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Top Private Law Firms Plan ‘SWAT Teams' to Fight Voting Restrictions in Court
More than a dozen of the country’s top law firms have committed to join forces to challenge voting restrictions across the country NBC News reports, adding legal might to the corporate pressure campaign opposing Republican-led attempts to overhaul elections in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s loss. One of the effort’s leaders, Brad Karp, chairman of the law...
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DHS Weighing Major Changes to Fight Domestic Violent Extremism, Say Officials
NBC News reports The Department of Homeland Security, created after the 9/11 attacks to protect the country from international terrorism, is moving toward a sweeping set of policy changes aimed at detecting and stopping what intelligence officials say is now a top threat to the homeland: domestic violent extremism. Two senior Biden administration officials told NBC News that DHS, whose intelligence...
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Summers Could Last Half the Year by the End of This Century: Study
Summers in the Northern Hemisphere could last nearly six months by the year 2100 if global warming continues unchecked, according to a recent study that examined how climate change is affecting the pattern and duration of Earth’s seasons. The study, published last month in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, found that climate change is making summers hotter and longer while...
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Blind Americans Face Roadblocks Booking Online Vaccine Appointments
Blind and visually impaired Americans are finding it difficult, and in some cases impossible, to schedule vaccination appointments because so many are being scheduled online. Currently, about 12 million people above the age of 40 in the United States have vision impairment, including 1 million who are blind, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Over 3 million people…
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Why People Are Playing a Game About a Pandemic to Escape Coronavirus Stress
Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News’ youth and internet culture reporter, talks about the real-life parallels between the new video game, “The Last of Us Part II,” and the current pandemic – and how it is giving gamers a way to cope with stress and work through their fears.
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Roger Mudd, Longtime Network TV Newsman, Dies at 93
Longtime NBC and CBS correspondent and television anchor Roger Mudd has died at the age of 93
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Biden Called Off Strike Against Second Target in Syria to Avoid Killing Civilians, Say Officials
President Joe Biden called off an air strike against a second target in Syria last week after a woman and children were spotted in the area, a senior administration official told NBC News.
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TikTok Promised Black Creators It Would Do Better. Has Anything Changed?
As Black Lives Matter protests were raging across the country last June, TikTok apologized to its Black users for failing to elevate and promote their content as much as it deserved. NBC News reporter Kalhan Rosenblatt talked to a number of Black content creators about what has changed — and what hasn’t.
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Trump Travel Ban Takes Effect Thursday
President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, a tightening of already-tough visa rules affecting citizens and refugees from six Muslim-majority countries, will go into effect Thursday evening. The ACLU is criticizing the Trump administration for pushing on with the ban, citing the chaos that erupted in airports nationwide the first time the ban went into effect.
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Tom Brokaw Retiring From NBC News After More Than Half a Century
Veteran news anchor and senior correspondent Tom Brokaw is retiring from NBC News after 55 years, the network said Friday
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‘Massive' Goldfish Weighing 9 Pounds Found in South Carolina Lake
A goldfish weighing nine pounds came under the spotlight Monday after being discovered during a fish population survey at a lake in South Carolina, park officials said. Ty Houck, an official with Greenville County Parks, said the “massive” fish was found swimming on Nov. 16 in a 12-acre body of water in Oak Grove Lake Park in the county of…
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Post-Election, NBC News' Steve Kornacki Ready to Break Down Some Football
Steve Kornacki, the NBC News political correspondent known for breaking down election results in his trademark khakis, is about to take on a new role: football analyst. Kornacki will join “Football Night in America” on Sunday at 7 p.m. ET on NBC to break down the NFL playoffs ahead of NBC Sports’ coverage of Broncos-Chiefs on “Sunday Night Football,” according...
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‘Do No Harm': A New Podcast Explores When the Child Welfare System Does More Harm Than Good
A new podcast by NBC News investigative reporter Mike Hixenbaugh and Wondery, “Do No Harm,” takes a hard look at the child welfare system. Hixenbaugh joined LX News to discuss his investigation into a medical and legal system so intent on protecting children from abuse that it can sometimes harm families rather than helping.
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NBC News Decision Desk: How We Call Races on Election Night 2020
NBC News will not project a winner in a race until after the last scheduled poll closing time in that race.
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Here's What Happened When NBC News Tried to Report on the Alleged Hunter Biden Emails
The complaints from President Donald Trump and his allies have been growing louder as the election approaches: Why isn’t the mainstream media covering the Hunter Biden laptop story? Trump and his allies say there is evidence of corruption in emails and documents allegedly found on a laptop belonging to Democrat Joe Biden’s son. They say those and other documents...
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Biden Beats Trump in Town Hall Ratings Showdown
An average 14.1 million people tuned in to watch former Vice President Joe Biden’s town hall on ABC Thursday night, topping the 13.5 million who watched President Donald Trump’s town hall on NBC, according to data from media measurement company Nielsen. Biden’s town hall ran from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET while Trump’s ran from 8 p.m. to...
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Biden Aims to Expand Map as Trump Recovers From Coronavirus
As President Donald Trump recovers from the coronavirus, Joe Biden is capitalizing on having the campaign trail largely to himself by hitting critical swing states and investing in longtime Republican bastions that he hopes might expand his path to victory.
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White House, Trump Campaign Push Unusual DOJ Announcement About 7 ‘Discarded' Votes
The Trump campaign on Thursday accused the Democrats of “trying to steal the election” after seven military ballots cast in favor of the president were found “discarded” in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — despite no immediate allegations of any malfeasance, NBC News reports.
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Trump Raises Eyebrows With Tweet Declaring He Did Not Have ‘a Series of Mini-Strokes'
President Donald Trump posted a baffling tweet on Tuesday declaring that he has not had a series of “mini-strokes”— and had the White House physician release a statement backing up his claim.
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Biden Opens Up 11-Point National Lead Over Trump in NBC News/WSJ Poll
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden holds a double-digit lead nationally over President Donald Trump, with 7 in 10 voters saying the country is on the wrong track, and majorities disapproving of the president’s handling of the coronavirus and race relations.