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Indiana woman faces up to 6 years in prison after repeatedly stabbing Asian American student on bus
A woman who was accused of stabbing an Asian American student at Indiana University Bloomington last year because she said she had “noticed” the victim was Chinese has pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime charge, court documents show. Billie Davis, 57, entered the plea last week after she was indicted by a federal grand…
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Olivia Rodrigo made her ticket prices lower for her show in the Philippines, and fans are thrilled
Olivia Rodrigo is taking her tour to the Philippines for the first time, and her fans in Manila couldn’t be happier with the ticket prices. The Grammy Award-winning singer, 21, whose father is Filipino, will be stopping by Manila in October as part of the world tour for her latest album “GUTS,” which is taking…
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Trump grapples with fallout from Mark Robinson’s latest scandal: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, we look at how Donald Trump is handling the political fallout from CNN’s bombshell report on North Carolina…
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Former NYC Covid czar admitted he held ‘private gatherings’ during the height of the pandemic
New York City’s former Covid czar has admitted to participating in what he called “private gatherings” attended by multiple people while the rest of the city was on lockdown and large get-togethers were prohibited during the pandemic. Dr. Jay Varma made the admission Thursday after he was caught on hidden camera boasting about hosting what…
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Pregnancy deaths rose by 56% in Texas after 2021 abortion ban, analysis finds
The number of women in Texas who died while pregnant, during labor or soon after childbirth skyrocketed following the state’s 2021 ban on abortion care — far outpacing a slower rise in maternal mortality across the nation, a new investigation of federal public health data finds. From 2019 to 2022, the rate of maternal mortality…
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Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell looking to sell home after unexpected guests show up
Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell said he’s in the process of selling his family’s suburban Motown home after amateur sleuths learned where they reside. “The home is beautiful,” Campbell told Crain’s Detroit Business, speaking about his family’s now former pad. “It’s just that people figured out where we lived when we lost.” The Lions, the longtime…
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Democrats seize on new Mark Robinson scandal to boost down-ballot prospects in N.C.
Democrats are preparing to ramp up efforts to tie Republicans up and down the ballot in North Carolina to Mark Robinson following a report that the GOP gubernatorial candidate made inflammatory comments on the message board of a pornography website. National and state Democratic groups were already making Robinson the centerpiece of their strategy in…
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Beirut eye doctor describes ‘devastating’ injuries after blasts
BEIRUT — An eye doctor in Lebanon said he has treated some 40 to 50 people with serious injuries, including some who lost both eyes, after a wave of communication device explosions targeted members of the militant group Hezbollah this week, killing dozens. “We’ve never seen that much cases of patients and casualties that have…
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How the top election official in America’s biggest swing state is preparing for November
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Al Schmidt, Pennsylvania’s top state election official, outlined Thursday how administrators in the nation’s biggest battleground state are preparing to take on election misinformation and even potential violence before and after ballots are cast this year. Schmidt, a Republican who in 2020 was a Philadelphia election official and was targeted by…
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Texas pipeline fire is out, vehicle and human remains are found
A fire that erupted from a Texas natural gas pipeline that was struck by a vehicle died down and was extinguished Thursday, the city of Deer Park said. A car struck the Energy Transfer pipeline on Monday and caused the fire, which sent a geyser of flame into the air and caused nearby homes to…