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The Princess of Wales took another step Friday in her return to public life following cancer treatment, in hosting her annual Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey.Dressed in a festive red coat featuring a large black bow on the collar and black buttons, the princess, often referred to simply as Kate, arrived with her husband Prince William...
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Former President Donald Trump expressed confidence in his pick to run the Pentagon, former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, amid allegations of excessive drinking and abuse of women.“It looks like Pete is doing well now,” Trump said in an exclusive interview with “Meet the Press” Moderator Kristen Welker that will air Sunday.” “I mean,...
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The gunman being sought in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has not made it easy for the New York Police Department to find him, but he did leave behind some confounding clues that could lead to his arrest, experts said Friday.Despite firing the fatal shots in a busy part of Manhattan where there are countless security cameras,...
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The person being sought in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street was seen near a Port Authority bus station 46 minutes after the shocking crime, police said.Thompson was shot from behind outside of the New York Hilton Midtown hotel Wednesday morning as he was on his way to UnitedHealth Group's investor...
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For years, patients in the U.S. health care system have grown frustrated with a bureaucracy they don't understand. Doctors are included in an insurer's network one year but not the next. Getting someone on the phone to help can be next to impossible. Coverage of care and prescriptions is often unceremoniously denied.This week's fatal shooting of...
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Howling winds couldn't stop Notre Dame Cathedral 's heart from beating again.With three resounding knocks on its doors by Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, wielding a specially designed crosier carved from fire-scorched beams, the monument roared back to life Saturday evening. For the first time since a devastating blaze nearly destroyed it in...
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Sunday’s best chance of showers is in the morning, with showers clearing by noon. Highs on Sunday will range from the mid-50s to mid-60s.Monday will be dry and warmer with highs in the upper-60s, but a cold front will drop Tuesday temperatures back into the lower-50s. Another round of freezing temperatures is likely Wednesday...
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Insurgents’ stunning march across Syria accelerated Saturday with news that they had reached the gates of the capital and that government forces had abandoned the central city of Homs. The government was forced to deny rumors that President Bashar Assad had fled the country.The loss of Homs is a potentially crippling blow for Assad. It stands...
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French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Donald Trump to Paris on Saturday with a full dose of presidential pomp as the two held a hastily arranged meeting with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy before celebrating the grand reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral.On a day that mixed pageantry with attention to pressing global problems, the once and...
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Frisco police say three people were found dead in a home Friday after they were called for a welfare check.They say someone reported their coworker hadn’t shown up for work and was unreachable.Officers responded to the 10200 block of Bancroft Lane just before 4:30 p.m."I saw they had it blocked off at that corner, had it blocked off at that...
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The president of Atlanta-based Tyler Perry Studios, Steve Mensch, died Friday night when the small plane he was piloting crashed on Florida’s Gulf Coast.The studio confirmed on Saturday that Mensch, its 62-year-old president and general manager, had died."We are incredibly saddened by the passing of our dear friend Steve Mensch,” the studio...
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The Food and Drug Administration may finally move to ban artificial red food dye, the coloring found in beverages, snacks, cereals and candies.At the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee meeting Thursday, Jim Jones, the FDA's deputy commissioner for human foods, said it's been over a decade since the safety of the synthetic color...
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With Christmas just a few weeks away and shipping deadlines creeping closer and closer, you may be fretting over what to get everyone on your list. Especially the ones who seemingly have everything. Enter experience gifts.Some are tangible and some are intangible. They’re meant to be thoughtful and hopefully, more sustainable (we really don’t...
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Returns in 2024 are expected to be about 17% of all goods sold, totaling $890 billion, according to a new report by the National Retail Federation and return management company Happy Returns. That’s up from 15% in 2023.The growing amount of returned merchandise presents major challenges for retailers, not to mention the environmental...
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Prince Louis had a sweet message for his family during this holiday season.On Friday, Dec. 6, Louis joined his older siblings, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, along with their parents, William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales at the annual "Together at Christmas” service at Westminster Abbey in London.At the festive event,...
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Insurgents' stunning march across Syria gained speed on Saturday with news that they had reached the suburbs of the capital and the government forced to deny rumors that President Bashar Assad had fled the country.The move, reported by pro-government media and an opposition war monitor, was the first time that opposition forces reach the outskirts...
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Seven people have been arrested and charged in connection with an alleged social media drug ring at Rutgers University, authorities announced this week.The sweeping undercover narcotics operation, known as "Operation RU Pharm,” uncovered a "closed and private social media network utilized by Rutgers University students to sell and purchase”...
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Bob Fernandez thought he’d go dancing and see the world when he joined the U.S. Navy as a 17-year-old high school student in August 1941. Four months later he found himself shaking from explosions and passing ammunition to artillery crews so his ship’s guns could return fire on Japanese planes bombing Pearl Harbor, a Navy base in Hawaii."When...
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Rhonda James was skeptical when her husband ordered a weighted blanket for her online. But five minutes after she wrapped it around her body, she zonked out."It felt like a really big hug,” said James, a banker in Charleston, South Carolina.As outside temperatures grow chilly, weighted blankets can be a popular choice to warm up. Some people say...
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Plano police are warning North Texans about a recent telephone scam where callers are claiming to be police officers. According to Plano PD, the scammers were also identifying themselves as the department’s sergeant, or spoofing the chief’s office phone number and the department’s non-emergency line, which would display on a victim’s...
