>>> former north carolina senator kay hagan has died at the age of 66. hagan served one term in the senate after defeating republican elizabeth dole in 2008 her family said the former senator died after a three year battle with encephalitis hagan was diagnosed with powassan virus in 2016 that virus is transmitted to humans by ticks and there is no cure hagan is survived by her husband and three kids. >>> now to a disturbing case out of massachusetts, a boston college student took his own life on the day of his graduation, and now it's led to a criminal charge against his girlfriend nbc's stephanie gosk is here with a story on this this is really disturbing. >> this is a tough one prosecutors say the 18-month relationship between these two boston college students had turned into an abusive one, physically and psychologically, eventually pushing alexander urtula to take his own life. this morning is girlfriend is accused of involuntary manslaught