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Detroit woman suing police, claiming faulty facial recognition technology led to unjust arrest

Faulty use of facial recognition technology led to the unjust arrest of a Detroit woman, she said in a federal lawsuit, claiming police failed to ask basic questions that could've cleared her on the spot. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/92EgwSe

Federal judge rules Trump administration can fire career intel officers who had DEI jobs 

A judge ruled the Trump administration can fire dozens of intelligence officers with CIA and ODNI who had temporary assignments working on diversity programs. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/eJkOpB9

Hamas says it will release the bodies of four more Israeli hostages late Wednesday

Hamas will release the bodies of four more Israeli hostages Wednesday night, a spokesperson for the militant group said Wednesday. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/qSwVnuf

Woman arrested following fourth vandalism incident at Colorado Tesla dealership

A woman suspected to be involved in an attempted arson and repeated vandalization of a Northern Colorado Tesla dealership was arrested on Monday—the fourth such incident reported at the location in recent weeks. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/uMAS1xD

Office of Buffalo Trace whiskey distillery swept into Kentucky River by mudslide

A cargo container and makeshift office for centuries-old whiskey maker Buffalo Trace slid into the Kentucky River on Monday in the wake of heavy rains and flooding, officials said. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/SfhDsj0

Cardiac arrest in athletes did not increase during pandemic, study finds

A six-year study found no increase in cardiac arrests or cardiac deaths among athletes during the Covid pandemic, contradicting anti-vaccine misinformation that has circulated. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/ygrn9BN

Judge blocks Department of Education, federal personnel office from sharing data with DOGE

A federal judge in Maryland has blocked the Department of Education and Office of Personnel Management from sharing the personal information of plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Trump administration with Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/7BkiYey

Delta flight returns to LAX after takeoff over smoke detected midair

An Australia-bound Delta flight returned to Los Angeles shortly after takeoff Saturday night when smoke was detected in the plane’s galley. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/nKukUSo

Police officer killed, five injured in Pennsylvania hospital shooting after gunman takes hostages

A police officer was killed Saturday after responding to a shooting at UPMC Memorial Hospital located just outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where a gunman took several hostages and injured at least five other people before he was shot dead. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/kx6Zemg

Pope responding to medication, but doctors warn sepsis is a threat in pneumonia battle

The Vatican carried on with its Holy Year celebrations without the pope Saturday, as Pope Francis battled pneumonia and a complex respiratory infection that doctors say remains touch-and-go and will keep him hospitalized for at least another week. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/CrBEsVk

Washington, D.C., police are investigating Rep. Cory Mills over an alleged assault

Washington, D.C., police said they are investigating Rep. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/OCUl3RJ

Spurs star Victor Wembanyama to miss remainder of NBA season with blood clot

Spurs star Victor Wembanyama will miss remainder of NBA season due to a blood clot in his shoulder, the team said. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/zk53oH2

Mitch McConnell announces he'll retire, ending his four-decade Senate career

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the longest-serving Senate leader in history, announced Thursday he won't seek re-election, bringing to an end a four-decade in the chamber. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/0pOr6ft

Panama hotel holding 300 people, mostly Asian, deported under Trump 

A Panama hotel is detaining nearly 300 people from various countries deported under U.S. President Donald Trump, not allowing them to leave. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/aOQ5Roy

Foreign service worker sues Trump claiming pregnant wife's life put at risk amid USAID shutdown

A foreign service worker whose pregnant wife allegedly was denied emergency medical transport while stationed abroad has filed an affidavit in federal court against the Trump administration, claiming its “rushed, haphazard and cruel” push to shut down the agency has placed the mother and unborn daughter at grave risk. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/BpSOAby

Death toll in Kentucky storms rises to 14 as state braces for another round of winter weather

The death toll in the storms that devastated Kentucky over the weekend has risen to 14 — and the impacted communities will have to brace for more winter weather. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/ZW3X6at

Princess Kate shares hand-drawn portraits by her and her children

Kate Middleton and Prince William shared four portraits created by the Princess of Wales and her children — Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/pDT192w

'The White Lotus' is bringing back Belinda: What you need to know about her character

“The White Lotus” is back, and so is Belinda, the resort masseuse played by Natasha Rothwell. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/W3wrlT0

Secretary of State Rubio meets with Netanyahu over ceasefire

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the ongoing ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Their meeting comes just one day after three more hostages were released by Hamas. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/ovrXTEW

Gold mine collapse in Mali kills 42, injures several others

BAMAKO, Mali — A gold mine collapsed in eastern Mali, killing dozens of people and injuring many more, according to Malian television and officials in the Kéniéba district where the accident occurred. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/DrK0J2t

Gold mine collapse in Mali kills 42, injures several others

BAMAKO, Mali — A gold mine collapsed in eastern Mali, killing dozens of people and injuring many more, according to Malian television and officials in the Kéniéba district where the accident occurred. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/DrK0J2t

Blizzard in the North and floods in the South while severe storms batter eastern U.S.

