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André Leon Talley passed away this week at the age of 73. NBC News’ Joshua Johnson pays homage to Talley as he came from the segregated South to New York City to turn his dreams of fashion into reality. 

The controversy over masks in school continues as one district is under fire after a teacher taped a mask to a student’s face and at a Virginia school board meeting a parent said she’d bring a loaded gun to the school if her children were forced to wear a mask. NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard has more on the story.

For more than 10 hours, suspect Malik Faisal Akram held four hostages, including a rabbi, at Congregation Beth Israel. He was fatally shot by FBI agents.

In some of the calls, the 60-year-old warned of “all-out war” and a “civilian army,” according to a plea agreement.

Kansas officials released body camera footage of the 17-year-old foster child who became unresponsive while being restrained facedown for more than 30 minutes.

A Tesla Model S driver accused of crashing his car while Autopilot was activated had run a red light and slammed into a Honda Civic, killing its occupants.

Investors have grown increasingly worried about rising inflation and how aggressive the Federal Reserve might be in raising interest rates to tamp it down.

Investigators determined that the eight people in the basement, all with mental or physical disabilities, or both, were “essentially imprisoned against their will.”

Body cam video was released this week in the case of Cedric Lofton, a Black teenager who died in police custody last year in Kansas. NBC News’ Maura Barrett reports on how the district attorney is now saying that there are no charges being filed despite the cause of death being called a homicide.  Warning: Viewers may find some of the video disturbing. 

The potential invasion in Ukraine’s future could lead to war, lives lost, and international crisis with one main aspect being its economic impact. NBC News’ Hallie Jackson explains the looming impact as well as the effect on how much Americans could pay for gas a result of a Russia-Ukraine conflict. 

The U.S. stock market closed with their worst week since 2020 with the Dow off 450 points, S&P down 85 points, and the Nasdaq dropping over 2%. NBC News’ Kristina Partsinevelos joins the show to discuss why the market’s performance is the worst since the onset of the pandemic.