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When faced with last minute gift shopping stress, changing weather, and hectic family visits, it’s common to turn to your two best friends for comfort during the holidays — Ben & Jerry's.While the holiday season may cause you to indulge in your go-to comfort foods, experts advise that mindful eating should also have a seat at the table. Unless...
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A woman in the Sunshine State says she was let go from her job over an act of kindness.On Nov. 27, Florida resident Victoria Hughes appeared on NBC affiliate WFLA to discuss being fired from an IHOP in Lakeland, Florida, where she'd worked for 13 years. The story begins on Nov. 24, when a homeless man walked into the restaurant and asked her for...
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Donald Trump is off on his first international trip as president-elect, ready to join world leaders and dignitaries in Paris for a Saturday celebration of the renovation of Notre Dame Cathedral after a devastating fire in 2019.Trump wrote when he accepted the invitation earlier this week that French President Emmanuel Macron had done “a wonderful...
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Catherine, Princess of Wales, offered a rare reflection on her cancer journey during an interaction at her annual carol service, "Together At Christmas.”Kate hosted the fourth annual event at Westminster Abbey on Dec. 6 with her three children and husband, William, Prince of Wales.In a video shared by British broadcast station Channel 5 News...
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Thirteen North Texas MFA students will get a chance to shine in the new year. Dallas Contemporary will present Open University, the inaugural DC NTX Graduate Student Program exhibition, opening January 24, 2025.Launched in August 2024, this annual initiative invites North Texas MFA students in their final year of graduate work to exhibit at...
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Santa is coming to shopping malls across North Texas, now through Christmas Eve. Reservations for photos with Santa are available at the North East Mall, Firewheel Town Center, Grapevine Mills and The Shops at Clearfork. Families with children with special needs can have a private, sensory-friendly experience on Dec. 8 at the North East Mall,...
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The picture of who will be in charge of executing President-elect Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration and border policies has come into sharper focus after he announced his picks to head Customs and Border Protection and also the agency tasked with deporting immigrants in the country illegally.Trump said late Thursday he was tapping Rodney...
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A man is facing life in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping a rideshare diver at gunpoint, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in southern Florida. At about 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 16, a ride-share driver working in Arlington picked up 24-year-old Miguel Alejandro Pastran Hernandez as a passenger and drove him to his destination, a gas...
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The NBA is returning to China next season, striking a deal to play preseason games there more than five years after the league was effectively banned over commissioner Adam Silver not punishing Daryl Morey for tweeting support of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong.The Brooklyn Nets and the Phoenix Suns will play in China's gambling hub of...
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Taylor Swift has sung “When I walk in the room, I can still make the whole place shimmer.”Shimmer in gold. Because everything she touches, and everywhere she goes, turns to just that.She’s a one-woman economic stimulus, her tour stops causing local revenue to skyrocket as quickly as one of her hits soars to the top of the charts.It’s “The...
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Hall of Fame wide receiver Randy Moss will be taking time away from his on-air duties at ESPN, nearly a week after disclosing that he’s facing a serious health issue.Details of Moss’ health condition were not disclosed, but the ESPN football analyst discussed his situation during the Dec. 1 broadcast, where he appeared wearing glasses.He...
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Iran is poised to "quite dramatically” increase its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium as it has started cascades of advanced centrifuges, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned Friday. The comments from Rafael Mariano Grossi came just hours after Iran said it conducted a successful space launch with its heaviest payload...
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The Southern Methodist University football team's 2023-2024 season was considered a success. The Mustangs went undefeated in the American Athletic Conference (AAC) and went on to win the conference title, ending a 40-year drought. Then came the call they would be moving to the prestigious Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) for the 2024-2025 season,...
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The Salvation Army warehouse in Dallas is buzzing with workers and volunteers, sorting and organizing Salvation Army Angel Tree gifts that have been returned to get ready for distribution.“The best part was packing these up and putting them all into the car and just hearing the toys starting to make noise,” Bailey Lawson of Compass said as she...
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A high-profile violent crime typically sets social media abuzz with tips and theories from amateur internet sleuths, hunting for the alleged perpetrator. But after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down in New York City this week without a primary suspect being identified, a rare occurrence happened in the thriving true-crime world:...
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Grapevine police said they arrested a man for possession of child pornography found while they investigated a report of invasive visual recording.Police said 121 Community Church called them to investigate when a missionary couple discovered four spy cameras inside the mobile home the church uses as temporary housing for visiting families.According...
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The promise of cold weather and precipitation Saturday forced several North Texas cities to cancel or postpone holiday events.The City of Mesquite was one of the first to make the call. The stage and props are set at Mesquite's Westlake Park. But the festivities will have to wait just a bit longer. City manager Cliff Keheley said city leaders made...
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Grapevine police said they arrested a man for possession of child pornography found while they investigated a report of invasive visual recording.Police said 121 Community Church called them to investigate when a missionary couple discovered four spy cameras inside the mobile home the church uses as temporary housing for visiting families.According...
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President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump spoke on the phone over the Thanksgiving holiday last week, according to two people familiar with the call.The previously unreported phone call marks the only known time Biden and Trump have spoken since the president-elect visited the White House for a meeting in the Oval Office on Nov. 13.The...
