Crime and Law Enforcement - A person of interest has been identified in the Brown University shooting, with possible links to the murder of an MIT professor; a rental car may connect both shootings [1][6][8][10] - A woman was arrested in Florida for allegedly kidnapping her own daughter 40 years ago in Kentucky [4][34] - Brian Wass was sentenced to life in prison for the first-degree murder of his wife [36][37] Accidents and Disasters - Former NASCAR star Greg Biffle and his family died in a plane crash in North Carolina; the NTSB is investigating [2][13][18] - A car crashed into a hardware store in Redwood City, California, causing a fire, but no one was hurt [4][39] - A powerful coast-to-coast storm is unleashing hurricane-force winds, potentially impacting major airports during holiday travel [3][31] Politics and Policy - Controversy surrounds the potential renaming of the Kennedy Center to the Trump Kennedy Center [3][26][27] - Inflation has dropped from 3% in September to 27%, the lowest level since 2021, though analysts warn of data gaps [30] - President Trump signed an executive order to fast-track the reclassification of cannabis, potentially paving the way for FDA studies on its medical uses [38] Social Media and Technology - A new deal is in place to keep TikTok running in the US, involving three major investors each holding a 15% stake, existing ByteDance investors holding 30%, and ByteDance retaining under 20% ownership [2][19] - New photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate were released, hours before the deadline to release the Epstein files [2][21][22] Human Interest - A restaurant staff in Naples, Florida, surprised a soon-to-be dad with donations for his adoption journey [5][41][42] - A police officer rescued a dog that fell through the ice on a frozen lake in New Jersey [4][40]

The restaurant staff at First Watch in Naples, Florida, knows how to boogie down, especially at their holiday party. But this year was a little different. >> Something more important came up.So, everybody knows about Norman's journey trying to adopt a baby. >> Norman, we all decided that while these guys decided that it was more important for us to donate all of that money to you and your wife, The soon to be dad left speechless. >> Norman, come back.>> I just broke down. I didn't know what to think or what ...

Now to that major breaking news about Tik Tok. The company's CEO telling employees the app's parent company Bite Dance has signed binding agreements to create a joint venture majority owned by American investors. NBC Savannah Sellers joins us now with more to explain this.Savannah, could this signal the end to that I guess it's been yearslong fight about the ownership of Tik Tok in America. What do we know about the investors here in the US. >> It really could Tom and that's a big deal because we've had so ...

How you doing, Miss Sharon. >> The stunning moment captured on police body cam. >> Uhoh, they're coming for you, SHARON.>> BUT those officers actually did. Police say her real name isn't Sharon. It's Deborah Newton.And she was taken into custody in Florida in connection with a 40-year-old kidnapping case where she was accused of abducting her own daughter in Kentucky. >> I didn't do anything. >> According to authorities, back in 1983, Newton abducted her then three-year-old daughter, Michelle, after telling ...

It's the buzzword on Wall Street >> on the the K-shaped economy. >> Something that economists call a K-shaped economy. >> This economics report was brought to you by the letter K.>> But what does it mean for Main Street. A K-shaped economy means some families are trying to find value where they can. A struggle Payton Riley from Kentucky knows all too well.>> We're buying, buying, buying. So, I try to find the best deals when I can. >> With a big family, she knows where to get the best bang for her buck.It's ...

Tonight, rapper Tory Lanes breaking his silence in his first ever broadcast interview from behind bars. Since being found guilty of shooting Grammy winner Megan the Stallion in the foot outside a party in 2020. >> I've never been violent towards a woman. I would never hit a woman, let alone shoot a woman.Lanes, whose real name is Dayar Peterson, spoke to NBC News from California Men's Colony, a prison where he's three years into a 10-year sentence after being found guilty on three felony counts, including a ...

We are learning that Tik Tok has signed a joint deal, a joint venture deal to give half of its US assets to a team of American investors. And that puts an end to a year's long legal saga over one of the most popular apps in the world. That according to an internal memo by the Tik Tok CEO.We're going to go right now to NBC's Brian Chong. Brian, I'm told uh that rather I'm old enough and I'm told that I'm old enough to remember when Tik Tok was at risk of going dark in the US. So, uh, more about what we know ...

Tonight, the White House says the board of Washington's iconic Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has given it a new name, the Trump Kennedy Center. >> Well, I was honored by it. The board is a very distinguished board, most distinguished people in the country.>> Earlier this year, the president blasted the Kennedy Center's programming as too liberal and criticized the appearance of the building. He ousted most of the previous board members, installed himself as chairman, and hosted the Kennedy Center H ...

We want to head to Washington now. We're just 24 hours from the deadline for the Justice Department to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein. House Democrats putting out a new batch of photos from the Epstein estate.Ryan Nobles with those images. Tonight, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee releasing a new batch of photos from the estate of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. >> We think that transparency is the absolute best approach.The 60 photos were released without any context and do not prove ...

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