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3 Men Charged in Fatal Prison Beating of Notorious Mob Boss Whitey Bulger
Fifty-five-year-old Fotios “Freddy” Geas, 48-year-old Paul “Pauly” DeCologero, and 36-year-old Sean McKinnon were charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in the beating death of Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger in a West Virginia prison in 2018
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NBC News' Richard Engel Says His 6-Year-Old Son, Henry, Has Died
Henry was diagnosed with Rett syndrome, a genetic brain disorder that does not have a treatment or cure, as a toddler.
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How the News Media Separates Fact From Disinformation in Ukraine
Social media has given journalists and the public access to a huge amount of information from the war in Ukraine, but separating fact from disinformation has never been harder. Members of the NBC Social Newsgathering team joined NBCLX storyteller Clark Fouraker to walk him through how they vet social media videos to get at the truth.
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Richard Engel Shares ‘Heartbreaking' Story of Man Saying Goodbye to Family in Ukraine
A father putting his hand on the glass of a departing train window as his young son did the same was one of many heartbreaking scenes witnessed in Kyiv on Friday by NBC News’ Richard Engel.
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US Plans New Safety Rules to Combat Carbon Monoxide Poisoning From Portable Generators
The U.S. agency responsible for protecting consumers announced this week that it intends to recommend new mandatory rules to make portable generators safer, saying manufacturers have not voluntarily done enough to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning deaths.
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NBC News Poll: 50 Percent of Republicans Doubt Their Vote Will Be Counted Accurately
Two-thirds of all registered voters, 66 percent, say they are confident their vote will be counted accurately, down from 85 percent in October 2020.
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‘Seized by Some Invisible Hand': What it Feels Like to Have Havana Syndrome
Tina Onufer, was a career foreign service officer stationed in Havana, she was among the first victims of a still-unexplained phenomenon that has come to be known as Havana Syndrome.
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ESPN Sidelines Sage Steele After Comments on Network's Vaccine Mandate, Barack Obama
ESPN sidelined reporter Sage Steele on Tuesday after the sportscaster questioned former President Barack Obama’s racial identity and blasted her company’s COVID-19 vaccination policy.
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Poway Synagogue Shooter Sentenced For Hate Crime in California Court
A former college student who fired an assault rifle inside a synagogue filled with worshipers during Passover in 2019, killing one woman and injuring three others will spend the rest of his life in prison for the hate-motivated attack.
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CBP Inappropriately Surveilled U.S. Citizens During Migrant Caravan: DHS Report
The report published by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General found that while the agency had justified reasoning to flag journalists, their tracking was not fully within CBP policy.
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School Districts Having Critical Race Theory Debates Are Diversifying Quickly
As many towns in the U.S. become more diverse, school districts are hiring diversity coordinators, holding listening sessions for students of color. But those districts have also faced a backlash from parents who decry inclusivity efforts as “critical race theory.” An NBC News analysis found those districts seeing backlash have diversified quickly, reporter Tyler Kingkade explains.
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Three Men Guided Millions Through Horror of Sept. 11, 2001
Millions of Americans were guided through the horror of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by one of three men on television news — Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings and Dan Rather