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Patrick Smith

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Digital News Editor at NBC News

Journalist for @nbcnews in London. On Twitter since 2007. It's been fun. Find me on BlueSky: https://t.co/F4BrRbV6vJ

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  • 2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Patrick Smith

    May 23, 2025, 6:49 AM EDTLouisiana State Police arrested a 59-year-old woman for allegedly helping 10 inmates break out of Orleans Parish Jail last week, the third woman arrested in connection with assisting the escape. Connie Weeden, a 59-year-old from Slidell, was arrested and charged with one count of being an accessory after the fact for allegedly "assisting the fugitives" in the May 16 incident, Louisiana State Police said in a Thursday night statement.

  • 2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Astha Rajvanshi |Peter Guo |Max Butterworth |Patrick Smith

    Updated May 22, 2025, 7:54 AM EDTTwo staffers at Israel’s embassy in Washington, D.C., were shot dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday night. Social media footage showed the suspect shouting “Free, free Palestine” while he was led away. Police identified him as Elias Rodriguez, in his early 30s and from Chicago, and said he "implied" that he committed the crime.

  • 2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Patrick Smith

    May 21, 2025, 8:28 AM EDTLONDON — Chris Brown, the singer and rapper facing trial in the United Kingdom next month for an alleged nightclub attack, was released on $6.7 million bail after a Wednesday hearing. Brown, 36, is now technically free to commence his U.K. and Ireland tour that begins in Manchester on June 15, two days after his trial is due to start in London.

  • 2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Patrick Smith

    May 20, 2025, 7:17 AM EDTStormy weather on Tuesday is set 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 to affect 13.6 million people, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.

  • 2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Andrew Jones |Patrick Smith

    BASEL, Switzerland — Austria was crowned the winner at Saturday’s grand finale of the Eurovision Song Contest, the world’s most popular singing tournament, beating strong competition from Israeland Switzerlandto come in first place on an evening full of glitz and glamour. Austria’s song, “Wasted Love” by JJ, was awarded 436 points by a combination of votes from viewers and juries of music professionals from each participating country.

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