Family Dollar to close almost 1,000 stores

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Nazis mingle openly at CPAC, spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories and finding allies. (Thanks for not calling them neo-Nazis.) | Continue reading


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Wildfire decimates Lahaina, once the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom

some historical and cultural context on what was lost # | Continue reading


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Elon Musk: anti-trans video dispute ends with Ella Irwin departure. | Continue reading


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Giuliani accused of offering to sell Trump pardons for $2 million each in new lawsuit. | Continue reading


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The iconic "Day-O" singer died at his home in New York City, his longtime spokesperson said. | Continue reading


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Fox Corp. and the Trump campaign hit with FEC complaint over Dominion revelations

A progressive group wants the Federal Election Commission to investigate Fox Corp. and former President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign for breaking campaign finance laws. On Friday, End Citizens United PAC filed a complaint with the FEC arguing that Fox Corp.(nbcnews.com) | Continue reading


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NBC News Author Ryan J. Reilly

Read more about professional author Ryan J. Reilly. View the writer's qualifications and read articles written by author Ryan J. Reilly at NBC News.(nbcnews.com) | Continue reading


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New York House Midterm Election 2022: Live Results and Updates

The expected vote is the total number of votes that are expected in a given race once all votes are counted. This number is an estimate and is based on several different factors, including information on the number of votes cast early as well as information provided to our vote r … | Continue reading


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Paul Pelosi was taken to the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery, the speaker's office said. Nancy Pelosi was not in San Francisco at the time of the attack. | Continue reading


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Can humans regrow limbs? A lab study with frogs offers hope

Scientists used a combination of a drug cocktail and a specialized wearable bioreactor, with frogs regrowing legs that could be used to stand and swim.  | Continue reading


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US AG Garland announces charges against 13 Chinese spy suspects

The attorney general rolled out three cases involving allegations of separate schemes to “unlawfully exert influence in the United States.” | Continue reading


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Gas stoves can leak chemicals linked to cancer, mounting evidence shows

In California, especially leaky stoves exposed people to indoor concentrations of benzene up to seven times the state's safety limit. | Continue reading


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An urban myth about litter boxes in schools became a talking point

At least 20 Republican politicians have claimed that schools are making accommodations for students who identify as cats. The school districts say these claims are untrue. | Continue reading


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A stomach bug infection may trigger Crohn's disease

For people with a genetic mutation, exposure to the virus could trigger development of the autoimmune bowel disorder. | Continue reading


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(former) Uber CSO, Joe Sullivan, found guilty of obstructing justice

Joe Sullivan was accused of failing to report to authorities a 2016 cybersecurity incident that affected the data of 57 million passengers and drivers. | Continue reading


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During opening arguments Monday, the Justice Department played a recording of Stewart Rhodes saying that his group "should have brought rifles" to the Capitol. | Continue reading


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Supreme Court to hear case challenging Section 230 immunity for tech companies

The family of Nohemi Gonzalez, who was killed in the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks, claims that YouTube helped aid and abet the spread of violent Islamic ideology. | Continue reading


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UK to Slash Taxes for the Rich

New Prime Minister Liz Truss proposed tax cuts that sent shock waves through financial markets, causing the pound to plummet and putting her political future in sudden doubt. | Continue reading


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Hurricane Ian live updates: Storm nears Category 5 strength heading to Florida

Hurricane Ian strengthened into a Category 4 storm as it barreled toward Florida Wednesday, with the center of the storm on track to make landfall on the state's west coast. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

NASA's DART mission successfully crashes spacecraft into asteroid

Data from the test will not only demonstrate whether the idea works, but also help NASA understand how it could be applied in the future. | Continue reading


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Aging is a woman's power – and the data proves it

This advantage isn’t simply a feel-good rallying cry to give older women a self-esteem boost, but based on qualities and traits they develop over time. | Continue reading


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North Korea fires ballistic Missile ahead of U.S. VP Harris visit

The launch comes after the arrival of the USS Ronald Reagan in the region for drills with South Korean forces, and ahead of Harris' arrival in Seoul. | Continue reading


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Satanic panic is making a comeback, fueled by QAnon believers and GOP influencers

Baseless accusations are branding people as satanist pedophiles at the speed of the internet — just ask a GOP prosecutor who recently lost re-election. | Continue reading


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Cloudflare blocks fringe message board Kiwi Farms citing 'targeted threats'

After one of the targets of website went public with the harassment against her, Cloudflare dropped the platform that has become synonymous with online terror. | Continue reading


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Gen Z is over Facebook, Pew Research Center finds

