15 h. ago NBC News slashes teams dedicated to LGBTQ+, Black and Latino community reporting

Out of the nine staffers that are being impacted, up to five of them may be reassigned to general newsroom roles.

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16 h. ago NBC News cuts teams dedicated to LGBTQ+, Black and Latino community reporting

Out of the nine staffers that are being impacted, up to five of them may be reassigned to general newsroom roles.

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17 h. ago Sumo wrestlers slam into London for the first time in decades

Sumo wrestlers slam into London for the first time in decades  NBC News

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39 h. ago Welsh rugby boss tells Steve Tandy what he thinks about cutting teams as Six Nations TV deal struck

The latest rugby news and headlines from Wales and beyond

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3 d. ago Republican and Democratic senators dig in heels over government shutdown

Lindsey Graham says closure won’t push him to meet Democrats’ demands on Obama-era healthcare subsidiesRepublican and Democratic senators Lindsey Graham and Mark Kelly have dug their heels in over the government shutdown – which is now approaching two weeks, with the former saying that the closure won’t push him to meet Democrats’ demands for a restoration of Obama-era healthcare subsidies.Graham said on NBC News’s Meet the Press on Sunday that he was in favor of the Senate voting to reopen the government and prepared to “have a rational discussion” with Democrats – but not with the government shut down. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago All beliefs are welcome in London – we cannot allow extremists to divide us | Sadiq Khan

Attacks against Jewish and Muslim communities are on the rise, and some politicians are exacerbating tensions by appealing to our worst instinctsSadiq Khan is mayor of LondonFor the first time in three years, hate crime in England and Wales is on the rise. The latest statistics released by the Home Office, showing religiously motivated offences at a record level, are deeply disturbing. But for those who have witnessed some of the appalling scenes on our city’s streets in recent months, they will not be surprising.Over the past two years, Jewish people have faced a rising tide of antisemitism, and the heinous terrorist attack in Manchester on Yom Kippur was a terrible reminder of just how pervasive this poisonous form of hatred continues to be. Between January and June, the Community Security Trust reported more than 1,500 antisemitic incidents. A survey by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research found that 35% of Jewish people feel unsafe in the UK.Sadiq Khan is the mayor of London...

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4 d. ago Trump news at a glance: Insurrection Act on the cards, says Vance, as president touts peace in the Middle East

JD Vance confirms White House seriously considering invoking 1807 insurrection act as Trump heads to Israel. Key US politics stories from Sunday 12 October at a glance.The Trump administration is considering ways to invoke emergency powers, including utilising the Insurrection Act of 1807, which would allow president Donald Trump to deploy troops on US soil in the event of major unrest.Despite legal pushback, vice-president JD Vance has confirmed the White is seriously considering the idea. “The president’s looking at all of his options,” he told NBC’s News’s Meet the Press on Sunday, adding that “we are talking about this because crime has gotten out of control in our cities”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump ‘looking at all options’ amid threats to invoke Insurrection Act, Vance says

Vice-president calls crime ‘out of control’ in US cities as Trump faces legal battles for use of federal forcesThe White House is talking about invoking the Insurrection Act that would allow the deployment of military troops on US soil to quell domestic unrest amid legal challenges over the moves, JD Vance confirmed on Sunday.Vance was asked on NBC News’s Meet the Press whether Donald Trump was seriously considering invoking the emergency power to deploy national guard forces and even the US military in domestic settings. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Lenny Kravitz to star in NBC's 'Sunday Night Basketball' opening

Lenny Kravitz will give “Sunday Night Basketball” the kind of opening that Carrie Underwood delivers to “Sunday Night Football.”

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1 week ago Judge remains undecided on treatment plan for man charged with stalking Jennifer Aniston

A Los Angeles judge remained undecided in a hearing Friday on treatment plan for a man charged with stalking Jennifer Aniston and ramming his car into her home

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1 week ago ‘We’re all in this together’: New York cathedral pays tribute to immigrants with new mural

At St Patrick’s Cathedral, the largest permanent artwork commisioned in its 146-year history is a plea for acceptance and community at a difficult timeIn the neo-gothic splendor of New York’s St Patrick’s Cathedral, a throng of today’s immigrants – mostly Latino, Asian, and Black – pause on a hillside slope with their humble sacks and bags. A man in a T-shirt cradles an infant, a kid in sneakers sits glumly in the foreground. Overhead in the towering clouds, the Lamb of God stands on a white altar amid the clustering gleam of golden pendulous stripes evoking the presence of God.The scene, humane and magnificent, is a part of what is perhaps the most significant new piece of public art in today’s riven America. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago NBC News to lay off London bureau staff ahead of divorce from MSNBC, CNBC: report

NBC News to lay off London bureau staff ahead of divorce from MSNBC, CNBC: report  New York Post

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2 w. ago WRU boss insists cutting two teams still on the table as he issues warning

The WRU has finally spoken as the consultation process comes to an end

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2 w. ago Trump falsely claims that national guard troops are ‘in place’ in Portland

On a post on social media, the president says guards had been deployed, while no members were presentDonald Trump once again shared misinformation about Portland, Oregon, on social media on Wednesday, when he announced that the national guard troops he called up in response to a small protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) office in the otherwise tranquil city are “now in place” and have begun restoring “LAW AND ORDER”.However, Portland’s NBC News affiliate KGW reported 90 minutes after Trump’s social media post that no members of the guard were yet in place around the Ice field office where dozens of protesters have demonstrated against immigration sweeps since June. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Namibia sends hundreds of soldiers to help battle huge wildfire in Etosha National Park

Namibia has sent more than 500 soldiers to help battle a huge wildfire that has burned across 30% of the country’s best-known national park

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2 w. ago Snoop Dogg returns to NBC's Olympic coverage team this winter at the Milan

Snoop Dogg is set to return to the Olympics

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2 w. ago Hundreds of Scarlets fans march through town to protest WRU's radical plans

Supporters marched through the town in protest of the proposed plans to cut the number of men's teams in Wales down to two

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3 w. ago Texas Ice facility shooting: one dead and two injured, and ‘anti

Authorities said all three people shot were detainees at Dallas facility and that alleged shooter killed selfTexas Ice facility shooting – latest updatesTexas Ice facility shooting: what we know so farOne detainee has been killed and two others injured in a shooting at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) field office in Dallas, officials said.Authorities have also confirmed that the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. NBC News, citing multiple senior law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation, reported that the suspect has been identified as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Officials reportedly identify Dallas Ice facility shooter; DHS corrects death toll down to one person killed – live

Joshua Jahn killed one detainee and severely injured two other before taking his own life, NBC News reports, as JD Vance blames Democrats for surge in political violenceFull report – Three people shot at Texas Ice buildingTexas Ice facility shooting: what we know so far about deadly attackThe Kremlin on Wednesday brushed off a comment by US president Donald Trump describing Russia as a “paper tiger”, and said president Vladimir Putin valued his efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict.Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Russia was a bear, not a tiger, and “there is no such thing as a paper bear”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago London’s mayor calls Trump ‘Islamophobic’ over Sharia law claims

London’s mayor calls Trump ‘Islamophobic’ over Sharia law claims  NBC News

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