Tag: hits
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New Jersey Transit operator dead, 23 hurt after train hits tree
A train operator is dead and 23 are injured after a New Jersey Transit train hit a tree early Monday, officials say. A River LINE train was traveling southbound from Trenton when it struck a tree north of the Roebling Station at 6:04 a.m, NJ Transit said in a statement. There were a total of…
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‘The Apprentice’ hits theaters amid fury from Trump’s campaign ahead of the 2024 election
No movie on the fall calendar has stoked as much prerelease controversy as “The Apprentice,” an R-rated dramatization of the early years of Donald Trump that hits theaters on Friday, 25 days before the presidential election. Nearly every major Hollywood distributor and streaming service refused to touch “The Apprentice” after it premiered at the Cannes…
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Liz Cheney hits the trail for Harris in the birthplace of the Republican Party
Liz Cheney, a former Republican congresswoman and daughter of a former Republican vice president, will join Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday at a campaign event in Ripon, Wisconsin, the city commonly recognized as the birthplace of the Republican Party. Cheney’s will campaign for Harris for the first time amid a larger effort by the…
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Harris launches a new ad that hits Trump’s age in criticizing Vance
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is launching a new digital ad Tuesday slamming Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance as “extremist” and a “danger to our democracy.” The spot argues Vance “could be a heartbeat away” from the presidency if Donald Trump wins in November, marking the first time the Democratic ticket has gone after the…
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Pete Rose, MLB’s all-time hits leader who was banned for life, dies at 83
Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s all-time hits leader who was banned from the sport after gambling on his own team as a player and manager, died Monday. He was 83. Rose’s death was confirmed by the Clark County, Nevada, medical examiner’s office. Rose played 24 seasons in the major leagues, the last three of which…
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Hamas leader in Lebanon killed; Strike hits central Beirut
Share Apparent Israeli strike hits central Beirut for first time An apparent Israeli airstrike struck a building in the central Beirut neighborhood of Cola last night, according to videos posted to social media. The videos, geolocated by NBC News, show damage to the multi-story building as debris is seen on the ground below. People are…
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A bid to change the electoral math hits a roadblock: 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, our team breaks down a key Nebraska state senator’s decision to stand in the way of a Trump-backed…
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China’s youth unemployment hits fresh high amid economic slowdown and restrictive hiring policies
China’s youth unemployment rate in August rose to the highest level since the new system of record-keeping began in December, driven by an economic slowdown and restrictive hiring policies, according to analysts. The jobless rate for people in China ages 16 to 24, and not in school, rose to 18.8% last month, data from the National…
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Crypto spending on 2024 election hits $190 million, led by Winklevoss twins
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are the biggest individual crypto donors this election cycle, giving a combined $10.1 million, or slightly over $5 million each, according to Federal Election Commission data compiled by crypto market and blockchain analyst James Delmore and independently verified by CNBC. With 50 days to go until the November general election, political donations from, or in…