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Now that almost all of the ballots for the 2024 election have been counted, we can thoroughly assess how well the national and battleground polls performed this year. The conclusion: Despite their flaws, they were more correct than incorrect, particularly in light of the difficulties and previous failures of the polling industry. First, let's look at the presidential horse race results. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump were equal at 49% each in the latest national NBC News poll, while the national RealClearPolitics average for the two-way race was 48.7% for Harris and 48.6% for Trump. Additionally, the New York Times averaged Trump at 48% and Harris at 49%. As of right now, the actual outcome of the popular vote is as follows, albeit it may somewhat alter during the final ballot count: Harri...

Award-winning news editor and writer Ashton Pittman said that he was the sole journalist from Mississippi using the Bluesky app when he first signed up. That was the case, he added, until roughly five weeks ago. However, as Bluesky has emerged as a favorite forum for reporters, authors, activists, and other organizations that have grown more estranged from X, Pittman stated that there are currently at least 15 Mississippi journalists using the platform. Pittman claimed the audience interaction on Bluesky is flourishing, and his source, the Mississippi Free Press, already has more followers on Bluesky (28,500) than it ever had on X (22,000), the platform that was originally known as Twitter. According to Pittman, Bluesky is seeing at least 20 times as much engagement as Twitter on posts tha...

London The two teams that have split the last seven Premier League titles—Man City six, Liverpool one—will play each other at one of the greatest stadiums in the history of sports when Liverpool hosts Manchester City. Even though Anfield is typically excited, the noise level for this game will be unbearable right now. Unexpectedly, Liverpool leads struggling Man City by eight points going into this match. The contenders would go one step closer to winning their second English league trophy in the previous 35 years if Liverpool were to defeat City, the four-time defending champions, and eliminate them from the title race. Before Sunday's game, which will live on USA Network and stream on nbc.com, kicks off at 11 a.m. ET, here are some things you should know. Has a change of manager gi...

London As thousands of farmers gathered in the streets surrounding Britain's Parliament to protest changes to tax laws, the countryside came to the capital. Many carried banners that read "no farms, no food," while others brought bales of hay and drove tractors. Everyone was demonstrating against the new Labour government's proposal to tax agricultural property that was inherited. Shortly after the protests last week, Tom Bradshaw, the president of the National Farmers Union (NFU), told NBC News that British farmers made less than 1% profit. To pay this planned family farm tax, they lack the funds in their bank account. Since Prime Minister Keir Starmer's center-left Labour government assumed office in July, this was London's first significant protest. In her annual budget this month, ...

In addition to being motivated by love, Ben Nelson and Adam Weinberger made the rash decision to elope next month. They were already planning to get married in October of next year, having been together for over three years. However, they claimed that after Donald Trump was re-elected, everything changed. Weinberger, 31, a veterinarian, stated, "We kind of decided that we would take a step back and do what we think is necessary for our lives, not necessarily what our first choice was." They are among the several gay couples who have been hurrying to tie the knot, begin reproductive treatments, and take other actions in recent weeks because they are afraid that some of their rights may be taken away during a second Trump term. Nelson, 32, who is enrolled in photography school, stated that t...

Jared Verse briefly believed he had him. Last Sunday at SoFi Stadium, Verse, the linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams, went at running back Saquon Barkley after losing his blocker in the third quarter. However, he just grabbed air rather than giving his opponent a tackle. The Philadelphia Eagles standout Barkley was well past defenders and headed for a 72-yard touchdown run when Verse walked off the field. In a 37–20 victory, Barkley finished with 255 yards rushing and two touchdowns in addition to four catches for 47 yards, making it just one of many outstanding moments in the game. After the game, Verse remarked, "I've never seen a running back like that." The pace, strength, lateral movement, and vision that the players astonished at that evening are qualities that Philadelphia supporter...

A surprise rebel attack on Aleppo, one of Syria's biggest cities and a historic commercial center, has brought the 13-year civil war back into the spotlight. In a conflict whose destabilizing repercussions have spread well beyond the nation's boundaries, the offensive is one of the rebels' strongest in years. Aleppo had not been attacked by the opposition since 2016, when Syrian President Bashar Assad retook the northwest city thanks to a vicious air campaign carried out by Russian airplanes. Assad has been able to hold onto power in the 70% of Syria that he controls thanks to intervention from Russia, Iran, Hezbolla, and other forces with ties to Iran. As U.S.-backed Israel fights Iranian-allied Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, the escalation in combat has increased the likelihood ...

Millions of Americans were under freeze warnings on Saturday morning as an Arctic blast swept across the Great Lakes, Midwest, and northern Plains. With snowfall totals predicted to reach three feet or more downwind of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, six million people were under winter alerts Friday from northern Minnesota into upstate New York. The lowest temperatures since last winter are being delivered by the Arctic airmass, the National Weather Service warned. On Saturday morning, wind chills are predicted to drop below zero throughout the upper Midwest and northern Plains. The EPA warned that wind chills might drop as low as minus 30 to 40 degrees in some areas of North Dakota. According to the National Weather Service, the greatest snow accumulations are anticipated east of Lake Ontari...

ATHENS, GA. After No. 6 Georgia pulled off an unlikely fourth-quarter comeback to defeat Georgia Tech 44-42 on Friday night, freshman Nate Frazier ran for a 2-point convert in the seventh overtime in a marathon for the ages. The Bulldogs (10-2, No. 7 CFP) may have guaranteed a position in the College Football Playoff regardless of their performance in the SEC title game next weekend after trailing 17-0 at the half and being overpowered for the majority of the game. In a game that the Bulldogs never took the lead in until after regulation ended 27-all, Carson Beck threw five touchdown passes, including two in overtime. Haynes King led Georgia Tech (7-5) with three touchdowns on the ground and two more through the air. A few minutes after midnight on a chilly night between the hedges, howe...