(NBC News) As the U.S. races toward a startling 3 million coronavirus cases, the nation’s schools are rolling out plans for the fall. With outbreaks linked to large gatherings, schools at all levels are wrestling with whether to keep students at home. Princeton, Georgetown, and Harvard announced half or less of students will be allowed back on campus. They’re trying…
(NBC News) — The attorneys representing Breonna Taylor’s family now claim a development project was the reason police focused on her ex-boyfriend, Jamarcus Glover. Part of the project includes Elliott Avenue, where Glover rented a house, the lawsuit states, and where the City of Louisville has recently acquired several properties. A warranty deed obtained by WAVE 3 News, dated June…
(WBAL/NBC News) — A long-lost cell phone is back with its owner after spending nearly a year at the bottom of Maryland’s Severn River. The phone, inside a waterproof case, was 6-year-old Reagan Votaw’s first catch during a recent fishing outing. The family took the phone home, cut it out of its now clam-encrusted case and worked to dry it…
(NBC News) — A COVID-19 outbreak on the University of Washington’s Greek Row came two weeks after about 1,100 Greek students returned for summer. The incubation time for the disease is two weeks, meaning the students started spreading it immediately. “This has been a wake up call to the community,” says Erik Johnson, president of the university’s Interfraternity Council. As…
(KARK/NBC News) — An Arkansas mother says her 6-year-old daughter was kicked out of daycare because of a T-shirt reading “Black Lives Matter.” Journei Brockman attended daycare at His Kids Preschool in Russellville for the past six months, but was recently told she was no longer welcome. “She was like ‘I don’t like it, I don’t agree with it’, and…
(NBC News) — Of all the surprises of the COVID-19 era, perhaps one of the biggest is how smoothly many American workers have adapted to working from home. Many companies report productivity is up, and now businesses are completely rethinking what it means to have an office. A recent survey by consulting firm McKinzey & Company found found more than…
(NBC News) — With no end to the coronavirus pandemic in sight, school districts across the country are working to determine if and how students should return to traditional classrooms this fall. The American Academy of Pediatrics has weighed in favor of reopening schools. “There will be a lot of consequences for children not being able to go back to…
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (WNYT/NBC News) Protestors gathered outside New York’s Schenectady Police Department Monday after video surfaced of an officer kneeling on a man’s neck earlier in the day. Yugeshwar Gaindarpersaud says officers punched him in the stomach and bruised him on his own property. “If he had me like five minutes more I would have died because I started to…
FRANKLIN, Tennessee (WSMV/NBC News) A rescue dog is being hailed as a hero after helping save a Franklin, Tennessee family from their burning home. “She just started barking frantically and turning circles at the front door, which is not a normal behavior for her,” says Jeff LeCates. Roux, a Belgian Malinois, was the first to sense that her neighbors’ home…
(NBC News) As Chair of Indiana’s Monroe County Affordable Housing Commission and a member of the Monroe County Human Rights Commission, Vauhxx Rush Booker has experienced racism before, but not like this. “When you have people’s hands around your neck and you hear them yell to get a noose, suddenly racism takes on a whole different meaning,” he says. Booker…
