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Romania's political scene is in shock after a little-known far-right populist defeated the incumbent prime minister in the first round of the presidential election, according to electoral results released Monday. In two weeks, reformist Elena Lasconi will compete in a runoff against independent Calin Georgescu. After almost every ballot was counted, Georgescu, 62, had about 22.95% of the vote and was in the lead. With 19.17%, Lasconi of the progressive Save Romania Union party, or USR, came next. She narrowly defeated Social Democratic Party, or PSD, incumbent Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, who had 19.15% of the vote. The far-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, or AUR, was led by George Simion, who received 13.87% of the vote. The PSD has never had a candidate in the second round of...

Rico Carty, who hit a major league-best.366 with the Atlanta Braves and won the 1970 NL hitting title, has away. He was eighty-five. On Sunday, the Braves, Major League Baseball, and the Players Association honored Carty on social media. Carty passed away in a hospital in Atlanta on Saturday night, according to a family acquaintance who spoke to List n Diario, a daily in his home Dominican Republic. According to the players association's statement, Carty was one of the first innovative Latino stars in the major leagues and became a hero to millions of people in his hometown of San Pedro de Macoris, his native Dominican Republic, and Atlanta, where he was a cherished fan favorite. According to the Braves, Carty had a lasting impression on the team. The squad added in its statement that alth...

According to the organization conducting the hunt for pilot Amelia Earhart's potential crash site in the Pacific, a sonar image that was thought to be of her plane turned out to be the typical formations of the sea floor. Earlier this month, the marine robotics company Deep Sea Vision posted on social media that photos taken by an underwater drone used during the trip revealed a "natural rock formation." The Nov. 6 article stated, "After 11 months the waiting has finally ended and unfortunately our target was not Amelia's Electra 10E," in reference to her Lockheed 10-E Electra, which has twin engines. A request for additional details regarding its findings was not immediately answered by the Charleston, South Carolina-based company. When the business declared in January that Earhart's plan...

According to the group, the Congressional Black Caucus will have a record 62 members for the upcoming congressional session, helping to achieve the largest number of Black federal politicians in history. There will be 67 Black representatives in Congress overall. The CBC does not list five Republicans as members. The CBC's mission will be to hold President-elect Donald Trump and his congressional allies accountable, Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., stated, despite the caucus members' intention to promote a policy agenda for Black and marginalized people under a Kamala Harris administration. Meeks, the leading member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told NBC News that we have always been the conscience of the Congress, regardless of who is in power. Whenever possible, we aim to collabora...

How the Philadelphia Eagles' new running back would perform behind a new-look offensive line was a big worry before to the start of 2017 NFL season. The answer to that question is clear. The Eagles won their sixth straight game on NBC's "Sunday Night Football" as Saquon Barkley strengthened his bid to be the NFL's most valuable player by stomping past the Los Angeles Rams 37–20 and dominating the run game once more. Barkley ran behind a formidable offensive line for a career-high 255 yards just one season after being cut by the New York Giants. This was the first time in his career that he had rushed for more than 200 yards, including touchdown runs of 70 and 72 yards where defenders could hardly touch his back, much less stop him. In addition to giving Barkley 1,392 yards for the season—a...

As Democrats want more thorough screening of executive branch nominees, Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty implied on Sunday that Americans don't care about standard FBI background checks for President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet choices. When asked on Sunday about the FBI's involvement in a background check on former Fox News anchor Pete Hegseth, Hagerty, R-Tenn., responded that Americans don't care who does background checks for presidential nominees. In response to a question concerning the FBI's custom of running background investigations on presidential cabinet candidates, Hagerty told host Jon Karl that Americans value Trump's ability to carry out the mandate that the American people voted for more than an FBI background check. The American public doesn't seem to care who conducts backgro...

Matt Gaetz seems to be experimenting with a new career path after declaring he would not be returning to Congress: making customized films for his followers on Cameo. A day after withdrawing his name from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general because to claims of sexual misconduct, Gaetz, a former representative from Florida, joined the platform on Friday. He has been giving paid holiday greetings, congrats on marriages, and career-boosting speeches there. Gaetz is asking at least $550 each film as of Sunday night; the videos have so far averaged around a minute and a half in duration. In reference to his recent resignation and subsequent declaration that he has no intention of retaking his House seat, his Cameo page states, "I served in Congress." Trump put ...

'Sunday Night Football' features the Los Angeles Rams against the Philadelphia Eagles, a matchup between two of the NFL's best offenses. With a 5-5 record, Matthew Stafford and the Rams are one game behind the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC West and desperately need to win in Week 11 to be in the running for the playoffs. Philadelphia, led by Jalen Hurts, is currently 8-2 and in excellent form at the top of the NFC East. Who is going to win this crucial matchup? For the latest from SoFi Stadium, stay tuned to NBC News throughout the evening.Note: Every piece of content is rigorously reviewed by our team of experienced writers and editors to ensure its accuracy. Our writers use credible sources and adhere to strict fact-checking protocols to verify all claims and data before publication. If a...

The Washington Commanders had one of the year's most unlikely, fortunate victories earlier in the season. They may have suffered an even more unfortunate defeat on Sunday, losing to the Dallas Cowboys 34-26. Although there were several clever moves throughout the game, the most bizarre plays of the day were reserved for the very last minute. With 33 seconds remaining and no timeouts, the Commanders first took possession of the ball on their own 14-yard line after falling behind 27–20. The score was 27-26 when Jayden Daniels found Terry McLaurin for an 86-yard catch-and-run on the first play of the drive. In some ways, it was the second time this season that Washington scored an unexpected touchdown in the closing seconds of a close game, evoking the Hail Mary in Daniels' 18–15 victory over...

What will Trump's second-term DOJ look like? President-elect Donald Trump appointed former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as attorney general after Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration. Bondi has previously blasted the deep state for promoting a false conspiracy theory that FBI agents and DOJ prosecutors were part of a covert cabal attempting to discredit Trump, and he has called for the prosecution of bad prosecutors who indicted Trump over attempts to rig the 2020 election. Todd Blanche, Trump's lead criminal defense attorney in the Stormy Daniels hush money case, was appointed second-in-command at the Justice Department. Some current and former DOJ officials are worried that Blanche won't oppose Trump because of their relationship with him, while others are cautiously hopeful tha...