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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Alexander Murray Smith |Caroline Radnofsky |Tavleen Tarrant |Keir Simmons
Israel threatens more strikes on Lebanon unless Hezbollah is disarmedIsrael said Friday it would continue striking Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed, a day after carrying out its heaviest bombardment yet of south …
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1 month ago | 
nbcnews.com | Marin Scott |Colin Sheeley |Tavleen Tarrant
May 28, 2025, 10:24 PM EDTNew video posted to social media from southern Gaza became the center of a heated internet debate about whether it was generated using artificial intelligence. The video, which started circulating Tuesday, shows a person in a camouflage-print face covering and baseball cap making a heart sign and a “shaka” sign with their hands in front of a large crowd of Palestinians gathered along rows of fences, waiting for food aid at the Tal as Sultan distribution site in Rafah.
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1 month ago | 
nbcnews.com | J.J. McCorvey |Tavleen Tarrant
The add-to-cart callouts are widespread, and lately they’re coming with a trade war twist: buy now to beat the tariffs. Retailers and e-commerce brands have been flooding social media in recent weeks with appeals to shoppers’ well-founded fears that President Donald Trump’s import taxes will raise prices, urging them to act now before that happens.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
flipboard.com | Tavleen Tarrant |Colin Sheeley
4 hours agoJD Vance issues blunt response when asked if US forces will invade MexicoJD Vance issued a blunt response when asked if US forces will invade Mexico. The vice president held a press conference as he paid a visit to Eagle Pass in Texas on Wednesday (5 March) Asked about the potential for ground forces during a visit to the US-Mexico border, Vance responded: “No. Next question.” He declined to offer details on any potential air strikes or other military activity.
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Feb 19, 2025 | 
nbcnews.com | Dan De Luce |Jennifer Jett |Tavleen Tarrant
The Trump administration has told the office overseeing the resettlement of Afghans to the United States to draw up plans to shut down by April. The move could strand more than 250,000 Afghans and their families who face persecution from the Taliban for their ties to America, according to a refugee advocate and two sources with knowledge of the matter.
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Feb 19, 2025 | 
flipboard.com | Dan De Luce |Jennifer Jett |Tavleen Tarrant
1 day agoIn an interview with CNN's Kaitlan Collins, former FAA employee Charles Spitzer-Stadtlander says he was working on an FAA defense program when he was fired on Friday. Spizer-Stadtlander says Americans should be scared in the wake of several hundred FAA firings.
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Feb 4, 2025 | 
odishaexpo.com | Odisha Expo |Tavleen Tarrant |Dareh Gregorian
A conservative author who has spread conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and written on social media that “competent white men must be in charge” has been named to a top post at the State Department. Secretary of State Marco Rubio tapped Darren Beattie to be acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy. The position, in a permanent capacity, requires Senate confirmation.
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Feb 3, 2025 | 
nbcnews.com | Tavleen Tarrant |Dareh Gregorian
A conservative author who has spread conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and written on social media that "competent white men must be in charge" has been named to a top post at the State Department. Secretary of State Marco Rubio tapped Darren Beattie to be acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy. The position, in a permanent capacity, requires Senate confirmation.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
nbcnews.com | Erik Ortiz |Tavleen Tarrant |Bryan Gallion
When the first flashes of fire and billows of smoke grabbed the attention of people living in the foothills of Eaton Canyon in Los Angeles County, residents recorded videos of the same cluster of transmission towers high on the chaparral-covered hillside, illuminated by flames. California fire officials pinpointed the start of the Eaton Fire on the evening of Jan.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
nbcnews.com | Tavleen Tarrant
Mohinder Singh has spent the past week serving food and beverages at a Gurdwara — a Sikh temple — in Covina, California, to hungry victims displaced by Los Angeles County’s devastating wildfires. “When we serve chai, there is a glow on people’s faces like we are giving them gold. The pleasure in their eyes is soothing to me,” Singh said.
