Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 7, 2020, 4:48 AM UTCBy The Associated PressMADISON, Wis. — An oversight board demoted Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales on Thursday after questioning how he handled multiple incidents, including ordering officers to fire tear gas and pepper spray at protesters demonstrating over .The city’s Fire and Police Commission unanimously voted Thursday evening to demote Morales to captain after three-and-a-half years on the job.The chief’s attorney, Franklyn Gimbel, says Morales’...…Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 7, 2020, 4:48 AM UTCBy The Associated PressMADISON, Wis. — An oversight board demoted Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales on Thursday after questioning how he handled multiple incidents, including ordering officers to fire tear gas and pepper spray at protesters demonstrating over .The city’s Fire and Police Commission unanimously voted Thursday evening to demote Morales to captain after three-and-a-half years on the job.The chief’s attorney, Franklyn Gimbel, says Morales’...WW…

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 7, 2020, 2:59 AM UTCBy Associated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Memphis environmentalist, Black activist and single mom Marquita Bradshaw won the Democratic primary for an open U.S. Senate seat in Tennessee on Thursday.Bradshaw defeated Nashville attorney and former Army helicopter pilot James Mackler, who had snagged an endorsement from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and others.Bradshaw will face former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Bill Hagerty, who defeated Nashville trauma...…Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 7, 2020, 2:59 AM UTCBy Associated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Memphis environmentalist, Black activist and single mom Marquita Bradshaw won the Democratic primary for an open U.S. Senate seat in Tennessee on Thursday.Bradshaw defeated Nashville attorney and former Army helicopter pilot James Mackler, who had snagged an endorsement from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and others.Bradshaw will face former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Bill Hagerty, who defeated Nashville trauma...WW…

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 6, 2020, 11:19 AM UTCUpdated Aug. 6, 2020, 1:24 PM UTCBy Linda GivetashFormer first lady Michelle Obama says racial inequality amid the challenges of the pandemic has left her feeling that she has "some form of low-grade depression.""Not just because of the quarantine, but because of the racial strife, and just seeing this administration, watching the hypocrisy of it, day in and day out, is dispiriting," she said in the latest episode of her released Wednesday.Obama added that the...…Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 6, 2020, 11:19 AM UTCUpdated Aug. 6, 2020, 1:24 PM UTCBy Linda GivetashFormer first lady Michelle Obama says racial inequality amid the challenges of the pandemic has left her feeling that she has "some form of low-grade depression.""Not just because of the quarantine, but because of the racial strife, and just seeing this administration, watching the hypocrisy of it, day in and day out, is dispiriting," she said in the latest episode of her released Wednesday.Obama added that the...WW…

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 6, 2020, 7:45 PM UTCBy Gadi Schwartz, Guadalupe Venegas and Daniel ArkinThis is the first article in a new collaboration: "NBC News x Noticias Telemundo Reports," which will feature reports by correspondents from both news organizations — in English, on NBC News platforms, and in Spanish for Telemundo readers.McFARLAND, Calif. — Xiomara Valderrama usually spends her days picking grapes in California's Central Valley, where is produced. But she has been unable to work since she...…Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 6, 2020, 7:45 PM UTCBy Gadi Schwartz, Guadalupe Venegas and Daniel ArkinThis is the first article in a new collaboration: "NBC News x Noticias Telemundo Reports," which will feature reports by correspondents from both news organizations — in English, on NBC News platforms, and in Spanish for Telemundo readers.McFARLAND, Calif. — Xiomara Valderrama usually spends her days picking grapes in California's Central Valley, where is produced. But she has been unable to work since she...WW…

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 6, 2020, 5:58 PM UTCBy Ben Collins and Kevin CollierFacebook removed hundreds of accounts on Thursday from a foreign troll farm posing as African-Americans in support of Donald Trump and QAnon supporters. It also removed hundreds of fake accounts linked to conservative media outlet The Epoch Times that pushed pro-Trump conspiracy theories about coronavirus and protests in the U.S.Facebook took down the accounts as part of its , which is the use of fake accounts to inflate the...…Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 6, 2020, 5:58 PM UTCBy Ben Collins and Kevin CollierFacebook removed hundreds of accounts on Thursday from a foreign troll farm posing as African-Americans in support of Donald Trump and QAnon supporters. It also removed hundreds of fake accounts linked to conservative media outlet The Epoch Times that pushed pro-Trump conspiracy theories about coronavirus and protests in the U.S.Facebook took down the accounts as part of its , which is the use of fake accounts to inflate the...WW…

