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• Family of missing Broadway dancer Zelig Williams holding faith he will return home safe

  13-10-2024 23:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  It’s been more than a week since a Broadway dancer who delighted crowds while performing in Tony Award-winning shows such as “Hamilton” went missing, and his family pleaded Sunday for any information that could lead to his safe return.
  
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• After fourth straight win, are Ravens back to being Super Bowl contenders?

  13-10-2024 23:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  Jackson threw for 323 yards with one touchdown and one interception, with nearly half his completions going to Zay Flowers (nine catches, 132 yards).
  
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• Ye's former assistant alleges sex trafficking, sexual assault in amended lawsuit

  13-10-2024 22:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ye’s former assistant filed an amended lawsuit against the rapper last week that accuses him of drugging and sexually assaulting her, trafficking others, using job openings to recruit sex partners and tasking her with delivering him “sex honey.”
  
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• More than 60 hurt in Hezbollah drone attack in Israel

  13-10-2024 22:11 via msnbc.com
  
  More than 60 people have been injured according to Israeli rescue services, due to a Hezbollah drone attack in northern Israel. NBC News' Matt Bradley reports on how the U.S. is stepping in to aid the Israelis by deploying the THAAD anti-missile system. 
  
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• Hezbollah drone attack in Israel kills multiple IDF soldiers, wounds dozens of people: reports

  13-10-2024 21:57 via foxnews.com
  
  Israeli authorities said four Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers were killed and nearly 60 people were wounded in a drone strike on a military base in Binyamina, Israel, which the Lebanon-based Hezbollah militant group has claimed responsibility for, according to reports."Yesterday, a UAV launched by the Hezbollah terrorist organization hit an army base," the IDF said in a post on X. "[Four] IDF soldiers were killed in the incident. The IDF shares in the grief of the bereaved families and wil
  
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• Relative of Afghan accused of terror plot in U.S. is charged with planning attack in France

  13-10-2024 21:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  A family member of an Afghan national accused of planning to carry out a terrorist attack in Oklahoma on Election Day was charged in France on Saturday with plotting to conduct attacks on a French soccer match or shopping center, according to the Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office in Paris.
  
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• Iran making billions in oil revenues under Biden admin as expert slams sanctions policy for lack of 'pressure'

  13-10-2024 20:40 via foxnews.com
  
  Iran has increased its oil exports during the Biden administration despite severe and heavy sanctions imposed by the U.S. government, according to a new report.The Energy Information Administration (EIA) issued its annual report on Iranian petroleum and petroleum product exports, finding that Iran made between $53 billion to $54 billion in 2022 and 2023 – significant increases over $37 billion made in 2021 and $16 billion made in 2020. The EIA report is mandated by Congress.The 2020 revenu
  
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• Caleb Williams has never looked more like the No. 1 pick

  13-10-2024 20:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  In a battle of the quarterbacks, Chicago Bears signal-caller Caleb Williams reached new heights in his team’s 35-16 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.
  
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• Vance stands by Trump's false claims Venezuelan gangs have invaded Aurora, Colorado

  13-10-2024 17:54
  
  Sen. JD Vance is standing by his running mate, former President Donald Trump, and his false claims that Venezuelan gangs have invaded and conquered Aurora, Colorado.
  
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• Muslims in India face discrimination after restaurants forced to display workers’ names

  13-10-2024 17:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Muslim business owners in two states fear policy will lead to targeted attacks or economic boycottsMuslims in India say they have been fired from their jobs and face the closure of their businesses after two states brought in a “discriminatory” policy making it mandatory for restaurants to publicly display the names of all their employees.The policy was first introduced by Yogi Adityanath, the hardline Hindu monk who is the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. Last month the state of Him
  
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• Beshear fleshes out difference between Biden, Harris agendas

  13-10-2024 17:07
  
  Andy Beshear offered a contrast between the agendas of President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris after the vice president struggled to paint clear differences.
  
