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Today — 5 July 2024NBC News Top Stories

Cambodia welcomes the Met’s repatriation of centuries-old statues looted during past turmoil

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By: The Associated Press
5 July 2024 at 04:19
The return to Cambodia of 14 sculptures that had been looted from the country is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors, Cambodia’s culture minister said.

© Tang Chhin Sothy

Buddhist monks in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, chanted blessings and threw flowers during a welcoming ceremony for the trafficked artifacts.

Iran holds runoff presidential vote pitting hard-line former negotiator against reformist lawmaker

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By: The Associated Press
5 July 2024 at 03:31
Iranians began voting Friday in a runoff election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month.

© Raheb Homavandi

An Iranian man displays his ink-stained finger after casting his ballot in Tehran on Friday.

© Atta Kenare

Pezeshkian at a campaign rally in Tehran on Wednesday.
Yesterday — 4 July 2024NBC News Top Stories
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The brutal killing of a Detroit man in 1982 inspires decades of Asian American activism nationwide

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By: The Associated Press
3 July 2024 at 13:15
Four decades after Vincent Chin was killed by autoworkers who blamed Asian manufacturers for industry decline, activists fight to ensure Chin is not forgotten.

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Lillie Chin, mother of Vincent Chin at Detroit's City County Building in 1982.

© Paul Sancya

Activists walk to the grave of Vincent Chin in 2002 in Detroit.

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Vincent Chin died three days after being battered to the pavement with baseball bat.

© Eric Lee

Demonstrators hold a mural of Vincent Chin at the National Mall in 2022.

© Michael Dwyer

People gather for a remembrance ceremony for Vincent Chin in Chinatown on June 23 in Boston.

Chinese migrants deported on first large flight from U.S. since 2018

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By: David Noriega and David Noriega and Associated Press and David Hodari and Julia Ainsley
3 July 2024 at 06:49
A group of migrants were deported to China over the weekend on the first large charter flight there since 2018, the Department of Homeland Security said.

© Jae C. Hong

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, center, in Tucson, Ariz. last month.

Atlanta City Council approves $2M settlement for students tased in car during 2020 protests

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By: The Associated Press
2 July 2024 at 12:25
The Atlanta City Council has approved the payment of a settlement of $2 million to two college students who were shocked with Tasers and pulled from a car while they were stuck in downtown traffic caused by protests over George Floyd’s killing.

© Atlanta Police Department via AP

Body camera footage of an officer pointing his handgun at Messiah Young while the college student is seated in his vehicle in 2020 in Atlanta.

Coup attempt thwarted in Ukraine, security service says, as Hungary's Orbán arrives in Kyiv for talks

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By: Yuliya Talmazan and The Associated Press
2 July 2024 at 07:35
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's security service said it foiled a coup in Ukraine as President Viktor Orban of Hungary visited the country.

© Zhao Dingzhe

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has survived multiple Russian assassination attempts.

© Zoltan Fischer

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at a meeting with Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Tuesday.

After 32 years as a progressive voice for LGBTQ Jews, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum heads into retirement

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By: The Associated Press
1 July 2024 at 11:53
After 32 years as a progressive voice for LGBTQ Jews at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum heads into retirement.

© Andres Kudacki

Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum sings during her last service at the Masonic Hall in New York on June 28.

© Andres Kudacki

Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum reads with her daughter during her last service at the Masonic Hall in New York on June 28.

Beryl strengthens to Category 5 hurricane, bringing 'life-threatening winds and dangerous storm surge' to southeastern Caribbean

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By: The Associated Press and Kathryn Prociv and Mithil Aggarwal and Mirna Alsharif and Phil Helsel
1 July 2024 at 23:42
Hours after making landfall on Grenada’s Carriacou Island, Hurricane Beryl strengthened to a "potentially catastrophic" Category 5 storm late Monday as it moved west the Caribbean on a path forecast to bring it near Jamaica, officials said.

Ultra-Orthodox protest against order to enlist in Israeli military turns violent in Jerusalem

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By: The Associated Press
1 July 2024 at 07:21
Thousands of Jewish ultra-Orthodox men clashed with Israeli police in central Jerusalem on Sunday during a protest against a Supreme Court order for them to begin enlisting for military service.

© Mahmoud Illean

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men are sprayed with foam by police after blocking a street in Jerusalem on Sunday.
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