• Radio Free Asia closes Hong Kong bureau, citing security law concerns

    HONG KONG — Radio Free Asia is closing its bureau in Hong Kong, the U.S.-funded media outlet said Friday, citing concerns about staff safety in the Chinese territory after the passage of a new local national security law known as Article 23. “Actions by Hong Kong authorities, including referring to RFA as a ‘foreign force,’ raise serious questions about our ability to operate in safety with the enactment of Article 23,” Bay Fang, president and chief executive of Radio Free Asia, said in a...

  • Man shot Friday night at east Macon package store

    MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A man is in critical condition after being shot Friday night in east Macon. According to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, it happened just before 9:00 p.m. at Fort Hawkins Package Store on Emery Highway. Deputies say they responded to the hospital in reference to a man, 32-year-old Samual Lee Smith III, suffering from a gunshot

  • Perry residents mark the start of Dogwood Festival celebrations

    PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Residents gathered in historic downtown Perry, to plant their official Dogwood Tree on Thursday, marking the beginning of the Dogwood Festival celebrations. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the festival, which has become a much-anticipated spring event for the city. In addition to celebrating the Dogwood Festival, the city is also commemorating its 200th year.

  • Trump shares video with image depicting Biden tied up in the back of a pickup truck

    Former President Donald Trump shared a video on social media Friday that included an image of President Joe Biden bound and restrained in the back of a pickup truck. The 20-second video, which Trump indicated was taken Thursday in Long Island, New York, shows a truck emblazoned with "Trump 2024" and a large picture depicting Biden tied up and lying on his side. Trump was in Long Island Thursday for the wake of fallen NYPD officer Jonathan Diller. When reached for comment on the image in the...

  • GCSU holds 7th Annual K-5 Science and Engineering Fair

    MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Over 400 students from around Georgia participated in the 7th Annual Science and Engineering Fair at the Georgia College & State University, making it the largest group of elementary students since the fair started six years ago. The event was attended by a hundred school districts, and the judges say the task was a difficult. “There

  • 7 hurt after Newark-bound United flight experiences turbulence

    Seven people were hurt, none seriously, after a United Airlines plane headed to a New York City-area airport experienced high winds and turbulence, officials said. United Airlines Flight 85 from Tel Aviv landed at New York Stewart International Airport instead in Newark, New Jersey, at 6:45 p.m., a Port Authority of New York & New Jersey officer said. Seven people were taken to local hospitals, said Michael Bigg, chief of operations for New Windsor EMS. None of the injuries were serious, but...

  • N.C. State upsets Marquette in the Sweet 16 to keep March Madness run alive

    DJ Horne scored 19 points and North Carolina State kept its magical NCAA Tournament run alive, beating Marquette 67-58 on Friday night to reach the Elite Eight for the first time since 1986. Casey Morsell added 15 points and Mohamed Diarra had 11 points and 15 rebounds for the Wolfpack, who have eight consecutive victories since the start of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, which they had to win even to be a part of March Madness. On the 50th anniversary of N.C. State’s first national...

  • California man convicted in mother's death arrested for probation violation in Mexican beach town

    A California man convicted in the death of his mother was the subject of an "intense manhunt" and arrested in Mexico after walking away from a transitional facility without notice, authorities said this week. Ike Nicholas Souzer, 20, was behind bars Friday after allegedly violating terms of probation, which mandate both that he inform his probation officer of his whereabouts and stay in the region, according to authorities and court documents. Though Souzer's probation was based on a vandalism...

  • Bibb County Sheriff’s Office investigating shooting at Motel 6 in Macon- 41NBC/WMGT-DT

    UPDATE (8:30 p.m.) – Investigators arrested 32-year-old Cody Aaron Stephenson in connection to the shooting at Motel 6. Investigators say there was an argument between the men Stephenson and the men who were shot, that resulted in Stephenson retrieving a gun and firing shots at the men through the door and window of the room. Stephenson was booked into the Bibb

  • Nurse charged in the deaths of 17 patients berated and bullied diabetic man before giving lethal insulin dose, suit says

    The family of a severely diabetic man whom authorities said died at the hands of a nurse overseeing his care last year has filed a wrongful death suit against the facility where he lived, alleging it allowed the nurse to berate and bully him, and ultimately cause his death. Former nursing home nurse Heather Pressdee has already been charged with administering excessive doses of insulin to patients — 17 of whom died. In total, she allegedly mistreated 22 patients — some diabetic and others not —...

  • Baltimore bridge crash brings scrutiny to contaminated fuel, an 'open secret' in shipping

    Shortly after midnight on Feb. 6, the Dali cargo ship spent five hours fueling up at the Port of Zhangzhou in China. It refueled in the Chinese city of Zhoushan three days later, and again in Busan, South Korea, on Feb. 20, according to transponder and satellite tracking data reviewed by NBC News. Fuel is one of the areas of inquiry for investigators probing the cause of the power failure that preceded the Dali crashing into and toppling the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore this week,...

  • 'Spinning and whirling': Strange fish behavior sparks emergency government response

    The U.S. government is mounting an emergency response in an effort to save a unique and endangered fish found off the coast of Florida. The details are strange. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Wednesday that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission had received reports of “abnormal fish behavior, including spinning and whirling” affecting roughly 40 species of fish, and that there had also been reports of fish deaths. Concerns center on the smalltooth...