Tag: National
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A pair of bears are on their way to the National Zoo from China
HONG KONG — A pair of giant pandas began their journey Monday from China to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, where they will begin a 10-year residence in the nation’s capital, weeks before the presidential election. Bao Li, a 3-year-old male, and Qing Bao, a 3-year-old female, are the latest pandas to be sent…
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Over 3% of U.S. high schoolers identify as transgender, national survey finds
About 3.3% of high school students identify as transgender and another 2.2% have at some point questioned if they were one, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The data, which was collected as part of the CDC’s national 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey of more than 20,000 students in public…
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Mike Rogers and Elissa Slotkin tangle over national security and tout bipartisan credentials in Michigan Senate debate
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin and former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers clashed repeatedly here Tuesday over who would best represent their purple state during the first debate of their hotly contested Senate race. The tone during their hour-long debate, hosted by NBC News affiliate WOOD-TV, was mostly civil. But there were several…
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Afghan national living in the U.S. charged with allegedly plotting an Election Day terrorist attack
An Afghan national living in Oklahoma was charged this week with conspiring to carry out a terrorist attack on Election Day on behalf of the Islamic State terrorist group, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, was arrested Monday in connection with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to ISIS and getting…
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Man falls to his death while canyoneering in Utah’s Zion National Park
A man fell to his death while canyoneering in Utah’s Zion National Park on Saturday, the National Park Service said in a release. The man, 40, died after accidentally falling near the exit of Heaps Canyon around 6 p.m., the park service said Sunday. He was not immediately identified. The man was canyoneering with three…
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Former Trump national security aides endorse him amid turmoil overseas
WASHINGTON — A group of national security experts led by Cabinet members from the Trump administration endorsed the former president Wednesday, citing his foreign policy record and calling him “a peacemaker.” The group, organized by former Trump national security adviser Robert O’Brien and former National Security Council chief of staff Alex Gray, wrote in a…
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The CIA is soliciting secret tips from informants in the national languages of Iran, North Korea and China
The Central Intelligence Agency is releasing instructions in Farsi, Mandarin and Korean to allow people to share information with the agency without running afoul of authoritarian regimes. “People are trying to reach out to us from around the world and we are offering them instructions for how to do that safely,” the CIA said in…
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The CIA is soliciting secret tips from informants in the national languages of Iran, North Korea and China
The Central Intelligence Agency is releasing instructions in Farsi, Mandarin and Korean to allow people to share information with the agency without running afoul of authoritarian regimes. “People are trying to reach out to us from around the world and we are offering them instructions for how to do that safely,” the CIA said in…
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Biden struggles with being out of the national conversation
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has privately complained to allies that his name and his accomplishments have virtually disappeared from the national conversation and about how quickly the party that he has served for more than five decades appears to have moved on from him, according to six people familiar with his comments. Biden has…
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Multiple dead after plane crash at Wright Brothers National Memorial’s First Flight Airport
MANTEO, N.C. — Multiple people died after a single-engine plane crashed Saturday afternoon in a wooded area at Wright Brothers National Memorial’s First Flight Airport, the National Park Service said. The crash occurred at 5 p.m. as, according to eyewitnesses, the airplane was trying to land at the airport, the park service said in a…