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Today β€” 5 May 2024NBC News Technology

Ole Miss opens conduct investigation following protest confrontation

The University of Mississippi has opened at least one student conduct investigation after videos of pro-Palestinian protesters surrounded by counter protesters circulated online, including one that many have singled out as racist.

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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators hold signs protesting the Israel-Hamas war at the University of Mississippi on Thursday.

Β© Stacey J. Spiehler via AP

Hecklers shout at a pro-Palestinian protester at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss., on Thursday.

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University of Mississippi students demonstrate on campus against the admission of African American student James Meredith in Oxford, Miss., on Sept. 20, 1962.

At a private donor event, Trump likens the Biden administration to the 'Gestapo'

Donald Trump compared President Joe Biden’s administration to the secret police force of Nazi Germany in remarks at a private, closed-door donor retreat on Saturday afternoon.

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University leaders face calls for accountability after crackdowns on pro-Palestinian encampments

4 May 2024 at 17:23
Pro-Palestinian activists have launched encampments at more than 70 campuses to bring attention to Israel’s monthslong military assault on the Gaza Strip and to demand that schools divest from companies doing business with the country.

Β© Elijah Nouvelage

Police officers detain a demonstrator during a pro-Palestinian protest at Emory University in Atlanta on April 25.

Β© Alex Kent

Pro-Palestinian protesters lock arms at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus in New York on Wednesday.

Before Mike Johnson and Kevin McCarthy, there was β€˜Uncle Joe,’ a Speaker who fought his own GOP rebels

4 May 2024 at 09:00
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is facing a threat a few of his Republican predecessors can relate to: members of his own party vowing to oust him from power.

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The Congress that stayed up all night. This is the only photo taken of the House of Representatives during the controversy.

Cease-fire talks advance in Egypt even as Israel threatens to invade Rafah

TEL AVIV β€” A high-level Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo on Saturday as months of stop-start talks for a cease-fire and hostage release deal appear to have reached a crucial stage, even as Israel continued to threaten a ground offensive in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah that United Nations officials have warned will worsen the civilian death toll and deepen the enclave’s humanitarian crisis.

A rising Republican lost her seat in the Trump era. Now she's trying a comeback.

4 May 2024 at 07:00
In 2016, Kelly Ayotte was a rising GOP star. In 2017, she was a former senator. Now, she's attempting a comeback with a run for governor of New Hampshire.

Β© Brian Snyder

Kelly Ayotte, pictured at the state Republican Party's First in the Nation Leadership Summit in Nashua, N.H., in 2023, is running for governor of the Granite State.

Who were the β€˜outsiders’ at Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall?

Roughly 30% of those arrested at Columbia University's Hamilton Hall had no affiliation with the school, including James Carlson, 40, an animal rights lawyer.

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James Carlson.

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Lisa Fithian.

Southern border sees surge of global migrants

22 April 2024 at 20:06
Many people who are migrating at the southern border are not just coming from Central America, but also from Asia and Africa. NBC News’ David Noriega spoke with some who traveled around the world to seek asylum in the U.S.Β 

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Many people who are migrating at the southern border are not just coming from Central America, but also from Asia and Africa. NBC News’ David Noriega spoke with some who traveled around the world to seek asylum in the U.S.Β 
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Columbia is rethinking its commencement ceremony in the wake of campus protests

Columbia University is rethinking its commencement plans after weeks of pro-Palestinian protests ended with authorities forcing their way into a barricaded school building and arresting dozens of people, according to a source at the university and two members of student government.

Β© MIchael Nigro

Student demonstrators occupy the "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" at Columbia University on Monday.

Β© Kena Betancur

NYPD officers in riot gear break into a building occupied by protesters Tuesday night at Columbia University.

Β© Stephanie Keith

Police detain pro-Palestinian protesters Tuesday at Columbia University.

Tears on the stand and Trump's hands in everything: Here's what you missed on Day 11 of Trump's hush money trial

In bombshell testimony Friday, Hope Hicks relayed cascading concerns inside Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign as a lewd tape and allegations that he had had affairs with a Playboy model and a porn star emerged in the waning days of the election.

Former Trump aide Hope Hicks testifies in hush money trial

3 May 2024 at 11:45
Hope Hicks, a former White House aide to former President Trump, has begun testifying in the New York hush money trial. NBC News' Vaughn Hillyard and Danny Cevallos report on Hicks' past with Trump and the possible impact of her testimony.

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Hope Hicks, a former White House aide to former President Trump, has begun testifying in the New York hush money trial. NBC News' Vaughn Hillyard and Danny Cevallos report on Hicks' past with Trump and the possible impact of her testimony.

