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False conspiracy theories about Hurricane Milton spread despite outcry from officials
Baseless conspiracy theories about weather modification and false claims about disaster relief efforts have continued to spread on X in recent days, with misinformation about Hurricane Milton adding to a mountain of false rumors about Hurricane Helene and its aftermath. The spread has sparked a push from local and federal officials, along with some politicians,…
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DACA program’s fate uncertain as it’s debated in appeals court amid six-year legal challenge
Attorneys representing young immigrants protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, better known as DACA, defended the legality of the program before an federal appellate court Thursday in an attempt to keep it alive — as its fate remains uncertain amid a six-year court battle. At the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…
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The voters Kamala Harris wants to reach with her media blitz: 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, senior White House reporter Peter Nicholas looks at where Kamala Harris’ campaign thinks it can pick up support…
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IRS vows to race $TK billion in delayed Covid aid to hurricane-hit businesses
Small business owners in the Southeast who’ve been waiting for long-delayed pandemic aid are pushing for that money to recover from this fall’s brutal hurricane season. The federal government says more of it is heading their way soon. Around 400,000 claims worth $10 billion are now being processed for eligible business owners who applied for…
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Trump says big companies have ‘raped our country’ in economic speech
Former President Donald Trump said during an economic address Thursday that the United States has allowed “big companies” to “come in and raid and rape our country.” “‘Oh, he used the word rape.’ That’s right. I used the word rape,” Trump said at the Detroit Economic Club after his remarks were met with what sounded…
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Fake images of hurricane survivors have become a bizarre meme
Pluto holding a girl in his paws while trekking through a flooded Disney World. Godzilla crying while cradling a giant bug in a flooded city street. A small girl in a lifejacket seated on a boat next to a green alien baby. Absurd and comical rescue images that appear to have been made with artificial…
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San Francisco 49ers vs. Seattle Seahawks how to watch, start time and more
Share Seahawks OC: Got to get Ken Walker III the ball more The Seahawks have run the ball less often than any team other than the Titans so far this season and the Titans have played one less game than the NFC West club, so no one is running the ball less often on a…
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Fisher-Price recalls parts of infant swings
Fisher-Price on Thursday recalled two components of its Snuga Swings, which are designed to soothe infants by swaying back and forth, and warned parents that the products should not be used for sleep due to a risk that babies could suffocate. Between 2012 and 2022, Snuga Swings were linked to the deaths of five infants…
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Hurricane Milton dropped 1-in-1,000-year levels of rain around Tampa Bay
Hurricane Milton dumped so much rain over parts of Florida’s Tampa Bay area that it qualified as a 1-in-1,000-year rainfall event. St. Petersburg had 18.31 inches of rain — or more than 1.5 feet — in the 24-hour period during which the storm made landfall, according to precipitation data from the National Weather Service. That…
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How a N.Y. ballot measure became a battleground in the culture wars
One measure on the ballot in New York state this November means two very different things to its supporters and its opponents. The measure, Proposition 1, seeks to expand the state’s Equal Rights Amendment by adding “sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, and reproductive healthcare and autonomy” as protected classes. The…