Environmental activists melted away from a Paris museum with a waxwork of President Emmanuel Macron to protest about France’s business ties with Russia and climate change. Greenpeace France said in a statement Monday that they had “borrowed” the model from the Grévin Museum to highlight gas, chemical fertilizer and nuclear power contracts between the two…
Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders’ PVV party left the governing coalition Tuesday, in a move that is set to topple the right wing government and will likely lead to new elections. Wilders said his coalition partners were not willing to support his ideas on halting asylum migration. “No signature under our asylum plans. The PVV…
The pilot of a small plane that was about to crash managed to land it safely in the cool, choppy waters of Long Island Sound off Connecticut and called 911 to provide his precise coordinates before the aircraft sank, authorities said Monday. The Coast Guard pulled two people wearing lifejackets from the water shortly before…
WASHINGTON — A naturalized U.S. citizen who pleaded guilty to receiving military training from the Islamic State group was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison. Lirim Sylejmani, 49, engaged in at least one battle against U.S.-led forces after he entered Syria in 2015, according to prosecutors. U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras in Washington,…
BOULDER, Colo. — Once again, the war in Gaza has come home to America. A man using what police called a “makeshift flamethrower” launched a gruesome attack on demonstrators in Boulder on Sunday, raising questions about why security wasn’t stronger in the wake of an earlier attack in Washington, D.C. Run for Their Lives, the…
Ashley Anderson was hiking in with her two kids and her dogs on Memorial Day when she heard yelling. “I look over and I didn’t even know what I was looking at at first,” she said. “It took me a second to register that it was a body.” A 64-year-old grandfather had fallen 20 feet…
At his restaurant in Beijing, Geng Xiaoyun used to offer a special dish of salt-baked chicken feet — or “phoenix talons” as they are called in China — imported from America. With prices climbing 30% from March due to tariffs, the owner of Kunyuan restaurant had to pull the Chinese delicacy from the menu. “American…
The combination of social media and legalized betting have created some distinctly antisocial outcomes. The latest high-profile example happened in Major League Baseball. Houston Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. received death threats after a rough outing last month against the Reds. Via TheAthletic.com, the Houston Police Department determined the threats came from a “resident overseas.”…
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 White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. Happy Monday and welcome to our first edition of June! The Senate is back this week and will begin the…
Acting Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator David Richardson was joking when he said at a meeting Monday that he was not aware of the upcoming hurricane season, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement. Reuters reported that Richardson said at a briefing that he was not aware the United States has a hurricane…
