Tag: records
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Halloween week heat across the country will shatter October records
The final few days of October will feature roughly 100 new daily record highs as the thermometer soars to summer-like levels Monday through Thursday. For locations like Washington, D.C. and New York City, a forecast high near 80 degrees on Thursday will make it feel more like Labor Day in terms of the warm temperatures…
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Trump records a 3-hour podcast interview with Joe Rogan
In a highly anticipated interview, Donald Trump touched on a wide range of cultural and political issues Friday night in an three-hour conversation with Joe Rogan, who hosts one of the biggest podcasts in the world. The recording went on so long that Trump arrived several hours late to his rally that night in Traverse…
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1960s civil rights protesters who staged historic sit-in finally have arrest records cleared
Simon Bouie told his mother and grandmother he wasn’t going to get in trouble back in 1960. Then the Black Benedict College student sat at a whites-only lunch counter in South Carolina and got himself arrested. Finally on Friday, that arrest and the records of six of his friends were erased as a judge signed an order…
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Montana Senate candidate says he was ‘medically discharged’ from the Navy. Records say otherwise.
Tim Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL running for the Senate in Montana, has said he was discharged from the military for medical reasons because of injuries he sustained on duty, but his discharge paperwork tells a different story. The heavily-redacted, 2-page document obtained by NBC News indicates that Sheehy voluntarily resigned his commission and does…
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MLS attendance and sponsorship revenue break records — and it’s not just because of Messi
Major League Soccer scored several regular season records, including for attendance and sponsorship, thanks in part to international superstar Lionel Messi — and corporate strategy. The MLS has been nabbing well-known athletes like Messi and Luis Suárez and leaning on the sport’s growing popularity within the U.S. in a bid to solidify its fanbase after…
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She sought to prove her grandfather was poisoned at Camp Lejeune. Records she found could help thousands.
Leo Case survived the battle of Iwo Jima and risked his life to save his crew during a clash in the South Pacific — only to die of multiple cancers at 58. The World War II tank commander and recipient of the Navy Cross, the military’s second-highest recognition for valor, was one of the first…
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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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October heat wave sets records in California and Arizona
The Summary More than 50 heat records were broken in the western U.S. on Wednesday. New daily temperature records set included a high of 108 degrees Fahrenheit in Phoenix and 106 degrees in San Jose, California. The October heat wave is expected to continue into the weekend, with extreme conditions in states including California, Arizona…