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Northern Gaza is at risk of imminent famine, the World Health Organization said on Friday, as Israel continues its bombardment across Gaza amid threats by the Biden administration to limit military aid to Israel if it did not allow more humanitarian aid into the enclave. The Biden administration gave Israel a Nov. 12 deadline to take specific steps to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, but the continuity of U.S. policies towards Israel has become uncertain as President Joe Biden enters a lame duck period following Donald Trump’s election on Tuesday. While Biden's policies and weapons provisions have consistently supported Israel, his relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has at times been strained , including by some efforts to...

Qatari officials have warned Hamas ’ political bureau that it was no longer welcome in the country amid frustration over stalled hostage and cease-fire negotiations with Israel , according to a senior U.S. administration official and two diplomats briefed on the matter. “Qatar has become increasingly frustrated with a lack of progress toward a cease-fire by both Hamas and Israel ,” one of the diplomats briefed on the matter told NBC News Saturday. “Hamas has been told that if this continues then Qatar cannot continue to host them,” they added. “If both sides are not willing to talk, then [Qatar] can’t continue to host the office and communication channel with Hamas as there is no point to it.” The officials did not say whether Hamas had been given a deadline o...

Storied actor Denzel Washington has taken on the project of adapting August Wilson’s cycle of 10 plays that portray slices of Black life in each decade of the 1900s. But it is Washington’s kids — John David Washington, Malcolm Washington and executive producer Katia Washington — who have taken the baton for “The Piano Lesson,” one of Wilson’s two Pulitzer Prize-winning works. John David, a Golden Globe-nominated actor in his own right, stars alongside “Till” star Danielle Deadwyler. Malcolm, John David’s brother, makes his directorial debut in the film, set in the 1930s during the Great Depression. Boy Willie (played by John David) has come to Pittsburgh from Mississippi with a truck full of watermelons he intends to sell. But he’s really there to cash in on the family’s prized piano...

The Summary A patch of snow in Scotland known for lingering year-round has melted for the fourth consecutive year. It's just the 10th time in more than three centuries that it has vanished. Such snow patches can act as harbingers of the broader consequences of climate change. A patch of snow in the Scottish Highlands dubbed the Sphinx typically lingers year-round, staying frozen through the summer. But it has melted away for the fourth consecutive year — only the 10th time in more than three centuries that has happened. The Sphinx, which adorns the side of Braeriach, the third-highest mountain in Great Britain, was historically considered the United Kingdom’s longest-lasting snow patch because it was known for sticking around even after most snow and ice vanis...

Many Americans have been holding back from jumping into the housing market in the hopes that mortgage rates will decline. So far, they haven’t. The average 30-year mortgage rate has been above 6% for two years — and is likely to stay above that level for the foreseeable future, experts say. A combination of better-than-expected growth and uncertainty about the impact of President-elect Donald Trump’s economic proposals, especially on inflation and the deficit, are combining to keep rates elevated. That’s despite the Federal Reserve’s push to lower its key federal funds rate to make borrowing in the economy easier. “Sixes are the new normal,” said Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist at Bright MLS, a mortgage listing services group, referring to 6% mortgage rates. Interest ra...

Throughout his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump signaled he would resume federal executions if he won and make more people eligible for capital punishment, including child rapists, migrants who kill U.S. citizens and law enforcement officers, and those convicted of drug and human trafficking. “These are terrible, terrible, horrible people who are responsible for death, carnage and crime all over the country,” Trump said of traffickers when he announced his 2024 candidacy. “We’re going to be asking everyone who sells drugs, gets caught, to receive the death penalty for their heinous acts,” he added. While it remains unclear how Trump would act to expand the death penalty, anti-death penalty groups and criminal justice reform advocates say they are taking his...

For three straight seasons, the Philadelphia Eagles have been one of the NFL’s best teams nearing the middle of November. In 2022, the Eagles were 8-0 heading into Week 10 and eventually made the Super Bowl. Last year, they were 8-1 before they lost six of their last seven games, including a loss in the divisional playoffs. This season, Philadelphia is 6-2 as it heads into a Week 10 battle with the Dallas Cowboys. And there are reasons to believe this Eagles team is closer to the one that made a deep postseason run, as opposed to the one that faltered down the stretch. Philadelphia's season started with some issues — a turnover-filled performance by quarterback Jalen Hurts in the Brazil opener, head coach Nick Sirianni jawing with home fans after a lackluster effort against ...

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department plans to focus on arresting the "most egregious" Jan. 6 rioters — particularly those who committed felony assaults on law enforcement officers but have not yet been arrested — in the remaining 72 days before President-elect Donald Trump is back in the White House, a law enforcement official told NBC News this week. Trump is expected to shut down the years-long investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack and has said he would “absolutely“ pardon some, if not all , of his supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol that day, labeling them “ warriors ,” “ unbelievable patriots ,” political prisoners and “ hostages .” A Trump campaign spokesman did not respond to a request for comment on which rioters Trump would conside...

A resistance movement was born in the wake of Donald Trump’s 2016 victory, sending thousands of people into the streets wearing pink hats and signs with punchy slogans . The leaders of left-leaning groups that emerged in response to Trump’s first election say they expect to be just as forceful in pushing back against the policy moves of a second Trump administration. “I think that folks are very angry and are going to be turning out,” Rachel O’Leary Carmona, the executive director of Women’s March, told NBC News. But “2016 was a long time ago, a pandemic ago, two presidential terms ago. Things are going to be different. It’s not going to be the same.” Following Trump’s re-election on Tuesday, scattered protests broke out in Seattle, Chicago, Philadelphia and B...

Coverage on this live blog has ended. What to know about the Trump transition plans President-elect Donald Trump, fresh on the heels of his victory in the election , is already working on staffing up his next administration. Some high-profile options for Cabinet posts, such as Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, have removed themselves from contention for now, but other hires are underway, like the selection of co-campaign chair Susie Wiles to be the first female White House chief of staff . Meanwhile, the judge overseeing Trump’s criminal election interference trial has granted special counsel Jack Smith's request to pause the proceedings for a month to decide how to move forward, likely the beginning o...