A whopping 38 gubernatorial races will be on the ballot from coast to coast over the next two years, contests that will shape a long list of hot-button policy issues and the directions of both political parties following the 2024 presidential election. These include two races in 2025 — in …
Read More »South Korean interim president impeached just 2 weeks after former leader ousted
SEOUL — South Korea’s parliament impeached acting President Han Duck-soo on Friday over a short-lived martial law, plunging the country deeper into political chaos, as the Constitutional Court said it would swiftly trial suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol. The impeachment of Han, who has been acting president since Yoon was impeached on …
Read More »Four in New Hampshire found dead on Christmas of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning
Four people were found dead in a New Hampshire home on Christmas Day of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, officials said. The four adults were found dead in the home in Wakefield around 4:20 p.m. after authorities were contacted to conduct a welfare check, the state fire marshal and police said. …
Read More »Trump’s ‘border czar’ says family detention centers could play role in deportation effort
President-elect Donald Trump’s “border czar” said Thursday that the use of family detention centers for migrants is “on the table,” raising the possibility that the practice ended by the Biden administration could return as early as next year. “It’s something we’re considering,” Tom Homan, who was acting director of Immigration …
Read More »Pair of Christmas NFL games on Netflix set streaming records
About 65 million combined viewers watched a pair of NFL games on Netflix on Christmas Day to set streaming records. The matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers scored an average of 24.1 million viewers, and the Baltimore Ravens’ win over the Houston Texans averaged 24.3 million …
Read More »Google Shopping Bestsellers from 2024
This month, Google released a list of the top 100 brands, products and shopping categories based on search data in 2024. In addition to listing popular products across categories like tech, beauty, home and fitness, Google also tapped influencers to list their top picks and highlighted specific trending statistics from …
Read More »NBC Select Editors’ 31+ Favorite Products From 2024
My favorite thing about the end of the year is seeing everyone’s Apple Music Replay and Spotify Wrapped. But here at NBC Select, we put our own spin on things by looking back on all the products we tested for our articles and the items we couldn’t resist buying during …
Read More »The most purchased products we covered in 2024
As we near the end of 2024, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the bestselling products our readers purchased this year. Tech products and accessories were a shopping focal point for our readers in 2024 — we saw a spike in interest for portable and travel-friendly tech gadgets, as …
Read More »‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘Love Lies Bleeding,’ ‘Queer,’ ‘Will & Harper’ and more
It wasn’t that long ago that digging up a solid list of the year’s standout queer films would have taken some reaching. But in 2024, choosing among the abundance of options is the challenge. From ambitious, genre-bending titles like “Emilia Pérez” and “I Saw the TV Glow” to more quietly …
Read More »Mapping Trump’s connections to tech’s right-wing brotherhood
“They’ve turned profits into power,” said Rob Lalka, author of the book “The Venture Alchemists,” which came out this year and profiled many of the figures who are headed into the administration. Lalka, a professor at Tulane University’s Freeman School of Business, said several characteristics define the technologists surrounding Trump, …
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