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Former President Joe Biden is undergoing a new phase of treatment for an aggressive form of cancer that was diagnosed in May.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 10h

Avinatan Or, a freed Israeli hostage last seen in footage on Oct. 7, 2023, at the Nova music festival, reunites with his parents and Noa Argamani, his girlfriend who was taken hostage at the same time but rescued in a military operation in 2024.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 11h

A 76-year-old woman in New York City is killed by a 7-foot solar panel that came loose due to strong winds as the East Coast is battered by a powerful nor'easter.

Elderly woman killed by flying solar panel in Brooklyn as nor'easter hit NYC with strong winds

"The detached panel was taken by the wind and blown approximately 20 feet away where it fatally struck a pedestrian at an adjacent walkway," the New York City Department of Buildings confirms.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 11h

Israeli hostage Evyatar David arrived at Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Hospital in the city of Petah Tikvah to a hero's welcome. The 24-year-old appeared in a Hamas video released in August of him in a Gaza tunnel, saying that he had not eaten for days and was digging his own grave.

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Amanda Terkel @aterkel.bsky.social · 12h

Finding a Halloween costume each year as a kid was always a bummer. I didn't look like the Disney princesses, and I just felt like a lot of the other pop culture references weren't a fit.

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'KPop Demon Hunters' is a top Halloween costume, and Asian kids are loving the representation

"It’s definitely refreshing and exciting to see the ‘it’ costume of the year, for people of all backgrounds, being a female Asian character," one mom said.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 12h

A group of buses carrying freed Palestinians who were imprisoned by Israel arrived in southern Gaza today. Hamas pledged to release the Israeli hostages in exchange for 250 prisoners serving life sentences and more than 1,700 Palestinians detained after the Oct. 7th attack.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 13h

House Speaker Mike Johnson slams the expiring Obamacare subsidies at the center of the government funding standoff as a “boondoggle” as the shutdown approaches the two-week mark with no end in sight.

Mike Johnson slams Obamacare funds as a 'boondoggle' as shutdown drags on

Johnson also addressed conservative calls to repeal Obamacare, whose enhanced tax credits form the main dispute between the two parties that led to the funding impasse.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 13h

The 16 people believed to have died in a Tennessee plant explosion last week were identified Monday by officials.

Names of 16 people presumed dead in Tennessee plant explosion are released

A cause of Friday's explosion at an Accurate Energetic Systems facility remains under investigation.

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NEW: Obamacare fight escalates as shutdown drags on

Speaker Johnson calls the expiring subsidies at issue a "boondoggle" that won't be extended in this bill—or without "real reform."

Democrats aren't budging, saying action now is urgent to avert a premium hike.

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Mike Johnson slams Obamacare funds as a 'boondoggle' as shutdown drags on

Johnson also addressed conservative calls to repeal Obamacare, whose enhanced tax credits form the main dispute between the two parties that led to the funding impasse.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 13h

LendingTree CEO and founder Doug Lebda dies in an an all-terrain vehicle accident over the weekend, the online loaning platform says.

LendingTree CEO and founder Doug Lebda dies in ATV accident

Lebda founded LendingTree in 1996 — to “simplify the loan shopping process” after experiencing his own frustrations when getting his first mortgage.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 13h

Israeli hostage Eitan Mor was reunited with his family after being released from Gaza as part of the first phase of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 14h

The Tennessee Titans fire coach Brian Callahan following just six games in this year's campaign and making him the first NFL sideline chief axed this young season.

Tennessee Titans fire Brian Callahan, making him the first NFL head coach axed this season

The 1-5 squad just lost to the Las Vegas Raiders, who were previously 1-4 before Sunday.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 14h

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday, according to an administration official, a Western official and a Ukrainian embassy spokesperson.

Ukraine's Zelenskyy to meet with Trump at the White House on Friday

President Donald Trump said his administration is considering approving long-range Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 14h

President Trump describes the end of the war in Gaza as the mark of 'a new Middle East'.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 15h

Two people die after a small plane crashed into tractor-trailer trucks near Fort Worth, Texas.

2 people killed after plane crashes into tractor-trailer trucks in Texas

Video captured the moment a small plane crash nose-first into the parked tractor-trailers, causing a fiery explosion.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 15h

Thousands gathered in Khan Younis in Gaza, awaiting the arrival of Palestinian prisoners and detainees freed under a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 16h

As Israeli hostages are freed and Palestinian prisoners and detainees released, focus is shifting to what comes next in the Israel-Hamas truce.

What's next for Israel-Hamas truce with hostage and prisoner release underway

The first of 48 hostages, both dead and alive, were released by Hamas this morning as Palestinians awaited the expected release of scores of prisoners and detainees held by Israel.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 16h

Video showed the family of Israeli hostage Bar Kuperstein speaking on the phone to him shortly before he was released by Hamas from Gaza, where he was held captive for 738 days.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 17h

A powerful nor’easter moving along the Northeast coastline is triggering major coastal flooding and scattered power outages.

More flooding expected along East Coast as powerful nor'easter batters area

The National Weather Service's Prediction Center said that the storm is carrying strong onshore winds, high surf and high astronomical tides.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 17h

U.S. consumers are already shouldering as much as 55% of costs due to Trump’s unprecedented gambit to impose sizable tariffs on imports, according to a new report from Goldman Sachs analysts.

U.S. consumers bearing more than half the cost of tariffs so far, Goldman Sachs says

The findings suggest U.S. consumers will continue to struggle with high prices — something Trump had promised to address in the run-up to his re-election.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 17h

Nude cyclists join anti-ICE protests in a rain-soaked ride in Portland.

In Portland, nude cyclists join anti-ICE protests in rain-soaked ride

The naked riders joined demonstrations that have been mostly peaceful and featured inflatable costumes.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 17h

President Trump's speech to the Israeli Knesset was interrupted by two left-wing members who were removed by security.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 18h

The 20 surviving hostages were released “after 738 agonizing days in captivity,” the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said in a statement.

Who are the 20 hostages who were released by Hamas?

The 20 surviving hostages were released “after 738 agonizing days in captivity,” the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said in a statement.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 18h

Fresh off a week-long promo celebrating the release of her 12th album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” Taylor Swift is closing out the end of an era with an all-new documentary series.

Taylor Swift announces ‘Eras Tour’ docuseries and extended concert film

The docuseries will include appearances from her fellow stage performers, family members and friends, such as Gracie Abrams, Sabrina Carpenter, Ed Sheeran and Florence Welch.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 18h

Hundreds of prisoners and detained Palestinians are expected to be released as part of the first phase of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the war in Gaza. NBC News' Daniele Hamamdjian reports form outside Ofer Prison in the West Bank.

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