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Election betting platforms brought in billions of dollars as users around the world wagered on who would win Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election, according to an NBC News analysis of betting platforms. Polymarket, an online betting platform that is not supposed to allow U.S. users, brought in over $3.6 billion in bets on the presidential election, with $1.5 billion wagered on Donald Trump and $1 billion on Vice President Kamala Harris. Although bets on presidential candidates remained the most popular, bets on the outcomes in specific states racked up a total trading volume of over $270 million on Polymarket and over $120 million on Kalshi, a legal betting platform that serves U.S. users. On both of the sites, Pennsylvania was the state with the highest betting volume, with over ...

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There’s no cut-and-dry definition of a small business: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) mainly evaluates them based on monetary figures, like total sales and revenue, and size, meaning how many employees work for the company. But exact criteria vary by industry, so identifying a small business is a “you know it when you see it” situation. And during the holidays, supporting them is crucial — the majority of small businesses rely on holiday shopping for at least one quarter of their annual revenue, according to the SBA . I’ve reported about small businesses for years, both at NBC Select and local publications across the country. If you’re thinking about shopping from a few this season, I rounded up a handful our NBC Select staff loves, as well as others with uni...

Our skin deals with many environmental and self-inflicted obstacles every day, so the least you can do is give it some needed protection with a good face moisturizer (and, of course, sunscreen ). Choosing the right face moisturizer is the most important step in building a skin care routine for dry skin. To help you find the best face moisturizer, we spoke to dermatologists and an aesthetician about what ingredients to look for and which ones to avoid. Below are some of their tips and favorite products. SKIP AHEAD How we picked the best face moisturizers | The best moisturizers for dry skin in 2024 | What is a moisturizer? | How to shop for a dry skin moisturizer | Why trust NBC ...

At the end of his first term in office, then-President Donald Trump sought to install Kash Patel, a hard-line MAGA loyalist, as deputy CIA director. But the head of the agency at the time, Gina Haspel, a career intelligence officer, threatened to resign in protest, and the appointment was scuttled. Now, four years later, Patel is considered a possible pick for CIA director or another high-level national security post in a second Trump administration. And there likely will be no one to stand in his way this time. Patel is one of several fiercely loyal political allies who President-elect Trump is considering to oversee the country’s national security. In his first term in office, Trump frequently clashed with his deputies and top officials, who he came to view as insufficiently loyal ...

On November 6, the U.S. Army Office of Special Trial Counsel preferred four additional charges against Private First Class Dewayne Arthur Johnson, stemming from the disappearance of his pregnant wife. Mischa Johnson last spoke to family on July 12, 2024. Michelle McCaskill, Director of Communications for the OSTC, told Dateline in an email that the charges were brought about “based on evidence obtained through the on-going investigation.” The investigation began three months ago when 19-year-old Mischa Johnson vanished from Oahu, Hawaii. Dateline reported on her disappearance in August as part of our “Missing in America” series, and spoke with her sister, Marianna Tapiz. Marianna says she and Mischa had plans to meet for dinner on the evening of July 12 to celebrate both being...

WASHINGTON — Republicans are gearing up to lock in their remake of the judiciary under President-elect Donald Trump and a new Senate majority, including potentially installing several more conservative Supreme Court justices. Having already picked three Supreme Court justices in his first term — who were critical in overturning abortion rights — Trump will have appointed a majority of the court if he lands two more. Trump made the Supreme Court and lower courts priorities in his first term. He worked with Senate Republicans to help reshape the entire judiciary by naming 234 federal judges. Republicans will hold at least 52 Senate seats, having flipped Democratic-held seats in West Virginia, Montana and Ohio. The number may grow, with several other races still too close to call. Ei...

Twelve students at Salisbury University in Maryland have been charged with hate crimes after they allegedly targeted a man over his sexual orientation by inviting him to an off-campus apartment where they beat him and used derogatory names, police said. The students, aged 18 to 21, have been charged with first-degree assault, false imprisonment, reckless endangerment and associated hate crime charges, the Salisbury Police Department said in a news release Thursday. They are: Ryder Baker, 20; Bennan Aird, 18; Riley Brister, 20; Cruz Cespedes, 19; Dylan Earp, 20; Elijah Johnson, 19; Zachary Leinemann, 18; Cameron Guy, 18; Jacob Howard, 19; Eric Sinclair, 21; Patrick Gutierrez, 19; and Dylan Pietuszka, 20. All are from Maryland, except Aird, who is from Delaware. Police said t...

The wife of an Illinois judge was arrested and charged with fatally shooting her husband, according to Illinois State Police. Megan Valentine, 44 of Albion, was arrested Tuesday after the body of Illinois Second Judicial Circuit Court Judge Michael J. Valentine was found outside of a home, per a news release from police. She was charged with first degree murder, aggravated discharge of a firearm, aggravated battery with a firearm and aggravated domestic battery, according to court documents filed in Edwards County Thursday. The Edwards County Sheriff's Office responded to a home in Albion Tuesday at around 12:14 p.m. "Upon arrival, an ECSO deputy observed the body of Michael Valentine laying outside the residence," police said, adding Megan Valentine was then taken into custody...

WASHINGTON — The judge overseeing Donald Trump's federal election interference case has granted a request from special counsel Jack Smith to hit pause on the process and give him a month to formally request how to move forward — likely the first step in ending the prosecution. In a filing on Friday, Smith said that "as a result of the election" the prosecution "respectfully requests that the Court vacate the remaining deadlines in the pretrial schedule to afford the Government time to assess this unprecedented circumstance." "By December 2, 2024, the Government will file a status report or otherwise inform the Court of the result of its deliberations," the filing said, adding that Trump's attorneys do not object to the request. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan granted the m...