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Class Action Settlement for LG Refrigerators
If you own an LG refrigerator and have had a cooling issue, you might be eligible to collect money in a class action settlement. You can find out more at lgfridgesettlement.com.
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Inside Catholic Church, Many Satisfied With Response to Clergy Abuse, NBC Survey Finds
Dave Baillargeon rediscovered his Catholic faith more than a decade ago when his daughter was baptized. “I would be with the blessed sacrament in the church and just praying for maybe an hour before Mass, and I felt that God was calling me to do something else,” he said. “Something more.” That calling was so strong that 14 years ago,...
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Why Apple Doesn't Want Users to Replace Their Own Batteries
The two recent incidents involving Apple products show a growing risk to the company’s brand: the lithium-ion batteries that power its devices. First, the Federal Aviation Administration disclosed last week that some Apple laptops have been banned from flights. This comes after Apple recalled some 15-inch MacBook Pro laptop models because the batteries inside the computers pose a fire hazard....
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See Every Great White Shark Sighting Near Cape Cod This Summer
If it seems like great white sharks are everywhere off Cape Cod and the Islands this summer, it’s not just you. They’ve been seen up and down the Cape, and you can see every sighting right here, as tracked by the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy.
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Recap: A Look at Robert Mueller's Testimony
Former special counsel Robert Mueller told lawmakers Wednesday that Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election was “not a witch hunt” and “not a hoax,” as President Donald Trump has claimed. Mueller testified before the House intelligence and judiciary committees in back-to-back hearings to answer questions for the first time about his two-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016...
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‘Yelp for Sex': Review Boards That Rate Women Flourish After Crackdown on Ad Sites
On review boards for commercial sex, buyers denigrate the women they rate and spin fantasies about sex acts. They use forums on the sites to warn one another about anti-trafficking busts and to answer each other’s questions about the “hobby.”
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Black Hole Captured for First-Time: ‘We Have Seen What We Thought Was Unseeable'
Scientists have unveiled humanity’s first-ever photo of a black hole. The Event Horizon Telescope, a network of eight radio observatories spanning the globe, captured a massive black hole “53.5 million light-years away in galaxy Messier 87,” researchers with the National Science Foundation announced Wednesday. “We have seen what we thought was unseeable,” EHT assistant director and Harvard University senior research...
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Money Madness: AP Analysis Shows Growing Gap in NCAA Payouts
Powered by Ja Morant’s no-look passes and Dylan Windler’s step-back 3s, March Madness has been a bonanza for the Ohio Valley Conference. The league placed two teams in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament for the first time in 32 years. Then Morant’s Murray State Racers and Windler’s Belmont Bruins both won games during the first week of play, making them...
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What Is Playing in the NCAA Tournament Worth?
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament means big money for the schools and athletic conferences that participate – and even for some schools that don’t play.
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Revealed: This Iconic Film Villain Is Your All-Time Favorite
Who’s the most iconic film villain of all time? Now we know.
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Stolen Secrets: With Economic Espionage on the Rise, Silicon Valley Must Better Protect Secrets, Feds Warn
US counterintelligence officials say an emerging threat to national security could wreck entire portions of the nation’s economy and currently poses as big or bigger threat to the country as foreign terrorism. Senior Investigative Reporter Stephen Stock reports on a story that first aired Wednesday, February 13.
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Clamor for Ouster of Top Democrats Slows in Virginia
The clamor for the resignation of Virginia’s top two politicians seemed to die down Monday, with some black community leaders forgiving Gov. Ralph Northam over the blackface furor and calling for a fair hearing for Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax on the sexual assault allegations against him. Over the past several days, practically the entire Democratic establishment rose up to demand...
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2019 State of the Union Fact Check: Trump's Full Speech, Annotated
President Donald Trump delivered his second State of the Union speech Tuesday, hailing the country’s booming economy and warning of human traffickers flooding across the border. Here’s a closer look at some of the statements from his address.
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Adopted Abroad as Infants, Raised in US, and Now — They May Face Deportation
An NBC Bay Area investigation has discovered tens of thousands of U.S. residents, adopted as infants from foreign countries, and raised in the United States, now face possible deportation – because they are technically not citizens.
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1 Year Later: President Trump's 2018 State of the Union Speech Annotated
A year after President Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union address on Jan. 30, 2018, here is a look at where things stand on the issues he discussed: from successful prison reform to tax cuts that did not completely live up to their billing to a border wall that has not been built and is at the...
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Here's Some of the Technology Set to Make a ‘Quantum Leap' in 2019
From foldable cellphones to high tech burgers, more than 4,500 companies showcased their latest technology at CES, the world’s largest consumer electronics show which took place in Las Vegas earlier this month.
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Win Tickets to Kelly Clarkson 2019 Meaning of Life Tour
Kelly Clarkson fans rejoice. Here’s your chance to win tickets to Clarkson’s upcoming concert.
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Before & After: NorCal's Camp Fire Leaves Entire Town of Paradise Unrecognizable
Dozens of people have been confirmed dead in the wildfire that turned the Northern California town of Paradise and surrounding areas into “hell on earth,” resulting in the most destructive blaze in state history.
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Ted Landsmark: Unsung Champion for Social Justice in Boston
Millions of people have seen the iconic 1976 photograph of Ted Landsmark being attacked by anti-busing protesters on Boston City Hall Plaza, but few know him by name and most are unaware of his life as an educator and proponent of equal rights in Boston and beyond. While Landsmark concedes he will be forever associated with the Pulitzer Prize-winning photo,...
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‘From the Ashes We Will Rise': Coffey Park Rebuilds a Year After Deadly Wine Country Wildfires
A year after deadly fires ripped through the neighborhood, scorching everything in its path, there’s cement mixers instead of charred grass, rose bushes instead of burned hedges and a sense of optimism instead of doom. What once resembled a movie set from “Apocalypse Now” looks more like – to quote a resident – “an obstacle course.”