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Today — 29 June 2024NBC News Technology

Dams in distress: Partial failure in Minnesota offers a nationwide warning

By: Evan Bush
29 June 2024 at 09:00
The partial failure of Minnesota’s Rapidan Dam sheds like on the almost 4,100 dams in the U.S. that are categorized at the same risk level and condition – or worse.

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A home teeters bon the brink of collapsing into the Blue Earth River at the Rapidan Dam in Mankato, Minn., on, June 25, 2024.

© Mark Vancleave

Heavy rains cause high water levels at the Rapidan Dam near Mankato, Minnesota, on Monday.

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Views of the Rapidan Dam on Sept. 6, 2011, and on June 26, after floodwaters overcame parts of the structure.

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A riverside home seen on Tuesday before it partially collapsed, near at the Rapidan Dam in Minnesota.

© Mark Vancleave

Floodwaters continue to carve a channel around the Rapidan Dam on Thursday.

The far right is on the rise ahead of elections in France. Here’s what you need to know.

France is on the cusp of voting in a far-right government for the first time since World War II, as the national mood appears to be souring on President Emmanuel Macron’s brand of mainstream centrism and lurching toward fiery anti-establishment populism.

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Macron will remain president after the snap election.

© Jeff Pachoud

Marine Le Pen and her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, listen to a speech during the 15th congress of the far-right National Front in Lyon, France, in 2014.

© Dimitar Dilkoff

Jordan Bardella prior to the start of a debate in Paris on June 27.

© Julie de Rosa

Gabriel Attal addresses deputies at the National Assembly in Paris on June 5.
Yesterday — 28 June 2024NBC News Technology

Ford CEO Jim Farley discusses the rapid evolution of electric vehicles

28 June 2024 at 16:18
Ford CEO Jim Farley joins CNBC's Julia Boorstin for a discussion on EVs, rapidly evolving vehicle technology, and how drivers' shifting priorities are reshaping what we expect in cars and trucks. NBCUniversal News Group is the media partner of Aspen Ideas Festival.

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Ford CEO Jim Farley joins CNBC's Julia Boorstin for a discussion on EVs, rapidly evolving vehicle technology, and how drivers' shifting priorities are reshaping what we expect in cars and trucks. NBCUniversal News Group is the media partner of Aspen Ideas Festival.

'I don't debate as well as I used to': Biden tries to move on from his tough night at an energized rally

RALEIGH, N.C. — President Joe Biden tried to turn his disappointing debate performance into a rallying cry for his supporters at an event on Friday, painting himself as down but not out as some in his party whisper about replacing him atop the ticket.

Inside secret effort to rescue pediatric cancer patients from Gaza

27 June 2024 at 18:53
Twenty pediatric cancer patients in Gaza were moved to Egypt as part of a secret effort to evacuate children with cancer. Since November, NBC News has been tracking this mission exclusively as the White House worked with Egypt, Israel and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on the rescue operation. NBC News' Andrea Mitcell reports.

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Twenty pediatric cancer patients in Gaza were moved to Egypt as part of a secret effort to evacuate children with cancer. Since November, NBC News has been tracking this mission exclusively as the White House worked with Egypt, Israel and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on the rescue operation. NBC News' Andrea Mitcell reports.

Cyberattack on car dealership software causes delays, frustration

28 June 2024 at 07:53
A huge cyberattack on CDK Global, a software company that’s used by a majority of car dealerships nationwide, is having a crippling impact on the auto industry. The hack is affecting thousands of businesses and causing frustration and delays. NBC’s Morgan Chesky reports for TODAY.

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A huge cyberattack on CDK Global, a software company that’s used by a majority of car dealerships nationwide, is having a crippling impact on the auto industry. The hack is affecting thousands of businesses and causing frustration and delays. NBC’s Morgan Chesky reports for TODAY.

A 3-year-old shot herself in the head. Her father could go to prison for decades.

Three-year-old Skye McBride survived after accidentally shooting herself in the head on Valentine's Day. Her father faces charges under Michigan’s new gun storage law.

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Police went to Michael Tolbert's house in Flint after questioning him at the hospital.

© LaDorothy Griggs

Skye was placed in an induced coma after undergoing emergency brain surgery.

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Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton spent years pressing Michigan lawmakers to pass a safe storage law.

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Skye with her aunt, LaDorothy Griggs, and her grandmother Pam Williams.