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• Indian politician with Bollywood ties shot dead in Mumbai weeks before key state election

  13-10-2024 16:46 via foxnews.com
  
  A senior politician in India’s financial capital, Mumbai, who was also known for his close ties with Bollywood, has been shot dead weeks before a key state election.Baba Siddique, 66, was shot multiple times outside his son’s office in Mumbai on Saturday night, police said in a statement. He later succumbed to his wounds at the city’s Lilavati Hospital.Siddique was associated with the Indian National Congress party for decades but had recently joined a regional party that rules
  
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• Columbus remains, verified after 500 years, show he was Jewish: documentary

  13-10-2024 16:09 via foxnews.com
  
  Spanish scientists announced in a new documentary that first aired on Saturday that DNA analysis shows the 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe. The documentary titled, "Columbus DNA: The true origin," which aired on Spain's national broadcaster TVE, showcases the research of a 22-year investigation led by forensic expert Miguel Lorente, Reuters reported. Lorente and his team tested samples of remains buried at Seville Cathedral, long belie
  
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• Former Scottish leader Alex Salmond, who nearly got Scotland's independence from UK, dies at 69

  13-10-2024 15:36 via foxnews.com
  
  Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland who for decades championed Scotland’s independence from the U.K. and nearly accomplished it, has died. He was 69.Salmond, who was one of the most divisive figures in British politics at the turn of the century and who, as the then leader of the Scottish National Party, took Scotland to the brink of independence in the 2014 referendum, died in the North Macedonia lake-resort town of Ohrid, local media reported."Unfortunately, Alex Salmond,
  
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• SpaceX catches Starship rocket booster in dramatic landing during fifth flight test

  13-10-2024 15:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  SpaceX launched its fifth test flight of its Starship rocket on Sunday and made a dramatic first catch of the rocket’s more than 20-story tall booster.
  
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• Bouchier leads England to thumping win over Scotland

  13-10-2024 15:01 via bbc.com
  
  Maia Bouchier's classy unbeaten 62 helps England move a step closer to the semi-finals of the Women's T20 World Cup with a 10-wicket win over Scotland.
  
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• Donald Trump pulls even with Kamala Harris in NBC News poll, Steve Kornacki explains

  13-10-2024 15:00 via nbcnews.com
  Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are deadlocked in the latest NBC News poll, with Trump bolstered by favorable views of his presidency and Harris by concerns about abortion. NBC News National Political Correspondent Steve Kornacki joins Meet the Press to go through the numbers. 
  
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• Watch: 'Astonishing' moment Starship booster caught in mid air

  13-10-2024 14:52 via bbc.com
  
  It’s the first time the "chopsticks manoeuvre" has been attempted, with previous boosters landing in the ocean.
  
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• Hurricanes spark housing disparity amid rising cost of recovery

  13-10-2024 14:33 via today.com
  Four days after Hurricane Milton roared onto the west coast of Florida, analysts estimate well-over $100 billion of damage. The cost of cleanup, rebuilding and insurance in a coastal hurricane zone have become prohibitive to some residents who are deciding they can no longer afford to live in paradise. NBC’s Stephanie Gosk reports in this week’s Sunday Focus.
  
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• Ukraine denounces Russia's reported execution of captured troops

  13-10-2024 14:24 via bbc.com
  
  Kyiv's human rights ombudsman has written to the UN, after reports that Russia executed Ukrainian PoWs.
  
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• Trump escalates rhetoric on outlawing political dissent and criticism

  13-10-2024 14:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Donald Trump is ramping up his rhetoric depicting his political rivals and critics as criminals, while dropping a long trail of suggestions that he favors outlawing political speech that he deems misleading or challenges his claims to power.
  
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• Hairy Biker 'struggling' since Dave Myers' death

  13-10-2024 13:38 via bbc.com
  
  Myers, who found fame alongside close friend King as part of the motorcycle-riding cooking duo, died at the age of 66 in February.
  
