A Florida man who was apparently bitten while swimming in alligator-infested waters Monday morning was fatally shot after, officials said, he emerged from the lake and charged at sheriff’s deputies with garden shears.
Two deputies, including a trainee, opened fire on Timothy Schulz, 42, after they deployed a stun gun that appeared to have no effect and after Schulz tried to remove a firearm from their patrol cruiser, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told reporters.
“The fact that he was bitten by an alligator and still continued his rampage is shocking,” Judd said.
Authorities first responded to a call involving Schulz at 5:56 a.m., when he appeared at a racetrack shaking and asking to call his son, Judd said. Deputies who responded to the area could not find him, the sheriff said.
Nearly two hours later, a witness spotted Schulz in Lakeland, south of Orlando, and reported that the man was in a lake with “a lot” of alligators, Judd said.
“A witness actually took a life vest and tried to give it to him,” he said. “He wouldn’t take it.”
Another witness told authorities that Schulz growled when the person tried talking to him.
The witnesses reported that Schulz was treading water and that they could see only his head. At one point, an alligator appeared to bite his right arm, Judd said.
After he emerged from the lake, Schulz was seen walking between houses in a residential area, carrying a pair of garden shears. At one point he threw a brick at a truck, Judd said.
As deputies arrived, Judd said, they saw Schulz apparently trying to break into a vehicle and quickly got out of their cruiser.
When Schulz charged at them with the shears, Judd said, they ordered him to drop the tool, then deployed the stun gun when he did not.
Schulz climbed into the passenger side of the deputies’ patrol vehicle and appeared to try and remove a rifle or shotgun, Judd said.
“At that time our deputies shot multiple times,” Judd said. “As a result, Timothy is deceased.”
He said the deputies will remain on administrative leave while the state’s attorney’s office reviews the shooting, per department policy.
Judd said Schulz has faced several methamphetamine charges and was released from county jail most recently on May 20. An affidavit in that case says a deputy found a glass pipe in a backpack Schulz was carrying that tested positive for the drug.
Jermaine Donald, 42, who was jailed on charges of second-degree murder and other crimes before he escaped, was taken into custody in Texas with another inmate accused of fleeing the Orleans Justice Center on May 16, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said in a statement.
That inmate, Leo Tate, 31, had been in custody on burglary and firearms charges, Murrill said.
The Texas Department of Public Safety arrested the two men in Walker County, north of Houston, the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
Separately, Lenton Vanburen, 26, who was jailed on firearms and parole violation charges, was taken into custody in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the city’s police department said in a statement.
The three inmates will face additional charges, Murrill said in a statement. It was not immediately clear whether they have lawyers to speak on their behalf.
Sterling Williams, who was charged with principle to simple escape and malfeasance in office, cut off the water to a cell’s toilet so inmates could remove it without flooding the area, Murrill alleged in a news release last week.
According to an affidavit in support of an arrest warrant, Williams told authorities that one of the inmates who escaped threatened to “shank” him if he did not help.
That inmate, identified in the document as Antoine Massey, has not been apprehended.
After they removed the toilet, the affidavit alleges, the inmates sawed through steel bars and escaped through a hole in the wall before they scaled a barbed-wire fence using blankets.
A photo released by authorities showed the phrases “To Easy Lol” and “We Innocent” written above the toilet.
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WASHINGTON — When Army veteran Dan Nevins was forced to medically retire from the military after losing both his legs in combat, he thought he’d be financially taken care of by the country that he served.
But Nevins soon discovered the so-called “wounded veterans tax” — an unofficial term for a federal policy that prohibits certain injured veterans from receiving both their full retirement pay and disability compensation.
“I was told I could not receive both,” Nevins told NBC News in an interview. “And I was like, ‘Wait a minute. That’s not what I thought was going to happen.’”
Army veteran Dan Nevins traveled to the U.S. Capitol on May 21, 2025, to push for legislation that would ensure veterans are able to receive their full retirement pay and disability compensation.Frank Thorp V / NBC News
It’s an issue that affects around 50,000 veterans, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, costing them each about $1,900 per month.
Under current federal policy, veterans who have less than 20 years of service and a disability rating under 50% get a dollar taken out of their retirement for every dollar they receive in disability compensation. The disability rating is assigned by the Veterans Affairs Department and assesses how much an injury or disability may impact a veteran’s health and ability to function.
And now, Nevins is pushing lawmakers in Washington to change that.
In 2004, when Nevins was deployed to Iraq as a squad leader, an improvised explosive device detonated beneath his vehicle. The blast killed his platoon sergeant, and eventually both of Nevins legs would be amputated below the knee because of the injuries he sustained.
“People say when you’re about to die your life flashes before your eyes. That wasn’t really my experience. It was more like a slideshow of things left undone,” said Nevins, who still wears a bracelet every day to honor his platoon sergeant.
