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☆ N.Y. bishop robbed during livestreamed service is arrested on fraud and extortion charges
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The New York City bishop who was robbed of around $1 million in jewelry during a livestreamed service in July was arrested Monday morning and is facing fraud and extortion charges, according to the U.S. Attorney's office. "His campaign of fraud and deceit stops now.”If convicted, Whitehead faces a minimum of 20 years in prison, court documents say. “Bishop Lamor Whitehead is not guilty of these charges. “You wanna come preach?” he’s heard saying toward the end of the livestreamed service. Whitehead wasn’t arrested, according to police, but the bishop disagreed and said he was put in a holding cell.

A woman broke into Robert De Niro's New York City townhouse Monday and tried to take all the presents around his Christmas tree while he was home, police said. At around 2:45 a.m., officers saw the woman, who is known to police and has prior arrests, inside the basement of the Oscar-winning actor's East 65th Street residence on the Upper East Side. "I didn't go to Robert De Niro's house," she could be heard saying in the video. Aviles has 26 previous arrests, including 16 this year on burglary and petit larceny charges, NBC New York reported. Seven of the burglaries, all of them on the Upper East Side, occurred within a three-week span that started around Thanksgiving, the senior police officials said.

The Los Angeles mountain lion known as P-22 —or the “Hollywood Cat” — was "compassionately euthanized" Saturday after a comprehensive medical evaluation showed the animal had "several severe injuries and chronic health problems," according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. P-22 was captured Monday for a health checkup after signs of possible distress were observed, wildlife officials said. Mountain lion P-22. "Mountain lion P-22 has had an extraordinary life and captured the hearts of the people of Los Angeles and beyond. The most difficult, but compassionate choice was to respectfully minimize his suffering and stress by humanely ending his journey," the department wrote.

Sharon Osbourne was hospitalized Friday evening in California following "an unspecified medical emergency," according to the Santa Paula Police Department. The medical emergency was "non-life threatening," a source familiar with the matter told NBC News. “I am with you,” Osbourne tweeted in support of Morgan following the interview. Osbourne also recently spoke out about the new Harry & Meghan docuseries while on Morgan's Talk TV show, "Piers Morgan Uncensored." “I was totally bored by the whining, the whining, the whining."

An Arizona judge on Friday dismissed Republican Mark Finchem's lawsuit seeking a new secretary of state election after he lost the race in November to Democrat Adrian Fontes. In her ruling, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Melissa Julian dismissed Finchem’s lawsuit against Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, and Fontes, confirming Fontes' election win. The judge dismissed his misconduct allegations with prejudice — barring them from being brought back in another court — and called some of his claims "fatally flawed." He also supported a partisan review of Maricopa County’s election results, even though the review reaffirmed Biden’s victory. Kari Lake, the GOP candidate who lost Arizona's governor's race, filed a lawsuit this month challenging certification of the state's election results and seeking a court order that declares her the winner.

Three people were killed in a three-alarm fire in Pittsburgh overnight, according to officials. The Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire responded to the 3400 block of McClure Avenue after receiving multiple calls for a house on fire early Saturday morning. Pittsburgh Public SafetyThe fire started off as two-alarm, with "heavy fire throughout," but became a three-alarm fire a short time later, according to a tweet from Pittsburgh Public Safety. Roughly an hour later, officials reported that a female was taken to the hospital in "stable but serious condition." The three other occupants of the home were unaccounted for, Pittsburgh Public Safety said.

☆ Attorney for 10-year-old Wisconsin boy accused of killing his mom asks to lower bail to $100
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An attorney for a 10-year-old Wisconsin boy accused of fatally shooting his mother because she wouldn't allow him to order a virtual reality headset from Amazon asked for the child's bail to be lowered from $50,000 to $100, court records show. During a hearing Wednesday, the attorney, Angela Cunningham, asked for the lower bail amount because the child has no source of income, NBC affiliate WTMJ of Milwaukee reported. The court also set a travel restriction if bail is posted, requiring the boy to stay in Milwaukee County. He admitted that “his mother would not allow him to have something from Amazon that he wanted to have,” it said. The boy told investigators that “he has 5 different imaginary people that talk to him.”A therapist who had been meeting with the boy gave him a “concerning diagnosis,” the sister said per the complaint.