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• How Alex Salmond took Scottish independence from fringe pursuit to mainstream movement

  13-10-2024 13:33 via bbc.com
  
  Alex Salmond, who has died at the age of 69, led the SNP into power and through the 2014 referendum.
  
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• Mortgage costs 'unlikely' to return to low levels

  13-10-2024 13:32 via bbc.com
  
  The boss of the UK's biggest lender says mortgage costs are unlikely to fall to levels seen in the past decade.
  
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• Economic discontent, issue divisions add up to tight presidential contest: POLL

  13-10-2024 13:02
  
  Dreary economic attitudes and sharply divergent views on social policies mark the 2024 presidential election, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll found.
  
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• Columbus likely Spanish and Jewish, study suggests

  13-10-2024 13:01 via bbc.com
  
  A new study shines light on a hotly contested centuries-old mystery.
  
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• Budget rule change could mean fewer tax rises

  13-10-2024 12:59 via bbc.com
  
  Here is how the chancellor could choose to tweak the government's borrowing rules to free up more cash.
  
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• Djokovic denied 100th title as Sinner wins in Shanghai

  13-10-2024 12:46 via bbc.com
  
  Novak Djokovic misses the opportunity to claim the 100th title of his stellar career as Jannik Sinner wins a high-quality Shanghai Masters final.
  
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• England edge past Canada in decider to retain WXV1 title

  13-10-2024 12:42 via bbc.com
  
  Watch highlights as England fight back in the second half to beat Canada 21-12 and retain the WXV1 title.
  
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• Empty bars and bookshops: How Israeli strikes transformed Lebanon's buzzing capital

  13-10-2024 12:24 via bbc.com
  
  There's no music or dancing in central Beirut bars as fear spreads and displaced people fill the streets.
  
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• Rail services begin at Belfast's Grand Central Station

  13-10-2024 12:04 via bbc.com
  
  The main public transport services in Belfast, including trains to Dublin, are now under one roof.
  
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• Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, study finds

  13-10-2024 12:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery.
  
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• Young men’s economic prospects are shifting, along with their politics

  13-10-2024 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  For David Tasker, an 18-year-old construction worker in Pennsylvania, his top financial priorities are having enough money for gas, dining out and spending on his girlfriend while living at home with his parents.
  
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• ‘Vengeful’ Trump withheld disaster aid and will do so again, ex-officials warn

  13-10-2024 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Former administration officials say Trump deliberately denied funds to states he deemed politically hostileDonald Trump deliberately withheld disaster aid to states he deemed politically hostile to him as US president and will do so again unimpeded if he returns to the White House, several former Trump administration officials have warned.As Hurricane Helene and then Hurricane Milton have ravaged much of the south-eastern US in the past two weeks, Trump has sought to pin blame upon Joe Biden&rsq
  
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• Crisis pregnancy center's forms give rare insight into anti-abortion practices

  13-10-2024 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  A free family planning center in Twin Falls, Idaho, asks its visitors for sensitive, private information, including nonmedical questions about religion and financial status, according to documents obtained by NBC News.
  
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• BHP to face 620,000 claimants in Mariana dam collapse trial in London

  13-10-2024 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Claimants seeking damages from Anglo-Australian mining company over 2015environmental disaster in BrazilThe mother of a seven-year-old boy who was torn from the arms of his grandmother and drowned in one of Brazil’s worst environmental disasters is among more than 620,000 claimants who will have their case heard this month in the largest group claim in English legal history.Gelvana Aparecida Rodrigues da Silva, 37, lost her son Thiago on 5 November 2015 when the Fundão dam, near Mar
  
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• Police launch CCTV appeal after armed robberies

  13-10-2024 11:45 via bbc.com
  
  Officers are linking incidents at three supermarkets in Leicestershire.
  