“The last sort of vision, it was my 10-year-old daughter, but she was all grown up and dressed in white head to toe, and walking down the aisle without her dad. And I was like, ‘I’m alive. I have to do something to keep it that way.’”
After a painful and lengthy recovery process, which included 36 surgeries and an 18-month stay at Walter Reed Hospital, Nevins started to live his life again. That included learning some new skills, such as becoming a certified yoga instructor.
But because of his injuries, Nevins left the military earlier than anticipated. That is when, to his surprise, Nevins learned that he would not be receiving his full retirement pay.
“It’s a tragedy really,” Nevins said. “So many people are cutting what we would all take for granted out of their lives, just so they can survive. And I mean, it’s not a ton of money, but it will help and really change lives and families for the better.”
Congress is making a renewed push to eliminate the offset with a bipartisan bill, dubbed the Major Richard Star Act, that would give wounded veterans their full retirement benefits and disability pay.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., is spearheading the effort in the Senate, where it has 71 co-sponsors, while Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., is leading the bill in the House, where it has 274 co-sponsors.
“Veterans are retired early because of the wounds and the injuries they receive, and they’re entitled to disability compensation for them, but then their retirement pay is reduced dollar for dollar because of that disability compensation,” Blumenthal told NBC News. “They’re being penalized for being wounded. … It’s about simple justice and fairness.”
But the bill is costly: The CBO estimated in 2022 that the legislation would have cost $9.75 billion from 2024 to 2033. And at a time when the Trump administration is looking to trim government spending — including at the Veterans Affairs Department — cost concerns could stand in the way of passage.
A spokesman for the VA said it does not typically comment on pending legislation, but vowed that no health care or benefits for veterans will be cut. The Department of Defense did not return a request for comment.
Blumenthal said he sees “a number of paths” for the bill. He plans to offer it as an amendment to an annual defense policy bill later this year. And in the coming weeks, Blumenthal is going to try to bring it up under unanimous consent and “see who has the nerve to come forward and say we should deny our veterans basic fairness.”
Ahead of Memorial Day, Nevins traveled to Washington to advocate for the bill. He appeared at a press conference alongside Marine Corps veteran Jamel Daniels, who also lost his leg in combat. The two got to know each other during their respective recoveries and even did wheelchair races in the hospital hallways, according to Nevins.
Now, Nevins and Daniels are fighting for a legislative fix in the halls of the Capitol. And Nevins says his message to Congress is simple: honor the country’s commitment to veterans.
“We should keep our promises,” Nevins said. “I teach my kids to keep their promises, even when it’s not convenient for them.”
Harvard University revoked the tenure of Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino after years of data fraud allegations, a university spokesperson confirmed.
A spokesperson for Harvard provided no additional details, noting that it does not discuss personnel matters. Gino also did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
No professors are known to have lost their tenure at Harvard since the 1940s, when the American Association of University Professors formalized rules of termination, according to The Harvard Crimson, the student newspaper.
Gino started working at Harvard Business School in 2010 as an associate professor of business administration, according to her extensive résumé, updated in June 2023. From 2018 to 2021, she was the head of the Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit.
Gino’s research has been widely featured in the media, such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and NBC News.
In 2021, three professors and behavioral researchers with a blog site, Data Colada, began examining a number of studies Gino co-authored over a decade and shared evidence they believed proved fraudulent data with the business school.
According to a 2023 blog post in which the researchers posted their evidence, the rest of their interactions with the university after they shared their 2021 report were confidential.
Gino was placed on unpaid administrative leave in June 2023 after an 18-month internal investigation found she was responsible for “research misconduct,” according to a $25 million lawsuit Gino filed against Harvard and Data Colada. She lost her titled professorship and was removed from all teaching and research duties, the suit read.
The suit claimed the investigation was conducted in adherence with a new employment policy that was created just for her.
A federal judge dismissed the defamation allegations of Gino’s suit in September but allowed claims that Harvard breached its contract with Gino by disciplining her in ways that violated its own tenure policies, the Crimson reported.
Gino launched a website dedicated to the lawsuit, with the last update in March 2024 reading: “Harvard shared their case. And while my lawyers have discouraged me from speaking out, I just need to say that I did not — ever — engage in academic fraud.
“Once I have the opportunity to prove this in the court of law, with the support of experts I was denied through Harvard’s investigation process, you’ll see why their case is so weak and that these are bogus allegations,” the statement continued.
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A mother and daughter accused of operating an unlicensed daycare facility in California were charged with involuntary manslaughter after a 3-month-old child in their care died, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday.
Authorities were dispatched Friday morning to an address in Royal Oaks, a community near Salinas, where a child was not breathing, the sheriff’s office said. The infant was given life-saving efforts at the scene and was taken to a hospital, but was pronounced dead a short time later, authorities added.
As many as 30 children of various ages were under the care of Maria Marquez, 62, and daughter Johanna Marquez, 35, according to the sheriff’s office.
Detectives “were able to gather sufficient details to arrest the two operators of the unlicensed day care business for involuntary manslaughter believed to have resulted in the death of the three-month-old infant,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release.
