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The latest example came Wednesday, at a forum held by Univision, where Trump called Jan. 6 "a day of love." Aquilino Gonell, whom Trump supporters repeatedly assaulted on Jan. 6, 2021, told NBC News on Thursday. A day of love when more than 140 officers were injured, people lost their career, people lost their lives?" Trump has called into the nightly livestreamed vigil held in support of Jan. 6 defendants outside the Washington jail at least once. Trump's running mate, Yale-educated Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, has repeatedly avoided explicitly saying Trump lost the 2020 election.

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☆ A Black conservative radio host invoked 'field' and 'house' slaves in arguing why some Black men back Trump
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Black conservative radio host Shelley Wynter drew outrage from many when he broke down the Black male electorate in the U.S. into “house African Americans and field African Americans” during an appearance Wednesday on CNN. “This race is between house African Americans and field African Americans, and field African Americans are voting for [Donald] Trump.”During enslavement in the U.S., “house slaves” worked in the main house and generally performed indoor tasks. At the same time, Wynter’s comments highlighted the intensity surrounding the Black male vote and how influential it may be in November. “It just does a disservice to all of us, both as voters and as Black Americans. “There’s nothing that compares to enslavement in the United States or for Black Americans,” he said.

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☆ From Fox News to 'The Daily Show,' Walz charts a more aggressive path: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. Plus, White House correspondent Monica Alba reports on Kamala Harris' move to out some distance between herself and Joe Biden. “I’m one or two interviews from being a regular on Fox News,” Walz said at a campaign stop in Valencia, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday. Two of Trump’s most prominent ads of the election cycle raise Kamala Harris’ support for the state underwriting gender-reassignment surgeries for inmates, including undocumented immigrants. He went back to the White House and watched the violence unfold.

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Phoenix on Tuesday snapped a streak of 21 straight days of record-breaking highs. Heat waves are expected to start earlier in the year and last later as a result of climate change, but Phoenix's streak still surprised scientists. The heat is finally expected to break heading into the weekend, as a cold front brings cooler conditions. The city on Tuesday finally snapped a streak of 21 straight days of record-breaking daily high temperatures. This summer was already the hottest on record in Phoenix, and 2024 is likely to end up as the warmest year in the city's recorded history.

Persons: ”, Jennifer Brady, Phoenix Organizations: Phoenix, Climate Central, National Weather Service Locations: Arizona , Nevada, New Mexico, Phoenix, New Jersey

Liam Payne's One Direction bandmates are "completely devastated" by his death, they said in a statement on the boy band's Instagram account Thursday, one day after Payne's death at an Argentina hotel. Sistema de Atencion Medica de Emergencia (SAME), the emergency health service, said that Payne fell from the balcony in Palermo. Police were called to the hotel for reports of an aggressive man, according to the emergency services agency, which later confirmed Payne's death. The office added that the autopsy findings indicate Payne "could have fallen in a state of semi or total unconsciousness." A number of substances were found in Payne's hotel room, the prosecutor's office said in a statement, which would prove alcohol and drug consumption.

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☆ Substitute teacher accused of re-enacting George Floyd murder and making 'racially harmful comments' in Minnesota classrom
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Cristian Santana | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The incident occurred Monday during four English classes at Woodbury High School, school and district officials said in a letter to the school community. The substitute teacher, Steve Williams, was removed from the classroom and barred from "stepping foot on any district property." School officials said the re-enactment was "reprehensible." The reported actions are not, and will not, be tolerated at Woodbury High School or in South Washington County Schools." The staffing agency that placed him at the high school said he no longer worked for them.

Persons: George Floyd, Steve Williams, Williams, Floyd, Derek Chauvin, isn't, Jason Posel, Posel, Danielle Nixon, Woodbury Organizations: Woodbury High School, Prescott Police Department, South Washington County Schools, Minnesota Department of Education, School, Woodbury Public, Minneapolis ., Minneapolis . South Washington County Schools Locations: Wisconsin, Woodbury , Minnesota, Minneapolis, South Washington, City, Prescott, Woodbury, Minneapolis . South Washington

The Summary New research offers insight into the evolutionary history of amylase genes, which are key to our ability to eat and digest starchy food. Amylase genes produce an enzyme in saliva and the gut that’s key to breaking down starches into sugar. New research published Thursday in the journal Science suggests the amylase gene has a much longer evolutionary history than scientists previously thought. Some studies have suggested that populations with higher numbers of amylase copies tend to eat more starch, though more research is needed to explore those theories. … There are things that just exist.”Both recent studies relied on a relatively new technology to analyze genetic material from ancient humans.