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 6, 2020, 10:20 PM UTCBy Carmen SesinMIAMI — The Biden campaign is hoping Republican commentator Ana Navarro, a Trump foe known for her salty quips, can help drive Latino and other voters to the presumptive Democratic nominee.Navarro was born in Nicaragua and came to the United States after the 1979 Sandinista revolution "when my family fled communism and we settled in Miami.""I became a Republican at the age of 8 because it was a party that was fighting communism ... that did not...…Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 6, 2020, 10:20 PM UTCBy Carmen SesinMIAMI — The Biden campaign is hoping Republican commentator Ana Navarro, a Trump foe known for her salty quips, can help drive Latino and other voters to the presumptive Democratic nominee.Navarro was born in Nicaragua and came to the United States after the 1979 Sandinista revolution "when my family fled communism and we settled in Miami.""I became a Republican at the age of 8 because it was a party that was fighting communism ... that did not...WW…

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 6, 2020, 3:47 PM UTCBy Erik OrtizNew York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday that she has filed a lawsuit against the National Rifle Association and four individuals, including longtime leader Wayne LaPierre, seeking to dissolve the gun rights advocacy group for "years of illegal self-dealings" that funded a "lavish lifestyle" for its executives.The state's top prosecutor said the organization engaged in illegal conduct by diverting "millions of dollars away from...…Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 6, 2020, 3:47 PM UTCBy Erik OrtizNew York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday that she has filed a lawsuit against the National Rifle Association and four individuals, including longtime leader Wayne LaPierre, seeking to dissolve the gun rights advocacy group for "years of illegal self-dealings" that funded a "lavish lifestyle" for its executives.The state's top prosecutor said the organization engaged in illegal conduct by diverting "millions of dollars away from...WW…

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 6, 2020, 12:05 AM UTCBy Andrew Blankstein and Dennis RomeroThe FBI on Wednesday searched the home of 23-year-old YouTube star Jake Paul and that of nightclub promoter Arman Izadi as part of an investigation into in May amid protests, authorities said.The searches at Paul's and at Izadi's were part of the bureau's investigation of "allegations of criminal acts surrounding the incident at Scottsdale Fashion Square in May," the FBI's Phoenix office said in a statement.The Scottsdale...…Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 6, 2020, 12:05 AM UTCBy Andrew Blankstein and Dennis RomeroThe FBI on Wednesday searched the home of 23-year-old YouTube star Jake Paul and that of nightclub promoter Arman Izadi as part of an investigation into in May amid protests, authorities said.The searches at Paul's and at Izadi's were part of the bureau's investigation of "allegations of criminal acts surrounding the incident at Scottsdale Fashion Square in May," the FBI's Phoenix office said in a statement.The Scottsdale...WW…

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 6, 2020, 1:57 AM UTCBy Phil HelselTwo people suffered stab wounds and two were arrested after a large brawl at a Southern California hotel that involved as many as 100 people, police said.Officers found 60 to 100 people involved in a fight in a parking lot outside and in the lobby of the Cambria Hotel around 12:40 p.m. Wednesday, said Sgt. Shane Carringer, an Anaheim police spokesman."People did arm themselves with makeshift weapons. It appears they used broomsticks and the legs...…Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 6, 2020, 1:57 AM UTCBy Phil HelselTwo people suffered stab wounds and two were arrested after a large brawl at a Southern California hotel that involved as many as 100 people, police said.Officers found 60 to 100 people involved in a fight in a parking lot outside and in the lobby of the Cambria Hotel around 12:40 p.m. Wednesday, said Sgt. Shane Carringer, an Anaheim police spokesman."People did arm themselves with makeshift weapons. It appears they used broomsticks and the legs...WW…

