
Maggie Vespa
Correspondent at NBC News
@NBCNews correspondent • based in Chicago • @UofIllinois grad • priors: Portland, OR, Tucson, AZ & Peoria, IL • no relation to the 🛵
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2 months ago |
nbcnews.com | Evan Bush |Maggie Vespa |Samira Puskar |Kathryn Prociv
By , and The National Weather Service’s reduction in weather balloon launches left forecasters on shaky ground last week as the central U.S. got hammered with hail and tornadoes, outside meteorologists told NBC News. Severe storms brought dozens of tornadoes to the central U.S. starting Thursday, snarling Easter weekend travel. Twisters were reported in Oklahoma, Texas and Nebraska, and the storm system brought several inches of snow to parts of Colorado and baseball-sized hail to Wisconsin.
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Mar 11, 2025 |
nbcnews.com | Kailani Koenig |Maggie Vespa |Deon Hampton |Bracey Harris
Distilleries in the heart of America's bourbon industry are finding themselves in the crosshairs of a brewing trade war between the U.S. and Canada.
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Jan 19, 2025 |
msn.com | Maggie Vespa
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Jan 19, 2025 |
nbcnews.com | Maggie Vespa |Dennis Romero
ALTADENA, Calif. — A neighbor did what thousands were urged not to do when he stayed behind amid mandatory wildfire evacuations and saved his home and multiple others nearby with garden hoses and the help of a few fellow residents. Antonio Antonetti, 66, said it wasn’t in his fabric to run as flames approached his part of Altadena and began jumping from home to home, transported by embers, on the morning of Jan. 8.
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Dec 2, 2024 |
msn.com | Maggie Vespa
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