Nearly eight years after the bodies of two middle school girls were discovered next to a hiking trail, Richard Allen, an Indiana man convicted of their murder in 2017, was sentenced to 130 years in prison on Friday. Following a four-week trial, Allen, 52, was found guilty of murder in November for the deaths of Liberty German, 14, and Abigail Williams, 13. The murders of the girls, who were close friends, remained unexplained for years until their remains were discovered on February 14, 2017, adjacent to a hiking trail. Allen was taken into custody by Indianapolis State Police in October 2022. Following what the state police superintendent described as a "long-term and complex investigation," he was charged with murder. According to the prosecution, Allen met the girls on the Monon High Br...

The bodies of two adolescent girls were found seven years ago outside the small Indiana town of Delphi, close to a hiking route. For years, the case remained unresolved, and officials have not disclosed many details to the public regarding the reasons behind the suspected killings of Liberty German, 14, and Abigail Williams, 13, also known as Libby and Abby, by Richard Allen, a former drugstore employee. On November 11, Allen, 52, was found guilty of the deaths of the teenagers. Four counts—felony murder for the killing of Abigail while attempting to kidnap, felony murder for the killing of Liberty, murder for intentionally killing Abigail, and murder for knowingly killing Liberty—will be tried against him on Friday. Allen's attorneys have maintained his innocence and asserted that the mur...

Elon Musk was among the many creatures stirring throughout the House during Washington's government shutdown season. Congressmen were anticipating a smooth transition to the holidays. They struck a bipartisan agreement that would keep the government afloat and send them all back to their districts in joy. However, with Musk, the richest man in the world, controlling a significant portion of the political process and Donald Trump back in the White House, they were given a preview of what the next four years might hold. For live coverage, follow along. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., drafted a 1,500-page funding package that was full with the byproducts of the conventional horse-trading that typically characterizes congressional dealmaking. Trump, with Musk's assistance, successfully kill...

Washington Unless Congress devises a plan and takes immediate action, the U.S. government will shut down this weekend. After entrepreneur Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump blew up their original bill and then a backup plan failed to pass Thursday night, congressional Republicans are starting over as federal funding ends at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday. Watch live coverage of the government shutdown. Government operations that people depend on and the salaries of millions of federal employees are at risk while Congress considers a course ahead. The following information will help you understand what a government shutdown is and how it can impact you: What is a government shutdown? Since Congress has the power of the purse under the Constitution, nearly all decisions on government fi...

Holiday travel may be affected, but holiday shipments will be unaffected if the government closes a few days before Christmas. Following President-elect Donald Trump's stifling of a bipartisan funding package on Wednesday, lawmakers were still frantically trying to come to an agreement by Friday morning that would prevent a government shutdown in the United States at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday. Under the Trump administration, there hasn't been a government shutdown since 2019. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the U.S. economy lost $3 billion as a result of that 35-day budget standoff. If a new shutdown were to take place in the next few days, it would be difficult to predict how long it would last. However, major services would continue to operate normally, and these are some of ...

After his daughter, Olympic gold medallist Trinity Rodman, discussed their strained connection on a podcast and claimed that they are only connected by blood, NBA superstar Dennis Rodman apologized on Instagram. American soccer player Trinity, 22, claimed on Wednesday's Call Her Daddy podcast that she and her brother had been silent about their father for years. She remembered how he occasionally failed to provide for them financially, even when they were homeless, and how he only put on a show to help her athletic career when there were cameras present. In an apology made on Instagram Thursday, her father—a five-time NBA champion and Hall of Famer who won three titles with the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s alongside Michael Jordan—said: I apologize for not being the parent you wanted me to b...

A new subpoena issued this week directs Texas death row convict Robert Roberson to testify at a state House committee hearing on Friday at noon. Since the state attorney general's office filed a move late Thursday permitting the prison to ignore the subpoena pending a hearing to settle the motion, it is uncertain whether the convicted man would be produced in person. A similar demand for a hearing with state lawmakers was also rejected by the agency in October. Roberson must be transported by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice from his prison north of Houston to the state capitol in Austin for the next hearing. "In addition to posing significant security risks, the subpoena is procedurally flawed and thus invalid as it was issued in violation of the House Rules, the Texas Constitutio...

If a financing bill is not passed by today, the government will shut down at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday. Families can find out what happened to their loved ones through an NBC News investigation. And it's a fresh start for the NFL's laughingstock. What to know today is as follows. Congress scrambles to avert shutdown after Trump and Musk inject chaos into funding fight To prevent a shutdown before the holidays, Congress has until midnight to approve a budget bill. It is uncertain if it will occur. Legislators were forced to resume negotiations after the House rejected a bill yesterday by a vote of 174-235, far less than the two-thirds majority required. President-elect Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk's outspoken opposition to a 1,500-page bipartisan bill earlier this week caused...

Pep Guardiola, the manager of Manchester City, currently resembles Romulus Augustulus, the Roman Emperor who perished in 476 A.D. He is aware that his masterpiece is collapsing, but he has no control over it. Manchester City lost to fierce rivals Manchester United 2-1 last weekend after giving up two late goals in the Manchester derby, or rivalry match. Inside their home at Etihad Stadium, City supporters sat in almost silence. No one was upset. Under Guardiola, they have seen brilliance for over ten years, but this stillness was depressing. Nobody at all anticipated this record of only one victory in the previous ten games across all competitions. Manchester City has won eight of the previous 13 English Premier League championships and six of the previous seven. It is a dynasty. It became...

Nearly a year after the monarch started his fight with cancer, a Buckingham Palace source told NBC News on Friday that King Charles III's therapy is doing well. Although there has been progress, the source stressed that King's cancer is still under control, thus his treatment cycle would continue into the following year. In February, King Charles' cancer diagnosis was revealed by Buckingham Palace, just eighteen months into his reign. According to the statement, Charles, 76, decided to disclose his health status in part to help with public awareness for all cancer patients worldwide. No more information about his condition has been made public. After his treatment improved, he took on official duties as king in April. During his tenure as Prince of Wales, Charles was the heir apparent to t...