A lawyer for well-known pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes is going to extreme measures to try to stop false information about his client that was placed on YouTube using artificial intelligence, claiming the company has not adequately enforced its own rules. Jakes' lawyer, Dustin Pusch, filed a motion in the Northern District of California on Thursday, requesting that Google, the parent company of YouTube, provide information about the identities of four YouTube account users. According to YouTube's "About" sections, they are allegedly based in Pakistan, South Africa, the Philippines, and Kenya. Citing earlier NBC News coverage on AI-generated disinformation on YouTube, the motion claimed that these accounts made misleading statements about Jakes. It further said that parts of the videos, such as t...

Teachers are one of the groups of people who most certainly deserve to be thanked. It only makes natural that you would want to show your gratitude for all of their hard work by giving them a token as the holidays approach. However, what constitutes an excellent teacher gift? There are a number of ways to choose a gift for the teacher or teachers in your life. You can get them something unique or a wonderful self-care gift. If you're on a tight budget or are buying for multiple teachers at once, you might want to choose a present that costs less than $25. We choose each item on this list to make your instructor happy, ease their workload, or help them relax. Everything is either highly regarded, a staff pick, an NBC Select reader favorite, or from a brand we've previously discussed. One th...

According to officials Thursday, the former top adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams was accused of accepting bribes from a real estate company in a traditional "quid pro quo" arrangement that benefited her and her son monetarily. According to a statement from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Ingrid Lewis-Martin was scheduled to appear in a Manhattan courthouse on Thursday to hear indictments against her, her son Glenn Martin II, and two real estate investors, Rizala Vaid and Mayank Dwivedi. According to a Manhattan Supreme Court filing by Bragg, Lewis-Martin "engaged in a long-running bribery, money laundering and conspiracy scheme by using her position and authority" to "illegally influence Department of Buildings and other city decisions in exchange for more than $100,000 i...

Shortly after being sworn in as the first Asian American senator of the state, Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., discovered a surprise in a desk drawer on the Senate floor. He discovered that the name of an Asian American trailblazer—former senator Daniel K. Inouye, the first elected Japanese American to Congress—was inscribed on the desk he was seated at. After Hawaii became a state, Inouye was elected as its first representative. He enlisted in the army shortly after the Pearl Harbor attack and participated in World War II. In a post on X on Wednesday, Kim stated, "I discovered that Senate floor desks have drawers where every Senator who used that desk carves their name." I just took my drawer out. One name immediately came to mind. At the age of 88, Inouye passed away in 2012. He became the first...

The relationship between siblings is unmatched. Although it may appear to be constant arguing and teasing, for many people, it is the most meaningful connection they have ever had. For Lian Yankey and Kevin Nguyen, it was undoubtedly the case. "He simply meant the world to me," Lian remarked. However, Lian has been missing her brother, Kevin, for the past six years. Lian told Dateline about the night that her life took a permanent turn. On the evening of December 8, 2018, it was. In Fort Wayne, Indiana, Kevin was out drinking at the Brass Rail Bar. On December 9, at around two in the morning, Lian's brother called and asked if she could give him a ride home. According to Lian, it seemed like he was laughing and conversing with someone at two in the morning. However, he contacted me to c...

Ingrid Lewis-Martin, a former top staffer to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, was charged by prosecutors on Thursday with using her power at City Hall to assist a hotel chain with building plans. According to a statement from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Lewis-Martin was scheduled to appear in a Manhattan courthouse on Thursday to hear indictments against her, her son Glenn Martin II, and two real estate investors, Rizaida Vaid and Mayank Dwivedi. According to a Manhattan Supreme Court filing by Bragg, Lewis-Martin "engaged in a long-running bribery, money laundering and conspiracy scheme by using her position and authority" to "illegally influence Department of Buildings and other city decisions in exchange for more than $100,000 in cash and benefits for herself and her son, Gl...

The suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione, was flown from Pennsylvania to New York Thursday afternoon to face federal charges after he renounced his right to an extradition hearing. After appearing in Blair County, Pennsylvania, on Thursday morning for a preliminary hearing and waiving extradition, Mangione, 26, was taken into the custody of the New York City Police department and transported to New York, where he arrived just after noon. New federal accusations against the suspect were also unveiled on Thursday, including two counts of stalking, murder by firearm, and firearms offense. At 2:00 PM ET, he is scheduled to appear in lower Manhattan court. Mangione is currently facing federal charges from New York, eleven state charges from New York relat...

WASHINGTON — After billionaire Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump mobilized conservatives to sabotage their bipartisan financing agreement, House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republican leaders are having difficulty Thursday coming up with a backup plan to keep the government running. They have no strategy, or even a sense of a plan, for what comes next, with less than 36 hours to go before a deadline that would shut down large portions of the federal government and furlough workers. Even though they need Democratic backing to enact a measure, they are not engaging in negotiations with them. They are conversing with one other. As he entered the speaker's office, Johnson's supporter, Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., told reporters, "We don't know anything yet." The chair of the Appropriation...

Ingrid Lewis-Martin, a former top staffer to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, was charged by prosecutors on Thursday with using her power at City Hall to assist a hotel chain with building plans. According to a statement from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Lewis-Martin was scheduled to appear in a Manhattan courthouse on Thursday to hear indictments against her, her son Glenn Martin II, and two real estate investors. Lewis-Martin was "engaged in a long-running bribery, money laundering and conspiracy scheme by using her position and authority" in order "illegally influence Department of Buildings and other city decisions in exchange for more than $100,000 in cash and benefits for herself and her son, Glenn Martin II," according to a statement released by Bragg. Before her sudden r...

The Republican who is only behind in the race for the Supreme Court of North Carolina has requested that the court invalidate 60,000 ballots from the election that was held last month. A week after losing a lawsuit before the North Carolina State Board of Elections in which he also attempted to have those ballots thrown out, Jefferson Griffin, a judge on the appeals court, was promoted to the state Supreme Court. Griffin is now only 734 votes behind Democratic Justice Allison Riggs. Griffin's campaign lawyers filed a lawsuit Wednesday night asking the state Supreme Court to reject the current results and prevent the Democratic-controlled elections board from counting nearly 60,000 ballots. On the Supreme Court of North Carolina, Republicans hold a 5-2 majority. Griffin's lawyers stated tha...