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Washington Following a memorial service that was attended by members of Congress, his family, Vice President Kamala Harris, and other dignitaries, former President Jimmy Carter will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol. He arrived on Tuesday. Several members of Carter's presidential Cabinet are anticipated to attend the eulogy speeches, which will be given by Harris, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. Republicans and Democrats who were members of Congress during the Carter administration, as well as Carter's White House personnel, have also been asked to pay their respects by the Carter family. said a U.S. military statement. It further stated that Governors, members of President Joe Biden's Cabinet, Supreme Court justices, and Mayor Muriel Bowse...

Florida's Miami Gardens. Tyreek Hill is not expected to be traded by the Miami Dolphins anytime soon. A day after Hill suggested he might want to leave Miami after a loss to the New York Jets that ended a losing season in which the Dolphins missed the playoffs, general manager Chris Grier and coach Mike McDaniel spoke with Hill on Monday. "I have to do what's best for my career at the end of the day," Grier said, referring to Hill's postgame remarks in which he indicated he enjoyed playing in Miami. At his end-of-season press conference on Tuesday, Grier continued, "But he never asked for a trade with me." According to Grier, the conversations were (constructive). I'll keep those private. One thing I would add, though, is that during a season that was difficult, he was quite upset durin...

Due to "life-threatening and destructive" winds, several residents of Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades neighborhood were forced to evacuate due to a rapidly spreading fire. The Pacific Palisades Highlands subdivision was the scene of the fire, which started Tuesday morning local time. According to Margaret Stewart, a public relations officer with the Los Angeles Fire Department, it has expanded to over 300 acres. Homes were in "immediate threat," and some communities were told to evacuate, the department said in a news release. Dry weather and strong winds have caused the fire to flare up, and they are expected to get stronger over night. The windiest areas are predicted to experience gusts of up to 100 mph. Go here to watch live broadcast. As of 1:15 p.m. local time, it was unclear if any h...

You hope you could wake up from the greatest nightmare. Lisa Damron told Dateline, "And it just keeps going and going and going." All I want to know is where my baby is. All I want is my baby to come home. Since September 23, Stefanie Damron, Lisa's 13-year-old daughter, has gone missing from her home in New Sweden, Maine. Lisa said, "She's a wonderful girl." It's unbelievable that all of this is taking place. It was just another day. Lisa and her husband proceeded to fill out a job application sometime in the early afternoon. Stefanie was one of their six children who stayed at home with their grandfather. The Damron kids receive their education at home. Prior to our departure, Lisa recalled that she approached me, hugged me, and kissed my cheek while declaring her love for me. I gave...

A recurring theme of President-elect Donald Trump's presidential transition has been his frequent claims that he wants Canada to join the United States. However, the emotion is not new, nor is Trump's cocky assurance about its popularity and ease. Almost throughout American history, such discussions have arisen, frequently supported by the notion that Canadians were also demanding it. Former President Thomas Jefferson told Philadelphia newspaper publisher Thomas Duanet that acquiring Canada this year, up to the area of Quebec, would just require marching. This was during the War of 1812. (Warning: It wasn't.) In a post on the comment, the National Park Service points out that many Americans mistakenly believed that Canadians would welcome American troops. Historian John W. Quist claims th...

Due to "life-threatening and destructive" winds, several residents of Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades neighborhood were forced to evacuate due to a rapidly spreading fire. According to Los Angeles Fire Department public relations officer Margaret Stewart, the fire was blazing in the Pacific Palisades Highlands neighborhood and had spread to an area of roughly 300 acres. Homes were in "immediate threat," and some communities were told to evacuate, the department said in a news release. As of 1:15 p.m. local time, it was unclear if any houses had burned; Stewart stated she was not aware of that. Go here to watch live broadcast. Communities in Rustic Canyon and Topanga Canyon, which are scattered across the canyons west of Pacific Palisades, were at risk from the fire. Another LAFD public info...

Last year, Meta unveiled a tool that lets anyone create an AI character to talk with on WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger as part of its push into artificial intelligence. Although Meta claims to vet user-generated AI characters before making them public, an NBC News analysis found that in less than six months, users have successfully built and published dozens of chatbots on Meta's platforms that violate its regulations. According to the company's policies, users are not permitted to create characters that mimic trademarked fictional characters, real-life people without their consent, religious figures like the Prophet Muhammad, Jesus Christ, and God, or people who have passed away within the last 100 years. Two dozen user-generated AI characters named after and resembling Jesus Christ, ...

Peter Nystrom, a Minnesota resident, saved for months in order to treat his family to a once-in-a-lifetime vacation at the biggest ski resort in the country. However, a union strike that resulted in unsafe conditions and three-hour wait times for ski lifts caused his family's recent vacation at Park City Mountain Resort in Utah to soon turn sour. After spending almost $20,000 on travel, meals, and lodging for his wife, four boys, and in-laws, Nystrom told NBC News, "We thought it would be a fun kind of Christmas gift, to go do this kind of once-in-a-lifetime ski trip." The Park City Professional Ski Patrol Association started a workers' strike on December 27 over compensation and health benefits, trapping Nystrom and hundreds of other winter visitors. Nystrom claimed that the lack of openn...

Tuesday's ruling by the North Carolina Supreme Court prevents state authorities from accrediting the Democratic nominee as the victor of a close contest for the state's highest court. In a 5-1 decision, the state Supreme Court's Republican majority decided to block the North Carolina State Board of Elections from certifying the election's results, which show Democratic Justice Allison Riggs leading Republican Jefferson Griffin by 734 votes. Riggs did not participate in Tuesday's order. Griffin's appeal to have 60,000 votes removed from the race can now be heard by the justices of the court he wants to join. The decision promised to resolve the matter quickly and provided a timeline that requires all case briefs to be submitted by January 24. After that date, the case would be expected to b...

Due to "life-threatening and destructive" winds, some residents of Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades neighborhood have been forced to evacuate due to a rapidly spreading fire. Erik Scott, a fire captain and public information officer with the Los Angeles Fire Department, said the fire was blazing in the Pacific Palisades Highlands subdivision and had spread to an area of around 200 acres. Homes were under "immediate threat," and many areas were forced to evacuate, according to a news release from the Los Angeles Fire Department. Rustic Canyon and Topanga Canyon are among the several communities scattered throughout the valleys west of Pacific Palisades that are at risk from the fire. In a video address on X, Scott warned locals in those locations to "be ready for evacuation orders to come thr...