SectionsTVFeatured Follow NBC News More from NBC© 2020 NBCNEWS.COMAug. 5, 2020, 3:45 PM EDTBy Gwen AvilesPaul McCartney said that the misconception that he broke The Beatles up persists today and that "the only way" he could "save" the group's music was to sue his former bandmates."I was thought to be the guy who broke The Beatles up and the b------ who sued his mates. And, believe me, I bought into that," McCartney, 78, said in a wide-ranging interview with "It was so prevalent that for years I almost blamed myself."McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr formed the...…SectionsTVFeatured Follow NBC News More from NBC© 2020 NBCNEWS.COMAug. 5, 2020, 3:45 PM EDTBy Gwen AvilesPaul McCartney said that the misconception that he broke The Beatles up persists today and that "the only way" he could "save" the group's music was to sue his former bandmates."I was thought to be the guy who broke The Beatles up and the b------ who sued his mates. And, believe me, I bought into that," McCartney, 78, said in a wide-ranging interview with "It was so prevalent that for years I almost blamed myself."McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr formed the...WW…

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 5, 2020, 5:31 PM UTCUpdated Aug. 5, 2020, 6:48 PM UTCBy Minyvonne BurkeLos Angeles County officials are cracking down on house parties after a .The Department of Public Health said in a statement that it "has issued a legally binding health officer order" that bans gatherings, including parties, during the .The order is to "protect the health and lives of county residents," the department said. Violation of the order or failure to comply could result in a fine, jail time or...…Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 5, 2020, 5:31 PM UTCUpdated Aug. 5, 2020, 6:48 PM UTCBy Minyvonne BurkeLos Angeles County officials are cracking down on house parties after a .The Department of Public Health said in a statement that it "has issued a legally binding health officer order" that bans gatherings, including parties, during the .The order is to "protect the health and lives of county residents," the department said. Violation of the order or failure to comply could result in a fine, jail time or...WW…

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 5, 2020, 8:16 PM UTCBy Ken DilanianWASHINGTON — The investigation ordered by Attorney General William Barr into how the CIA and the FBI looked into the Trump campaign's connections to Russia's 2016 election interference operation may be nearing a conclusion, people familiar with it say.One indication is that the prosecutor in charge, Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham, has asked to interview former CIA Director John Brennan, according to a person familiar with the request....…Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 5, 2020, 8:16 PM UTCBy Ken DilanianWASHINGTON — The investigation ordered by Attorney General William Barr into how the CIA and the FBI looked into the Trump campaign's connections to Russia's 2016 election interference operation may be nearing a conclusion, people familiar with it say.One indication is that the prosecutor in charge, Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham, has asked to interview former CIA Director John Brennan, according to a person familiar with the request....WW…

Beijing does not want to see a Cold War break out between China and the U.S. and both countries need to work to repair relations that are under "unprecedented" strain, Beijing's envoy to Washington said on Tuesday. "I don't think a new Cold War would serve anybody's interest," said Cui Tiankai, a veteran diplomat who serves as China's ambassador to the U.S., at the Aspen Security Forum. "I don't know why people like the term Cold War so much," Cui told Andrea Mitchell of NBC News, who interviewed the ambassador and also took questions from the virtual audience. He accused the Trump...…Beijing does not want to see a Cold War break out between China and the U.S. and both countries need to work to repair relations that are under "unprecedented" strain, Beijing's envoy to Washington said on Tuesday. "I don't think a new Cold War would serve anybody's interest," said Cui Tiankai, a veteran diplomat who serves as China's ambassador to the U.S., at the Aspen Security Forum. "I don't know why people like the term Cold War so much," Cui told Andrea Mitchell of NBC News, who interviewed the ambassador and also took questions from the virtual audience. He accused the Trump...WW…

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 4, 2020, 8:41 PM UTCBy Kevin CollierTikTok, in many ways, ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time.The app, through no particular fault of its own, has become the international poster child for a rivalry between China and the U.S. that is increasingly playing out through technology. President Donald Trump has , although he may allow its U.S. operations to be sold. Chinese media have fired back that such a sale would be a "."It's an unlikely situation for an app that until two...…Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 4, 2020, 8:41 PM UTCBy Kevin CollierTikTok, in many ways, ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time.The app, through no particular fault of its own, has become the international poster child for a rivalry between China and the U.S. that is increasingly playing out through technology. President Donald Trump has , although he may allow its U.S. operations to be sold. Chinese media have fired back that such a sale would be a "."It's an unlikely situation for an app that until two...WW…