☆ Aromatherapy spray that killed two people in a multistate outbreak also killed pet raccoon
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A lavender and chamomile-scented aromatherapy spray contaminated with deadly bacteria that killed two people has also killed one of the victim's pet raccoon, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The spray was linked to a multistate outbreak that killed a 5-year-old boy in Georgia and a 53-year-old woman in Kansas. The aromatherapy spray was also the source of the illness of a 53-year-old man in Minnesota and a 4-year-old girl in Texas. According to the CDC, the Texas patient's previously healthy pet raccoon broke a bottle of the spray and walked through the liquid. The bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei are rarely found in the United States and are generally found in contaminated soil or water in parts of South and Southeast Asia.

Jay Leno said his face caught fire last month in the garage fire that hospitalized him for more than a week. Leno, 72, the former “Tonight Show” host, shared details about the fire at his Los Angeles garage and his injuries in an exclusive interview that will air Wednesday on NBC's "TODAY" show. Leno had serious burns to his hands and chest and third-degree burns to his face after his vintage car erupted in flames Nov. 12 in his Los Angeles garage. He returned to stand-up days after he was released from the burn center with a sold-out performance at the Comedy & Magic Club in California. Leno, the host of reality series “Jay Leno’s Garage,” is well-known for his love of cars.

An audience member shouted a racial slur during a Detroit Symphony Orchestra concert on Friday night, according to the orchestra. "Racism and bigotry have no place in Orchestra Hall, and behavior like this is unacceptable," the statement read. The orchestra did not reveal which slur the audience member used. The incident took place during a performance of "A Charlie Brown Christmas: Cyrus Chestnut & Friends," according to NBC affiliate WDIV. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is investigating the incident and plans to permanently ban the individual from attending their concerts.

☆ Florida teacher fired after allegedly disrupting Muslim students as they prayed, accusing them of doing 'magic'
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A teacher in Florida was fired after allegedly disrupting Muslim students as they prayed and accusing them of doing "magic," according to a TikTok video that has gone viral. The video -- which was posted on Thursday and liked over 880,000 times -- shows three Franklin Academy Muslim students performing a prayer as one of them recites "Surah At-Tin" from the Quran. "One-fifth of Muslim families report that the bullying occurred nearly every day," the non-profit said in the report. The bullying was online too, with 31% of the families reporting their child was bullied by other students online and 19% claiming a teacher or school official was the source of the cyber bullying. "In sum, many Muslim children and parents have to worry about religious-based bullying at school and online from other students and even trusted adults in the school," the ISPU said.

☆ New Orleans police employee fatally stabbed while driving for Uber; video of attack posted to Facebook, officials say
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Police in New Orleans arrested a man who allegedly killed his Uber driver at the end of a ride, filmed the aftermath and posted it to Facebook, according to officials. She was a budget admin in their fiscal department for the past 10 years, according to NBC affiliate WDSU. The sheriff's office apprehended Jacobs at the hotel within hours of the incident and charged him with second degree murder, according to a news release. "Our investigation has shown that the victim was an Uber driver providing a ride to Jacobs from a location in New Orleans to the hotel," the sheriff's office said in a statement. "When the ride ended, Jacobs stabbed her repeatedly before leaving the vehicle."

☆ Student arrested after posting ‘legitimate’ threats to shoot up Indiana school dance on Snapchat, police say
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A 13-year-old Indiana boy was arrested Friday after investigators determined threats he made on Snapchat to shoot up a dance at his school "were legitimate," police said. The Lafayette Police Department was notified of the Tecumseh Junior High School student's threats on the picture-taking app at 12:14 a.m., according to a news release. The student, whose name was not released, was arrested on a charge of intimidation, according to the release. “However, there will be an increased security presence for the various activities this evening near Jefferson High School and Tecumseh Middle School.”The dance at Tecumseh, a school with 1,102 students in seventh and eighth grade, will go on as planned, according to the school district. “The LPD feels confident this was an isolated individual who made the threat,” Lafayette School Corporation Superintendent Les Huddle said in a statement.

