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U.S. attorney charges five with trying to bribe juror in Minnesota Feeding Our Future trial

Five people were charged Wednesday with the attempted bribery of a juror in Minnesota after authorities found on confiscated devices a “chilling” plan to give a juror more than $120,000 and specific instructions on how to convince other jurors to vote to acquit, federal prosecutors said.

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Defendant Said Shafii Farah walks into the U.S. District Court with his attorneys during the first day of jury selection in the first Feeding Our Future case to go to trial in Minneapolis.

After a month of deadly protests, Kenya’s president withdraws tax bill that sparked outrage

In a sudden announcement Wednesday, Kenya’s president William Ruto withdrew a controversial finance bill that sparked violent protests and a deadlly government crackdown.

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Kenyan police officers forcefully move protesters Tuesday. At least 22 people were killed by police after protesters stormed Parliament.

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Protesters take cover behind a tree as police spray chemically treated water to disperse crowds.

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Ruto was voted into power in part by promising poorer Kenyans relief from economic pain.

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Demonstrators hurl stones at Kenyan police in downtown Nairobi.

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The bodies of two protesters, shot by Kenyan police, in front of Parliament during protests in Nairobi on Tuesday.

LGBTQ elders struggle with health care, housing and isolation

LGBTQ older adults are twice as likely as their heterosexual counterparts to grow old single and living alone, according to SAGE, an advocacy organization for LGBTQ elders.

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Gene Dinah, left, and his husband, Robert Malsberry.

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Robert Malsberry with Cleo, the cat he shared with Gene Dinah.

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Robert Malsberry when he was an Air Force lieutenant.

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Photographs of Gene Dinah and his husband, Robert Malsberry, throughout the years.

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Andrea Montanez said it's "scary to be an elder as a transgender person."

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Last Christmas, a SAGE volunteer helped Gene Dinah put up his Christmas tree.

One month and counting: The first post-pandemic Olympics are finally within sight

PARIS — In exactly one month, the planet’s most gifted athletes will float down the Seine in Paris to celebrate the first Olympics since a world pandemic truncated consecutive Games.

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Summer McIntosh during a women's 400-meter medley heat at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, in July 2023.

One month to 2024 Paris Olympics: What to expect

The city of Paris and its iconic landmarks have gotten an major makeover in preparation for the 2024 Paris Olympics one month away — but will everything be ready for the athletes? NBC’s Keir Simmons reports for TODAY and NBC’s Olympic primetime host Mike Tirico shares what to expect once the games begin.

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The city of Paris and its iconic landmarks have gotten an major makeover in preparation for the 2024 Paris Olympics one month away — but will everything be ready for the athletes? NBC’s Keir Simmons reports for TODAY and NBC’s Olympic primetime host Mike Tirico shares what to expect once the games begin.

Is Putin's Ukraine obsession distracting from a rising threat at home?

The attacks on synagogues and churches in Dagestan appear to have been Islamist extremism, a rising threat with Vladimir Putin's focus on war in Ukraine.

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The street of Makhachkala in southern Russia and plumes of smoke rising from a building in Derbent, Russia, on Monday.

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Officials inside a burned-out synagogue in Derbent, Dagestan, on Tuesday.

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Putin during a wreath laying ceremony in the Alexandrovsky Garden in Moscow earlier this month.

Kenya-led police force arrives in Haiti to tackle gang violence

The first U.N.-backed contingent of foreign police arrived in Haiti on Tuesday, nearly two years after the troubled Caribbean country urgently requested help to quell a surge in gang violence.

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People walk past a barricade in a road in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 20, 2024.

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Haitian Gang Leader Jimmy 'Barbecue' Cherizier is flanked by his henchmen in Port-au-Prince on Feb. 22, 2024.

Russia’s weapons production has actually increased dramatically despite Western sanctions, report says

Despite Western sanctions, Russia has dramatically increased the production of artillery rounds, missiles and drones since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

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Russian soldiers load an Iskander-M short-range ballistic missile launchers at a firing position as part of Russian military drill intended to train the troops in using tactical nuclear weapons in a photo taken from video released June 12.

U.S. journalist Gershkovich appears with shaved head as espionage trial begins in Russia

Fifteen months after Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, he returned there for his trial starting Wednesday behind closed doors.

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Gershkovich looks out from inside a padlocked defendants' cage prior to the hearing Wednesday.

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Brittney Griner, left, and Victor Bout, second right, pass during a prisoner exchange on the tarmac of Abu Dhabi airport in 2022.

After losing home, family hopes for historic café’s survival as Rapidan Dam collapse looms in Minnesota

With flooding having already taken their home, the Barnes family is hoping the possible collapse of the Rapidan Dam doesn't also take their café, which has been operating since 1910.

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High water levels at the Rapidan Dam on the Blue Earth River in Mankato, Minn., on Monday.

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High water levels at the Rapidan Dam on the Blue Earth River in Mankato, Minn., on Monday.

Olympic champion swimmers tell Congress U.S. athletes have lost faith in anti-doping regulator

U.S. Olympic athletes have lost faith in the World Anti-Doping Agency to rid their sports of cheaters ahead of next month’s Summer Games in Paris, two former gold medalists said Tuesday in prepared before a House subcommittee.

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Former Olympians Michael Phelps, from left, and Allison Schmitt, from right, and Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart are sworn in before testifying before a House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill, on Tuesday.

Closeup look at American pier off Gaza that has struggled to deliver aid

Traveling with the U.S. military, NBC News' Courtney Kube got a first-hand look at the American temporary pier system anchored to the shore in Gaza. The pier was announced with great fanfare by President Biden, but has only delivered aid for 17 of the last 40 days, largely due to weather issues. NBC News' Courtney Kube reports.

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Traveling with the U.S. military, NBC News' Courtney Kube got a first-hand look at the American temporary pier system anchored to the shore in Gaza. The pier was announced with great fanfare by President Biden, but has only delivered aid for 17 of the last 40 days, largely due to weather issues. NBC News' Courtney Kube reports.

Covid on the rise again in dozens of states

Health authorities say Covid cases are on the rise around the nation, with 15 states reporting high levels of the virus in wastewater. While the severity of the disease is lessening overall, the elderly and immunocompromised are still at higher risk. NBC News' Erin McLaughlin reports.

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Health authorities say Covid cases are on the rise around the nation, with 15 states reporting high levels of the virus in wastewater. While the severity of the disease is lessening overall, the elderly and immunocompromised are still at higher risk. NBC News' Erin McLaughlin reports.
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