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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.

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Sha'Carri Richardson wins a semifinal in the 100-meter dash at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Ore., on Saturday.

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.

NBC News reporter test rides driverless taxi in Arizona

Waymo, a driverless taxi company, is making its mark in Phoenix, Ariz. NBC News’ Valerie Castro speaks with the city's mayor about why the taxis are becoming increasingly popular and catches a ride in one of the driverless car.

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Waymo, a driverless taxi company, is making its mark in Phoenix, Ariz. NBC News’ Valerie Castro speaks with the city's mayor about why the taxis are becoming increasingly popular and catches a ride in one of the driverless car.

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.

Authorities search for migrants with possible ties to Isis-affiliated smuggling network, officials say

More than 50 migrants with possible ties to an ISIS-affiliated smuggling network are at large in the U.S., officials tell NBC News. The officials say immigration authorities are currently looking for the migrants, whose whereabouts are unknown. NBC News' Julia Ainsley reports.

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More than 50 migrants with possible ties to an ISIS-affiliated smuggling network are at large in the U.S., officials tell NBC News. The officials say immigration authorities are currently looking for the migrants, whose whereabouts are unknown. NBC News' Julia Ainsley reports.

Influencers and popular podcasts fuel election disinformation among Black voters, report shows

At least 40 million Americans may be regularly targeted and fed disinformation within Black online spaces by a host of sources across social media, a new study says.

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Candace Owens on the set of "Candace" in 2022.

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A vendor sells Trump merchandise outside a rally for former President Donald Trump in Laconia, N.H, on Jan. 22, the eve of the New Hampshire primary.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Julian Assange travels to a remote Pacific island to enter plea deal with the U.S.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to plead guilty in a deal with the United States, allowing him to go free years after publishing classified information obtained by Chelsea Manning.

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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange walking to board a plane from London Stansted Airport on Monday.

New video shows American and two other hostages during Hamas abduction

 A newly released video shows American Hersh Goldberg-Polin and two other hostages after they were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7. NBC News' Matt Bradley spoke with Goldberg-Polin's parents

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 A newly released video shows American Hersh Goldberg-Polin and two other hostages after they were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7. NBC News' Matt Bradley spoke with Goldberg-Polin's parents

Parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin explain why they wanted video of son's Oct. 7 abduction released

The parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7, said that newly released video of his abduction should serve as a "call of action."

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Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, speak with NBC News’ Matt Bradley in Jerusalem on Monday.

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A poster of Hersh Goldberg-Polin is displayed at a memorial site in Re'im, near to where Hamas fighters captured him.

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"I want all viewers of this video to think in that kind of personal way about what we’re dealing with here," said Goldberg, seen here with her son and husband.

Minnesota dam faces 'imminent failure' amid rising flood waters

Residents living near Minnesota's Rapidan Dam are being warned that the structure is in "imminent failure condition" due to rising flood waters and heavy damage from accumulating debris. (

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Residents living near Minnesota's Rapidan Dam are being warned that the structure is in "imminent failure condition" due to rising flood waters and heavy damage from accumulating debris. (

Léon Marchand's cold call email could end in homegrown Olympic glory

Former Arizona State University swimming coach Bob Bowman might have spiked a random email that showed up in his inbox four years ago if the sender's name hadn't rung a bell.

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Léon Marchand, left, and Bob Bowman during the French Elite Championships in Rennes, France, in 2023.

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Léon Marchand competes in the men's 200-meter breaststroke final on Day 4 of the TYR Pro Swim Series San Antonio on April 13.

Intense fighting in Gaza to soon end and focus shifting to Hezbollah, Netanyahu says

The "intensive" phase of Israel's offensive in Gaza will soon end, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday — but he signaled he would only accept a "partial" cease-fire deal that would not end the war, and that this new phase would allow a shift in focus to the simmering conflict on the country's northern border with Lebanon.

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Thousands of Palestinian families who migrated to Khan Younis in Gaza live among the rubble of buildings as a result of Israeli attacks.

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A smoke plume billows during Israeli bombardment on the village of Khiam in south Lebanon on Sunday.
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