine shaft, estimated to be at least thirty 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...

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. Investigators have gathered shot shells with mysterious text scribbled on them, found a water bottle that the shooter may have thrown away, and released images of the person they believe to be 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 heading to the investor meeting for UnitedHealth Group when a shooter came up behind him and shot him at least once in the back and on...

Comerica Bank was accused by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday of mistreating and ignoring its federally disadvantaged clients. In a statement, CFPB Director Rohit Chopras stated that the agency is suing Comerica Bank for unlawfully hurting elderly and disabled Americans who rely on Social Security and other federal benefits. Comerica increased its profits at the expense of Americans on fixed incomes by willfully disconnecting millions of calls and collecting unlawful garbage fees. The Texas-based bank has had an exclusive contract with the U.S. Department of Treasury to manage the distribution of those benefits on prepaid debit cards, known as the Direct Express program, for almost 20 years, the CFPB claimed in a civil lawsuit. The majority of Direct Express cardholders a...

Queer, directed by Luca Guadagnino, is a surreal homage to Beat writer William S. Burroughs, from its grunge rock and 80s pop soundtrack to the purposefully created backgrounds reminiscent of vintage Hollywood studio movies. The film, which is mostly based on Burroughs' unfinished novel of the same name, stars Drew Starkey as the younger man who becomes the author's fixation and Daniel Craig as the writer's alter ego, a talkative, heroin-addicted exile living in 1950s Mexico City. Filled with allusions to the life and writings of the Junkie and Naked Lunch novelist, Queer depicts two guys who are looking for connection but are thwarted by their own repressive impulses and a society that considers their wants abnormal. Craig told NBC News ahead of the film's limited theater release on Novem...

On Friday, three judges from the federal Appeals Court unanimously upheld a statute that would outlaw TikTok in the United States. The measure, which was signed into law by President Joe Biden after being enacted by Congress in April, mandates that TikTok sell to an American owner by January 19, 2025, or risk being effectively banned. The judges stated in their majority ruling that "We recognize that this decision has significant implications for TikTok and its users." The court stated that if the platform doesn't divest, it "will effectively be unavailable in the United States, at least for a time." "Consequently, TikTok s millions of users will need to find alternative media of communication," the report stated. The ruling on Friday paves the way for TikTok to appeal to the Supreme Court...

Randy Moss, a Hall of Fame wide receiver and ESPN football pundit, will take "extended time" off work to address "a personal health challenge," the network announced on Friday. On the set of "Sunday NFL Countdown," Moss first revealed to fans that he had an undisclosed medial issue. He also encouraged males to be especially mindful of health checkups. In order "to focus on a personal health challenge," "Pro Football Hall of Famer Randy Moss will step away from" his Sunday morning pregame show, according to an ESPN statement. Randy has been a vital team player for almost ten years, always improving Countdown with his passion and wisdom. ESPN is fully behind him, and we're excited to have him back when he's ready. Moss stated he was dealing with a health issue in two Instagram posts on Sunda...

WASHINGTON — Four Democratic legislators said NBC News they have spoken with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who has started telling her fellow members of the House that she is vying to be the leading Democrat on the powerful Oversight Committee. During voting on the House floor Thursday night, Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive celebrity known by her nickname AOC, informed at least two of those lawmakers that she is putting herself forward to lead Democrats on the committee. According to a third Democratic legislator, Ocasio-Cortez, 35, informed them last week that she was unquestionably running. Rep. Yvette Clarke, a fellow New Yorker and a fourth Democrat, told NBC News on Friday morning that earlier this week, Ocasio-Cortez directly requested her support. The Congressional Black Cau...

On Friday morning, the jury in Daniel Penny's trial informed the court that it was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on the primary allegation of manslaughter. Penny is accused with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in connection with Jordan Neely's chokehold death in May 2023. If found guilty on the most serious charge, he may spend up to 15 years behind bars. He entered a not guilty plea. Judge Maxwell Wiley received a note from the jury, who have been debating since Tuesday afternoon, stating that they have been unable to reach a consensus on a judgment about the manslaughter allegation. Prior to being permitted to consider the lesser allegation of criminally negligent homicide, the jury was told that it needed to reach a unanimous verdict on that charge. Wiley informed t...

According to a German court, a 100-year-old former guard of a Nazi concentration camp who is charged with helping to kill more than 3,300 captives during World War II could go on trial 80 years after the war's conclusion. According to a news release issued by the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt on Tuesday, the defendant worked at the Sachsenhausen camp, located about 25 miles north of Berlin, from July 1943 until February 1945. Due to German reporting regulations, the guard's name has not been revealed. According to the Frankfurt court, the Hanau Regional Court halted proceedings this year after an expert determined that the man was unfit to stand trial, be questioned, or travel after public prosecutors first charged the now 100-year-old accused with aiding and abetting murder in 3,322 ...