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Jobs rebounded in November, with nonfarm payrolls increasing more than expected.Employment growth came from many different areas of the economy, with health care and social assistance leading the way.The gains come after October’s employment performance across industries showed a mixed bag for the U.S. economy.The jobs report for November came in...
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Video obtained by NBC Washington shows a naked man standing on top of a moving Metropolitan Police Department cruiser.The fully nude man bounces and appears to clap as a police SUV slowly moves along Minnesota Avenue NE, video shared by a law enforcement source shows.Police say the man climbed on top of the police SUV at about 2 p.m. Wednesday and...
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The remains of a woman who fell into a sinkhole were recovered Friday, four days after she went missing while searching for her cat, a state police spokesperson said.Trooper Steve Limani said the body of 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard was sent to the Westmoreland County Coroner's Office for an autopsy after rescuers used machinery to bring her to...
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TikTok scrolling could end next month for the 170 million users in the U.S. after a three-judge panel sided with the U.S. Department of Justice in its defense of a law requiring the parent company of TikTok to sell or face a ban next month.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld a law passed by Congress and signed by President Joe...
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Tommy’s Burgers in Fort Worth sits just outside the base and Lockheed Martin."We named several of our burgers after the planes of the base,” Tommy's Burgers owner Kelly Smith said. "For example, we have a Blue Angel, and then we have a Thunderbird chicken breast sandwich.”Owner Kelly Smith said Lockheed employees were a large part of her...
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A North Texas family is celebrating what they once thought would be impossible.Iann Ledesma was born at 22 weeks gestation, barely a pound and measured less than a foot long.His parents Giselle and Franco Ledesma were given little hope their tiny baby would survive.“The doctors already kind of told us that it was probably not likely he was not...
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Writing lessons in Mrs. Friend’s 4th-grade class at Carl E. Schluter Elementary School in Haslet are about more than good grammar and sentence structure. Students are learning the power of their pencil. “What happens when we move orcas to a different location,” teacher Rachel Friend asked the class. The students had been studying about orca...
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Construction on Universal Kids Resort is progressing and has received another approval from the City of Frisco, specifically over the design of its brightly colored 300-room hotel.The 97-acre kid-centric theme park is taking shape along the tollway in Frisco and has gone 'vertical' with concrete structures and paths lining the way for crews.Just...
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A naked man on a high school football field was taken into custody Thursday night in connection with the death of his 15-year-old brother at a nearby residence in Newbury Park, California, police said.Officers responded to a call around 8:03 p.m. PT in the 400 block of Jeanne Court.A teenager in the home had suffered blunt force trauma — some...
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If you’re not a numbers person, sometimes even if you are, high school math, can be mind-numbing.“These are all quadratic equations and quadratic equations, they don’t really make sense to anyone,” said New Tech High School math teacher, Sumeen Asim.If you’re not building rockets or satellite orbits, do you really need to know this...
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Luzerne County has retained an outside consultant to examine prison operations, county Manager Romilda Crocamo announced Friday.
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Amid musical performances and a visit from Santa, President Joe Biden illuminated the National Christmas Tree outside the White House Thursday evening for the last time in his presidency.The National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony drew crowds to the Ellipse just south of the White House. Organizers said earlier they were expecting about 12,000...
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A Florida jury delivered a $310 million verdict Thursday to the family of Tyre Sampson, the Missouri teen who plunged to his death while on a free-fall ride at an amusement park two years ago.The civil verdict, announced in an Orange County courtroom after roughly an hour of deliberation, was against the Austrian company that manufactured the...
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Billionaire Elon Musk poured more than $20 million into a mysterious super PAC at the end of the 2024 campaign, part of more than $250 million he spent overall to boost President-elect Donald Trump, new campaign finance reports show.Musk financed RBG PAC, according to the group’s report filed Thursday night with the Federal Election Commission....
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Space fans will have to wait a little longer to see the Artemis II mission take flight.NASA is once again delaying the mission that will take four astronauts around the moon and back, part of the multi-voyage Artemis program that aims to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972.The agency had targeted September of 2025 for the...
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Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson has been arrested on federal public corruption charges alleging that she orchestrated “a complicated kickback scheme” to steal city funds, officials said Friday.Fernandes Anderson, 45, of Boston, is facing six counts of aiding and abetting wire fraud in connection with the use of federal money...
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He's one of the most famous and widely admired corporate leaders in the world. But it's the haters that companies like Mark Zuckerberg's Meta worry about.In an era when online anger and social tensions are increasingly directed at the businesses consumers count on, Meta last year spent $24.4 million on guards, alarms and other measures to keep...
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A federal appeals court upheld a law requiring China-based ByteDance to sell the popular social media app TikTok or face an effective ban in the United States. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., rejected TikTok’s argument that the ban is unconstitutional and violates the First Amendment rights of the 170 million Americans who use the...
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It was a social media catchphrase, then a merchandising opportunity and, finally, a cryptocurrency. Now, the social media sensation who lent her viral "hawk tuah” moment to a new digital coin is the face of the latest controversy centered around crypto and what some are calling an all-too-familiar racket meant to trick people out of their...
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Police Chief Dustin Munn will act as city manager for the City of Ennis after Interim City Manager Aron Kulhavy resigned, according to the mayor’s office. Kulhavy’s resignation came on Thursday, four days after a boil water notice was issued for the city’s public water system. The notice was rescinded Thursday at 6 p.m. According to his...
