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America’s housing crisis isn’t just reshaping where Americans live — experts say it’s reshaping how some vote. Many of the counties that swung most dramatically toward Donald Trump on Election Day were also among America’s toughest housing markets, according to an analysis of election returns and the NBC News Home Buyer Index . And while voters picked Trump for a variety of reasons, these counties shifted further right than much of the rest of the country. Across the country Tuesday, counties moved toward Trump by a median of 3.1 percentage points compared to the 2020 election. But in the top 10% of counties ranked most difficult for buying a home, the median shift was 4.5 percentage points. And nearly a third of these counties settled their races by just over a poin...

More than 200,000 students at one of the largest school districts in the nation have started the school year with a major change: no cellphone use allowed. “I’ve noticed such a big difference in the classroom. Students talk more. They actually do their work,” Dominique Mayorga, a teacher who installed a sleeve in her classroom that can hold around 30 phones, said. Over the summer, Florida’s Broward County Public Schools made the decision to ban students from using cellphones and other communication devices for the entire school day. Students are to keep phones off or in airplane mode the entire day and relinquish them to designated areas, like Mayorga's sleeve, during class, or face disciplinary action. The new policy, which went into effect in August, quickly sparked debate among pa...

Do women have a testosterone problem? Social media influencers believe they do. And with the rise of telemedicine and testosterone replacement clinics opening up across the country, access to the drug has never been easier. In the U.S., prescriptions for testosterone increased nearly 50% between 2013 and 2023, according to recent data from the health technology company IQVIA. Doctors say interest in the hormone isn’t being driven only by men, but also by women in their 40s and 50s. “It feels almost like an epidemic,” Dr. Rebecca Dunsmoor-Su, chief medical officer for Gennev, a national telemedicine company for menopause patients, said about middle-age women seeking testosterone. “They’re being told this is the miracle-drug pill that they’ve been looking for.” Because patients a...

LONDON — King Charles III led Remembrance Day commemorations in London on Sunday as the United Kingdom remembered British and Commonwealth servicemen and women who have lost their lives to conflict. After a two-minute silence observed across the nation at 11 a.m. local time, the King laid the first wreath at the foot of the capital’s Cenotaph war memorial. U.K. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and opposition leader Kemi Badenoch also lay wreathes. Charles was joined by Prince William and Princess Kate, who has slowly returned to public duties this year following treatment for cancer. She watched on from the balcony of the U.K.’s foreign office. Queen Camilla missed the occasion after falling ill with a chest infection that forced her to withdraw from public duties this week. The...

As we honor all veterans on Veterans Day, this Monday, November 11, 2024, it is essential to understand the difference between Veterans Day and Memorial Day—two national holidays that both recognize military service but in distinct ways. Memorial Day vs. Veterans Day: What’s the Difference? While both Memorial Day and Veterans Day honor military members, they serve different purposes. Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday in May, is a solemn occasion dedicated to remembering those who died while serving in the military. It’s a day for Americans to reflect on the ultimate sacrifice these service members made in defending the nation. Veterans Day, celebrated annually on November 11, honors all who have served, whether in peacetime or war. How to Acknowledge Each Holiday Each holiday has ...

Ukraine launched its largest drone attack on the Russian capital city of Moscow since the war began in 2022, injuring one person and forcing three major airports to divert flights, as Russia fired at Ukraine's southern region of Odesa. Moscow's regional governor Andrei Vorobyov called it a "massive attack," and said two houses in the village of Stanovoye, 15 miles southeast of the city, had caught fire after the drones fell. He said a 52-year-old woman was in intensive care after she was injured by shrapnel and hospitalized with burns to her face, neck and hands. Russia’s ministry of defense said it “intercepted and destroyed” 34 drones over Moscow following the latest strikes on the capital. All three airports have since resumed operations, including Moscow’s Sheremet...

Two major countries’ approach to climate change has turned upside down Down Under. Australia and New Zealand , whose governments both changed hands in their most recent national elections, have undergone a role reversal of sorts when it comes to climate change, with consequences for their own populations as well as the South Pacific region, where they are the dominant players. According to the United Nations, the Asia-Pacific is the most disaster-prone region in the world, with nearly 80% of the world’s climate-induced displacement taking place there. Rising sea levels, ocean warming and acidification, unpredictable rainfall patterns and prolonged droughts have an especially big impact on tiny Pacific Island nations such as Palau , Tuvalu an...

Arab and Muslim voters moved away from the Democratic Party this year in ways that led some community leaders to warn of a lasting shift from a voting bloc that has been reliably Democratic for two decades since it abandoned the GOP. While no single group proved to be the difference maker in Tuesday’s election that President-elect Donald Trump won by a comfortable margin, the outcome shows another group of voters of color trending toward Trump despite his rhetoric about them. “We may see a mass exodus of multigenerational Democrats from the party,” said Layla Elabed, the co-chair of the national Uncommitted movement, which sprang up during the Democratic primaries to protest President Joe Biden’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza. “If the Democratic Party does not move in a way...

Tens of thousands of Spaniards marched in the eastern city of Valencia on Saturday to demand the resignation of the regional president in charge of the emergency response to last week’s catastrophic floods that left more than 200 dead and others missing. A group of protestors clashed with riot police in front of Valencia’s city hall, where the protestors started their march to the seat of the regional government . Police used batons to beat them back. Regional leader Carlos Mazón is under immense pressure after his administration failed to issue flood alerts to citizens’ cellphones until hours after the flooding started on the night of Oct. 29. Many marchers held up homemade signs or chanted “Mazón Resign!” Others carried signs with messages like “You Killed Us!” Upo...

“Saturday Night Live” borrowed a page from some contemporary politicians by going from being critics of Donald Trump’s to being some of his most ardent supporters. After witnessing Trump's Nov. 5 win for a second presidential term, separated by President Joe Biden's own time as commander-in-chief, repertory players of the show each professed their devotion to the political leader. "The results were shocking and even horrifying," Ego Nwodim said, with Heidi Gardner adding that Trump "tried to forcibly overturn the results of the last election" and Kenan Thompson noting that the president-elect "openly called for vengeance against his political enemies." But, Thompson continued later: "That is why we at 'SNL' would like to say to you, Donald Trump, we ... have been with you a...