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An investigation into the deadly crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines flight in Kazakhstan earlier this week came after the passenger plane experienced “physical and technical external interference,” the carrier said Friday. The Embraer 190 crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau on Wednesday, killing 38 of the 67 people on …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …