NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Democratic Rep. Justin Jones filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging his expulsion in April and the House rules restricting lawmakers’ floor comments that Republicans applied to silence Jones for part of one day in August. Filed against House Speaker Cameron Sexton and House administrative officials, the lawsuit in Nashville federal court argues that Republicans …
Have you ever tried to be vegetarian but found it too difficult to stop eating meat? Your genes could be partly to blame, a new study suggests. The research, published Wednesday in the journal PLOS ONE, identified a set of genes associated with people who adhered to a vegetarian diet for at least a year. …
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A nasal spray version of esketamine was more effective for depression that is resistant to treatment than a more commonly used drug, research published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine found. Esketamine is a more potent form of ketamine, an anesthetic that doctors have used for many years to treat depression. The nasal …
Operations were rescheduled, chemotherapy treatments were canceled and other procedures deemed “non-urgent” were postponed as tens of thousands of health care workers nationwide began to strike Wednesday. In what union leaders call the largest health care worker strike in U.S. history, more than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente employees across five states walked off the job this …
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A spokesperson for the White House said in a statement that Biden has supported “comprehensive immigration reform since his first day in office,” and blamed House Republicans for blocking efforts, including the approval of $4 billion to address the needs of the Department of Homeland Security. A Trump-era immigration border policy put in place during …
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Ron DeSantis has less money and more problems. The Florida governor’s presidential campaign entered this month with just $5 million in cash available for the primary, a sum that reignites doubts about his solvency, budgeting and ability to gain ground on front-running former President Donald Trump. The pain is so acute that DeSantis is redeploying …
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Simone Biles led the U.S. women’s gymnastics team to another team gold medal at the 2023 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, on Wednesday. This win marks the seventh consecutive world championship victory for the U.S. team and the 26th world medal for Biles. The competition started on a tough note for Team USA, …
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Taylor Swift fans were buzzing this past weekend when the 12-time Grammy Award winner attended the Kansas City Chiefs’ matchup against the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. But were football fans just as into it? Anyone who watched NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” game Oct. 1 likely noticed the multitude of camera shots featuring Swift cheering …
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Baltimore police were searching for suspects Wednesday morning after five bystanders were wounded following gunfire during homecoming week celebrations on the campus of Morgan State University. The injured were believed to be “unintended targets” in what was “probably a dispute between two smaller groups,” Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said at a news conference Wednesday. …
Social media users are leaning in to nostalgia and posting new yearbook photos — but they aren’t going back to school to get them taken. Epik, an AI photo editing app, has gone viral for its AI Yearbook feature, which delivers 60 different images of a person using eight to 12 of their submitted selfies. The …
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President Joe Biden will speak Wednesday afternoon about his administration’s efforts to address student debt, including an additional $9 billion in relief that the White House has announced. The additional relief, set to help about 125,000 Americans, brings the Biden administration’s total approved debt cancellation to $127 billion for nearly 3.6 million Americans, a White …
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It has been a record-smashing start to October, with numerous new high temperatures set from the Upper Midwest to the Northeast. On Sunday in Minnesota, the Twin Cities hit 92 degrees, which was the hottest temperature that area has ever recorded during the month of October. On Monday, International Falls — on Minnesota’s border with …
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The family of Tupac Shakur still has many questions after a man was arrested in connection with the rapper’s 1996 fatal shooting. Mopreme Shakur, the older stepbrother of Tupac, said his family is feeling grateful for the arrest of Duane Keith Davis, also known as “Keefy D” or “Keffe D,” nearly three decades after the fatal shooting …
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In Suffolk, Virginia, community members interrupted a school board meeting in August by reciting the Lord’s Prayer to protest a plan meant to make schools welcoming for transgender students. And in California that same month, a school board member who had advanced a policy banning LGBTQ pride flags from classrooms told followers they were engaged …
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Russia tested its emergency public warning systems across the country on Wednesday, blaring out sirens and interrupting some television and radio broadcasts to warn the population to stay calm. The test, first conducted in 2020, is part of a new initiative that requires authorities to conduct tests twice a year, starting from Sept. 1. It …
The Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov for their work on tiny quantum dots. Quantum dots are tiny particles, just a few atoms in diameter, whose electrons have constrained movement. This effects how they absorb and release visible light, allowing for very bright colors. They are used in …
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The fatal shooting of a Michigan man who was known to try to catch alleged pedophiles online was not connected to a confrontation he had with someone he had accused, officials said Tuesday. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office had initially said Robert Wayne Lee, 40, was shot and killed after he accused a man at …
Philadelphia police said Tuesday they had a person of interest in the fatal shooting of a local journalist. Officials did not name the person or provide further details in the investigation into the death early Monday of Josh Kruger, 39. They said no arrests had been made. Kruger, who wrote for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia …
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Country music singer Hardy has pulled out from two of his upcoming shows, citing anxiety stemming from his 2022 bus accident. The “He Went to Jared” singer shared that his extreme anxiety had caused him to seek hospital treatment in an Instagram post Wednesday. “I need to be honest with everyone for a second,” Hardy wrote. “I’ve …
