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Just days after a suspect caused terror in New Orleans with a truck attack and placing bombs along the street, a man has been arrested for making a bomb threat in the same neighborhood. On Saturday, employees at a store on Royal Street near Canal Street in the French Quarter – about a block from

Ukraine has launched a counterattack in the southern Russian border region of Kursk, warning that Russia is “getting what it deserves.” Andrii Kovalenko, the head of the Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation, an official body, said Ukrainian forces had launched surprise attacks against Russian forces in several locations across Kursk, months after launching its incursion

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s company Blue Origin is poised to launch its first orbital rocket next week, marking a pivotal moment in the commercial space race currently dominated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Named New Glenn, the rocket is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida as soon as Wednesday 1:00

The judge presiding over the hush money against Donald Trump denied his bid to dismiss the case and said he’ll sentence him on January 10, ten days before his inauguration. MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports and is joined by political strategist Chai Komanduri. (The Beat’s YouTube playlist: https://msnbc.com/ari Ari: / arimelber Beat merch: www.msnbc.com/Beat5) Read original

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A second Department of Homeland Security agent has been charged in federal court with using a confidential informant to sell illicit drugs that were seized as evidence. Nicholas Kindle, a special agent in Utah tasked with investigating illegal narcotics trafficking, was arrested three weeks after his alleged co-conspirator, special agent

In a series of videos, the suspect in the deadly New Year’s attack in New Orleans discussed planning to kill his family and having dreams that helped inspire him to join ISIS, according to multiple officials briefed on the investigation. Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the 42-year-old man who police suspect drove a pickup truck into a crowd

A 17-year-old in Texas has been accused of killing her classmate’s show goat. The teen reportedly told police that she “does not like cheaters.” She was detained in late November and charged with cruelty to livestock, Williamson County court records show. She was released that same day on a $5,000 bond. The charge is a

The solar system is putting on its own New Year’s Eve show, with the northern lights potentially visible as far south as Oregon and Illinois on Dec. 31. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Prediction Center issued a geomagnetic storm warning for New Year’s Eve that could bring the aurora borealis much farther

Personally, I think having one absolutely unhinged, lawless coworker is a canon life event. What better way to bond with your colleagues than sharing looks of horror across the room, am I right? NBC Recently, Redditor u/aquatic_armageddons asked, “How did that one coworker get fired?” You know…that one. People in the comments had no shortage

CNN commentator Scott Jennings said President Biden is leaving office in “disgrace.” Jennings joined host Dana Bash and contributor Karen Finney on Sunday for CNN’s “State of the Union” panel to discuss Biden’s time in office as it draws to a close. Finney argued that while there were concerns about Biden’s health and fitness for

Scores of people were killed on Sunday when a passenger jet crash-landed at an airport in southwestern South Korea, with the aircraft careening down the runway on its belly before bursting into flames. Just two of the 181 people on board the plane survived, after the deaths of 179 people were confirmed, according to the

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to Azerbaijan’s president for a “tragic incident” which happened in Russian airspace involving an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane that crashed after air defences were used against Ukrainian drones. Flight J2-8243 crashed on Wednesday in a ball of fire near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan after diverting

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday that she may have to take “extraordinary measures” to keep the federal government functioning if lawmakers can’t raise or suspend the debt limit—a warning that comes as House Speaker Mike Johnson navigates the tricky issue of maintaining GOP support. “I respectfully urge Congress to act to protect the full

HEBBRONVILLE, Texas (AP) — In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, like magic dumplings. It’s only here and in northern Mexico that the bluish-green peyote plant can be found growing naturally, nestled under thorny mesquite, acacia and blackbrush. For many Native American Church