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David Steven Bell, the 6-foot-5, 250-pound man facing charges for punching a preteen girl at a North Carolina mall, was acting in self-defense and suffers from various medical conditions, according to his lawyer.

"R. Kelly wanted to fight Dave," "Chappelle's Show" co-creator Neal Brennan said.

A Belarusian model who claimed she had evidence of Russian efforts to help Donald Trump win office was deported from Thailand on Thursday after being convicted of participating in a "sex training course". Anastasia Vashukevich, known by her pen-name Nastya Rybka, was held with several others in a police raid last February in the sleazy seaside resort of Pattaya. In a case that veered between salacious and bizarre, Vashukevich said she had travelled to Thailand after becoming embroiled in a political scandal with Russian aluminium tycoon Oleg Deripaska -- a one-time associate of Trump's disgraced former campaign director Paul Manafort.

Princess Diana's former bodyguard, Ken Wharfe, weighs in on the potential threat the Markle clan poses to the Duchess of Sussex.

Authorities say Jake Patterson, the man accused of kidnapping Wisconsin teen Jayme Closs, was making plans for a new career, even as he held the 13-year-old captive. More details have also emerged about Patterson’s past. NBC’s Ron Mott reports for TODAY.

U.S. federal government contractors could be losing up to $200 million in delayed or foregone revenue each day the shutdown drags on. In some cases, some contractors have completed work but their invoices can’t be processed as the responsible government agencies, departments or offices are closed. This is now beginning to be felt in the