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 4, 2020, 10:07 PM UTCBy Ginger GibsonWASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell conceded Tuesday that he will lack Republican support to pass further and instead will rely on Democrats to fashion a deal with the White House."It's not going to produce a kumbaya moment," McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters in the Capitol. "But the American people in the end need help."Negotiations between congressional leaders and the White House over another that could top $1 trillion...…Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 4, 2020, 10:07 PM UTCBy Ginger GibsonWASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell conceded Tuesday that he will lack Republican support to pass further and instead will rely on Democrats to fashion a deal with the White House."It's not going to produce a kumbaya moment," McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters in the Capitol. "But the American people in the end need help."Negotiations between congressional leaders and the White House over another that could top $1 trillion...WW…

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 4, 2020, 10:25 PM UTCBy Suzanne GamboaDemocrat Joe Biden's presidential campaign unveiled Tuesday, blasting what it called an "assault on Latino dignity" by President Donald Trump.The campaign said the "assault" has gone beyond immigration restrictions and Trump's to underfunding schools, undercutting labor rights and workers' wages and mistreating Puerto Ricans."Trump's strategy is to sow division — to cast out Latinos as being less than fully American," the campaign said in a...…Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 4, 2020, 10:25 PM UTCBy Suzanne GamboaDemocrat Joe Biden's presidential campaign unveiled Tuesday, blasting what it called an "assault on Latino dignity" by President Donald Trump.The campaign said the "assault" has gone beyond immigration restrictions and Trump's to underfunding schools, undercutting labor rights and workers' wages and mistreating Puerto Ricans."Trump's strategy is to sow division — to cast out Latinos as being less than fully American," the campaign said in a...WW…

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 4, 2020, 7:54 PM UTCBy Dartunorro ClarkThe Census Bureau is halting its field operations to count the population a month ahead of schedule, the agency's director announced in a statement Monday night, raising fears of a national undercount.Steven Dillingham said in a that the agency is ending all of its counting efforts on Sept. 30, a month sooner than previously expected, which means all enumerators who are door-knocking to , or by mail will halt their efforts then.He also said...…Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 4, 2020, 7:54 PM UTCBy Dartunorro ClarkThe Census Bureau is halting its field operations to count the population a month ahead of schedule, the agency's director announced in a statement Monday night, raising fears of a national undercount.Steven Dillingham said in a that the agency is ending all of its counting efforts on Sept. 30, a month sooner than previously expected, which means all enumerators who are door-knocking to , or by mail will halt their efforts then.He also said...WW…

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 4, 2020, 11:02 AM UTCBy Sarah Butrymowicz, The Hechinger Report and Pete D'Amato, The Hechinger ReportThis article about was produced in partnership with, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. This is part 1 of the .Dozens of colleges and universities nationwide started 2020 already under financial stress. They’d spent the past decade grappling with declining enrollments and weakening support from state governments.Now, with...…Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 4, 2020, 11:02 AM UTCBy Sarah Butrymowicz, The Hechinger Report and Pete D'Amato, The Hechinger ReportThis article about was produced in partnership with, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. This is part 1 of the .Dozens of colleges and universities nationwide started 2020 already under financial stress. They’d spent the past decade grappling with declining enrollments and weakening support from state governments.Now, with...WW…

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 4, 2020, 11:35 PM UTCBy Janelle GriffithPolice in New Jersey have arrested store last week that left a customer with a broken leg.Terri Thomas, 25, was arrested Tuesday and charged with second-degree aggravated assault, Hackensack police said in a news release.Let our news meet your inbox. The news and stories that matters, delivered weekday mornings.Thomas was released on a summons pending a first court appearance on Aug. 24. She could not immediately be reached for...…Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 4, 2020, 11:35 PM UTCBy Janelle GriffithPolice in New Jersey have arrested store last week that left a customer with a broken leg.Terri Thomas, 25, was arrested Tuesday and charged with second-degree aggravated assault, Hackensack police said in a news release.Let our news meet your inbox. The news and stories that matters, delivered weekday mornings.Thomas was released on a summons pending a first court appearance on Aug. 24. She could not immediately be reached for...WW…

