Tag: days
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Jeff Bezos defends Washington Post’s decision to stop presidential endorsements days before election
Jeff Bezos, the billionaire Amazon founder who owns The Washington Post, defended the newspaper’s decision to stop endorsing presidential candidates, arguing in part that the move is a way to shore up credibility and combat perceptions of political bias. “Presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of an election. No undecided voters in Pennsylvania…
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7 key forces shaping the final days of the election: 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 political editor Mark Murray breaks down the most important polling dynamics that are defining the final stage…
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Husband dies after Maine couple is lost in woods for days, wife may have survived thanks to dog
A Maine man died and his wife was rescued days after they went for a walk in the woods in Maine and got lost — and officials say she may have been saved by her dog keeping her warm in the freezing temperatures. John Helmstadter, 82, and Pamela Helmstadter, 72, went for a walk in…
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Los Angeles County DA to make decision on Menendez brothers resentencing within 10 days
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón told NBC News Wednesday he hopes to make a decision within 10 days about whether to recommend a resentencing for the Menendez brothers — and that, if he does, it’s possible the brothers could be out of prison by the end of the year. “It will…
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Russian man rescued after 67 days adrift in stormy Sea of Okhotsk
A Russian man has been rescued in the stormy Sea of Okhotsk after surviving for more than two months in a tiny inflatable boat that lost its engine, but his brother and nephew were dead, officials said on Tuesday. The prosecutor’s office in the far east of Russia said the man was rescued by a…
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13+ Best Vacuum Deals for Amazon Prime Big Deal Days
Prime Big Deal Days is here, offering discounts on all types of vacuums during the 48-hour sale, exclusive to Prime members. You can also find deals on tech, beauty, running shoes and more. I frequently cover shopping events like Prime Day, Black Friday and Cyber Monday as a commerce editor for NBC Select, so I…
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Mexican mayor assassinated days after taking office
MEXICO CITY — The mayor of the capital of Mexico’s violence-plagued state of Guerrero was killed on Sunday less than a week after he took office, the state’s governor confirmed. Alejandro Arcos was killed just six days after he took office as mayor of the city of Chilpancingo, a city of around 280,000 people in…
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Tropical Storm Milton forms just days after Hurricane Helene’s devastation
Tropical Storm Milton formed in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico Saturday morning, just hours after it became a tropical depression, , according to the National Hurricane Center. This new storm formation comes less than 10 days after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida, and is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane, bringing life-threatening conditions to…
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Phoenix smashes heat records for 10 straight days as sweltering temps grip West
A scorching streak in Phoenix has set new daily records for 10 straight days during an October heat wave sweeping much of the West. At 109 degrees Fahrenheit on Thursday, Phoenix was over 10 degrees hotter than its normal temperature on that day of the year, which is 94 degrees, according to the National Weather…
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North Carolina hospitals search for missing employees days after Helene
In the days leading up to Hurricane Helene, Dr. Lisa Kaufmann worked around the clock to make sure her North Carolina hospital system was as prepared as possible, stockpiling supplies like water, food, medication and equipment. But nearly a week after the storm’s ferocious flood waters destroyed so much of the western part of the…