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☆ Battle of the billionaires: Harris deploys Mark Cuban as Elon Musk stumps for Trump
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The Grinch is the one that's going to be putting these small business out of business." Unlike Musk, who has donated nearly $75 million and counting to Trump-aligned groups, Cuban is not a political donor. Ben Wikler, Wisconsin's Democratic Party Chair, praised Cuban's "talents" and said he has credibility to reach voters on business and economic issues. But I trust her.”None of this, however, is unfamiliar territory for Cuban, who played a similar role in 2016 for Clinton’s ultimately unsuccessful campaign against Trump. Before that campaign, Trump and Cuban had a hot-and-cold relationship.

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Former President Donald Trump declared he was "the father of IVF" during a Fox News town hall that aired Wednesday, while also saying he just recently discovered what the decades-old procedure actually is. When told he was getting a question on in-vitro fertilization, Trump said, "Oh, I want to talk about IVF. "And I said, explain IVF, very IVF, very quickly. Harris told reporters on Wednesday that Trump's "father of IVF" claim was "quite bizarre." The person considered the real "father of IVF" is Robert Edwards, a British physiologist who spent almost two decades developing the procedure.

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☆ Clippers star Kawhi Leonard reportedly out indefinitely with knee inflammation
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Rohan Nadkarni | Rohan Nadkarni Is A Sports Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard will be out indefinitely to start the season with right knee inflammation, reports ESPN. Leonard has not practiced with or played in any games for the Clippers during the preseason. Since then, his right knee has been a recurring issue. In 2023, Leonard missed the final three games of the Clippers’ first-round loss to the Phoenix Suns after tearing the meniscus in his right knee. The Clippers will tip off their regular season on Oct. 23 against the Suns.

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Melania Trump will accompany former President Donald Trump to the Al Smith dinner in New York City on Thursday, two sources familiar with her plans told NBC News. In late September, a Kamala Harris campaign aide confirmed that the vice president would not be attending the dinner, saying that she would instead be campaigning in key battleground states. Among those Democrats was Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who made appeals to Harris’ campaign about modifying her schedule. “He lets me be who I am, and he lets me believe what I believe. The mood at the Al Smith dinner is traditionally jovial and gives candidates a chance to joke about their time on the campaign trail.

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The Baltimore Police Department has issued an arrest warrant for a man accused of assaulting two NFL fans after the Baltimore Ravens played the Washington Commanders on Sunday. Video of the assault went viral on social media following Sunday's game in Baltimore, in which the Ravens bested the Commanders 30-23. The video, verified by NBC News, shows a man in a Ravens jersey, allegedly Callis, approaching two men in Commanders jerseys on the streets of Baltimore. The viral clip shows the man wearing the Ravens jersey kicks one of the men wearing a Commanders jersey in his side before punching him in the face. The end of the video shows the front of the man in the Ravens jersey, who raises his arm and high fives someone off camera while shouting "I don't lose!"

Persons: John Callis, Callis Organizations: Baltimore Police Department, NFL, Baltimore Ravens, Washington, Sunday . Police, Ravens, NBC News, Baltimore . Police, South Charles Street, Baltimore, Metro Locations: Baltimore, South Charles, Maryland

WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris’ campaign will launch a new television ad Thursday aimed at linking the three words the vice president has used to describe Donald Trump lately — unhinged, unstable and unchecked — with the policy implications voters might see if the former president returns to office. The Harris campaign has increasingly sought to link Trump’s recent behavior and comments with questions about his mental acuity and refusal to release recent medical records. “One has to ask, what is Donald Trump trying to hide? Earlier this month, the Harris campaign unveiled a digital ad slamming vice presidential nominee J.D. Trump’s campaign responded to the ad by saying that he is a “plain speaker” who talks about issues like the economy and immigration.

