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Police in Australia this week said they were investigating a report of an assault that appeared to have happened near Taylor Swift and her world tour entourage. Swift, who recently performed multiple shows at Sydney’s Accor Stadium, was in the area when two people approached her entourage early Tuesday, her …

The husband of a New York doctor has filed a lawsuit alleging she died of an allergic reaction at Disney World and accused the Florida resort and a restaurant where she dined of negligence. The complaint alleged that on Oct. 5, Raglan Road Irish Pub and Restaurant served Dr. Kanokporn Tangsuan food containing …

LOS ANGELES — A California man has been sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting a TikTok personality and his date in a California movie theater. Joseph Jimenez, now 23, was sentenced Monday to life without the possibility of parole, as well as an additional 50 years to life, …

Authorities in Palm Beach County responded to the Florida home of Donald Trump Jr. on Monday after he was sent an envelope containing a death threat and white powder. The response by Palm Beach County Fire Rescue was first reported by the Daily Beast. A spokesperson for the former president’s …

A sealed carton of hockey player cards that may contain Wayne Gretzky’s rookie card fetched $3.7 million at auction, Heritage Auctions said Monday. The bidder, whose name was not given, will get an unopened cardboard box filled with 48 packs of O-Pee-Chee hockey cards from the 1979-’80 season, it said. …

Authorities in Alabama are investigating after an explosive device detonated over the weekend outside the office of state Attorney General Steve Marshall. The explosion happened a day after Marshall’s office said he had no plans to prosecute IVF providers or families following an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that said embryos …

Sean “Diddy” Combs was sued Monday in federal court by a producer on his most recent album, who accuses the music mogul of sexually harassing, drugging and threatening him over more than a year. The producer, Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, says in the lawsuit that he lived and traveled with …

New York state Democratic lawmakers on Monday voted down a congressional map proposed by a bipartisan redistricting committee, giving them another shot at drawing new lines. This will mark second time state Democrats have attempted to put forward their own map. In 2022, the state’s Democratic-controlled state legislature passed maps …

Passengers who book a special Delta flight will have the chance to witness the upcoming total solar eclipse in April from a unique vantage point: 30,000 feet in the air. The airline announced Monday that it will operate a flight on April 8 from Dallas-Fort Worth to Detroit, timed to …

President Joe Biden said Monday that he hopes there will be a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war by next week. “My hope is by next Monday we will have a cease-fire,” Biden said in response to a reporter’s question while he was in New York City. “My national security advisor …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nearly 400 medical professionals in West Virginia have signed onto a letter condemning a bill advancing in the state House of Delegates that would bar transgender youth at risk for suicide from accessing medical interventions like hormone therapy. Advanced to the full chamber by a House committee on Friday, the proposal …

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden had been considering a trip to the southern border for weeks as a way to amplify his efforts to remind Americans that Republicans derailed a bipartisan border deal he was prepared to sign into law, according to two senior administration officials. The timing of Biden’s …

Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the on the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, senior White House correspondent Gabe Gutierrez sits down with Michigan Gov. …

MEXICO CITY — Suspected illegal loggers shot and killed three forest rangers on patrol and wounded a fourth in central Mexico, near the slopes of the Iztaccihuatl volcano. Police in the central state of Puebla, east of Mexico City, said late Sunday that the killings took place earlier in the …

Newly released video captures the moment an organized crime group of teenagers broke into a luxury car dealership in Wisconsin and stole nine cars off the lot. Officers responded to the Jaguar-Land Rover dealership in Waukesha around 6 a.m. on Feb. 18 after reports of significant damage to a service …

Pro-Palestine protesters joined this year’s Lunar New Year parade in New York City’s Chinatown on Sunday.  Over a dozen activists marched with the group Asians 4 Palestine NYC, unveiling a banner with the slogan “Ceasefire Now! End the Siege!” during a parade that was meant to ring in the Year …

ATHENS, Ga. — While the slaying of a nursing student in an apparent random attack at the University of Georgia last week has spurred some students to enact personal safety measures, including walking in groups and packing pepper spray, pressure is mounting on the college to urgently upgrade security on …

New York prosecutors are seeking a limited gag order barring former President Donald Trump from talking about witnesses and court staff to “protect the integrity of this criminal proceeding” ahead of his trial next month on charges he falsified business records. The “need for such protection is compelling,” Manhattan District …

TEL AVIV — Palestinian civilians sheltering in the city of Rafah will be allowed to flee to other areas of southern Gaza before an Israeli attack but will not be allowed to return to their homes in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, two Israeli officials told NBC News …

President Joe Biden will make a rare visit to the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday, the same day that former President Donald Trump is also expected to visit the southern border. “Biden will travel to Brownsville, Texas to meet with U.S. Border Patrol agents, law enforcement officials and local leaders,” the …