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@NBCNews correspondent • based in Chicago • @UofIllinois grad • priors: Portland, OR, Tucson, AZ & Peoria, IL • no relation to the 🛵
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Severe storms creep across the U.S. as intense heat plagues the coasts

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By Rebecca Cohen , Kathryn Prociv , Maggie Vespa 
| NBC News
June 12, 2026, 8:51 AM EDT / Updated June 12, 2026, 9:05 AM EDT Intense heat and severe storms are continuing to make their way through the United States this week and will creep into next week as summer temperatures officially take hold across the nation. Friday will be the last hot day for the East Coast, with numerous record highs likely for cities including Baltimore, Washington, New York, Philadelphia and Raleigh — where it reached 101 degrees Fahrenheit on Thursday.
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CDC and Florida at odds over hantavirus cruise ship passenger’s quarantine Original

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By Erika Edwards , Maggie Vespa 
| NBC News
June 11, 2026, 3:47 PM EDT Florida health officials are pushing back at quarantine guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for passengers from the cruise ship MV Hondius exposed to the deadly Andes hantavirus. One American who was on the cruise ship says she’s stuck in the middle and unable to leave federal quarantine.
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State trooper guards and daily fever checks: Some hantavirus cruise ship passengers go home Original

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By Erika Edwards , Maggie Vespa 
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June 1, 2026, 6:28 PM EDT Five of the 18 U.S. cruise ship passengers quarantined in Nebraska went home Monday, halfway through their quarantine after being exposed to hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokesperson said. The five passengers were permitted to leave under the condition that they stay home — no quick runs for takeout or trips to the grocery store — for the second half of the virus’s full 42-day quarantine period, set to end on June 22.
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