As world leaders took to their seats at the funeral of Pope Francis, hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims gathered in and around St. Peter's Square.

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/pope-francis/-moment-profound-emotion-reflection-faithful-mourners-pope-francis-rcna202741

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Sovereignty jockey Junior Alvarado nearly missed the Kentucky Derby with an injury. He returned just in time to win it.

https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/horse-racing/first-time-kentucky-derby-winner-junior-alvarado-dominates-field-horse-rcna204651

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Elderly survivors of a U.S. firebombing in Tokyo that killed more than 100,000 people in one night during World War II are pushing for recognition of the largely forgotten attack.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/tokyo-marks-80th-anniversary-us-firebombing-killed-100000-single-night-rcna195577

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President Donald Trump’s envoy Richard Grenell said on Friday he was headed back to the United States with six American citizens, a surprise development after he met with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/us-envoy-leaves-venezuela-six-americans-meeting-president-nicolas-madu-rcna190271

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A company that tracks American location data through smartphones has been hacked by Russian cybercriminals, according to cybersecurity researchers

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/location-data-broker-gravy-analytics-was-seemingly-hacked-experts-say-rcna187038

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The head of the Judicial Conference said there is legal uncertainty over whether it has the authority to refer complaints about Supreme Court justices.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/judicial-body-will-not-refer-clarence-thomas-justice-department-ethics-rcna186059

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Early Wednesday, Texas man Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a truck through a New Orleans street, killing 15 people, in what the FBI is investigating as an act of terrorism.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-orleans-new-year-truck-attack-what-know-rcna185949

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Israel ordered troops to prepare to spend winter on Mount Hermon in the Syria buffer zone after the Assad regime's collapse. And a post office in Nuseirat refugee camp was hit by the IDF, killing dozens according to local health officials.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-orders-troops-mount-hermon-syria-buffer-zone-nuseirat-strike-rcna184094

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Police have arrested and charged a man with the murder of his wife, whose body was found in a remote part of Oregon on Friday, seven days after she went missing after going hiking with her two dogs.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-arrested-murder-charge-wife-dead-oregon-rcna182408

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The New York Jets have acquired wide receiver Davante Adams from the Las Vegas Raiders in exchange for a conditional draft pick, sources told the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.

https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/nfl/jets-davante-adams-raiders-rcna173669

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has surpassed Jeff Bezos as the world’s second richest person, reports CNBC.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mark-zuckerberg-now-worlds-second-richest-person-ahead-jeff-bezos-rcna173999

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Tropical Storm Francine is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane before it reaches the U.S.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/potential-tropical-cyclone-six-forms-forecast-quickly-strengthen-hurri-rcna170175

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At least two people were killed and four wounded in a school shooting an hour outside of Atlanta on Wednesday, according to preliminary information from law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suspect-custody-school-district-atlanta-put-lockdown-reports-campus-th-rcna169562

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Trump has landed in hot water with conservatives on abortion after criticizing Florida’s six-week ban and declining to take a stance on a state ballot measure.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-damage-control-abortion-backlash-conservatives-rcna168922

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A proposal to put golf courses in a Florida state park — which has landed Gov.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/ron-desantis-hot-water-plan-involving-tiger-woods-jack-nicklaus-put-go-rcna168991

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The American Red Cross is facing an emergency blood shortage after extreme heat impacted blood drives last month.

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/red-cross-blood-shortage-extreme-heat-rcna165362

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A Republican bill to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in "inherent contempt" for failing to turn over the audiotapes of President Joe Biden failed.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republican-bill-hold-ag-garland-contempt-fine-biden-audiotapes-fails-rcna160898

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President Joe Biden is planning to hold a video call with Democratic governors as he attempts to tamp down growing concerns about his campaign.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/biden-call-democratic-governors-concerns-mount-rcna159996

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The Taliban on Sunday told the West to look past the measures they have imposed on Afghan women and girls for the sake of improving foreign relations.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/taliban-tell-west-look-harsh-edicts-afghan-women-girls-build-ties-rcna159703

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Flooding in the Midwest has caused severe damage, collapsing a bridge, weakening a dam and forcing the evacuation of a town.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/least-2-dead-devastating-midwest-flooding-triggers-evacuations-rcna158706

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly rebuked his own military after IDF spokesman Hagari said Hamas could not be eliminated.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-military-spokesman-hamas-defeated-netanyahu-war-gaza-rcna157991

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Families of more the more than 100 hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza say the rescue brought hope and fear about their relatives.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-hostage-rescue-hamas-families-captives-gaza-rcna156522

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Alabama is seeking to carry out another nitrogen gas execution, after the state became the first to put a person to death with the previously untested method.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alabama-seeks-nitrogen-executions-concern-method-rcna156697

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The death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi poses the question of who will succeed him, as well as the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/iran-raisi-killed-dead-helicopter-crash-what-next-rcna153243

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Alsobrooks, who overcame tens of millions of dollars in spending from David Trone, will face a competitive race against Hogan in the fall.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/maryland-democrat-senate-primary-election-winner-rcna151986

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Eight people are dead and another eight are critically injured after a bus overturned and crashed early Tuesday morning in Florida, officials said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/8-dead-37-hospitalized-severe-bus-crash-florida-rcna152158

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José Raúl Mulino who was practically retired will now he'll be Panama's president. A maritime law attorney, he became known as a private business leader who took part in a civil movement against the dictatorship of Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/jose-raul-mulino-panama-new-president-rcna150895

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Two new witnesses took the stand Friday after four days of testimony from former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker in Donald Trump's hush money trial.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/missed-day-8-trumps-trial-new-witnesses-contact-info-stormy-daniels-ka-rcna149608

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