(WHEC/NBC News) People who know 82-year-old Willie Murphy are calling her a hero. When a burglar broke into her Rochester, New York home last week, she took action and he went to the hospital. Murphy spends a lot of time at the YMCA. She works out religiously three times a week. She’s been powerlifting for the last eight years. Thursday…
(KPRC/NBC News) Three people were injured in a massive plant explosion in Port Neches, Texas Wednesday. The blast sent large amounts of smoke billowing into the air and blew out windows and doors of nearby homes. “It was like an earthquake for at least two to three seconds and that’s what really threw me off, I was sitting on the…
(WPBN) Keeping with tradition, the United States Coast Guard’s Cutter Mackinaw is delivering more than 1,000 Christmas trees to those who need them in Chicago. On Tuesday, 1,200 trees were loaded on the cutter in Cheboygan County, Michigan. They will make the trek southwest to the windy city, where they will be off loaded and distributed on December 5. The…
(WRAL/NBC News) Dozens of cooks at Fort Bragg are already working non-stop to fix Thanksgiving dinner for soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team. Making mac and cheese or asparagus for 600 people, and you’ll get an idea of just how special theirthanksgiving dinner really is. This year’s theme is casino night. It’s all designed to make…
(NBC News) The House Judiciary Committee announced Tuesday it’s going to take over the impeachment probe of President Trump. There first hearing is scheduled for Wednesday of next week. Unlike previous hearings, President Trump’S legal team is invited to question witnesses. In a statement, committee chairman Jerry Nadler said “The president has a choice to make: He can take this…
(WAVE) Seven women have now identified themselves in nude or partially nude videos that Kentucky police say were taken by a Shepherdsville man at a Louisville tanning salon. “All the victims that we’ve talked about have felt violated; they were distraught and upset,” Louisville Metro Police Detective Jonathan Williams says. Some videos go back as far as 2016 and last…
(WLBT/NBC News) A Mississippi teen is lucky to be alive after her car hydroplaned, left the road and landed in a swollen creek. Driver Anna Wimberly was locked in the car, which was in about 25 feet of water. She said she tried to open the doors, but was unable to. She was eventually able to get in the back…
(NBC News) The season of giving is upon us again. For the eighth straight year, Giving Tuesday follows Thursday’s Thanksgiving celebration. In the midst of the most commerce-driven time of the year, people are now asked to set aside at least one day for giving instead of getting. “You can give an hour of your time, you can of course…
(KPRC) A Texas woman is dead after a possible animal attack. Christine Rollins, 59, of Liberty was found dead in the front yard of a home in the rural area of Anahuac, investigators said. Rollins was had been the homeowners’ caretaker for over a year, and when she didn’t show up to work on time, the 84-year-old homeowner walked outside…
(NBC News) Defense Secretary Mark Esper confirmed Monday that President Trump gave him a direct order to let Chief Petty Officer Eddie Gallagher, recently acquitted of murder and war crimes, retire as a Navy SEAL. Gallagher was accused of stabbing an already wounded ISIS fighter to death and shooting two civilians from a sniper’s perch. He was acquitted of those…
