(WBBH/NBC News) Florida’s Collier County Sheriff’s Office has fired a deputy with the agency after he was arrested Saturday night on child pornography charges. Rashaad Smith, 41, had been with the agency since 2005, according to the sheriff’s office. Smith was arrested on 100 counts of child pornography. Three cyber tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children…
(WAVY/NBC News) A Virginia photographer happened to be in the right place at the right time recently. Holly Breeden unexpectedly captured a proposal between a couple on the beach at Fort Story. “Photography to me is important, but I didn’t think it would capture random moments for strangers that way,” Breeden says. Breeden was doing a waterside photoshoot Saturday when…
(NBC News) — With coronavirus cases on the rise in more than 20 states, researchers are working around the clock to develop a vaccine. The government has selected five vaccine projects to back with federal funding, hoping one or more could some day prevent people from getting COVID-19. Developers are moving faster than they ever have, trying to do in…
WASHINGTON (NBC News) — President Trump is expected to sign an executive order Tuesday that would force police departments to track misconduct, encourage officers to call mental health professionals to the scene of confrontations and offer federal grants to departments that curtail use of force. “We want law and order, this is about law and order, it’s about justice also…
WASHINGTON (NBC News) — As crowded bars, restaurants and beaches reveal many Americans seemingly moving on from coronavirus concerns, a spike in cases in 22 states shows the virus is not done spreading. President Trump said Monday his administration is taking care of coronavirus “hot spots,” while also claiming increased testing is making the situation appear worse. “If we stopped…
LARGO, Fla. (WFLA/NBC News) — A Florida man is recovering after surviving an alligator bite to the face. Officials say the man was playing disc golf at a Largo park Monday when he waded into a pond to retrieve a disc. As he leaned down to pick up the disc the alligator attacked, latching onto his face. Fortunately, the man…
WASHINGTON (NBC News) — In an historic victory for the LGBTQ community the Supreme Court has ruled employers cannot discriminate against workers based on sexual orientation or gender status. In the surprising 6-3 ruling the court’s liberal wing was backed up by two conservatives, Chief Justice John Roberts and Trump appointee Neal Gorsuch. Gorsuch wrote the decision, stating the 1964…
(NBC News) Thousands marched through the streets of Atlanta Monday, demanding justice after Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed as he ran away from police Friday night. His family is pleading for justice. “It’s going to be a long time before I heal, before this family heals,” Brooks’ wife Tomika Miller said. “Not only are we hurt, we are angry….
(WCNC/NBC News) No one was injured when a tractor-trailer crashed into a North Carolina college residence hall Monday morning. According to a Gardner Webb University spokesman, a Case Farms tractor-trailer driver got out of his truck to get breakfast at a nearby Hardee’s when the 18-wheeler kept moving. The tractor-trailer went down a hill and crashed into a dorm room…