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• A surging far right cements its place in Europe

  13-10-2024 11:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  If Donald Trump wins next month, he will find a hotbed of political parties in Europe that share his rightward mix of authoritarianism, populism and extreme hostility to immigration.
  
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• U.S. pastor’s release after almost 20 years raises hopes for other Americans held in China

  13-10-2024 11:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  After the release of Pastor David Lin, U.S. families with loved ones imprisoned in China are drawing attention to them and trying to pressure the government.
  
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• Stokes set to play, Babar out & Multan pitch likely to be used again

  13-10-2024 10:44 via bbc.com
  
  England captain Ben Stokes looks set to be fit for a second Test against Pakistan that seems likely to be played on the same Multan pitch as the record-breaking first Test.
  
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• Indian politician Baba Siddique shot dead in Mumbai

  13-10-2024 10:19 via bbc.com
  
  Siddique was a senior political figure in Maharashtra state, which is due to hold elections next month.
  
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• One man's campaign against his 'anti-fun' city

  13-10-2024 09:59 via bbc.com
  
  He wants to make residents smile and laugh against the city's "overregulation and lack of fun".
  
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• Chris Brown concert shines spotlight on violence against women in South Africa

  13-10-2024 08:41 via bbc.com
  
  A petition with over 19,000 signatures has been started to stop the singer's concert in South Africa.
  
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• Man abused by girlfriend banned from using toilet

  13-10-2024 08:10 via bbc.com
  
  Gareth rushed to a supermarket or local pub because he was not allowed to use the toilet at home.
  
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• 'I wasn't allowed to shower or use toilet by my abusive ex-girlfriend'

  13-10-2024 08:10 via bbc.com
  
  Gareth rushed to a supermarket or local pub because he was not allowed to use the toilet at home.
  
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• Wong says Coalition ‘pretty extreme’ to stand at odds with US on Middle East ceasefire

  13-10-2024 07:44 via theguardian.com
  Opposition home affairs spokesman says ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza can only happen when Hezbollah and Hamas are ‘degraded’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has accused the Coalition of shifting positions on the US alliance and Middle East ceasefires for political reasons, after it appeared to abandon its insistence that US and Australian policy must always align.
  
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• England fight back to beat Canada and retain WXV1 title

  13-10-2024 07:38 via bbc.com
  
  England fight back in the second half to overcome an impressive Canada side in Vancouver and retain their WXV1 title.
  
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• Christopher Columbus was Spanish and Jewish, documentary reveals

  13-10-2024 07:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Fifteenth century explorer’s true origins revealed after DNA analysis from samples buried in Seville CathedralThe centuries-old mystery over Christopher Columbus’s nationality has been revealed by scientists in a Spanish TV documentary after using DNA analysis.The 15th explorer was Jewish and from Spain, according to Columbus DNA: His True Origin, a programme broadcast on national broadcaster RTVE on Saturday to mark Spain celebrating its national day and commemorating Columbus&rsquo
  
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• Tool kit to make limb-saving devices set to transform treatment in crisis zones

  13-10-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  British scientists have developed simple ways for those in danger areas to make complex medical equipment quicklyTwo shattering events played a critical role in British scientists’ efforts to develop technology that could transform the treatment of people who suffer traumatic injuries in wars or disasters.The first was the blast that devastated Beirut on 4 August 2020, when a vast store of ammonium nitrate exploded in the city, killing more than 200 people and injuring 7,000. The second wa
  
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• Labour MPs urge Reeves to spend tens of billions more on ailing public services

  13-10-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  About 70 colleagues have written to chancellor ahead of budget pleading for her to commit to rewriting fiscal rules• How Labour promises have left Rachel Reeves with a giant budget headache Scores of Labour MPs are pleading with Rachel Reeves to embrace spending tens of billions more on ailing public services as part of an increasingly wide-ranging budget that could raise tax on employers and the wealthy.In a huge gamble that comes after a rocky first 100 days in office and a Downing Street
  
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