Patrick Smith

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Patrick Smith

Police arrested two more women in connection with allegedly helping 10 inmates break out of Orleans Parish Jail last week, the third and fourth women arrested in connection with assisting the escape. Connie Weeden, 59, and Casey Smith, 30, were arrested on Thursday and each charged with one count of being an accessory after the fact for allegedly "assisting the fugitives" in the May 16 incident, according to police. Louisiana State Police announced Weeden's arrest on Thursday.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Patrick Smith

Stormy weather on Tuesday is expected to bring severe thunderstorms, flash flooding, potentially strong tornadoes, and hurricane-force winds to the southern Plains and several Southeastern states. An enhanced warning covered almost all of Tennessee and Kentucky, affecting 13.6 million people, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. Isolated "tennis ball-sized" hail is possible in some places and tornadoes could reach speeds of 95 mph, NOAA's Storm Prediction Center said.

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Patrick Smith

Former President Joe Biden has accused the Trump administration of "modern-day appeasement" in its dealings with Russia's Vladimir Putin and of risking the transatlantic alliance that has prevented a world war for 80 years.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Patrick Smith

Newly released body-worn camera footage shows the moment Idaho police officers fatally shot autistic 17-year-old Victor Perez nine times earlier this month, prompting protests and potential legal action. The April 5 footage shows there were about 16 seconds from the moment police arrived at the Perez family home in Pocatello, Idaho, to the moment shots were fired.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Patrick Smith

LONDON — An all-British version of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" is coming next year, with show creator Lorne Michaels acting as executive producer, U.K. broadcaster Sky announced Thursday. The show will be produced from London by Michaels' Broadway Video and Universal Television Alternative Studio’s U.K. production team and will feature "a star-studded line-up of hosts," the company said in a news release. Sky is owned by Comcast, the parent company of NBCUniversal, which also owns NBC News.