Shattered windows made police believe there could be active shooter, police commissioner says Broken windows caused police officers who responded to a shooting at Morgan State University to believe there could be an active shooter, Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said at a news conference. Areas were cordoned off, a command post was established, and …
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While many Republicans were pleased he extracted spending cuts from Biden, hard-liners were furious with what they saw as a mediocre deal and insisted, dubiously, that McCarthy could have gotten more. Gaetz repeatedly proclaimed to McCarthy and his allies that Biden was stealing their “lunch money” — a claim Biden’s re-election campaign embraced and weaponized …
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WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused new interim Speaker Patrick McHenry on Tuesday night of kicking her out of her workspace in the Capitol just hours after the chamber’s abrupt change in leadership. Pelosi, D-Calif., said in a statement that she was told she had to “immediately” move out of her so-called hideaway …
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Baltimore police said that multiple people have been shot at an address that appears close to Morgan State University, and that they are investigating an “active shooter.” More details about the situation were not immediately clear. Baltimore police said around 10 p.m. on social media platform X that people should shelter in place. Follow along …
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The FBI says that New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez tried to interfere in two criminal matters in exchange for payoffs — and now NBC New York has learned the names of three people the Democratic senator allegedly wanted to pressure. According to numerous sources familiar with the matter, two of the people were trying to …
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IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. McCarthy speaks out after being removed as House speaker 07:42 Now Playing ‘It was personal,’ McCarthy says after being removed as House speaker 01:23 UP NEXT Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he won’t run again 06:36 Philadelphia journalist shot and …
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WASHINGTON — Republican Kevin McCarthy made history Tuesday as the first person ever to be voted out of the speaker’s office. Now there’s rampant speculation on Capitol Hill about who can cobble together the votes to succeed him. For now, there is no consensus on who might be able to fill the huge vacancy in the …
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It isn’t just card-carrying United Auto Workers members who are closely watching the expanding strikes at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis plants — nonunion autoworkers at rival companies are paying attention, too. Some like what they see; others aren’t so sure. James Bryant, a vehicle inspector at a Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi, said he …
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In 1910, Speaker Joseph Cannon, R-Ill., offered a motion to oust himself to put his detractors on the record. Republicans voted overwhelmingly to keep him in office. “Cannon, Shorn of His Power, Keeps Office,” read the New York Times headline the next day. McHenry, as speaker pro tempore, is now in untested waters. The acting speaker is …
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It’s over: McCarthy has been removed as speaker This has never happened in U.S. history: The House just voted to remove its own speaker. The House voted 216-210 to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., with a handful of conservatives joining Democrats to remove him. There were 7 members absent. What comes next? It’s unprecedented. But …
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WASHINGTON — Laphonza Butler was sworn in Tuesday to fill the seat of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who died last week at the age of 90. Vice President Kamala Harris, who has been a longtime ally and adviser of Butler, administered the oath of office, prompting boisterous applause from the Senate floor and …
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A 17-year-old Ohio girl died after collapsing on a football field during homecoming festivities at her high school on Friday, according to the Mapleton Local School District. Breanne McKean, a senior at Mapleton High School, collapsed on the field shortly after she was announced as a contender for homecoming queen, Superintendent Scott Smith said. The …
SAN FRANCISCO — A hit-and-run driver struck a pedestrian Monday night, tossing her into the path of a Cruise self-driving car that then drove over her, according to videos of the collision taken by Cruise in San Francisco and seen by NBC News. The woman who was hit was in critical condition on Tuesday morning, …
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An 11-year-old boy allegedly shot two 13-year-olds after they had scuffled at a youth football practice in central Florida on Monday night, authorities said. The alleged shooter was arrested and booked on a single charge of second-degree attempted murder following the incident at the Northwest Recreation Complex in Apopka, outside of Orlando, police said. “That’s …
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WASHINGTON — Taking his critics head on, a defiant Speaker Kevin McCarthy told rank-and-file Republicans in a private meeting that he would call a vote Tuesday afternoon on Rep. Matt Gaetz’s resolution to oust him from the speaker’s office, according to lawmakers leaving the meeting. “He’s going to stand on his record and then we’re going …
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Arraignment is over The arraignment has concluded. Judge lists conditions of release The judge went over the conditions of Hunter Biden’s release and said he discussed them with the probation officer. The conditions of release include supervision by a U.S. probation officer in the Central District of California, actively seeking employment, not possessing a gun, …
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday weighs the fate of the federal agency set up to protect consumers from predatory lenders and other unlawful financial services practices as the justices consider a constitutional challenge backed by business groups. The Biden administration appealed after a lower court ruling last year said the mechanism allowing the …
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WILMINGTON, Del.— Hunter Biden is expected to plead not guilty to three firearms charges during his arraignment in a federal court in Delaware on Tuesday, amid a high-profile legal battle that has pit the president’s son against his Justice Department. Biden was denied a request to appear by video, with a magistrate judge siding with …
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LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Former NFL tight end Russ Francis, a three-time Pro Bowl selection with the New England Patriots who won a Super Bowl with the 1984 San Francisco 49ers, was killed along with another aviation enthusiast when their small plane crashed after takeoff from an upstate New York airport, authorities said Monday. Francis, …
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