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Stellantis is recalling more than 300,000 Ram Heavy Duty pickup trucks because a faulty part could cause certain braking and tracking systems to fail.The Netherlands-based automaker said the hydraulic control unit on the trucks is prone to failure, which can cause the anti-lock brake, electronic stability control and traction control systems to not...
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If you’ve seen the letters RCS while texting recently, you’re not alone. But what do they mean and why are more people seeing them now? It’s likely because of a recent update from Apple allowing for easier texting between Android and Apple phones. When Apple unveiled iOS 18 earlier this fall, it also rolled out the texting feature, though it...
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Treasury yields traded lower on Friday as investors digested key payroll data that kept the door open for another rate cut from the Federal Reserve later this month.The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell 3 basis points to 4.149%. Meanwhile, the 2-year Treasury yield declined 5 basis points to 4.096%.One basis point is equal to 0.01% and yields...
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A judge agreed to dismiss the manslaughter charge in the trial of Daniel Penny, the former Marine accused of killing subway performer Jordan Neely with a chokehold in May 2023, after jurors twice sent notes saying they could not come to a unanimous verdict. That still leaves criminally negligent homicide on the table.The development came as...
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The national milk supply must be tested for bird flu under a federal order announced Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.Entities handling raw milk, such as bulk milk transporters or dairy processors, must collect and share samples with the USDA upon request.The goal is to quickly identify which dairy herds are affected by H5N1 — the...
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The oldest known wild bird in the world has laid an egg at the ripe age of about 74, her first in four years, U.S. wildlife officials said.The long-winged seabird named Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge at the northwestern edge of the Hawaiian Archipelago and laid what experts estimate may be her 60th...
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A Missouri couple has been charged with child abuse after they allegedly performed a botched circumcision on their child at home, despite lacking the medical expertise, resulting in the child going to the hospital. Tyler Wade Gibson and his wife, Bailey Alexus Gibson, were charged with child abuse by the Prosecuting Attorney of Morgan...
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President Joe Biden and his senior aides are discussing the idea of issuing pre-emptive pardons for people President-elect Donald Trump has scorned in recent years as he has hinted about plans for retribution, two sources familiar with the discussions confirmed.While the discussions have included certain names, including Senator-elect Adam Schiff,...
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The commencement of the holiday season often means the lengthening of to-do lists.There are lights to hang, cards to mail, cookies to bake and, of course, gifts to buy. Gift exchanges, whether they're among friends, family or co-workers, can be a fun way to get in the holiday spirit. But can also be another stressor during a busy time of...
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A Texas man who was the first rioter to go on trial for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was resentenced on Friday to nearly seven years in prison after he delivered an angry, profane rant to the judge who agreed to modestly reduce his original sentence.Guy Reffitt benefitted from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that led to the dismissal of...
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A panel of three federal appeals court judges ruled unanimously Friday to uphold a law that could potentially ban TikTok in the United States.The legislation, passed in April by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden, requires TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell it to an American owner by Jan. 19, 2025, or face an effective...
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QVC issued a recall of more than a million pairs of oven gloves sold in the U.S. after discovering they posed a burn hazard to customers.The shopping channel noted that the gloves may not provide sufficient protection from heat, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. QVC has received 162 reports of insufficient heat protection...
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Tens of thousands of people have expressed support on social media for the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO, or sympathized with it, in what at least one researcher is calling a worrying sign of radicalization among segments of the U.S. population."And people wonder why we want these executives dead,” wrote Taylor Lorenz, a former New York...
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President-elect Donald Trump has chosen a Miami Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agent in charge as his nominee for deputy homeland security advisor. In his current role, Anthony W. Salisbury "manages all of HSI’s complex Federal Law Enforcement investigative programs related to National Security and smuggling violations, including...
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Cold and flu season always comes around when the weather starts to change. But does cold, wet weather actually make you sick? Not really, experts say. But cooler temperatures and dry winter air can affect your body in surprising ways.As the weather starts to turn, rates of certain respiratory illnesses start to tick up. Beginning in September and...
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Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, announced on Friday he will not seek a third term."By stepping aside, I believe we create the best opportunity for our members to rally around a new candidate who will uphold the principles that make our House one of the most exceptional, deliberative legislative bodies in the country — a place where...
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The U.S. Labor Department issued a retirement security rule in April. Two Texas courts seem inclined to overturn it.The administration of President-elect Donald Trump, who has signaled his intent to pursue a deregulatory agenda, may decline to keep defending the “fiduciary” rule in court, attorneys said.The same thing happened during Trump’s...
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Investigators on Thursday identified the gunman who opened fire at a tiny religious school in Butte County, California, where critically wounded two kindergartners before killing himself. The man, identified by the sheriff as 56-year-old Glenn Litton, may have targeted Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists in Palermo on Wednesday because...
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Corporate executives are seeking additional security protection after the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York, Kroll Enterprise Security Risk Management says. Thompson, whose company is the leading private payer of health insurance claims in the U.S., was killed on his way to a UnitedHealth Group investors meeting in...
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Tens of thousands of wealthy Americans are not complying with recently revamped IRS efforts to get them to file tax returns. “We continue to pursue these folks,” an IRS official told CNBC. “This is not work that we will let go.” A quirk in federal tax law may be incentivizing wealthy people who want to avoid taxes to simply not file their...
