News for May 3, 2025

A small plane crashed into a Simi Valley neighborhood, killing two people on board and leaving the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate what went wrong.

Juan Demetrio Villalpando Dominguez was sentenced to federal prison for helping move drug money tied to his son's trafficking network from Colorado sales back to Mexico.

Elon Musk’s Starbase in Texas is set to become an official city after residents voted to incorporate the SpaceX area.

Rodney Hinton, the father of an 18-year-old shot dead by Cincinnati police, has been charged with aggravated murder after prosecutors say he deliberately hit and killed a Hamilton County deputy with his car.

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, who halted executions and later went to prison for corruption, has died at 91.

Trump’s threat to strip Harvard’s tax-exempt status could create legal problems for the IRS because his public comments may look like pressure on the agency.

This NBC News quiz looks back at the week’s biggest headlines, including politics, discipline in government, and a strange-looking future risk.

Prince Harry said his court defeat over UK security makes a return to Britain with Meghan and their children impossible, and he called on the government to review how those protection decisions are made.

A Colorado middle school teacher, Christine Ann Schwarz, was killed in a head-on crash after a woman evading deputies drove the wrong way into oncoming traffic.

Rondean McDonald was arrested after officials say he attacked a woman during an attempted carjacking in New Jersey, and bystanders helped save her.

Wanda Barzee, who helped hold Elizabeth Smart captive years ago, was arrested in Utah after police said she entered parks where sex offenders are banned.

Police in Rochester, Minnesota, are investigating after Sharmake Omar said a white mother used racist slurs against a Black child at a park and then against him when he stepped in.

The Justice Department is suing Colorado and Denver, saying their immigration policies block federal deportation efforts and violate the U.S. Constitution.

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office says the death of John Elway’s agent after a golf cart incident appears to have been a tragic accident.

Jesse Figueroa was arrested after a shooting at Spartan College in Inglewood left one woman dead and another wounded.