Republican mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt reposted an AI-generated video depicting him as a Batman-inspired character saving a burning Los Angeles from his opponents, raising questions about how AI is reshaping elections. NBC News’ Steve Patterson reports.
Guy Shoemaker, of Fort Worth, Texas, was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2021 and still needs follow-up care to help him eat and drink safely.
Doctors say a breakthrough drug could double the survival rates of thousands in the U.S. with advanced stages of pancreatic cancer. NBC News’ Erika Edwards details the drug advancements and side effects to look out for.
Michael Marx was shot by authorities multiple times and then taken to a hospital after bystander was wounded A man accused of firing a gun at law enforcement officers near the Washington monument this week was walking along the path of JD Vance ’s motorcade before the shooting and made a vulgar remark about the White House after the confrontation, according to a court filing on Wednesday. Michael Marx, 45, of Midland, Texas, was shot multiple times during Monday’s confrontation and was in the ba
School said its admission process is ‘based on merit’ and it is committed to complying with state and federal laws The US Department of Justice found on Wednesday that the medical school at the University of California, Los Angeles illegally considered race in admissions as the Trump administration ramps up scrutiny of colleges’ processes for selecting students. The finding escalates the Trump administration’s ongoing standoff with UCLA, which has focused mostly on the main campus’s response to
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Andes strain the cause of infection in two cases, says South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases Europe live – latest updates What is hantavirus? A luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak and marooned for days off the coast of Cape Verde with close to 150 people onboard was due to head to Spain, while South Africa confirmed it had identified among the victims a strain of the virus that can – in rare cases – spread among humans. The Swiss government said a man who
Guardian - World · Oct 8
US commerce secretary to sit for transcribed interview as part of House oversight committee’s broader investigation The US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, will appear before the House oversight and reform committee on Wednesday to answer questions over his past ties to Jeffrey Epstein . Lutnick agreed in March to sit for a transcribed interview with the committee following the justice department’s release of millions of documents related to Epstein, which included documents showing that Lutn
Guardian - World · Oct 8
As Labour faces record-breaking losses in Thursday’s local elections, prime minister says rivals are unfit to lead Labour is braced for record-breaking losses in Thursday’s local elections in England, which could be decisive for Keir Starmer’s future as prime minister. In a message to voters on Thursday, Starmer said Reform’s Nigel Farage and the Greens’ Zack Polanski were “not fit to meet this moment of great global instability” and that only Labour was putting the national interest first. Cont