Facebook once beat out Instagram and Snapchat as the most popular platform. Now, it ranks lower than those platforms, as well as TikTok and YouTube, according to a Pew Research Center survey. | Continue reading


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WHO warns people not to attack monkeys amid monkeypox outbreak

At least seven monkeys in Brazil have died after being poisoned or harmed. Police say they think people attacked them out of a misplaced fear of monkeypox. | Continue reading


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Experts suspect the West has given Ukraine far more missiles than we know about

“Ukraine has so many pieces of equipment from so many countries, that keeping them all working and having spare parts for them will be a real challenge,” one expert said. | Continue reading


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A mom’s campaign to ban library books divided a Texas town – and her own family

Weston Brown had given up challenging his mother’s anti-LGBTQ beliefs. But that was before she started coming after library books. | Continue reading


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Why Americans are increasingly dubious about going to college

An “alarming” number of people are rejecting college — and it could widen the fissures already polarizing American society. | Continue reading


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Facebook turned over chat messages of mother and daughter charged over abortion

The company was served with a warrant for the messages, which experts worry could become common. | Continue reading


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The Forest Service is overstating its wildfire prevention progress

At the nation’s largest fire agency, the program to reduce wildfire fuel is receiving much-needed investment. But for 20 years, it has tracked that work with “misleading data.” | Continue reading


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A Florida school district added a parental 'advisory notice' to over 100 books

A southwest Florida school district added warning labels to more than 100 books, many of which touch on issues related to race or the LGBTQ community. Collier County Public Schools, a district that includes part of Naples, added the labels both on physical copies of the books and … | Continue reading


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UC Berkeley halts construction of student housing at People's Park after protest

The university has said that it wants to build apartment-style student housing on the site. Protesters consider the park to be a vital community gathering space. | Continue reading


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Scientists reanimate dead cells in pigs

The new research challenges the idea that the beginning of cell death is irreversible, though bioethicists say it also poses significant questions. | Continue reading


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Lake Mead nears dead pool status as water levels hit another historic low

If the reservoir dips below 895 feet — a possibility still years away — Lake Mead would reach dead pool, carrying enormous consequences for millions of people across Arizona, California, Nevada and parts of Mexico. | Continue reading


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Instagram is going to start surveying some users about race

The platform said it needs to “collect and measure” demographic information to “better understand different experiences people may have on Instagram." | Continue reading


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Vitamin D supplements don't prevent bone fractures in healthy adults

A new clinical trial calls into question whether a vitamin D supplement is necessary for bone health. | Continue reading


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PRC tried to obtain internal info and build network of informants inside the Fed

The report did not conclude whether the attempts, which included the detention of a Fed employee, were successful. | Continue reading


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Scientists Build Case for 'Sixth Extinction' and Say It Could Kill Us

Even conservative calculations show the world is in the midst of a sixth mass extinction that's likely to lead to our demise if it's unchecked, scientists say. | Continue reading


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Alzheimer's theory undermined by accusations of fabricated research

A six-month investigation by Science magazine uncovered evidence that images in the much-cited study, published 16 years ago in the journal Nature, may have been doctored. | Continue reading


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Rising prices lead to more reports of gas theft via software, hardware hacks

The most common tactics aren’t technologically sophisticated, and some of the tools used to hack pumps are easily available online. | Continue reading


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As AI language skills grow, so do scientists’ concerns

A coalition of AI researchers is launching an open-access language model meant to bring some transparency to a relatively secret technology. | Continue reading


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With the fall of Roe v. Wade, “the art of medicine is lost and actually has been replaced by fear,” said Dr. Jessian Munoz, an OB-GYN in San Antonio, Texas, who treats high-risk pregnancies. | Continue reading


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Nearly 100 hospitalized after eating lentil based product from Daily Harvest

The FDA said that 96 hospitalizations and 277 illnesses have been reported by people who ate the company's frozen French Lentil & Leek Crumbles. | Continue reading


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Delta flies a plane with 1k stranded bags and no passengers from Heathrow Air

The bags belonged to customers whose flight from London to Detroit was canceled Monday, Delta Air Lines said. | Continue reading


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DNA evidence links tech company CEO to 1992 killing of roommate’s girlfriend

New forensic technology has implicated a California tech executive in connection with the death of a 25-year-old woman killed 30 years ago. The suspect, who will be arraigned on a murder charge, was the roommate of the victim’s boyfriend and was previously arrested in connection … | Continue reading


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Twitter sues Elon Musk, accuses him of [ ] 'trashing the company'

"Since signing the merger agreement, Musk has repeatedly disparaged Twitter and the deal, creating business risk for Twitter and downward pressure on its share price," Twitter said. | Continue reading


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