The suspects remained booked Monday in the Monterey County Jail, and also face charges of felony child endangerment and operating a child day care facility without a license. Their bail was set at $50,000 each. It was not immediately clear if they have legal representation.
The sheriff’s office said Monday its investigation remains ongoing.
The California Department of Social Services’ Community Care Licensing Division regulates the number of children permitted at a daycare site and sets certain requirements for staff, including pediatric CPR and first-aid training and child development courses.
Child fatalities in licensed childcare centers in California are rare, with three reported from 2017 to 2023, according to state social services data.
“There are certain trainings that the individuals that work and operate those facilities have to go through, and they’re constantly being inspected by the state licensing board,” Sheriff’s Commander Andres Rosas told NBC affiliate KSBW in Salinas. “So those standards that they have to meet are what give you a little bit more peace of mind that your child is safe at this particular location.”
As thousands of people lined the streets to celebrate Liverpool Football Club’s English Premier League title win, a car collided with a number of pedestrians in thecenter of Liverpool, a city in northwest England, police said Monday.
Describing it as a “major incident” on X, Merseyside police said the car “stopped at the scene and a male detained.”
In separate statement, police said “the incident happened as thousands of fans lined the streets of the city to celebrate Liverpool Football Club’s Premier League title victory.
Footage of the scene showed police cordons in place around a heavily littered road and emergency vehicles in place.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the scenes “appalling” in a post on X. “My thoughts are with all those injured or affected,” he said, adding that he was “being kept updated on developments.”
The Northwest Ambulance Service said in a statement that it was “assessing the situation and working with other members of the emergency services.”
“Our priority is to ensure people receive the medical help they need as quickly as possible,” the statement added.
An eyewitness, Natasha Rinaldi, told the British broadcaster Sky News that “people sounded desperate” and she saw the car had “run over people.” (Sky News is owned by Comcast, the parent company of NBC News.)
“Then people started rushing to go after the driver and they tried to break the car. The police did everything to block and to push people away,” Rinaldi said. “We could just hear screams and screams. We were very confused.”
“Some of my friends were down there and the car was so near them. It was a horrible scene, nobody was expecting it.”
Harry Rashid, 48, from Solihull, told Britain’s Press Association news agency that he was at the parade with his wife and two young daughters when he witnessed the collision.
“It happened about 10 feet away from us,” he said. “We were just in a crowd and we had no control over where we would be, because it was a very narrow street.”
“The vehicle came to our right. It emerged from just right next to an ambulance, which was parked up. This gray people carrier just pulled up from the right and just rammed into all the people at the side of us,” he added.
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PARIS — Naomi Osaka still wore the pink accessories in her hair inspired by “sakura” — cherry blossoms — and there were streaks on her cheeks where tears had rolled, when she sat down for a French Open news conference after her first-round loss to Paula Badosa on Monday.
Osaka’s red eyes welled as she answered a few questions before needing a break and briefly leaving the interview room following the 6-7 (1), 6-1, 6-4 exit against the 10th-seeded Badosa.
“As time goes on, I feel like I should be doing better. But also — I kind of talked about this before, maybe a couple years ago, or maybe recently, I’m not sure — I hate disappointing people,” said Osaka, who owns four Grand Slam trophies from the hard courts of the U.S. Open and Australian Open but never has been past the third round on the red clay of Roland-Garros.
Then, referring to her current coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, who used to work with Serena Williams, Osaka said: “He goes from working with, like, the greatest player ever to, like, ‘What the (expletive) is this?’ You know what I mean? Sorry for cursing. I hope I don’t get fined.”
Osaka, who was born in Japan and moved to the United States as a young child, was undone Monday by 54 unforced errors. That was twice as many as Badosa, whose best showing at a major was a semifinal run at the Australian Open in January and who reached the quarterfinals at Roland-Garros in 2021.
After taking the opening set, Osaka was treated by a trainer for hand blisters and also took time to clip her sakura-themed fingernails on the sideline.
She attributed the blisters, which also bothered her at the Italian Open this month, to “the friction of clay, because I don’t have blisters on any other surface.”
Osaka’s powerful serves and groundstrokes are dulled by the clay, and that showed against Badosa. Osaka was broken five times and finished with nearly as many double-faults, five, as aces, seven.
Once ranked No. 1 and currently No. 49, Osaka withdrew from the French Open in 2021 before her second-round match, explaining that she experiences “huge waves of anxiety” before speaking to the media and revealing she had dealt with depression. She then took multiple mental health breaks away from the tour.
She helped usher in a change in the way athletes, sports fans and society at large understood the importance of mental health.
On Monday, after taking a break from questions, she returned to field one query from a Japanese journalist with an eye to the next major tournament, Wimbledon, which begins on grass on June 30.
“I don’t necessarily know my grass-season schedule right now,” Osaka said. “I wasn’t really expecting to lose in the first round.”