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Job creation in November rebounded from a near-standstill the prior month as the effects of a significant labor strike and violent storms in the Southeast receded, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.Nonfarm payrolls increased by 227,000 for the month, compared to an upwardly revised 36,000 in October and the Dow Jones consensus estimate...
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DFW Airport dropped to 32 degrees for the first official freeze of the season on Friday, December 6.The average date for the first freeze is November 22. DFW Airport averages 29 freezes for the entire season. Our first freeze is a little behind schedule and a little later than in recent years. The latest freeze of the season was January 4, 1972.
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Three climbers from the U.S. and Canada who went missing five days ago on New Zealand's tallest mountain are presumed dead, authorities said.The two Americans and a Canadian climber were planning to summit Aoraki by using the Zurbriggen Ridge, but they never met their flight out Monday as planned, police said.The search, which began the same day,...
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk and conservative activist Vivek Ramaswamy on Thursday began in-person discussions with congressional Republicans about ways they could slash federal spending and regulations once President-elect Donald Trump takes office.Trump has tasked Musk and Ramaswamy with issuing recommendations to overhaul the federal budget and...
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Several earthquakes struck Northern California Thursday, including a magnitude-7.0 offshore in the Pacific Ocean at 10:44 a.m. PT that triggered a tsunami warning along coastal areas from Santa Cruz into Oregon.The tsunami warning was canceled just before noon PT.At least two other earthquakes were initially reported around the same time:A...
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NASA announced more delays Thursday in sending astronauts back to the moon more than 50 years after Apollo.Administrator Bill Nelson said the next mission in the Artemis program — sending four astronauts around the moon and back — is now targeted for April 2026. It had been on the books for fall 2025, after slipping from this year.That bumps...
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The Biden administration is considering new rules that would require airlines to pay passengers for significant delays within a carrier's control. The U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday launched a rule making process, billed as a measure to "protect passengers stranded by airlines,” that is now open for public comment. It seeks to...
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Tech investor and podcaster David Sacks will join the Trump administration as the “White House A.I. & Crypto Czar.”“David will focus on making America the clear global leader in both areas,” Trump wrote in social media post on Thursday.Venture investor and podcaster David Sacks will join the Trump administration as the “White House A.I. &...
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President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that former Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., had agreed to be nominated to be the next U.S. ambassador to China."As a Fortune 500 CEO, who had a 40-year International business career, and served in the U.S. Senate, David brings valuable expertise to help build our relationship with China,” Trump said on...
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The head of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's governing party on Friday signaled more openness to his removal as president for plunging the key U.S. ally into chaos with a short-lived declaration of martial law, reversing his position the day before an impeachment vote.Han Dong-hoon, leader of the conservative People Power Party (PPP), had...
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A federal judge on Thursday rejected a deal that would have let Boeing plead guilty to a felony conspiracy charge and pay a fine for misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people. U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor in Texas said that diversity, inclusion and equity or DEI policies in the...
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The South Oak Cliff Golden Bears will face the team that upset their run for a third-straight championship win last year.SOC and Port Neches-Groves will play in the Regional Finals Friday night, where both teams are expected to have a chip on their shoulders.The South Oak Cliff Golden Bears have grown accustomed to the spotlight. It comes with the...
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Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, the leader of the Texas Senate, said he will move to ban all forms of THC people can consume across the state. This comes after lawmakers relaxed rules on the marijuana-type product over the past few years. Patrick is arguably the most powerful person in the state during the legislative session. He marked the bill, Senate...
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A man suspected of burglarizing a Trump campaign office in Virginia was arrested in California over the weekend, authorities said.Security video captured images of the suspect in August. The Loudoun County, Virginia, Sheriff's Office said Thursday that the man in the video — Toby Shane Kessler, 39 — was detained in California on Saturday...
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A federal judge on Thursday rejected a deal that would have let Boeing plead guilty to a felony conspiracy charge and pay a fine for misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people.U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor in Texas said that diversity, inclusion and equity or DEI policies in the...
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Jesus "Jay” Chapa, a former city leader who has held high-profile positions, is the lone finalist set to become Fort Worth's next city manager, pending City Council approval on Tuesday, Dec. 10, according to the city.One council member says he believes Chapa's selection wasn't made fairly and that the city needs to be more transparent.In an...
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Luzerne County Manager Romilda Crocamo presented her views during Thursday’s study commission meeting, including arguments for keeping the top manager position appointed instead of elected and maintaining a central law office rather than switching back to individual solicitors.
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Police body camera footage shows the moments police officers in Florida, rescued a 3-year-old who was submerged in a cold lake.According to Lauderhill Police, the incident happened at around 1 a.m. Thursday in the area of 6200 South Falls Circle Drive. Officers responded to a report of a child running toward a lake.When the officers arrived, they...
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“Pet sitter,” “chauffeur,” “bakery assistant” and other service jobs are drawing a surge of interest in Singapore, according to the 2024 Rising Jobs list by job matching and hiring platform Indeed. While workers in the country eye service and support roles, employers are focused on finding talent in high-demand fields such as artificial...
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Farmers Branch police and Drug Enforcement Administration agents seized more than 4.600 pounds of marijuana and around $400,000 in a warehouse complex on Wednesday.Farmers Branch police and DEA agents executed a narcotics search warrant early Wednesday morning at a warehouse complex in the 2000 block of Valley View Lane.The months-long...
