Category: news
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Sean Combs’ new home — a notorious federal jail — has a ‘way of breaking people,’ lawyers say
Sean “Diddy” Combs is used to living in multimillion-dollar mansions. His new home is a notorious federal jail in New York City known for extreme violence and abominable medical care. The Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn was the scene of two fatal stabbings in two months over the summer. And in April, MS-13 gang members…
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Philadelphia teen hoped to make bombs for terror group and considered Pride attack, officials say
Law enforcement officials in Philadelphia on Wednesday provided an update to a case involving a teen boy who, officials claim, communicated with a group affiliated with Al-Qaeda and allegedly purchased materials online in an effort to obtain weapons of mass destruction. During an event on Wednesday morning, First Assistant District Attorney Robert Listenbee said Muhyyee-ud-din Abdul-Rahman, 18,…
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North Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles for second time in a week
North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday toward its east coast, South Korea and Japan said, days after Pyongyang unveiled a uranium enrichment facility and vowed to beef up its nuclear arsenal. The missiles lifted off from Kaechon, north of the capital, Pyongyang, around 6:50 a.m. (5:50 p.m. Tuesday ET) in a northeast…
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Video shows robbers drop into check cashing store from ceiling in $150,000 heist
Atlanta police on Tuesday continued to search for two robbers captured on video dropping into a check cashing store from the ceiling and grabbing stacks of cash from a safe. Police believe the pair, working with the help of a suspected lookout, cut into the roof of the one-story store with power tools before the…
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Steve Kornacki shares that his mom, Anne, has died
NBC News’ Steve Kornacki announced that his mom, Anne B. (Ramonas) Kornacki, has died. She was 77. He shared the news about his mom on Instagram on Sunday, penning a touching tribute to her. The political correspondent uploaded a childhood picture of him sitting on his mom’s lap as he drank from a soda can. The two…
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Trump says he will meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week. Speaking at his first public appearance following Sunday’s apparent assassination attempt, Trump said Modi is “fantastic” but also called India a “very big abuser” as he criticized several countries for their trade policies with the U.S. “So when…
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Who made the exploding pagers? The messy global trail behind Lebanon blasts
HONG KONG — An electronics manufacturer in Taiwan said Wednesday that a company based in Hungary made the pagers bearing its brand that were used by members of the militant group Hezbollah and exploded simultaneously across Lebanon on Tuesday. At least 12 people were killed and more than 2,750 others were injured in the blasts,…
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India’s Jammu and Kashmir votes in first regional election in a decade
SRINAGAR, India — Voters lined up outside polling stations in India’s Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to vote in the first provincial election being held in a decade in the Himalayan region that has grappled with years of militant violence. The nine million registered voters are choosing members for the region’s 90-seat legislature in the three-phase…
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What if we can’t unite?
There’s been an odd numbness in the political ecosystem regarding the apparent second attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump. We’ve collectively underreacted — and perhaps there are perfectly reasonable explanations for that. Yet I fear some of the underreaction has to do with the fact that we are now so close to Election Day…
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How much and when it will take effect
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday is expected to announce its first interest rate cut since 2020. How big that cut will be remains to be seen, but it is widely expected to target a quarter-point reduction from its current 5.3% level. The economy continues to send mixed signals. The unemployment rate, at 4.2%, remains historically…