news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeIt’s Friday, and we started this newsy day hearing that Netflix has a deal to acquire Warner Bros. We’ll dig into what it means for you at this early stage. Could you pay more? Maybe. Will the government approve the merger? Also a maybe. I talked to […]
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911 calls capture panic at Camp Mystic as deadly Texas floods swept away campers – NBC News
news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeAs catastrophic flooding inundated parts of Texas Hill Country on July 4, dispatchers received multiple frantic 911 calls from Camp Mystic, a Christian sleepaway camp for girls, describing children gone missing and pleading for helicopters to rescue them.Callers described fears that girls may have drowned, dozens of […]
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets – NBC News
news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeWASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. military on Sept. 2 to kill all 11 people on a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean Sea because they were on an internal list of narco-terrorists who U.S. intelligence and military officials determined could be lethally targeted, […]
Hegseth gives defiant speech defending ‘drug boat’ strikes amid scrutiny – The Guardian
At event in California, US defense secretary says Trump has power to take military action ‘as he sees fit’Pete Hegseth on Saturday doubled down on his defense of US military strikes on alleged drug cartel boats in the Caribbean, arguing that Donald Trump has the power to take military action “as he sees fit” and […]
In New Orleans, a sanctuary city's policies are being tested in a state that supports immigration enforcement – NBC News
news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeThe immigration enforcement operation launched Wednesday in Louisiana is pitting New Orleans’ sanctuary city policies against state laws favored by Republican lawmakers.Officials in New Orleans have expressed an unwillingness to aid the operation in a city rich with diversity. But unlike states like California and Illinois, where […]