Around 100 people killed, 150 injured in a fire at a wedding hall in Iraq (www.nbcnews.com)
X makes cuts to disinformation and election integrity team (www.nbcnews.com)
X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has slashed the number of people on its disinformation and election integrity team just weeks after it said it was hiring for new positions to help it guard against foreign interference....
Taiwan reveals first homemade submarine amid China's threats (www.nbcnews.com)
The indigenous submarine program has drawn on expertise and technology from several countries — a breakthrough for diplomatically isolated Taiwan....
New Orleans braces for drinking water emergency from drought-stricken Mississippi River (www.nbcnews.com)
Officials in Louisiana are in a race against time as salt water from the Gulf of Mexico threatens drinking water supplies in New Orleans and its surrounding areas because of unusually low levels in the drought-addled Mississippi River....
A Black student’s family sues Texas officials over his suspension for hairstyle (www.nbcnews.com)
The family of a Black high school student in Texas on Saturday filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state’s governor and attorney general over his ongoing suspension by his school district for his hairstyle....
Federal judge declares Texas drag law unconstitutional (www.nbcnews.com)
A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a Texas law that LGBTQ advocates feared would ban drag shows in the state and imprison performers....
Turkish president says he's bothered by U.N. decor that resembles 'LGBT colors' (www.nbcnews.com)
Georgia judge orders jurors’ identities to stay secret during Trump election trial (www.nbcnews.com)
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had requested an order that would limit revealing jurors’ names and likenesses during any trial in the case....
Before Jan. 6, the FBI predicted extremists would be 'very willing to take action' over a 2020 election dispute (www.nbcnews.com)
An FBI “red cell” report predicted that law enforcement action and a “lack of coordination” between groups would prevent widespread violence in response to a disputed election....
Supreme Court rejects Alabama’s bid to use congressional map with just one majority-Black district (www.nbcnews.com)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a defeat to Alabama Republicans for the second time in three months, rejecting their latest attempt to use a congressional map that includes only one majority-Black district....
In a first, NASA returns asteroid samples to Earth (www.nbcnews.com)
A blood test for long Covid is possible, new research suggests (www.nbcnews.com)
Oklahoma judge opened fire while driving and intentionally crashed his car, police say (www.nbcnews.com)
An Oklahoma judge was arrested in Austin, Texas, last week after authorities say he opened fire on parked vehicles while out driving, striking at least one of them, and intentionally crashed into a woman’s vehicle, telling officers later that she had cut him off....
Russian Black Sea Fleet commander killed in strike, Ukraine says (www.nbcnews.com)
Pandemic aid officials who overpaid vulnerable renters are saying, ‘We messed up, pay us back’ (www.nbcnews.com)
State and local agencies that distributed federal aid to renters facing eviction during the pandemic are now scrambling to claw back millions of dollars in overpayments....
Black plaintiffs file lawsuits for wrongful arrests or jailing due to facial recognition technology (www.nbcnews.com)
Randal Quran Reid is among at least five Black plaintiffs who say they were misidentified by facial recognition technology and then wrongly arrested....
Serb gunmen battle police in Kosovo monastery siege; 4 dead (www.nbcnews.com)
Ethnic Serb gunmen in armored vehicles stormed a village in north Kosovo on Sunday, battling police and barricading themselves in a monastery in a resurgence of violence in the restive north that killed four people....
Caste matters : South Asian activists’ hunger strike to ban caste discrimination reaches day 18 (www.nbcnews.com)
A group of caste equity leaders have been fasting for more than two weeks to convince Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill that would make caste discrimination illegal in California.
In a first, NASA returns asteroid samples to Earth (www.nbcnews.com)
The collected rocks and soil could help scientists unlock secrets about the solar system and how life emerged on this planet....
Pay for millions of federal workers is at risk with a looming government shutdown (www.nbcnews.com)
A shutdown that would halt pay for military families and government workers comes at a particularly precarious time for many households that are already struggling financially....
Caste matters : South Asian activists’ hunger strike to ban caste discrimination reaches day 18 (www.nbcnews.com)
A group of caste equity leaders have been fasting for more than two weeks to convince Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill that would make caste discrimination illegal in California.
Baton Rouge woman says she was 'sexually humiliated' by police in 'torture warehouse' (www.nbcnews.com)
An embattled Louisiana police department has been hit with a second lawsuit alleging officers from a street crime unit dragged detainees to an unmarked warehouse dubbed the “Brave Cave,” where they were assaulted, stripped and subjected to body cavity searches....
13-foot alligator spotted with human remains in its mouth in Florida canal (www.nbcnews.com)
A 13-foot alligator was spotted with human remains in its mouth in a canal in unincorporated Largo, Florida....
Biden tells Zelenskyy that U.S. sending Ukraine ATACMS long-range missiles (www.nbcnews.com)
Wyoming ranch accused of abusing children, unsanitary conditions will now operate without inspections (www.nbcnews.com)
A Wyoming ranch accused of abusing children and forcing them to perform manual labor lost its license earlier this year after state officials documented a litany of safety and sanitary violations. But the ranch found a way to stay open and will no longer need a license to care for children, a development that has alarmed youth...
