John Filippelli

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Dennis Romero |John Filippelli

An alligator attacked and killed a woman in a small boat in the water near a popular Florida lake on Tuesday, authorities said. The woman was in the vessel in the mouth of Tiger Creek where it meets Lake Kissimmee, roughly 70 miles south of Orlando, when she was attacked just after 4 p.m., the the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said. The woman went into the water and wasn't seen again until her body was recovered nearby, the commission said in a statement.

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | David K. Li |John Filippelli

Police urgently scoured a South Carolina beach town on Thursday searching for a hit-and-run suspect who struck at least three pedestrians before fleeing on foot with a knife, police said. Two children and an adult were injured a little before 1 p.m. on Sullivan's Island, which is just outside of Charleston, Isle of Palms Police Department spokesperson Matthew Storen said. "The driver of that vehicle fled the scene on foot and was last seen armed with a knife," Storen said.

2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Dennis Romero |Bryan Gallion |John Filippelli

A kangaroo hopping along an Alabama highway Tuesday caused a two-vehicle crash and a roadway closure as authorities helped capture the animal, they said. The collision on Interstate 85 in Macon County, Georgia, between Tuskegee and Auburn, was reported just before noon, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said in a statement. No injuries were reported.

Jan 23, 2025 | nbcnews.com | Tim Stelloh |Colin Sheeley |John Filippelli

The teenager who fatally shot a student at a Nashville high school partially live-streamed the incident, according to the platform, and he was influenced by internet content that authorities described Thursday as “harmful and objectionable." The 17-year-old gunman, who wounded a second student before taking his own life, fired 10 shots from a 9mm pistol 17 seconds after he entered the cafeteria at Antioch High School, southeast of downtown Nashville, on Wednesday, the city's police department...

Jan 21, 2025 | nbcnews.com | John Filippelli

Updated A "bitterly cold airmass" will grip much of the South and eastern U.S. today and for much of the week, the National Weather Service warned. The Gulf Coast could see "historic snowfall," with Houston and New Orleans possibly setting records with up to 6 inches. Both of Houston's major airports, the George Bush Intercontinental Airport and the Hobby Airport, suspended flight operations. The Midwest could see temperatures as low as 30 degrees below in parts of Nebraska, Colorado and Kansas.