(WFLA/NBC News) A Florida elementary school teacher was arrested Monday after deputies found a loaded gun and two knives in a backpack she was carrying at Seminole’s Starkey Elementary School. According to the school district, Betty Soto was acting suspicious Monday morning, carrying her backpack everywhere she went, guarding it closely. The principal noticed the “strange” behavior and notified the…
(WXIA) Students at Sand Hill Elementary in Carroll County, Georgia surprised their 83-year-old custodian with a send-off fit for a king on Friday. That was John Lockett’s last day on the job, after working for the Carroll County School System for more than a decade. Lockett was told to be at the school before the last bell rang, and had…
(KTUU/NBC News) Dead whales are washing ashore along the Alaska coast. A second gray whale was found dead Sunday, making it the third whale found in just a few weeks. The carcass was found near Cordova. Earlier this month another gray whale was found dead in Turnagain Arm. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been monitoring that whale’s location….
(NBC News) President Trump is directing former White House Counsel Don McGahn not to testify at a scheduled hearing Tuesday. McGahn was subpoenaed by the House Judiciary Committee to answer questions about the Russia investigation. Democrats say he is a key witness on obstruction, considering he sat for 30 hours of interviews with special counsel Robert Mueller. Meanwhile, a federal…
Eric Long, the Culinary Student of the Year at SKYCTC, shows us how to make steak and chimichurri sauce.
(NBC News) Federal prosecutors say a border patrol agent in Arizona sent racist text messages the month before he intentionally struck a fleeing Guatemalan man with his truck. According to court documents filed earlier this month, Agent Matthew Bowen sent a text message to a fellow agent in November of 2017 that described migrants as quote “mindless, murdering savages” who…
(NBC News) Another wave of tornadoes swept across Texas and Oklahoma Monday. Twin tornadoes were spotted on the ground just north of Oklahoma City. Another twister hit the town of Mangum in the southwest corner of Oklahoma, turning homes into rubble and ripping down trees and power lines. The storm system dumped heavy rain on other parts of the region….
(WDIV) A new survey finds 40 percent of adults admit they’ve gone to the bathroom in a swimming pool, but that’s not the worst information uncovered. Americans will soon head to the pool as Memorial Day weekend marks the start of summer swimming season, but the survey finds that many knowingly contribute to making pools dirty — a practice that…
Tyler Perry says goodbye to the character that defined his career in “A Madea Family Funeral.” It’s among this week’s new video arrivals. NBC’s Raphael Seth has more.
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