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In breaking music industry standards, Taylor Swift has become the new standard.A pioneer in the music industry, she challenged nearly universal business standards that had been begrudgingly accepted by decades of artists. She transitioned from country queen to pop star, a genre crossover and musical evolution that cemented her status as a global...
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The boil water notice issued for the city of Ennis has been rescinded after the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality determined the water no longer requires boiling prior to use.The public water system made the necessary corrective actions to restore the quality of the water and provided the TCEQ with lab results.The city has been under the...
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Bright red vending machines were set up along Main Street in Grapevine. The city that calls itself the ‘Christmas Capital of Texas’ was the first stop for the Light of the World Giving Machine.“You know in some vending machines you might see like this you’re selecting something and you get a bag of chips out,” Charles Spitzer with The...
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A man who "leapt” onto a polar bear when it lunged at his wife during a rare attack earlier this week was seriously injured but is expected to recover, tribal authorities in Canada said.A neighbor fatally shot the bear during the Tuesday incident in the Fort Severn First Nation, in the far northern section of Ontario, the Nishnawbe-Aski Police...
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Just one retail chain was enough for Taylor Swift to have the top-selling book last week and the biggest opening week of 2024. According to Circana, Swift’s "Eras Tour Book” sold 814,000 copies over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Circana tracks around 85% of the print market, but the "Eras” numbers are more precise: Swift sold the book...
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The Memphis Police Department uses excessive force and discriminates against Black people, according to the findings of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation launched after the beating death of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop in 2023.A report released Wednesday marked the conclusion of the investigation that began six months after Nichols...
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An imprisoned far-right extremist group leader who was the top target of the federal investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol balked at answering a prosecutor’s questions about the attack when he testified on Thursday at the trial of a police officer accused of leaking him confidential information.A federal judge warned...
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House lawmakers voted Thursday against releasing an Ethics Committee report on an exhaustive, yearslong investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., a close ally and confidant of President-elect Donald Trump.Democrats had forced the votes and Republicans responded by voting to return the matter to the Ethics Committee, ending the fight over...
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Wylie Police said officers arrested a man from Kentucky accused of sexually assaulting a resident at an assisted living facility. Investigators said a security camera in the room helped them in the investigation.Police said on Nov. 28 around 2:45 p.m., officers responded to Garnett Hill Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Facility located at 1420...
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More than a month after five people were indicted in a scheme to help secure positions in Texas schools for unqualified teachers. The Texas Education Agency released the first batch of more than 100 teachers under investigation.In late October, the Harris County District revealed the alleged scheme credentials were falsified for more than 200...
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Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson says he heard the call of voters for more public safety and more accountability at Dallas City Hall.Among his first public remarks on the election, Dallas' mayor also presented what's ahead for a city now required to hire 900 more police officers."I hear you and I understand what's important to you,” Johnson said in...
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A holiday tradition is helping drive the Texas economy. According to the Texas A&M Forest Service, every year more than four million real Christmas trees are sold in Texas. But they’re also getting more expensive.The American Christmas Tree Association reports that inflation and drought are pushing up prices for consumers. Still, some families...
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Two sailors assigned to the USS George Washington died within days of each other shortly after the aircraft carrier arrived in Japan, officials and family members said.Their causes of death are unclear. The Navy said both cases are under investigation by Japanese authorities and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS).Two years ago, the...
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Chi-Chi’s, a popular Mexican restaurant chain from the 1990s that had hundreds of locations across the U.S. including in the Chicago suburbs, is officially making a comeback after more than two decades, a press release announced Wednesday. The resurgence of the restaurant — which closed its last location more than 20 years ago — comes after a...
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A woman accused of sneaking on a flight from New York to Paris has ties to the Philadelphia area and filed lawsuits alleging she was the victim of human trafficking and poisoning, NBC10 confirmed.On Tuesday, Nov. 26, Svetlana Dali, 57, was able to get past security at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, and board a Delta Air...
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Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield said Thursday it was not going ahead with a policy change that would limit reimbursements for anesthesia during surgeries and medical procedures. The new policy would have reimbursed doctors based on time limits set by the insurer.Anthem BCBS, one of the largest health insurers in the U.S., quietly announced the new...
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For many Americans, finding affordable long-term care is a challenge.Still, around 7 in 10 individuals will need that care at some point.One congressman wants to create a federal program to help families cope with those costs.As a historic wave of baby boomers reaches retirement age, finding affordable long-term care is a challenge.“We’re going...
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More people are living at American malls as real estate developers knock down department stores and construct apartment buildings in their place.At least 192 U.S. malls planned to add housing to their footprint as of January 2022, and at least 33 had constructed apartments since the pandemic began. Dozens more apartment projects are currently...
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With just a little more than a month and half left in office, President Joe Biden is under pressure to forgive more student debt.Democratic lawmakers and consumer advocates are asking Biden to focus on defrauded student loan borrowers and those over age 50 in his final weeks in office.With less than two months left in office, President Joe Biden is...
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A federal judge rejected Boeing’s agreement to plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge tied to two crashes of its best-selling 737 Max aircraft.Boeing agreed to plead guilty over the summer after the DOJ said it violated an earlier agreement.Victims’ family members took issue with a government-appointed monitor as a condition of the plea and...
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The UnitedHealthcare CEO shot and killed outside a Manhattan hotel in a “targeted” attack Wednesday morning had received multiple threats, his wife told NBC News. Brian Thompson, 50, was shot in the back and calf outside the New York Hilton Midtown hotel in what police officials described as a “premeditated, preplanned, targeted attack”...