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 3, 2020, 10:25 PM UTCBy Jonathan AllenWASHINGTON — For two decades, Jeff Esaw of Stratford, Connecticut, has been serving up Southern barbecue to the gastronomes of elite hideaways dotting the state's coastline.But economic trends haven't been as kind to Esaw, 61, as they have been to his patrons. He had to give up Jeff's Cuisine, his in nearby Norwalk — one of the few Black-owned businesses in the area — after the 2008 financial market crisis, and he estimates he lost 80 percent...…Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 3, 2020, 10:25 PM UTCBy Jonathan AllenWASHINGTON — For two decades, Jeff Esaw of Stratford, Connecticut, has been serving up Southern barbecue to the gastronomes of elite hideaways dotting the state's coastline.But economic trends haven't been as kind to Esaw, 61, as they have been to his patrons. He had to give up Jeff's Cuisine, his in nearby Norwalk — one of the few Black-owned businesses in the area — after the 2008 financial market crisis, and he estimates he lost 80 percent...WW…

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 4, 2020, 1:40 AM UTCBy Ben Popken, Ezra Kaplan and Jo Ling KentWith federal unemployment benefits ended Friday some of the 32 million unemployed Americans are resorting to food banks for the first time in their life.Larrilou Carumba, a 47-year-old single mother of three kids in San Leandro, California, was furloughed recently from her job as a housekeeper at a hotel.She says she “never expected” to have to go to a food bank. Now that the pandemic unemployment assistance has...…Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 4, 2020, 1:40 AM UTCBy Ben Popken, Ezra Kaplan and Jo Ling KentWith federal unemployment benefits ended Friday some of the 32 million unemployed Americans are resorting to food banks for the first time in their life.Larrilou Carumba, a 47-year-old single mother of three kids in San Leandro, California, was furloughed recently from her job as a housekeeper at a hotel.She says she “never expected” to have to go to a food bank. Now that the pandemic unemployment assistance has...WW…

Aug. 3, 2020, 7:32 PM UTCBy Tim FitzsimonsThree police officers were convicted in a Salvadoran court in the 2019 murder of Camila Díaz Córdova, a transgender woman who had been deported from the United States the year before.The three officers convicted of aggravated homicide July 28 were Jaime Geovany Mendoza Rivas, Luis Alfredo Avelar Sandoval and Carlos Valentín Rosales Carpio, . Each officer was sentenced to 20 years in prison.Diaz left El Salvador in 2018 and traveled to the U.S. with a migrant caravan to request asylum, as . After her claim was rejected, she went back to El Salvador...…Aug. 3, 2020, 7:32 PM UTCBy Tim FitzsimonsThree police officers were convicted in a Salvadoran court in the 2019 murder of Camila Díaz Córdova, a transgender woman who had been deported from the United States the year before.The three officers convicted of aggravated homicide July 28 were Jaime Geovany Mendoza Rivas, Luis Alfredo Avelar Sandoval and Carlos Valentín Rosales Carpio, . Each officer was sentenced to 20 years in prison.Diaz left El Salvador in 2018 and traveled to the U.S. with a migrant caravan to request asylum, as . After her claim was rejected, she went back to El Salvador...WW…

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 3, 2020, 12:49 PM UTCBy The Associated PressWho gets to be first in line for a ? U.S. health authorities hope by late next month to have some draft guidance on how to ration initial doses, but it’s a vexing decision.“Not everybody’s going to like the answer,” Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, recently told one of the advisory groups the government asked to help decide. “There will be many people who feel that they should have been at the top of...…Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Aug. 3, 2020, 12:49 PM UTCBy The Associated PressWho gets to be first in line for a ? U.S. health authorities hope by late next month to have some draft guidance on how to ration initial doses, but it’s a vexing decision.“Not everybody’s going to like the answer,” Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, recently told one of the advisory groups the government asked to help decide. “There will be many people who feel that they should have been at the top of...WW…