Category: news
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Inflation, a health crisis and a side of politics
Life under the Golden Arches hasn’t been easy this year. McDonald’s has faced a customer revolt over pricey Big Macs, an unsolicited cameo in election-season crossfire, and now an E. coli outbreak — just as the company had been luring customers back with more affordable burgers. Still, like U.S. consumers themselves, Mickey D’s remains in…
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New York City woman found murdered at luxury Hamptons resort and spa
A slain woman’s body was found inside a guest room at a chic spa and resort in the Hamptons, authorities said Tuesday. The gruesome discovery of Sabina Rosas, a 33-year-old Brooklyn resident, was made by an employee of Shou Sugi Ban House in Water Mill, about 90 miles east of Midtown Manhattan, the Suffolk County Police…
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Ken Jennings calls out ‘problematic’ answer on ‘Jeopardy!’ and apologizes to female contestant
“Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings called out a “problematic” answer during Monday night’s episode and apologized to a female contestant before moving on to the rest of the show. The moment came when contestant Heather Ryan picked the $400 clue under the category of “Complete the Rhyming Phrase.” Jennings read out the clue “Men rarely make…
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Liam Payne’s first posthumous single to be released less than 3 weeks after his death
Liam Payne’s first posthumous single will be released on Friday, less than three weeks after the singer’s death, the song’s producer announced. “Do No Wrong” will arrive after Payne’s sudden death in Argentina on Oct. 16. “I pray that this will be a blessing to the world like Liam has always dreamed. I pray angels…
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Trump and his allies insist he’s ‘not a Nazi’
After some Democrats drew comparisons between former President Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally and a 1939 pro-Nazi event held there, Trump and his allies are insisting that he is “not Hitler.” “It’s terrible. He’s not Hitler,” former first lady Melania Trump said in an interview Tuesday on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends” when asked how…
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Shawn Mendes says he’s ‘figuring out’ his sexuality
Shawn Mendes is addressing speculation about his sexuality, saying that it’s “felt like such an intrusion” because he’s “just figuring it out like everyone.” The 26-year-old singer-songwriter spoke about the subject before performing unreleased track “The Mountain” during a concert at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Monday night. According to fan footage of the song, “The…
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Calls for hate crime charge as Jewish man shot in Chicago
A Chicago man has been charged with 14 felonies after allegedly shooting a Jewish man who was on his way to a local synagogue. But some community leaders are questioning why hate crime charges have not been filed. The Chicago Police Department said Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, is accused of shooting an unidentified 39-year-old man…
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Two found guilty of robbing off-duty Secret Service agent at gunpoint after Joe Biden fundraiser
Two men have been convicted of robbing an off-duty Secret Service agent at gunpoint after the agent had finished working at a Los Angeles fundraiser that President Joe Biden attended, prosecutors said Monday. The robbery unfolded on June 15 after the agent, who was not identified, had attended the star-studded campaign fundraiser in Los Angeles,…
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Election guardrails in 2024 and lost Chopin waltz discovered: Morning Rundown
Legal experts say an attempt to overturn the 2024 election results would be more difficult than in 2020. NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell writes about Antony Blinken’s small victory in the Middle East. And a lost Chopin waltz is discovered after 200 years. Here’s what to know today. Why it would be difficult for Trump to…
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Steve Bannon released from prison after serving contempt of Congress sentence
WASHINGTON — The last time Steve Bannon was a free man, Joe Biden was the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. Bannon, the right-wing podcast host and former Donald Trump campaign official, was released from federal Bureau of Prisons custody on Tuesday, with exactly one week to go until voters choose between his former boss and…