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Trump was shot in the ear, one rallygoer was killed and two others were wounded before a Secret Service countersniper shot and killed the 20-year-old gunman. “We’ll continue to work with the department to look at those recommendations that are actionable and feasible to make changes in the Secret Service,” he said. He told NBC News that applications to join the Secret Service were up, with 400 people currently in various stages of training. Earlier this week, the two men who were wounded by the gunfire at the July rally told NBC News that the Secret Service failed them that day. A Secret Service agent spotted him and opened fire before Routh, 58, had Trump in his sights.

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☆ McConnell privately called Trump a 'despicable human' and unfit for office, new book says
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WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has endorsed Donald Trump for president this year. But in a new book, the powerful Kentucky Republican is quoted after the 2020 election disparaging Trump as a “despicable human being,” “stupid” and “ill-tempered." McConnell did not deny his statements about Trump as quoted in the book, when asked about it Thursday. In late December 2020, a month after Democrat Joe Biden defeated Trump in the presidential election, McConnell skewered Trump for holding up billions of dollars in Covid relief funds. Trump is “stupid as well as being ill-tempered and can’t even figure out where his own best interests lie,” McConnell said at the time.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a Dallas doctor Thursday for allegedly providing transition-related care to nearly two dozen minors in violation of state law. Paxton alleged that Dr. May Chi Lau, who specializes in adolescent medicine, provided hormone-replacement therapy to 21 minors between October 2023 and August for the purpose of transitioning genders. In 2023, Texas enacted a law banning hormone-replacement therapy and other forms of gender-affirming care for minors. Lau’s employer, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, did not immediately return a request for comment. Paxton’s suit is the first in the nation by an attorney general against an individual doctor for allegedly violating a restriction on transition-related care for minors.

Persons: Ken Paxton, Paxton, May Chi Lau, ” Paxton, Paxton's, Lau Organizations: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Locations: Texas, Dallas, “ Texas

St. Olaf College boasted an 87.6% voter turnout rate in 2020, taking home the top prize in the All In Campus Democracy Challenge as the most civically engaged college campus in the country. The small liberal arts college reached that number with help from its “election ambassador program,” and this year, the school is looking to break its own record. “We are all about interpersonal connections,” said junior Roxi Wessel, an election ambassador. Several factors make St. Olaf the highest-voting college in the country, including its nonpartisan approach to the election ambassador program. Jen McAndrew, from Tuft University’s Tisch College of Civic Life, said that while Minnesota makes campus voting accessible, laws in other states are creating more barriers to entry.

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WASHINGTON — The White House and Vice President Kamala Harris’ team have been in frequent contact about how she plans to distance herself from President Joe Biden, while maintaining her overall loyalty to him, according to three people familiar with the dynamic. No one in the White House was surprised by those comments, one of the sources said, since conversations had happened privately before the Fox interview. During the Fox interview, she discussed how her leadership style might differ from Biden’s decades of Washington experience. NBC News was first to report that Harris’ campaign was examining ways to distance her from Biden after criticism about her interviews. I was loyal to Barack Obama, but I cut my own path as president,” Biden said.

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Listeria monocytogenes is a type of bacteria that can contaminate food and cause serious complications for certain groups of individuals. Even though cooking the meat kills any listeria that may be present, deli meat can be contaminated afterward during packaging or slicing. Similarly, the ready-to-eat meat products involved in the ongoing BrucePac recall are precooked, although the source of contamination hasn’t yet been determined. Listeria infection early in pregnancy can cause premature labor, a baby with a low birth weight and loss of the pregnancy. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, around 1,600 people are infected and 260 people die from listeria infection in the United States every year.

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☆ Asian American evangelicals’ theology is conservative. But that doesn’t mean they vote that way.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Asian American evangelicals are a diverse, evolving group of voters increasingly seeking to distinguish themselves from their white counterparts. According to a 2023 Pew Research Center survey, about a third of Asian American adults identify as Christian. “The Asian American Christian’s identity is the convergence of cultural experience, historical background and core theological transformation,” Kim said. “I do hope and pray Asian American Christians take their civic responsibility seriously,” he said. The origins of Asian American churches influenced their evolution, said Jerry Park, associate professor of sociology at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

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Yahya Sinwar, the elusive Hamas leader widely credited with masterminding the Oct. 7 terror attacks on Israel, was confirmed dead Thursday, ending a yearlong manhunt for the militant chief. The Israel Defense Forces said Sinwar was killed by soldiers in an operation in southern Gaza on Wednesday. The only sighting of him before his death was in grainy footage taken on Oct. 10, 2023, three days after Hamas' assault, according to the Israeli military. It showed him fleeing with his family into a tunnel, one of a large network build by Hamas under Gaza, which the militant group used to smuggle weapons, hide out from Israeli attacks and keep Israeli hostages captive. They were displaced in what Palestinians call the Nakba, “catastrophe” in Arabic, of 1948, when around 700,000 people were forced from their homes in the founding of Israel.