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A tech billionaire who bought a series of spaceflights from Elon Musk’s SpaceX and conducted the first private spacewalk was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday to lead NASA.Jared Isaacman, 41, CEO and founder of a card-processing company, has been a close collaborator with Musk ever since buying his first chartered flight with...
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The mother of a Philadelphia Eagles player is asking for the public's help after her dog who helped her get through her battle with breast cancer was stolen from a Philadelphia Target store in October.Tralee Hale-Ringo, the mother of Eagles cornerback Kelee Ringo, told NBC10 she was with her 10-year-old Shih Tzu named Molly inside the Target store...
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It’s not the news Dallas Cowboys fans or Zack Martin wanted to hear. The Pro Bowl and All-Pro guard will undergo season-ending surgery according to head coach Mike McCarthy.The surgery will repair an injury to Martin’s right ankle, an injury he suffered two weeks ago against the Houston Texans.This season Martin has battled injuries to his...
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Honda is recalling more than 205,000 SUVs due to a fuel leak issue, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.The NHTSA said in a recall notice on Thursday that the fuel filler neck tube and fuel filler pipe may separate in affected vehicles, allowing fuel to leak.“A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source increases...
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The family of the widower Earl Albert who donated this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is giving an update of his health after he suffered a stroke.Due to his health, Earl Albert wasn't able to attend the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting on Dec. 4. His family, who did attend the tree lighting ceremony, appeared on TODAY Dec....
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Prescription fills for blockbuster weight loss medications in the U.S. more than doubled in 2024, even with limited insurance coverage and high out-of-pocket costs for the treatments. That’s according to new data from drug savings company GoodRx, which examined fill trends and spending patterns for weight loss drugs such as Novo Nordisk’s...
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What to KnowThe search for a woman who is believed to have fallen into a sinkhole in western Pennsylvania is moving into a recovery effort after two days of searching produced no signs of life.Pennsylvania State Police spokesperson Trooper Steve Limani said during a news conference Wednesday that authorities no longer believe they will find...
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Rebel forces entered the Syrian city of Hama and forced out government troops Thursday, in a development that may have significant consequences in the country’s 14-year-long civil war.Both the Syrian Defense Ministry and an official from the militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, known as HTS, said that insurgents had gained access to the...
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Although many kids are writing letters to Santa and counting presents under the Christmas tree, there are thousands of families in North Texas who are feeling the financial strain and won't be able to provide even the basic necessities.It's a harsh reality, but many North Texas families are struggling to keep their children warm this winter. That's...
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Trump transition officials are exploring the possibility of building immigrant detention facilities on a plot of land recently purchased by the state of Texas along the Rio Grande, according to a person familiar with the discussions.Texas Gov. Greg Abbott spoke to President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming “border czar,” Tom Homan, last...
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South Korean police and prosecutors on Thursday opened separate insurrection investigations against President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed attempt to impose martial law in the key U.S. ally as his party said it opposed a planned vote to impeach him.The timing of the vote was announced as Yoon accepted the resignation of his defense minister,...
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The suspect the NYPD believes shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson left behind writings on the shell casings that police found at the crime scene, a senior New York City law enforcement official briefed on the investigation tells NBC News.The search for the masked gunman has been ongoing since the Wednesday morning shooting left...
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As the holiday season rolls around, one of the most debated parenting topics resurfaces: Should parents tell their kids that Santa isn't real? Dr. Eileen Kennedy-Moore, a clinical psychologist and creator of the “Kids Ask Dr. Friendtastic” podcast, sheds light on this hot topic in an interview with NBC.When kids discover the truth“The average...
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One of Colombia’s legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cocaine cartel has been released from a U.S. prison and is expected to be deported back home.Records from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons show Fabio Ochoa Vásquez was released Tuesday after completing 25 years of a 30-year prison sentence.Ochoa, 67, and his older brothers...
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Brian Thompson led one of the biggest health insurers in the U.S. but was unknown to millions of people his decisions affected.Then Wednesday’s targeted fatal shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO on a midtown Manhattan sidewalk thrust the executive and his business into the national spotlight.Thompson, who was 50, had worked at the giant...
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People planning to pay for food early Thursday morning were greeted at 24/7 convenience stores with a message — “No EBT.”DownDetector tracked EBT issues picking up around midnight ET Thursday nationwide.By 6 a.m. ET, the reported outages appeared to be subsiding.The exact root of the payment issue wasn’t clear.What are SNAP...
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The incoming Trump administration is preparing a list of countries to which it may deport migrants when their home countries refuse to accept them, according to three sources familiar with the plans. The countries include but may not be limited to Turks and Caicos, the Bahamas, Panama and Grenada, the sources said. The plans could mean that...
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The lights are bright at Rockefeller Center as the 11-ton Norway Spruce outside dazzles once again with tens of thousands of LED lights to mark the holiday season. While Christmas and holiday decorations have been showing up in New York City over the past few weeks, none represents the start of the season and spirit of NYC than the Rockefeller...
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UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed outside a Manhattan hotel early Wednesday morning, the NYPD said.Police said Thompson was shot near the New York Hilton hotel at 1335 Ave of the Americas.Thompson was initially taken to a local hospital in critical condition but later died from his injuries, sources tell NBC New York.The...
