Yasmeen Persaud
Assignment Editor at NBC News
@NBCNews Assignment Editor | Prev/Bylines @NBCNewYork, @NY1, @QueensEagle, @DS_Baruch, @BaruchTicker, @TeamTrace
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1 week ago |
nbcnews.com | Doha Madani |Yasmeen Persaud
Pennsylvania State Police are searching for an arsonist who "caused a significant amount of damage" to Gov. Josh Shapiro's official residence in Harrisburg. In a statement posted to social media, Shapiro wrote that his family was woken up at 2 a.m. on Sunday by banging on the door from state police. He added that he and his wife, Lori, were "eternally grateful" for authorities who helped evacuate the family. "Thank God no one was injured and the fire was extinguished," Shapiro wrote.
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1 week ago |
flipboard.com | Doha Madani |Yasmeen Persaud
1 hour agoHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family were evacuated overnight from the official governor’s residence after someone set fire to the building, police said Sunday. No one was injured and the fire was extinguished, according to authorities. The fire broke out overnight on …
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1 month ago |
nbcnews.com | Yasmeen Persaud |Angela Yang
A doctor and professor was deported after returning from a trip to Lebanon despite having a valid U.S. visa, according to a court petitionfiledon her behalf. Dr. Rasha Alawieh, an assistant professor at Brown Medicine, held an H-1B visa when she traveled to her home country to visit her family, according to the petition, which was filed in federal court by a cousin who learned of her situation.
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1 month ago |
nbcnews.com | Rebecca Cohen |Yasmeen Persaud
At least three people are dead and two are injured after a boat overturned off New York's Staten Island on Sunday, officials said. Officials from the New York Fire Department, the New York Police Department and the U.S. Coast Guard responded to the Ambrose Channel after the NYPD got a distress call around noon. The boat capsized in the Newport Walk area known as Breezy Point, the NYPD said. Six people were reportedly in the water after the boat capsized, the FDNY said.
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2 months ago |
flipboard.com | David K. Li |Steve Kopack |Yasmeen Persaud
UH-OH: Trump Just Publicly Abandoned 1 Of His Biggest 'Day 1' PromisesPresident Donald Trump this week admitted that prices are rising ― but insisted that it’s not his fault despite repeatedly claiming he would bring …
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