Persons: Yahya Sinwar, masterminding, Sinwar, Osama Bin Laden, ” Matthew Levitt, ” Sinwar, Khan Younis Organizations: Israel Defense Forces, Washington Institute for Near, Policy, NBC News Locations: Israel, Gaza, Iran, United States, Al, Palestinian, Ashkelon

GREEN BAY, Wis. — In the weeks following the vice presidential debate, Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz has been sounding more like the aggressive campaigner who got the role than the buttoned-up figure he’s cut since joining the ticket. Dressed in khakis and a navy Harris-Walz sweatshirt Monday, Walz delivered some of his sharpest attacks yet against former President Donald Trump. “I’m one or two interviews from being a regular on Fox News,” Walz said at a campaign stop in Valencia, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday. Before then, he had been almost completely missing on TV since becoming the Democratic vice presidential nominee and avoiding answering questions from the media. In the last few weeks, Walz has been barnstorming swing states, appearing on multiple media platforms, and sharpening his attacks against the Trump-Vance ticket.

Persons: Tim Walz, Harris, Walz, Donald Trump, He’s, “, ” Walz, Vance, “ Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump, Jimmy Kimmel, ”, Gwen Organizations: Democratic, GOP, Fox News, “ Fox, Sunday, Republican, Trump, U.S . Army Locations: GREEN, Wis, —, Pennsylvania, Valencia , Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Pittsburgh

The latest benefit from the artificial intelligence revolution: saving American taxpayers billions of dollars. The U.S. Treasury Department said its increased use of artificial intelligence in fraud detection helped prevent or recover more than $4 billion over the past year. "Helping ensure that agencies pay the right person, in the right amount, at the right time is central to our efforts." A Treasury official declined to provide specific examples of how AI had been deployed, given the nature of the activities targeted. The Department said it plans to lend resources and lessons-learned from its AI efforts to other federal agencies.

Persons: Wally Adeyemo Organizations: U.S . Treasury Department, Treasury, The, Juniper Research, Internal Revenue Service, IRS Locations: U.S

☆ N.C. judge argues for release of man convicted in murder of Michael Jordan's father
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

The North Carolina judge who presided over the 1996 murder trial over the killing Michael Jordan’s father petitioned the state’s parole commission to release one of the men convicted in the case. Details about Weeks’ petition were not available as parole commission hearings in North Carolina are confidential and not open to the public. Prior to the murder in 1993, James Jordan was sleeping in his red Lexus along a North Carolina highway when he was shot. Demery pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, armed robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery, and like Green, received a life sentence. Green has always said he did not kill James Jordan but admitted to helping dispose of the body.

Persons: Michael Jordan’s, Gregory Weeks, Daniel Green, James Jordan, Green, Larry Demery, Weeks, Michael Jordan, Demery Organizations: North, North Carolina Department of Corrections, Lexus, Chicago Bulls, NBA, Associated Press Locations: North Carolina, South Carolina

The Arizona grandmother who went viral for accidentally inviting a stranger to her Thanksgiving dinner has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Wanda Dench chose to open up about her diagnosis in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, saying she's been undergoing chemotherapy. "That’s when a mass in my breast was detected and they suggested I get a mammogram and that verified I had breast cancer." "After the shock wore off, I met with the most wonderful people at the Breast Cancer Center. In 2016, Dench texted then 17-year-old Hinton inviting him to Thanksgiving dinner, thinking she was texting her grandson.

Persons: Wanda Dench, she's, Jamal Hinton, Dench, Hinton, Lonnie, Wanda, Dench texted Organizations: Breast Cancer Locations: Arizona, Hinton's, Hinton

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