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New Hampshire's elected and community leaders marked Equal Pay Day with the traditional press conference—and a critical step toward ensuring that women receive a fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work. Shortly before a paycheck fairness bill, S.B. 207, was heard in the New Hampshire House Labor Committee, representatives from women’s groups and labor joined elected leaders at the Statehouse to commemorate the strides being made in New Hampshire to address pay inequity.
Details emerge about a student accused of a school stabbing rampage at Franklin Regional High School in Pennsylvania. NBC’s Peter Alexander reports.
The search goes on in Florida for a suspected hit-and-run driver who triggered a deadly crash into a day care center filled with children. NBC’s Kerry Sanders reports.
As the search for Flight 370 continues, a new sound was detected this morning from what could be the plane’s data recordings. NBC’s Katy Tur reports.
Hospital Officials hold a news conference on the conditions of the stabbing victims.
Anonymous extremists in the Ohio legislature are attempting to change the laws to increase the influence of independent groups in government and make it harder for average Ohioans to know what their government is doing or have any influence on that government. According to Tim Burga, president of the Ohio AFL-CIO, an anonymous amendment was submitted to a bill currently before the legislature that would eliminate an administrative rule governing campaign finance. This would mean that contractors working for or attempting to work for the state can spend money trying to influence the outcome of elections of the very people who would potentially give them state contracts. Furthermore, Burga said the repeal of the administrative rule would make groups that make independent election expenditures no longer required to disclose who made contributions to them.
Good morning, and happy Thursday. Here are six of the top stories we are following this morning at NBC News:1. Student in Pennsylvania stabbing frenzy charged as adultAlex Hribal, 16, is accused of stabbing or slashing 20 students and one adult at his high school in Murrsyville on Wednesday morning.
In a briefing Murrysville, Pa. Police Chief Thomas Seefeld says that the suspect will face four counts of attempted homicide.
The driver who caused a deadly, chain-reaction car crash into a Florida day care center remained at large Thursday morning.Florida Highway Patrol said Robert Alex Corchado, 26, was behind the wheel of the Dodge Durango that slammed into another car, pushing it into the day care center.
An elite FBI hostage team rescued a man Wednesday after he was kidnapped from his home five days ago, the FBI said.Frank Arthur Janssen, 63, was found safe in an apartment complex in Atlanta, Ga., after being taken against his will from his house in Wake Forest, N.C., according to authorities.