☆ Police arrest California man who allegedly punched fast food worker, causing her to lose an eye
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Police in Antioch, California arrested a man on Monday who allegedly punched a fast food restaurant employee in the face, causing her to lose an eye, authorities said. Responding officers found that an employee at the restaurant had been punched in the face multiple times "after protecting an individual with an intellectual disability from being bullied." "The victim lost her right eye because of the incident," police said. The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office, who did not immediately return requests for comment, will be prosecuting this case. In a statement, the Antioch Police Department expressed their "support and gratitude to the victim for helping a community member in need."

☆ 'GMA3' anchors T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach taken off air after news of their relationship surfaces
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"GMA3" co-anchors T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach have been taken off the air temporarily after news of their romantic relationship surfaced last week. But on Friday, while hosting the afternoon extension of “Good Morning America” with Robach, Holmes poked fun about the “great week” the pair had. Both Holmes and Robach deactivated their Instagram accounts since their relationship made news. NBC News reached out to Robach and Holmes’ representative, Matthew Hiltzik, who said the journalists have no comment at this time. T.J. Holmes was briefly a contributing anchor on MSNBC.

The police chief of Tampa, Florida who flashed her badge to get out of a stop for traveling in a golf cart without a license plate has resigned, according to a statement published on Monday. O’Connor, who was appointed police chief in February, was a passenger in a golf cart driven by her husband that night, police said in a statement. Tampa Police Chief Mary O’Connor in a golf cart driven by her husband in Oldsmar, northwest of Tampa, Fla., on Nov. 12, 2022. Public trust in Tampa’s police department is paramount to our success as a city and community," Castor said. Assistant Chief Lee Bercaw will take over as acting chief "while a comprehensive national search is conducted," according to the statement.

☆ Woman claiming to be relative of Chris Christie injures 6 deputies after getting kicked off plane, says sheriff's office
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A woman who claimed to be related to former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie injured six deputies after she was kicked off of a Spirit Airlines flight on Thanksgiving Day, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office. Epstein refused to exit the jet bridge connecting the plane to the terminal gate and "became extremely combative," Rivarde said. She started to fight the Jefferson Parish deputies and injured six of them -- one she bit on the arm and another she kicked in the groin. Epstein was arrested and handcuffed to a wheelchair as she continued to try to bite deputies. Epstein posted $10,750 bail and was released from the Jefferson Parish Correction Center the same day, according to Rivarde.

Broadway actor Quentin Lee passed away from colon cancer on Tuesday morning. Lee is most known for his portrayal of the phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. "The Phantom family is saddened to hear of the passing of Quentin Oliver Lee," the broadway production captioned a picture of Lee on Instagram. Lee announced that he had stage 4 colon cancer on his Instagram account in June. In addition to his wife, Lee is survived by his daughter, Samantha.

☆ Threats to protesters in Emmett Till rally prompt cancelation of Christmas parade in Kentucky
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A Christmas parade planned for Saturday in Kentucky has been canceled after authorities received threats directed at protesters of an Emmett Till rally on the same day. The annual Jaycees Christmas Parade in Bowling Green, Kentucky was canceled out of an "abundance of caution," according to a statement. The Mistletoe Market, also in Bowling Green, was canceled on Saturday as well. Carolyn Bryant Donham, now 89, lives in Bowling Green, according to the outlet. "Late this evening, we learned of a threat to these protesters," said Warren County Sheriff Brett Hightower.

