FORT MILL, S.C. (NBC News) — In the crowd of caps and gowns and newly crowned graduates, you can find 15-year-old Kamal Yerra from Fort Mill, South Carolina. Kamal, now 15, was 13 the day he graduated from college. At 14, he completed his masters. Now at 15, he’s days away from receiving his MBA. Quietly unassuming and a little…
(KOB/NBC News) New Mexico’s McCall’s Pumpkin Patch welcomed back visitors for the first time this season with new COVID-19 restrictions in place. Pumpkin patch owners Kevin and Kirsten McCall said all visitors are required to wear masks and social distance. This year, the McCall’s said they had to do without their hayrides and haunted house events per the state’s orders….
(NBC News) Millions of Americans are now working at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while some are working far away from home. Travel blogger Lindsey Myers and her husband like to rent out their home in Charleston while they travel the world. Most recently they spent a two month stint in Tulum, Mexico. “We did it in Bali for…
LAKE JACKSON, Texas (KPRC/NBC News) — The city of Lake Jackson, Texas offered free cases of water Saturday afternoon after issuing a ‘Do Not Use’ water advisory that was later downgraded to a ‘Water Boil’ notice. The latest order will be in place until the water system is flushed and disinfected, officials said. The ‘Do Not Use’ water advisory came…
(NBC News) — A rapidly growing wildfire has forced mandatory evacuations in the heart of California’s wine country. The “Glass” fire erupted Sunday and quickly consumed more than a thousand acres in Napa Valley. Adventist Hospital in St. Helena evacuated some patients as a precaution. “We are evacuating the hospital the patients out of an abundance of caution,” Adventist’s Linda…
NEW YORK (NBC News) — A New York Times examination of more than two decades of President Trump’s personal and business tax returns reveals he paid no federal income tax for 10 out of 15 years, and just $750 the year he won the election, and the year after. Mr. Trump criticized the reporting at a Sunday press conference. “It’s…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (NBC News) — After a night of largely peaceful protests Thursday, Breonna Taylor’s family speaks publicly for the first time since the grand jury announced its findings in Taylor’s case Wednesday. Taylor’s family is joined by attorney Ben Crump and others in Jefferson Square Park in Louisville, Kentucky. NBC’s JAY GRAY reports.
(NBC News) — A group of women made big waves at a Florida firehouse last week after they became the first all-female shift in station history. WPTV’s Chris Gilmore reports.
(NBC News) — Even in death, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes history. Becoming the first woman and Jewish person to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol. Today’s ceremony at the Capitol follows two days of lying in repose on the steps of the Supreme Court where mourners lined up for blocks to pay their respects. NBC’s TRACIE…
(NBC News) — You’ve likely heard of food deserts, but what about maternity deserts? They’re areas of the country where women have limited or no access to obstetrics care before, during and after pregnancy. That potentially could lead to dangerous health complications for mothers and babies. NBC’s Sarah Dallof reports.
