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Today — 1 June 2024NBC News Technology

Boeing forced to call off its first launch with NASA astronauts once again

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By: Denise Chow and Marissa Parra
1 June 2024 at 12:38
NASA and Boeing were forced once again to call off the first crewed launch of the company’s Starliner spacecraft.

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Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are set to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the Crew Flight Test launch at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday.

The number of deaths in ICE custody is already more than double all of last year

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By: Daniella Silva
1 June 2024 at 07:30
Ten people have died while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody so far this fiscal year, more than twice as many as last year and three times as many as the year before, according to ICE data and news releases.

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An immigration detainee is processed at the Krome North Service Processing Center in Miami in 2019.

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Detainees at the Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, La., in 2019.

She was 14 when a U.S. pilot was shot down near her home in France. 80 years later, she’s keeping his memory alive.

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By: Tony Brown and Meagan Fitzgerald
1 June 2024 at 06:00
Eighty years after an American fighter plane was shot down during World War II, a village in northern France has commemorated the pilot's memory.

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Paul Chaufty was initially reported as missing before he was officially declared killed in action in the fall of 1944.

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Local residents put up an American flag to mark the site where Chaufty’s plane crashed near the French village of St. Elliers Les Bois.

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Nicole and Mireille hold hands aboved Marie Bastien at a ceremony for Paul Chaufty.

Drug companies cap prices of asthma inhalers

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31 May 2024 at 19:19
Starting Saturday, millions of Americans will get a price break on asthma inhalers. Several pharmaceutical companies have announced price caps on the devices. But some say the bigger issue is the overall high cost of prescription drugs. NBC News' Anne Thompson reports.

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Starting Saturday, millions of Americans will get a price break on asthma inhalers. Several pharmaceutical companies have announced price caps on the devices. But some say the bigger issue is the overall high cost of prescription drugs. NBC News' Anne Thompson reports.

Biden announces new Middle East cease-fire proposal

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31 May 2024 at 13:45
President Joe Biden outlines a new three-phase proposal designed to end fighting between Israel and Hamas. The plan includes a total cease-fire, return of all hostages and rebuilding of Gaza.

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President Joe Biden outlines a new three-phase proposal designed to end fighting between Israel and Hamas. The plan includes a total cease-fire, return of all hostages and rebuilding of Gaza.

Marian Robinson, Michelle Obama's mother, dies at 86

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By: Kelly O'Donnell and Carol E. Lee
31 May 2024 at 17:55
Marian Robinson, former First Lady Michelle Obama’s mother, has died, according to a family statement shared with NBC News.

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Marian Robinson moved to Washington, D.C., to help take care of her granddaughters in the White House.

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Marian Robinson, pictured on the right with her granddaughter, Malia Obama, and daughter, Michelle Obama, was a fixture in the White House during Barack Obama's presidency.
Yesterday — 31 May 2024NBC News Technology

Battleground voters sound off on how Trump's guilty verdict will shape 2024

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By: Emma Barnett and Shaquille Brewster and Nnamdi Egwuonwu and Kailani Koenig and Alex Tabet
31 May 2024 at 14:28
Voters across several key battleground states reacted to Donald Trump's guilty verdict in New York with a mixture of disgust at his conduct and anger at the court.

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Donald Trump walks out of court and toward the media following the verdict in his hush money trial, in New York on Thursday.

Guilty verdict will likely not affect plans for intel briefings for Trump, official says

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By: Dan De Luce
31 May 2024 at 11:00
Thursday's guilty verdict likely will not affect plans by U.S. intelligence agencies to brief ex-President Donald Trump once he is the GOP presidential nominee.

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A photo included in the indictment against former President Donald Trump shows boxes of records in a storage room at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Trump faces 40 felony charges related to the handling of classified documents.

How Trump and his allies are spinning his historic guilty verdict

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By: Allan Smith and Bianca Seward
31 May 2024 at 05:00
Former President Donald Trump and his allies immediately tried to flip the script after a New York jury found him guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records Thursday.

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Former President Donald Trump was found guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his New York trial Thursday.
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Trump's potential running mates pile on judge and jury after guilty verdict

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By: Henry J. Gomez and Alec Hernández and Lindsey Pipia
30 May 2024 at 19:26
Kristi Noem, Marco Rubio, JD Vance, Doug Burgum and other vice presidential contenders leaped to defend Donald Trump on social media after his guilty verdict.

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Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, as Donald Trump, left, and Todd Blanche, Trump's attorney, speak to the media at Manhattan criminal court in New York on May 13.

Manhattan DA Bragg on Trump guilty conviction: Jury's verdict the 'only voice that matters'

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30 May 2024 at 19:05
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg held a press conference after former President Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records. He thanked the "everyday New Yorkers" on the jury and praised the work of the prosecutors from his office.

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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg held a press conference after former President Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records. He thanked the "everyday New Yorkers" on the jury and praised the work of the prosecutors from his office.

Jury in Trump criminal trial asks for readback of witness testimony

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30 May 2024 at 07:14
After roughly four and a half hours of deliberations on Wednesday, the jury in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial asked for a readback of witness testimony and to re-hear the judge's instructions. NBC’s Laura Jarrett reports for TODAY.