Graziano took to TikTok, the platform where Noodle stole fans' hearts, to announce the beloved dog's death. If Noodle stood up on his own, Graziano declared the day a “Bones Day.” If Noodle flopped over and refused to leave his bed, it was a “No Bones Day” — a sign to let yourself take a break and stay in. Fans on Twitter are wishing Noodles farewell with the hashtag “BonesDay,” and commenting on Graziano's video extending their condolences. "It will now and forever be a bones day," one fan commented on Graziano's TikTok, which was liked 47,300 times. “Noodle and the No Bones Day” features Noodle and Graziano navigating both Bones Days and No Bones Days to show kids that it’s “OK not to feel 100 percent all of the time.”

Police arrested two people in connection with the slaying of renowned Migos rapper Takeoff, who was "an innocent bystander" when he was fatally shot last month, Houston authorities said Friday. News of the arrests came one month after Kirshnik Khari Ball, known professionally as Takeoff, was killed on Nov. 1 outside a downtown Houston bowling alley. Officials said Takeoff and Quavo, 31, another member of Migos, were at a private party at 810 Billiards & Bowling. Police would not discuss if Clark and Joshua knew Takeoff, or if they were invited to the private party. The group had four Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, although Takeoff was not on its multiweek No.

One person died and four others were injured after a "rogue wave" hit the Viking Polaris cruise ship while it was sailing toward Ushuaia, Argentina, on Tuesday night, officials said. “It is with great sadness that we confirmed a guest passed away following the incident,” Viking said in a statement Thursday. Rogue waves, or extreme storm waves, are uncommon, unpredictable and "greater than twice the size of surrounding waves," according to the National Ocean Service. “Everything was fine until the rogue wave hit, and it was just sudden. The Viking Polaris’ next departure, the Antarctic Explorer cruise scheduled for Dec. 5-17, was canceled due to the incident.

☆ Bullet found near bodies of 2 Indiana teens in Delphi killings linked to suspect’s gun, officials say
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A bullet found near the bodies of two teenage girls who were killed in Delphi, Indiana, has been linked to a gun belonging to the suspect in their 2017 deaths, newly unsealed court documents revealed. On Feb. 13, 2017, investigators believe Abby and Libby were dropped off at around 1:49 p.m. near an entrance to the Delphi Historic Trail. "As the male subject approaches Victim 1 and Victim 2, one of the victims mentions 'gun'," according to the document. "Near the end of the video a male is seen and heard telling the girls, 'Guys, down the hill.' Analysis performed by the Indiana State Police laboratory of the weapon determined that the .40 caliber unspent round found near the girls' bodies was allegedly fired from Allen's pistol, according to the document.

☆ African migrants on rudder of a ship rescued by Spanish coast guard after an 11-day voyage
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Three African migrants who were balancing on a ship's rudder were rescued by the Spanish coast guard on Monday after an 11-day voyage, according to officials. In a tweet published Monday, the coast guard said it rescued the migrants from the rudder of Alithini II, a ship that traveled from Nigeria to the Canary Islands. They can be seen sitting on the ship’s rudder with their backs bent, apparently due to lack of space, in a picture shared by the agency. The Alithini II, an oil and chemical tanker, arrived at the Canary Islands on Monday following an 11-day journey from Lagos, Nigeria, according to Marinetraffic.com. The Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off the coast of northwestern Africa, "are a popular gateway for African migrants attempting to reach Europe," with Spanish data showing migration to the archipelago increased to 51% the first five months of 2022 compared to last year, Reuters reported.

A cross-country winter storm system is expected to bring severe weather conditions to the South and Northeast. Jackson, Mississippi, is in the center of the severe weather risk area, with other cities to watch being Memphis, Tennessee; New Orleans; Birmingham, Alabama; and Shreveport, Louisiana. The storm system will shift east on Wednesday, bringing strong thunderstorms, heavy rain and wind to the East Coast. Atlanta; Mobile, Alabama; New Orleans; and Tallahassee, Florida, could all see strong storms, especially in the first half of the day. The northern side of this cross-country storm system will bring snow, which will affect the Upper Midwest.

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