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Jessica Simeone

@JessicaSimeone

Senior News Editor @NBCNews. Former @BuzzFeedNews and @NYPost. @newmarkjschool alum. Feline enthusiast. Bibliophile. Brooklyn. Hudson Valley.

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Daniel Penny found not guilty in chokehold death of Jordan Neely nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dan… via @nbcnews
Daniel Penny found not guilty in chokehold death of Jordan Neely

Daniel Penny found not guilty in chokehold death of Jordan Neely

The jury acquitted Penny of criminally negligent homicide after previously deadlocking on the more serious charge of manslaughter.

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Feeling emotional about this one 😢Monster storm makes landfall near Siesta Key, Florida nbcnews.com/weather/hurrican…
Hurricane Milton: At least 14 deaths confirmed after monster storm slams into Florida

Hurricane Milton: At least 14 deaths confirmed after monster storm slams into Florida

Live updates and developments about Hurricane Milton, which made landfall near Sarasota, Florida , after spawning tornadoes.

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Graceland questions authenticity of Elvis memorabilia sold by auction house with ties to Priscilla Presley nbcnews.com/news/us-news/gra…
Graceland questions authenticity of Elvis memorabilia sold by auction house with ties to Priscilla...

Graceland questions authenticity of Elvis memorabilia sold by auction house with ties to Priscilla...

Joel Weinshanker, who oversees the largest collection of Elvis memorabilia, says he has concerns over items being sold by GWS Auctions.

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How the prosecution in Alec Baldwin's 'Rust' trial fell apart nbcnews.com/news/crime-court…
How the prosecution in Alec Baldwin's 'Rust' trial fell apart

How the prosecution in Alec Baldwin's 'Rust' trial fell apart

The actor could have been sentenced to 18 months in prison if he had been convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

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Jewish and pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University accuse school officials of discrimination in competing complaints nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jew…
Jewish and pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University accuse school officials of discriminat...

Jewish and pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University accuse school officials of discriminat...

Escalating protests over Israel’s military operation in Gaza have become deeply personal for students at the elite university who say administrators are failing to protect them.

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Columbia begins suspending students after deadline to leave protest camp passes nbcnews.com/news/us-news/col…

Protesters break windows at Columbia University hours after school starts suspending student...

Protesters had been warned and issued notices to vacate or be suspended.

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Sophie Kinsella, author of 'Shopaholic' books, reveals 'aggressive' brain cancer diagnosis nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-… via @nbcnews
Sophie Kinsella, author of 'Shopaholic' books, reveals 'aggressive' brain cancer diagnosis

Sophie Kinsella, author of 'Shopaholic' books, reveals 'aggressive' brain cancer diagnosis

The 54-year-old author wrote that she was diagnosed with glioblastoma at the end of 2022.

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Vince McMahon’s life after WWE: Kittens, vacations and staying in touch with Trump nbcnews.com/news/us-news/inc… via @nbcnews
Vince McMahon's life after WWE: Kittens, vacations and staying in touch with Trump

Vince McMahon's life after WWE: Kittens, vacations and staying in touch with Trump

The wrestling mogul is facing a federal investigation and accusations of sexual abuse, but some of those close to him say he’s unfazed. WWE is moving on.

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'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski had late-stage rectal cancer and was 'depressed' before prison suicide, autopsy says nbcnews.com/news/us-news/una… via @nbcnews
"Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski had late-stage rectal cancer and was "depressed" before prison suicide,...

"Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski had late-stage rectal cancer and was "depressed" before prison suicide,...

An autopsy report details how Kaczynski, 81, was found dead in his solitary cell in June at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina.

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‘Give them a verbal hug’: Emails show how the Navy scrambled to manage a spate of suicides nbcnews.com/news/us-news/giv…
'Give them a verbal hug': Emails show how the Navy scrambled to manage a spate of suicides

'Give them a verbal hug': Emails show how the Navy scrambled to manage a spate of suicides

Leaders dismissed claims about poor living conditions aboard the USS George Washington and seemed to disagree about whether to promote the sailors posthumously, messages obtained by NBC News show.

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Missouri teen Ralph Yarl copes with life after wrong-door shooting: 'It is a constant uphill battle' nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ral… via @nbcnews
Missouri teen Ralph Yarl copes with life after wrong-door shooting: 'It is a constant uphill battle'

Missouri teen Ralph Yarl copes with life after wrong-door shooting: 'It is a constant uphill battle'

Shot in the head after ringing the wrong doorbell nearly a year ago, Yarl is coping with the lingering effects on his mental health while fighting to chart a path forward.

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Alabama murderer gives up appeals and asks to be executed so that victims' families have 'justice' nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ala… via @nbcnews
Alabama murderer gives up appeals and asks to be executed so that victims’ families have ‘justice’

Alabama murderer gives up appeals and asks to be executed so that victims’ families have ‘justice’

“Now it’s time for the victims and their families to get the justice they rightly deserve to start the closure,” Derrick Dearman, 36, said in a phone interview from prison.

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In a fraudster's fake crime articles, readers became the victims nbcnews.com/news/crime-stori…
Crime stories drove readers to GoFundMe campaigns, only the victims didn't exist

Crime stories drove readers to GoFundMe campaigns, only the victims didn't exist

In recent weeks, a series of apparently fabricated articles were published on the website NewsBreak and used to raise money for victims of crimes that did not happen.

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A Navy SEAL was convinced exposure to blasts damaged his brain, so he donated it to science to prove it nbcnews.com/news/us-news/son…
A Navy SEAL was convinced exposure to blasts damaged his brain, so he donated it to science to...

A Navy SEAL was convinced exposure to blasts damaged his brain, so he donated it to science to...

“We’re really at an infant stage in terms of our clinical ability to assess traumatic brain injury,” a medical expert said. 

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BREAKING: Jury finds 'Rust' armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed guilty of involuntary manslaughter nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rus… via @nbcnews
'Rust' armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed guilty of involuntary manslaughter

'Rust' armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed guilty of involuntary manslaughter

The New Mexico jury deliberated for about 2½ hours. She faces up to 18 months in prison.

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A woman who was wrongly identified in a police lineup struggles to reclaim her life nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wom…
A woman who was wrongly identified in a police lineup struggles to reclaim her life

A woman who was wrongly identified in a police lineup struggles to reclaim her life

Although the case against Atlanta resident Jasmine Violenes, 34, was dismissed, the felony charges remain on her record, preventing her from getting a job.

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First responders in a Texas town are struggling to cope with the trauma of recovering bodies from the Rio Grande nbcnews.com/news/us-news/eag…

First responders in a Texas town are struggling to cope with the trauma of recovering bodies from...

After a record-breaking year of migrant crossings, Eagle Pass is applying for a grant to help pay for therapy and other mental health services.

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BREAKING: Jury reaches verdict in trial against the NRA and Wayne LaPierre nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nra…
Jury finds NRA and Wayne LaPierre liable in civil corruption trial

Jury finds NRA and Wayne LaPierre liable in civil corruption trial

Jurors deliberated for five days in the civil corruption trial in New York against the National Rifle Association and its executives.

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Jennifer Crumbley, mother of Ethan Crumbley, found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in son’s school shooting nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jen… via @nbcnews

Jennifer Crumbley, mother of Ethan Crumbley, found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in son’s...

The Michigan mother was convicted on four counts of manslaughter in connection with her son's deadly rampage at Oxford High School in 2021.

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