President Joe Biden’s 2024 presidential campaign said Wednesday that it’s essentially entering the general election phase of the 2024 cycle now that former President Donald Trump has won New Hampshire’s GOP primary. “The results out of New Hampshire confirm that Donald Trump has all but locked up the GOP nomination …
Read More »Russian military plane crashes near Ukraine
A Russian military transport plane has crashed near the southern city of Belgorod, close to the border with Ukraine, Russian authorities said Wednesday. The plane was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, according to the Russian ministry of defense. NBC News could not independently verify who was on board the …
Read More »Son of ‘Cheer’ star Monica Aldama charged with possessing child sex abuse images, records show
The son of “Cheer” star Monica Aldama has been arrested in Texas on charges of possessing child sex abuse images, according to court records and his representatives. William Austin Aldama, 27, who appeared only briefly in the Netflix documentary, which focused on his mother and the team she coached, is charged …
Read More »New York man is convicted of the murder of a woman who pulled into the wrong driveway
A New York man was convicted Tuesday of killing a woman who mistakenly had pulled into his driveway. Kevin Monahan, 66, was found guilty Tuesday of second-degree murder, reckless endangerment and tampering in the driveway shooting trial. Kaylin Gillis, 20, was fatally shot April 15 after the car she was …
Read More »Trump is on the march in New Hampshire — and looming over the race for governor
ROCHESTER, N.H. — As former President Donald Trump railed against Chris Sununu at a rally Sunday night, one of the candidates vying to replace the New Hampshire governor stood with the rest of the crowd, looking on. Former state Sen. Chuck Morse stuck out amid the throng of grassroots …
Read More »Is Kim Jong Un preparing North Korea for war?
Is Kim Jong Un about to take North Korea to war? For decades, the reclusive state has said its goal is to peacefully reunify with its “fellow countrymen” in South Korea. Now Kim has formally cast that goal aside, framing his neighbors as the enemy while intensifying his nuclear threats …
Read More »San Diego sees widespread flooding during wettest January day on record
SAN DIEGO — Winter storms for relatively dry San Diego are hit-or-miss, but mostly miss, so the wallop of a Pacific front on Monday stunned California’s second largest city even as it was expecting rain. It was the third of three Pacific storms to strike the West Coast since Friday, …
Read More »Supreme Court allows Border Patrol agents to remove razor wire installed by Texas at Mexico border
WASHINGTON — A closely-divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Border Patrol agents to cut through or move razor wire Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border as part of an effort by the state to prevent illegal border crossings. The court on a 5-4 vote granted an emergency request filed by the Biden administration, which …
Read More »World’s first malaria vaccine program for children starts in Cameroon
Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa. The campaign due to start Monday was described by officials as a milestone in the decades-long effort to curb the mosquito-spread disease on the continent, which accounts for …
Read More »Biden administration announces new abortion initiatives on Roe anniversary
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will convene key members of his Cabinet on Monday to discuss abortion rights on the 51st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade ruling, according to a White House official. The president will “hear directly from physicians on the frontlines of the fallout” since the landmark …
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