China launches world-first mission to the far side of the moon, revving up U.S. space race

China launched its Chang’e 6 lunar probe on Friday in a first-of-its-kind mission to bring back samples from the far side of the moon.

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Space enthusiasts awaiting the launch of China’s Chang’e 6 lunar probe on the island of Hainan on Thursday.

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Spectators on a beach near the Wenchang Space Launch site on Thursday.

Β© Janis Mackey Frayer

A street vendor selling space merchandise ahead of the lunar launch on Friday.

Inside Trump's 'quiet' VP search

Former President Donald Trump sealed the Republican presidential nomination nearly two months ago, and for more than two weeks he has been occupied by a criminal trial in New York.

Β© Chip Somodevilla

Marc Short, who was a top aide to former Vice President Mike Pence, said Trump is "looking for complementary skills, not redundant skills."

More than 2,000 people arrested nationwide in pro-Palestinian campus protests

The clashes between police officers and pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses have seized national attention.

Β© James M. Patterson

New Hampshire State Police before they crossed Dartmouth College Green on Wednesday.

Β© Brandon Bell

Police arrest protesters at a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the University of Texas at Austin on April 24.

Β© Etienne Laurent

Police make arrests at UCLA on Thursday.

Mandatory evacuations ordered in Texas after heavy rain and floods

2 May 2024 at 19:47
Mandatory evacuations were ordered in parts of Texas, and residents in Harris County, home to Houston, were told to be ready to stay put for days after heavy rain caused flooding.

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High water flows into Vernon's Kuntry Katfish in Conroe, Texas, on Thursday.

Β© Jason Fochtman

A Houston firetruck makes its way through floodwater in North Woodland Hills on Thursday after severe flooding in Kingwood, Texas.

Technology may offer way to prevent wrong-way traffic deaths

2 May 2024 at 19:10
Crashes involving cars going the wrong way kill hundreds of people each year. But now, technology using GPS and cell phones may help alert drivers when a car is going the wrong way. Scott Friedman reports.

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Crashes involving cars going the wrong way kill hundreds of people each year. But now, technology using GPS and cell phones may help alert drivers when a car is going the wrong way. Scott Friedman reports.

Migrants desperate to reach the U.S. are traveling inside cargo trucks. Some never make it.

Telemundo News and the Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism (CLIP), together with other partners, detail the burgeoning and deadly illegal industry that smuggles thousands of migrants into the U.S. via cargo trucks.

Β© Ronny Rojas

Yanira ChΓ‘vez lives with her family in Long Island, New York. She cannot forget the four days she spent inside a cargo trailer in January 2019.

Β© FΓ©lix MΓ‘rquez

Central American migrants sit and stand beside the truck they were traveling in, in Veracruz. They were detained by authorities in July 2023.

Sex tapes and Lindsay Lohan rehab records: Trump trial detours into tabloid scandals

Celebrity scandals became a focal point Thursday during a Trump attorney's cross-examination of Keith Davidson, the lawyer who represented adult film actress Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal during the "catch and kill" scheme.

'What have we done?' Lawyer recounts hush money deal struck before 2016 election

Donald Trump's hush money trial resumed Thursday in a New York City courtroom with a former lawyer for adult film star Stormy Daniels recounting the deal struck days before the 2016 election to suppress her claims that she had a sexual encounter with Donald Trump β€” and the role he suggested the deal may have played in his campaign victory.

Crowdfunding and suitcases full of cash: How Gazans are paying to escape war

Thousands of Gazans desperate to flee have increasingly turned to crowdfunding, raising money to enter Egypt with the support of a growing cadre of strangers.

Β© Courtesy Anas al Borno

Left, Anas Al Borno with his wife, Yasmine, and children Yazan, Abdel Rahman and Julia before the war. Right, his company's Gaza City warehouse after it was bombed in the fall.

Β© Abed Zagout

Palestinians keep warm by a campfire by a makeshift tent in Rafah at the Egyptian border on Feb. 27.

Β© @aqatrawii via Instagram

Abdullah Alqatrawi's Instagram page features videos he has shot around Gaza in the last few months, including his living conditions, left, the ruins of his neighborhood, center, and his family crossing the border.

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A camp for displaced people in Rafah, southern Gaza, by the border with Egypt on Sunday.

Β© Courtesy Anas Al Borno

Left, Anas Al Borno's makeshift tent in Rafah. His daughter Julia, 3, right, in front of the tent in February, has since fled to Egypt.
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