Much of the eastern half of the United States is bracing for severe weather this weekend, with “life-threatening” flash flooding possible in parts of the Southeast and significant snow set to blanket the Upper Midwest through to New England. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/NTt3EQz

Amazon 'anti-union propaganda,' employee surveillance loom over labor vote at North Carolina warehouse

Italo Medelius-Marsano was a law student at North Carolina Central University in 2022, when he took a job at an Amazon warehouse near the city of Raleigh to earn some extra cash. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/G0aSOkm

CDC to lose one-tenth of workforce under Trump team probationary job cuts

Nearly 1,300 probationary employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — roughly one-tenth of the agency’s workforce — are being forced out under the Trump administration’s action. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/6X7GT3W

White House terminates top federal prosecutors amid DOJ, FBI purge

The White House terminated multiple U.S. attorneys on Wednesday amid a period of upheaval at the Justice Department initiated by President Donald Trump. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/a42NY0B

Bank of America CEO on inflation impact on U.S. economy: 'Rates are going to stay where they are'

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said Wednesday that strong consumer spending so far this year means the Federal Reserve will probably hold off on cutting its benchmark interest rate. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/XypaZqW

FEMA official ignores judge's latest order, demands freeze on grant funding

A senior FEMA official instructed subordinates to freeze funding for grant programs, hours after a judge ordered the Trump administration to stop such pauses. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/KDlBaMY

Ohio governor nominates legendary ex-football coach Jim Tressel for lieutenant governor

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has nominated Jim Tressel, a former star college football coach who guided Ohio State University to a national championship, to be his next lieutenant governor. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/5ArdKWm

Feb. 9 – NSA Mike Waltz, Sen. Andy Kim and Amanda Gorman

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz defends President Trump’s plan for a Gaza takeover. Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) talks about Trump’s dismantling of USAID. Poet Amanda Gorman discusses book banning in a Meet the Moment conversation. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/75S6R1O

Back-to-back storm systems bring heavy snow and arctic temperatures to northern U.S.

The first of these upcoming systems will start from the Plains on Monday, with the heaviest snowfall expected to drop a potential 2 to 5 inches across Kansas. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/mOPSyfv

War-torn Lebanon forms its first government in over 2 years to end deadlock

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s new prime minister on Saturday formed the country’s first full-fledged government since 2022. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/DitVgcC

Northern U.S. faces intense blast of snow, sleet, freezing rain

Ninety-five million people across the northern U.S. from the plains to the Great Lakes as well as the Northeast are under winter weather alerts on Saturday as a blast of winter weather could foul roads and create dangerous, icy conditions this weekend from the Dakotas to Maine. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/oYErvi1

Weekend winter storm to drop snow and freezing rain from Midwest to Northeast

A weekend winter storm will bring biting temperatures and dump several inches of snow on areas from the Midwest to Northeast. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/C0srPjM

Over 150 women raped during Congo prison break, U.N. says

At least 165 women were raped by male inmates during a mass breakout from a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the United Nations. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/LUNI6bR

Whoopi Goldberg warns against 'phony' weight loss ad using AI version of her likeness

Whoopi Goldberg warned the public to not believe a "phony" weight loss ad made with artificial intelligence using her likeness. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/IOZhY1j

West Point disbands cadet cultural clubs after Trump’s anti-DEI order

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point has disbanded cultural clubs in response to President Donald Trump's executive order last week to abolish programs and initiatives that focus on diversity, equity and inclusion across the Defense Department and the Coast Guard. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/fGWihgq

Job openings decline sharply in December to 7.6 million, below forecast

Job openings slid in December while hiring, voluntary quits and layoffs held steady, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/ERrqMlK

New Lakers star Luka Doncic calls trade from Mavericks 'a big shock'

The Lakers introduced Luka Doncic on Tuesday, and the NBA superstar expressed the same shock as the rest of the basketball world about the trade that brought him to L.A. from Dallas. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/sI5VxME

Why more retirement-age Americans keep working

When it came time for Diane Wetherington to consider retirement, reality quickly set in. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/lB9jove

Egg prices have soared as farmers contend with bird flu outbreak

The average price for a dozen eggs in the U.S. has jumped 50% in the past year and the cost increase appears to have accelerated since November. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/tnx0DqM

'Crazy': NBA stars and pundits shocked by Luka Doncic trade

Kevin Durant called it "crazy." from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/CJqnQHI

Israel says she's a 'terrorist' — but after a year in prison, she still doesn't know why

After more than a year and three months sitting behind bars in an Israeli detention center, Jeneen Amro says she still doesn't know why she was arrested, with soldiers sweeping into her room in Dura, just outside the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, and arresting her at gunpoint. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/hZGSLzM