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Since Donald Trump announced Kash Patel as his pick for FBI director, a 2023 podcast interview he did with fellow Trump loyalist Steve Bannon has circulated far and wide.In the recording last year, Patel asserted how he would handle reporters if he were put in power. "We're going to come after the people in the media who lied about American...
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What to KnowThe French government has been toppled in a vote of no confidence.Prime Minister Michel Barnier is expected to resign immediately although French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to ask him to continue as a caretaker prime minister while he searches for a replacement. New parliamentary elections cannot take place until next...
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A suspected gunman is dead and two students are injured following a shooting Wednesday afternoon at a school in Butte County, California, according to the sheriff’s office.Just after 1:08 p.m., the Butte County Sheriff’s Office said it began receiving calls at the Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists in Palermo. Deputies responded...
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You may have seen offers to bundle your home and auto insurance for a discount. It's typically optional for customers. A North Texas homeowner tells NBC 5 Responds her insurance company told her she would have to bundle to keep the current policy on her house.Read on for what this may mean for consumers who are already facing soaring rates.‘THIS...
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As difficult as moving his own legs might be, each step is a blessing for Anthony Luciano.Just two and a half years ago, doctors told him something as simple as sitting down for an interview might never be possible."A buddy needed trees removed. It was pretty close to his house so dangerous work. We did it for about three days. We got every single...
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Want to bring the smell of a dive bar home for the holidays? This is the year to do it.Miller High Life announced on Tuesday that it’s releasing a “Dive Bar-Fume” that is supposed to capture the same smells found at your local dive bar. The perfume smells like “cedarwood, the musky scent of those worn-in leather barstools, the sea salt from...
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It is an ambitious social experiment of our moment in history — one that experts say could accomplish something that parents, schools and other governments have attempted with varying degrees of success: keeping kids off social media until they turn 16.Australia’s new law, approved by its Parliament last week, is an attempt to swim against many...
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In Ennis, a boil water notice will continue tomorrow for the fifth straight day after officials say testing still hasn't cleared their system as totally safe.Ennis schools have been closed since Monday and classes are canceled Thursday as well while the district awaits the all-clear.At the Kolache Depot bakery, empty shelves and shut-down drink...
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A jury has handed down the death penalty for Jason Thornburg, convicted of the 2021 slayings of three people in a Euless motel room.Police found the bodies of David Lueras, 42, Maricruz Mathis, 33, and Lauren Phillips, 34, dismembered and burning in a Fort Worth dumpster in September 2021. Outside the courtroom on Wednesday, family members of the...
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Luzerne County Council must decide if it will continue funding law enforcement officers at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport security checkpoints next year.
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Global food prices recently rose to an 18-month high, with some food baskets expected to continue climbing, according to market watchers.In October, world food commodity prices were at their highest since April 2023, according to the most recent data compiled by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization.Global food prices recently...
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A majority of Dallas city council members expressed tentative support for allowing city staff to come up with a plan to add digital kiosks that could generate $3 million in advertising revenue annually.No vote was taken during Wednesday's briefing which included options regarding both potential future use of digital kiosks and the current contract...
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A vacant high school in Dallas continues to be a problem in the South Oak Cliff neighborhood. Since September, the building has caught on fire five times and it remains under investigation as to how the fires started. The building, located at the intersection of West Kiest Blvd. and S. Beckley Ave. sits near I-35 and is vacant, but despite not...
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If anyone could clone themselves it would be school bus drivers like Rufus Huckabee in Fort Worth ISD. His job is becoming harder for all the wrong reasons, like fewer drivers.“There’s usually a need since COVID, I think everything took a hit,” said Huckabee.There are more students, more special programs and classes that require kids to be...
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In the halls of South Oak Cliff High School, the former quarterback, Kevin Jennings’ picture graces the wall.His former coach Jason Todd loves seeing what Jennings has achieved now as quarterback for the SMU Mustangs."I see a guy that is setting himself up to be successful in life and have a great future, whether it’s on the field or off the...
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Exposure to lead in gasoline during childhood resulted in many millions of excess cases of psychiatric disorders over the last 75 years, a new study estimates.Lead was banned from automobile fuel in 1996. The study, published Wednesday in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, looked at its lasting impact in the U.S. by analyzing...
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A gunman killed UnitedHealthcare's CEO on Wednesday in a "brazen, targeted attack” outside a Manhattan hotel where the health insurer was holding its investor conference, police said, setting off a massive search for the fleeing assailant hours before the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting nearby.Brian Thompson, 50, was shot in the...
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President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Defense Department, Pete Hegseth, is in peril as Senate Republicans grow increasingly concerned over reports about his alleged drinking and treatment of women.As many as six Senate Republicans, perhaps more, are currently not comfortable supporting Hegseth’s bid to lead the Pentagon as new...
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Rescue workers are continuing to search a sinkhole Wednesday morning in Unity Township, Pennsylvania for a woman who went missing while looking for her cat.Elizabeth Pollard, 64, went missing Tuesday and her 5-year-old granddaughter was found by police in her parked car around 10 hours later, unharmed.It is believed Pollard fell through a nearby...
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The 92nd annual Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting is set for a chilly Wednesday night in midtown Manhattan.While Christmas and holiday decorations have been showing up in New York City over the past few weeks, none represents the start of the season and spirit of NYC than the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree.NBC is once again the official broadcast...
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