❌

Normal view

There are new articles available, click to refresh the page.
Yesterday β€” 25 June 2024NBC News Technology

A tragic week of extreme weather offers a glimpse at what's to come

In the last week, extreme weather has wreaked havoc in many parts of the U.S. and around the world. The events have brought climate change's threat into focus.

Β© Josh Jurgens

Husets Speedway after days of heavy rain led to flooding, south of Brandon, South Dakota, on June 22.

Β© Adam Gray

Commuters wait for a train in New York on June 20.

Β© AFP - Getty Images

The aftermath of flooding in Meizhou, in southern China's Guangdong province, on June 21.

Β© Arun Snakar

Residents fill their containers with water supplied by a municipal tanker in New Delhi on June 21.

Β© AFP via Getty Images

Pilgrims at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca on June 18, at the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
Before yesterdayNBC News Technology

Sweltering heat wave puts 44 million under warnings as floods inundate the Midwest

More than 44 million people across the United States were under some form of heat warning or advisory Monday, with daily temperature records set to be smashed while the Midwest reels from dangerous storms and flash flooding, with more rain to come.

Β© Tim Hynds

Volunteers stack sandbags at Central Park in Hawarden, Iowa, on June 22, 2024.

Video of Israeli soldiers driving with injured Palestinian strapped to a jeep sparks outrage

A video showing Israeli troops driving with a wounded Palestinian man strapped to the hood of a military jeep after a raid in the occupied West Bank has sparked outrage, prompting accusations of egregious mistreatment and human shielding, amid the Israeli military’s intensifying operations in the territory.

Sandy Hook shooting survivors graduate H.S. and reflect on first-grade massacre

Survivors of the Sandy Hook massacre are torn between celebrating their high school graduation Wednesday and remembering the 20 classmates who lost their lives in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.

Β© Bryan Woolston

Survivors of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting share their thoughts on high school graduation before a rally against gun violence on June 7 in Newtown, Conn.

Β© Bryan Woolston

Members of Junior Newtown Action Alliance at the anti-gun violence rally.

Blinken says Hamas demanded unworkable cease-fire changes: 'It's time for the haggling to stop'

Secretary of State Blinken said Wednesday that some Hamas cease-fire demands were unworkable, as the United Nations accused both sides of war crimes and Hezbollah unleashed a rocket barrage to avenge a top commander's killing.

Β© Kawnat Haju

Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike on Zibqin in southern Lebanon on Wednesday.

Β© Bilal Hussein

Hezbollah fighters carry the coffin of the group's senior commander during his funeral procession in Beirut on Wednesday.

Β© Leo Correa

Families and supporters of Israeli hostages protest during a visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Tel Aviv on Tuesday.

New details emerge about Israel's deadly hostage rescue β€” and how it almost fell apart

RAMAT GAN, Israel β€” New details emerged Monday about the rescue of four hostages β€” a high-risk operation that proved to be Israel's most successful of the eight-month war, but that brought death and horror to the central Gaza refugee camp where they had been held by Hamas.

Β© Tomer Appelbaum

A military helicopter carrying hostages lands at the Sheba Hospital on Saturday, after a rescue that sparked scenes of celebration in Israel.

Β© Tomer Appelbaum

Almog Meir Jan, 21, was one of the four hostages rescued by the IDF.
❌
❌