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Video screen collapses ahead of Florida music festival
A large video screen set up for the upcoming music festival in Miami Gardens collapsed before the event. No injuries were reported and crews are working to fix the screen.
$1 million in fines recommended for nitrogen leak that killed 6 at Georgia poultry plant
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has previously said that a newly installed conveyor belt system that carried chicken products into a liquid nitrogen bath malfunctioned.
NYPD sergeant accused of assaulting man who allegedly hurled racial slur at him
He is accused of kneeling on him and punching another man who allegedly started spitting at him. Their "conduct did not justify these violent responses," Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance said.
California compensates victims of forced sterilizations, many of them Latinas
California sterilized more than 20,000 people before a eugenics law was repealed. "No money could fix it. But it gives a degree of peace to know that they are trying to fix this hurt.”
From lawsuits to sleepless nights, parents rattled by school mask policies
"They have taken away the best tool that we have to keep them safe," said a mom in Arkansas, one of a handful of states that have banned mask mandates in schools.
Two people shot and wounded after gunfire erupts in Washington, D.C.
Two people were shot after gunfire erupted in a popular restaurant area in D.C. on Thursday night. Both suffered injuries that were not life-threatening. Police say one of the wounded men was believed to be the target, while the other may have been an uninvolved bystander.
Dreamers on verge of getting DACA are left hanging after latest court ruling
“I had so many [job] offers, but now that my application has been paused, I can’t even go to the interviews," said a Dreamer. "I want a permanent solution, because we deserve it."
Celebratory but subdued, Tokyo Olympics begin with opening ceremony like no other
The Tokyo Games finally got underway with a four-hour extravaganza that was both celebratory and subdued, in a stadium filled with empty seats.
Alabama governor blames 'unvaccinated folks' for new Covid cases
The state has the lowest vaccination rate in the country with only 38 percent of the state's population receiving at least one vaccine dose.
A tragic true story of a gay teen's suicide and his father's quest for forgiveness
The movie, starring Mark Wahlberg, tells the complicated story of a father who wanted to memorialize his son while also spreading a message of acceptance.
Map: Is your county ready for schools to open?
The CDC issued guidelines for opening schools for in-person instruction. See where your county stands. NBC News will update this map weekly.
