First big storm of season heads towards Gulf coast and is expected to bring potentially heavy rains Tropical Storm Edouard headed toward the US Gulf coast early on Tuesday and was expected to gain strength before bringing potentially heavy rains and flooding into parts of Texas and Louisiana . The storm was upgraded on Monday night from a tropical depression, and forecasters with the National Hurricane Center (NHC) expect it will make landfall in Texas later on Tuesday. Continue reading...
The two victims whose remains were found after flash flooding swept through the Grand Canyon were seen photographed on the same trip prior to the deadly incident. The families of Texas chiropractor John Giusti, 46, and martial artist Brent Rosenkranz, 42, identified them as the two people whose bodies were recovered, according to Hannah Barricks, a liaison for the families. She told The Associated Press that a third friend, Timothy Smith, 53, went on the trip with them and remains missing as of
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) have leapt to controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker’s defense, blasting both Democrats and Republicans on Sunday for criticizing Piker and for introducing a resolution to condemn socialism on the House floor. "The establishment: Ds, Rs + media, have pivoted from DSA wins to personal attacks, racist dog whistles, symbolic House resolutions, and an obsession with a Twitch streamer. What would happen if they devoted that same attention to the thousands
The singer and "American Idol" judge closed out The Muny's annual summer finale concert over the weekend.
NBC News chief data analyst Steve Kornacki breaks down real-time vote tallies from primary elections in Massachusetts, while giving viewers a behind-the-scenes look at election night coverage.
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Hakainde Hichilema swept to victory, but his main rival is now in detention charged with treason.
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The family of a 14-year-old Washington, D.C. , girl who was initially believed by police to have accidentally shot herself says an arrest in her killing brings a measure of relief after they spent months insisting Zytina Mason-Brown did not take her own life. Police have taken a 17-year-old male suspect into custody in connection with Mason-Brown’s death. Authorities allege the teen was inside the apartment when Mason-Brown was fatally shot. "I’m feeling — I don’t want to say happy because it’s
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PEN America study details verbal and physical threats to librarians, funding cuts and proliferation of book bans Public libraries in the US are “at breaking point” because of an onslaught of political interference, harassment and ideological censorship, a new report published on Tuesday said. Book bans, cancelled story hours, attacks on librarians, funding cuts and the undoing of libraries’ independent governance are examined by the free expression advocacy group PEN America in its study called
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Nearly a week after catastrophic floods hit Nepal, the death toll there has crossed 1,000 with the dead being laid to rest in mass graves. Meanwhile, rescue teams are continuing to dig in search for thousands more missing. NBC’s Janis Mackey Frayer reports for TODAY.