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Skye as an infant and with her father, Michael Tolbert, before the shooting.

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The Smith & Wesson 438 revolver that prosecutors believe Skye picked up from her father's bed and fired unintentionally.

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Dr. Christian Bowers, a neurosurgeon at Hurley Medical Center, shows where the bullet went through Skye's brain.

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Skye and her grandmother Pam Williams at Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit, where Skye was moved for intensive rehabilitation.

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Skye at Children's Hospital in Detroit with some of the many stuffed animals she received as gifts.

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Skye was given a leg brace and a helmet.

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Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton estimates that there are five or six unintentional shootings by children in his county every year.

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The lawn outside the Capitol in March 2018, covered with empty shoes to memorialize the 7,000 children killed by gun violence since the Sandy Hook school shooting.

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Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald demonstrates a gun lock during the trial of James Crumbley, whose son killed four students in 2021 with his family's unsecured weapon.

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Skye holds a get-well card she received during her hospital stay.

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Skye is discharged in April from Children’s Hospital in Detroit.

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After Skye returns home from the hospital, her grandmother encourages her to use her left hand.

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Skye stays active at home. A sign celebrating her recovery hangs under an illustration of a firearm that her grandmother posted after a crime spike in the neighborhood.

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While Skye is learning to walk again, she still needs assistance getting around outside the house.

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Skye and her grandmother at home in May.

Biden slams Trump's stance on NATO as 'foolishness'

27 June 2024 at 21:55
President Biden criticized former President Trump for his past criticism of the NATO alliance and his potential policy plans as "foolishness" during the first presidential debate.

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President Biden criticized former President Trump for his past criticism of the NATO alliance and his potential policy plans as "foolishness" during the first presidential debate.

Biden and Trump spar over abortion rights

27 June 2024 at 21:33
President Biden and former President Trump sparred over abortion rights in the U.S. Trump said he would not block abortion pills.

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President Biden and former President Trump sparred over abortion rights in the U.S. Trump said he would not block abortion pills.

‘Inflation is killing our country,’ Trump says

27 June 2024 at 21:31
President Joe Biden and Former President Donald Trump went head to head answering questions about the economy and inflation during the first presidential debate.

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President Joe Biden and Former President Donald Trump went head to head answering questions about the economy and inflation during the first presidential debate.

Trump: 'I didn't have sex with a porn star'

27 June 2024 at 21:56
Biden accused Trump of poor personal character, referring to his alleged sexual relationship with pornographic film star Stormy Daniels.

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Biden accused Trump of poor personal character, referring to his alleged sexual relationship with pornographic film star Stormy Daniels.

Palantir Technologies chairperson, Peter Thiel talks AI, digital currencies and the state of America

27 June 2024 at 20:06
Chairperson of Palantir Technologies, Peter Thiel joins Andrew Ross Sorkin to discuss his vision for the future, bets on artificial intelligence, digital currencies and his thoughts on the state of America. NBCUniversal News Group is the media partner of Aspen Ideas Festival.

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Chairperson of Palantir Technologies, Peter Thiel joins Andrew Ross Sorkin to discuss his vision for the future, bets on artificial intelligence, digital currencies and his thoughts on the state of America. NBCUniversal News Group is the media partner of Aspen Ideas Festival.
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Former Uvalde school district police chief charged with child endangerment after shooting that killed 21

The former school district police chief in Uvalde, Texas, who oversaw the response to the 2022 elementary school shooting that killed 21 people, including 19 children, was arrested on a child endangerment charge, an official at the Uvalde jail said Thursday.

Supreme Court blocks Purdue Pharma opioid settlement, threatening billions of dollars for victims

27 June 2024 at 13:17
The Supreme Court blew up the massive bankruptcy reorganization of opioid maker Purdue Pharma, finding that the settlement inappropriately included legal protections for the Sackler family, meaning that billions of dollars secured for victims is now threatened.

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A pharmacist holds prescription painkiller OxyContin, made by Purdue Pharma, at a local pharmacy in Provo, Utah, on April 25.

We watched 19 Trump and Biden debate performances. Here's what to expect Thursday.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will face off Thursday for their first 2024 presidential debate, but the two will be well familiar with each other’s tactics and styles.

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Throughout his debates, an important relationship emerged — between Biden and the clock.

© Kevin Dietsch

Especially when it’s a one-on-one debate, Trump is visibly uncomfortable if he’s not in control.
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