Jamaica is bracing for a dangerous Category 5 hurricane, which could pack winds up to 175 mph and unleash up to 40 inches of soaking rain. Hurricane Melissa could be the strongest storm to ever make landfall in the country. NBC News' George Solis reports from Kingston. Authorities are sharing new details after two men were arrested in connection with the Louvre jewel heist. Officials say the two suspects in custody are in their early thirties and have criminal records. NBC News' Raf Sanchez reports from Paris. President Trump is in Asia on a high-stakes trip. Both sides today said a framework has been reached for a potential trade deal with China. NBC News' Garrett Haake reports. A cluster of thunderstorms dropped a deluge of rain in Florida causing dangerous flash floods and devastating some communities. Clean-up efforts were underway in Mexico Beach, Florida after a possible tornado ripped through the neighborhood damaging homes and buildings. NBC News' Aaron Gilchrist reports from the storm zone. The FBI has arrested a man that agents say offered $45,000 to kill Attorney General Pam Bondi. NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell reports. Police say a suspect shot and killed his supervisors in a workplace shooting at a plastics plant in Tennessee. Police say the suspect was later found dead in a home of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. NBC News' Emilie Ikeda reports.

Hurricane Melissa, a monster Category 5 storm, caused catastrophic destruction in Jamaica. Homes were torn apart and streets were inundated with water. Some of the hardest hit communities are impossible to reach. The massive storm made a second landfall in Cuba, before taking aim at the Bahamas. NBC News' George Solis is there. Police bodycam videos show how first responders raced into an assisted living facility outside Detroit that was engulfed in flames. The 87 residents there are now lucky to be alive as some were asleep and unaware of the risk. NBC News' Morgan Chesky reports. A factory producing fentanyl for hospitals in China denies that its drug ends up in the U.S. The U.S. accuses China of producing the precursor chemicals for fentanyl that is smuggled across the southern border. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer reports. Testimony continued in the civil trial centered around the case of a six-year-old student who shot their teacher in school. Bodycam video and images were released publicly on Wednesday, showing law enforcement officers entering the school and treating that teacher after the shooting. NBC News' Stephanie Gosk has the story. Sean Grayson was found guilty of murder in killing of Sonya Massey. The former sheriff's deputy was convicted of second-degree murder which carries a potential sentence of up to 20 years in prison. NBC News' Maggie Vespa reports. Several research monkeys escaped, according to local authorities, after a truck carrying them crashed in Jasper County, Mississippi. Authorities initially warned the public that the monkeys may be carrying diseases including COVID, but later clarified, and said they're not infectious. NBC News' Kathy Park reports. The countdown is on to the Milan-Cortina Olympics, which will take place in February 2026. NBC News' Molly Hunter got a sneak peek inside the speedskating venue and the Olympic Village. Officials in San Francisco released harrowing video showing a firefighter repelling down a cliff to save a dog before he was reunited with his owner. NBC News' Tom Llamas reports.