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New Zealand v England: fifth women’s T20 cricket international – live | Women’s cricket
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New Zealand v England: fifth women’s T20 cricket international – live | Women’s cricket

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature8th over: New Zealand 37-4 (Green 1, Halliday 5) Having taken two catches in as many overs, Dani Gibson comes into the attack. A quiet over, sensibly milked for five runs. This is no time for big shots.ShareUpdated at 20.34 EDT7th over: New Zealand 32-4 (Green 0, Halliday 1)ShareWICKET! New Zealand 31-4 (Plimmer c Gibson b Ecclestone 12)England are running riot. Sophie Ecclestone, on for Nat Sciver-Brunt, sees Charlie Dean’s fifth-ball wicket and raises it by striking with her second. Plimmer comes down the track, more in hope than expectation, and picks out Gibson at deep mid-on.ShareUpdated at 20.28 EDT6th over: New Zealand 29-3 (Bates 10, Green 0) That’s the end of a superb Powerplay for England, their best in...
Family attacked in Illinois stabbing spree praises son, dog for saving their lives
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Family attacked in Illinois stabbing spree praises son, dog for saving their lives

ROCKFORD, Ill. — A mother who was injured in an Illinois stabbing spree Wednesday said that if it wasn’t for her son, who was also attacked, she and her daughter might not have survived after the attacker entered their home.Darlene Weber and her children, Jacob Vollman, 21, and Cathy Gilfillan, 23, described the assault. Christian Soto is accused of going on a rampage Wednesday afternoon, ultimately killing four people and injuring seven others, including Weber and her kids. "I mean, this is, like, my knight in shining armor, and he’s my son. It was like God sent him to me and sent me a gift in a small package and I was blessed with that," Weber, 46, said in an interview Thursday. "I’m not even kidding. If it wasn’t for him, I don’t think I’d be standing here talking to you right now," ...
Ruby Franke’s husband claims Jodi Hildebrandt was possessed
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Ruby Franke’s husband claims Jodi Hildebrandt was possessed

The estranged husband of Ruby Franke, the Utah family vlogger convicted of child abuse, alleged that her business partner, Jodi Hildebrandt, was possessed, according to an interview released last week by prosecutors in Washington County, Utah.Kevin Franke, who filed for divorce from Ruby Franke in November, said he became Hildebrandt's “resident exorcist” during the time they allowed the former life coach to stay in their house. The two were arrested in August after police found one of Franke’s sons emaciated with open wounds and bound with duct tape. He had escaped Hildebrandt’s home to a neighbor’s house. One of Franke’s daughters was found in a similar malnourished condition in Hildebrandt’s home. Both women were sentenced in February to four one- to 15-year terms in prison, served c...
Estado Islámico llama a sus «leones solitarios» a atentar en Europa y Estados Unidos
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Estado Islámico llama a sus «leones solitarios» a atentar en Europa y Estados Unidos

Estado Islámico lanzó la noche de este jueves un llamamiento a sus seguidores para que cometan «ataques individuales» contra los cristianos y judíos en Israel, Europa y Estados Unidos. La organización yihadista hizo público este mensaje, donde insta a los «leones solitarios» a atentar desde ahora hasta el fin del Ramadán, como respuesta al conflicto de Gaza y la existencia de miles de víctimas musulmanas en la Franja. El portavoz del grupo, Abu Hudhayfá al Ansari, elogió la matanza cometida el pasado viernes en la sala de conciertos de Crocus City Hall, en la periferia oeste de Moscú, donde un comando ametralló a los asistentes y prendió fuego al edificio con bombas incendiarias. El atentado se saldó con 143 personas fallecidas y otras 200 heridas. Las fuerzas de seguridad rusas han d...
Kari Lake struggles to win over her GOP skeptics: From the Politics Desk
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Kari Lake struggles to win over her GOP skeptics: From the Politics Desk

Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill.In today's edition, correspondent Vaughn Hillyard and campaign embed Alex Tabet report from Arizona on Kari Lake's attempts to win over her GOP skeptics. Plus, senior national political reporter Jonathan Allen explains why Donald Trump may look back at this month as a missed opportunity. Kari Lake struggles to shake her MAGA instincts in her Senate campaignBy Vaughn Hillyard and Alex TabetPHOENIX — This winter, Kari Lake was facing a daunting reality: The voters who rejected her in her 2022 run for governor could now jeopardize her entire political future. If Lake — “Trump in he...
Social Security Administration to remove food assistance as barrier to accessing certain benefits
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Social Security Administration to remove food assistance as barrier to accessing certain benefits

The Social Security Administration has issued a final rule that will prevent food assistance from reducing payments to certain beneficiaries.The change applies to Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, which provides monthly checks to adults and children who are disabled, blind or age 65 and older, and have little or no income or resources.Approximately 7.4 million Americans receive support either exclusively from SSI or in combination with Social Security.Under the new rule, which goes into effect Sept. 30, food will no longer count toward calculations for eligibility for benefits, known as In-Kind Support and Maintenance, or ISM.Currently, support in the form of food, shelter or both may count as unearned income for SSI beneficiaries, and therefore reduce their payments or affect their...
Macron rekindles France-Brazil relationship in widely memed Lula visit | Emmanuel Macron
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Macron rekindles France-Brazil relationship in widely memed Lula visit | Emmanuel Macron

If the official photos are anything to go by, Emmanuel Macron’s three-day trip to Brazil has been more romantic getaway than international diplomacy.The French president, who ended his tour of the South American country on Thursday with a state visit to the capital, Brasília, prompted online hilarity after the publication of photos showing him being particularly chummy with his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.Macron, 46, began his visit on Tuesday in Belém, the Amazonian city that will host the Cop30 climate conference next year, and the nearby Combu island.‘I see a new Macron/Lula family Christmas card dropping,’ tweeted Ian Bremmer. Photograph: Ueslei Marcelino/ReutersIn one photo released on 78-year-old Lula’s social media channels, the two beaming heads of state can...
SBF team argues for 5-6 year sentence, cite FTX customers’ money
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SBF team argues for 5-6 year sentence, cite FTX customers’ money

Government exhibit in the case against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.Source: SDNYWhile prosecutors are requesting that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried spend 40 to 50 years in prison for his crimes, the defense team is urging the judge to consider a sentence that's roughly 90% shorter.Update: FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years for crypto fraud, to pay $11 billion in forfeitureBankman-Fried's fate will be announced in Manhattan on Thursday morning by Judge Lewis Kaplan, who presided over the monthlong trial in November. Bankman-Fried was found guilty of seven charges tied to the collapse of crypto exchange FTX and the roughly $10 billion of customer deposits that went missing.The hope for Bankman-Fried's team is that Kaplan takes into account the increased likelihood tha...
Bills targeting book bans raise concerns about the penalties libraries could face
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Bills targeting book bans raise concerns about the penalties libraries could face

Bills against book bans are gaining traction in state legislatures around the country — and with them have come worries about the potentially negative impact on libraries themselves. The number of banned books across the country saw an almost two-thirds increase in 2023 from the previous year, to more than 4,200 titles, according to a new report from the American Library Association. The free speech advocacy group PEN America found that last school year, about 30% of the book titles being challenged in schools included characters of color or discussed race and racism, while another 30% presented LGBTQ characters or themes. In addition, almost half the banned books featured themes or instances of violence or physical abuse, and a third contained writing on sexual experiences between char...
Wealth of the 1% hits a record $44 trillion
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Wealth of the 1% hits a record $44 trillion

Martin Puddy | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesA version of this article first appeared in CNBC's Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.The wealth of the top 1% hit a record $44.6 trillion at the end of the fourth quarter, as an end-of-year stock rally lifted their portfolios, according to new data from the Federal Reserve.The total net worth of the top 1%, defined by the Fed as those with wealth over $11 million, increased by $2 trillion in the fourth quarter. All of the gains came from their stock holdings. The value of corporate equities and mutual fund shares held by the top 1% surged to $19.7 trillion from $17.65 trillion the previous quarter.While their real est...