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10/14/2021

Alex Murdaugh, the scion of a prominent legal family in South Carolina's Lowcountry, was charged Thursday in connection with an investigation into missing funds from a settlement involving the death of his longtime housekeeper, authorities said.

Murdaugh was charged with obtaining property by false pretenses in connection with an investigation into missing funds from a settlement involving the death of his longtime housekeeper.

10/14/2021

LA PALMA, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Around 300 more people fled their homes early on Thursday as flows of molten rock pouring from the Cumbre Vieja volcano threatened to engulf another area on the Spanish island of La Palma.

Around 300 more people fled their homes early on Thursday as flows of molten rock pouring from the Cumbre Vieja volcano threatened to engulf another area on the Spanish island of La Palma.

10/08/2021

Oct 7 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will restore the boundaries of three American nature reserves, known as national monuments, that were reduced in size by former President Donald Trump to allow commercial activity, the White House said on Thursday.

President Joe Biden will restore the boundaries of three American nature reserves, known as national monuments, that were reduced in size by former President Donald Trump to allow commercial activity, the White House said on Thursday.

10/08/2021

OSLO, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Two journalists whose work has angered the authorities in Russia and the Philippines were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, honoring the right to free speech which the prize-giving committee described as under threat around the globe.

Two journalists whose work has angered the authorities in Russia and the Philippines were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, honouring the right to free speech which the prize-giving committee described as under threat around the globe.

10/05/2021

They held the line in a weeklong standoff with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who reversed course and canceled plans to vote on the infrastructure bill, with the support of President Joe Biden. He told House Democrats the votes weren't there to pass that bill without the larger social policy bill.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/progressives-flex-power-push-biden-s-safety-net-bill-bigger-n1280670

Now comes the hard part for liberals: getting the narrow Democratic majorities to agree on an aggressive expansion of the U.S. safety net.

10/05/2021

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday sought to ratchet up pressure on Republicans to work with Democrats on raising the debt limit, accusing Republicans of playing "Russian roulette" with the U.S. economy.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-seeks-messaging-reset-spending-bill-n1280681

The fight over the debt ceiling is coming to the forefront as the White House is seeking to reset the messaging around two spending bills deadlocked in Congress.

10/05/2021

When Gabby Petito’s parents reported their daughter missing three weeks ago, they turned to the public for assistance. An army of armchair true-crime sleuths heeded the call and began scouring social media posts and holding online discussions aimed at uncovering clues to aid law enforcement in finding her.

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10/05/2021

The Washington Post on Sunday published its first slice of the so-called Pandora Papers, a humongous trove of 11.9 million documents laying out the ways rich people use tax havens to hide vast amounts of money and other assets. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has spent a year working with newspapers around the globe, including The Post, digging through the rhttps://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/pandora-papers-put-south-dakota-unsavory-company-here-s-why-ncna1280761
emarkable cache.

The state has, at least until recently, been most famous for its dramatic Black Hills, Teddy Roosevelt and Mount Rushmore.

10/05/2021

Trinity Sanders has big plans once she graduates from high school.

First, Sanders, who is from upstate New York, wants to go to college and then law school to become a civil rights lawyer. From there, she wants to run for office to become a U.S. senator.
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/snapchat-introduces-tool-help-young-people-run-office-n1280708

"If Snapchatters want to make sure that the issues they care most about are represented by leadership, then they need to run," a Snap executive said.

10/05/2021

Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize in physics for contributions to the understanding of "complex physical systems" such as the Earth's climate.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/nobel-prize-physics-awarded-syukuro-manabe-klaus-hasselmann-giorgio-pa-rcna2585

Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize in physics for contributions to the understanding of "complex physical systems" such as the Earth's climate.

10/05/2021

WASHINGTON — The director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis S. Collins, says he is stepping down by the end of the year, having led the research center for 12 years and become a prominent source of public information during the coronavirus pandemic.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/nih-director-francis-collins-step-end-year-rcna2590

The director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis S. Collins, says he is stepping down by the end of the year.

10/05/2021

MOSCOW — In a historic first, Russia has launched an actor and a film director into space to make a feature film in orbit — a project the nation’s space chief has hailed as a chance to raise the prestige of Russia’s space program.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-film-crew-blasts-make-1st-movie-space-rcna2588

In a historic first, Russia has launched actor Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko to make a movie in space.