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After roughly four and a half hours of deliberations on Wednesday, the jury in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial asked for a readback of witness testimony and to re-hear the judge's instructions. NBC’s Laura Jarrett reports for TODAY.

U.S. is the lone holdout in push to let struggling Ukraine strike inside Russia with Western weapons

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By: Courtney Kube and Yuliya Talmazan and Dan De Luce and Abigail Williams and Daryna Mayer
30 May 2024 at 05:06
President Joe Biden is under pressure from NATO allies and Kyiv to let Ukraine use U.S. weapons to strike targets inside Russia after the Kharkiv offensive.

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The site of a Russian missile attack last week in Kharkiv, as Ukraine's second-largest city comes under heavy bombardment.

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a Czech Defense Capabilities Event in Prague, Czech Republic on May 30, 2024.

Boeing will try again to launch astronauts on its spaceship this weekend

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By: Denise Chow
29 May 2024 at 18:42
Boeing is preparing to launch its Starliner spacecraft on a key test flight with two NASA astronauts onboard, following a canceled attempt and many other delays and setbacks.

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NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita Williams head to Space Launch Complex 41 to board Boeing's Starliner capsule at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., on May 6.

14 pro-democracy activists found guilty of subversion in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case

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By: Jennifer Jett
29 May 2024 at 22:45
A Hong Kong court is set to rule whether 16 pro-democracy activists conspired to subvert the state in the Chinese territory’s single largest case under a sweeping national security law imposed by Beijing.

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Wu Chi-wai at a protest in Hong Kong against a proposed extradition law in 2019.

Denver launches migrant support program in shift from short-term shelter

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By: Daniella Silva
29 May 2024 at 18:05
After months of responding to its growing migrant community by sheltering new arrivals for limited periods of time, Denver has begun rolling out a new strategy designed to help people transition into more stable lives in the city by providing six months of housing, job training, language instruction and legal support in filing asylum claims.

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A volunteer with Juntos Center helps Venezuelan migrants apply for asylum and work permits in Denver, Colo., on Feb. 5.

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A family of Venezuelan migrants at an apartment with their 14 other family members in Denver on Feb. 14.

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A volunteer checks in an attendee during an orientation session for recent immigrants on May 20 in Denver.

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Colombian migrant Jeison Hurdado Pulgarin hands out donated clothes to Venezuelan migrants in the parking lot of a hotel in Denver on Feb. 5.

Trump awaits his legal fate as jury deliberations extend into a second day

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By: Katherine Doyle and Lisa Rubin and Adam Reiss and Gary Grumbach and Jillian Frankel and Jonathan Allen and Tom Winter
29 May 2024 at 17:28
Jurors began deliberations Wednesday in Donald Trump’s hush money trial, kicking off a crucial and delicate phase in the case that will see 12 ordinary citizens decide whether a former and potentially future president becomes the first to be convicted.

Ancient Egyptian skull shows oldest attempt at cancer surgery

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By: Patrick Smith
29 May 2024 at 11:40
A pair of ancient Egyptian skulls, both thousands of years old, belonged to some of history's earliest known cancer patients, according to a study published Wednesday.

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Cutmarks found on the male skull provide "unique evidence of how ancient Egyptian medicine would have tried to deal with or explore cancer."

© Tondini, Isidro, Camarós, 2024

Several of the metastatic lesions on the male skull display cutmarks.

Meet the 8-year-old farmer going viral on TikTok for love of tractors

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29 May 2024 at 09:38
Jackson Laux of South Whitley, Indiana, is a tractor-riding farming enthusiast with a growing fan base on social media who has now developed a collaboration with John Deere! NBC’s Kathy Park spends the day with Jackson to learn everything there is to know about farm life.

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Jackson Laux of South Whitley, Indiana, is a tractor-riding farming enthusiast with a growing fan base on social media who has now developed a collaboration with John Deere! NBC’s Kathy Park spends the day with Jackson to learn everything there is to know about farm life.

Jury deliberation in Donald Trump's criminal trial set to begin

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29 May 2024 at 07:10
Jury deliberations are ready to begin at former President Trump’s criminal hush money trial following a marathon day of closing arguments and a chaotic scene outside the courthouse with Trump supporters clashing with Robert De Niro. NBC’s Laura Jarrett reports for TODAY.

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Jury deliberations are ready to begin at former President Trump’s criminal hush money trial following a marathon day of closing arguments and a chaotic scene outside the courthouse with Trump supporters clashing with Robert De Niro. NBC’s Laura Jarrett reports for TODAY.

White House says Israel's Rafah strike and ground assault don't cross Biden's 'red line'

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By: Chantal Da Silva and Monica Alba and Raf Sanchez and Abigail Williams and Gabe Gutierrez and Ghael Fobes
29 May 2024 at 09:20
As Israeli forces pushed deeper into Rafah just days after an airstrike sparked a major fire that killed dozens of Palestinians, the White House said that its ally had not crossed the Biden administration’s “red line.”

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Reporters grilled the White House at a briefing Tuesday.
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