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Members of Team USA pass water jets after going through the water curtain under the Austerlitz Bridge in Paris.

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Photos: Procession of boats, flags and joyous athletes floats down the Seine

Jimmer Fredette.

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13 years after JimmerMania, a former college star aims for Olympic gold

CJ Nickolas’ signature move.

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Team USA eyes a gold medal in taekwondo thanks to a 22-year-old and his epic kick

Donald Trump Holds A Campaign Rally In Butler, Pennsylvania

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Four photographers shot iconic images when gunfire rang out at Trump rally

Coalition to March on the Republican National Convention leads a protest for D’Vontaye Mitchell and Sam Sharpe Jr., killed by police, in Milwaukee, Wis., on July 18, 2024.

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Protesters made a tiny footprint at the RNC in Milwaukee

T-shirt with a photo of Donald Trump being surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents

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Photo gallery: All the looks from the RNC, from Trump sneakers to ear bandages

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CHECKBOOK CHRONICLES

Savings drained and living off $2,400 a month, a Florida retiree misses out on her 'golden years'

Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces, N.M.

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New Mexico attorney general launches probe of patient care at private equity-run hospital

Yazan Al Bawwab and Valerie Tarazi train in Paris on July 12, 2024.

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Palestinian Olympians hope to draw attention to Gaza

Former President Donald Trump surrounded by U.S. Secret Service

Evan Vucci / AP

In videos and maps, how the Trump assassination attempt unfolded

Donald Trump leaves the stage at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa.

Evan Vucci / AP

Photos show moment Trump is injured in apparent assassination attempt

2022 World Athletics Championships, Day Five Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon, USA - 19 Jul 2022

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For Ukrainian athletes, the path to Paris is marred by war

Zyn and nicotine mouth pouch products

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Convenient and concealable: The dark side of Zyn and tobacco-free nicotine products

Julio Cervantes Suarez

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Baltimore bridge collapse survivor details how he climbed onto floating concrete to await rescue

Robert Morris, founding pastor of the megachurch Gateway, and Cindy Clemishire.

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12-year-old was to blame for pastor Robert Morris' 'inappropriate' sexual conduct, lawyer says

Attendees watch the Independence Day fireworks display along

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From hot dogs to Uncle Sam: Fourth of July celebrations from around the country

Skye McBride

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GUNS IN AMERICA

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

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CULTURE & TRENDS

Some women aren't looking for a 'man in finance' — despite the viral song

Molly Dickinson, founder of Banner Day, and Ryan Wilson, owner of a members-only networking space, in Atlanta, on June 26, 2024.

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Thriving entrepreneurs in Atlanta say their votes for president go beyond the bottom line

Side by side of Ota Bluehorse and a detail shot of a beaded white buffalo

Natalie Behring for NBC News

In a rare white buffalo calf, Indigenous tribes hear a 'loud and clear' warning

A triptych photo of dancers during a parade, Cavalier Johnson waving, and Zakia Wells painting a mural.

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Inside the focused, person-by-person fight over the Black vote in a key swing state

Larry Hebert, an active duty U.S. service member, hugs his daughter wrapped with a Keffiyeh in his home in Rota, southern Spain on June 20, 2024.

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U.S. military members discuss seeking conscientious objector status over support of Israel in Gaza

Lauren Flower, left, cradles Annia Hidalgo, while dancing together

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OUT COMMUNITY VOICES

There's a scarcity of out queer women in professional ballet. This dancer is trying to change that.

Jess Hernandez

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Whistleblower alleges Airbnb weakened its policies on extremists and hate groups

Areleidis Chiquillo with her two-month-old and her 5-year-old daughter.

Jimena Peck for NBC News

Denver asylum-seekers hopeful as work training program starts ‘to completely change our lives’

Michigan RNC Poll Training

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RNC recruits poll workers in Michigan as part of vote monitoring efforts

Photo collage of Elvis Presley at Graceland; Lisa at her home clasping her hands together; signatures and text from legal documents

Justine Goode / NBC News

Who was behind the plot to steal Graceland?

Photo illustration of hospital patient with "Settlement Release" text overlaying the image

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How a major public hospital is protecting itself by silencing patients who allege harm

politics political

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Trump is losing a key voice in the months before the election as Steve Bannon heads to prison

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As the world loses the last links to D-Day, vets recount the fateful hours on Normandy's beaches

Barbara Quarrel, a former nurse who worked for Memorial Medical Center for 30 years, at her home in Las Cruces, N.M.

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Cancer patients say this hospital turned them away

A dish of butter chicken is presented on a dining table in a silver chalice

Saumya Khandelwal for NBC News

Who invented butter chicken? A court in India will decide

A grid of former President Donald Trump and details from his hush money trial in New York.

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6 weeks of Trump's trial in 62 photos

Boxer Kathreen "Kat" Sterling

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With their country in crisis, Haitian athletes aim to showcase resilience at Olympics

Erin Williams, an Army officer currently serving at Fort Campbell in Kentucky, with her three children.

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America's child care shortage is pushing military families to a breaking point

Lucia Buricelli for NBC News

Photos from Trump's rally in the South Bronx

Donald Trump speak

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Trump rallies in the South Bronx as he seeks to win over Black and Hispanic voters

Photo illustration of Nicole Shanahan

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The influences that drove Nicole Shanahan, RFK Jr.'s VP pick, to embrace conspiracy theories

Dr. John Holcomb.

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They served as military surgeons — now they're taking on a life-or-death issue at home

Mike Johnson answers a question

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Speaker Mike Johnson echoes Trump's 'frustration' with cases and believes threats to his gavel are behind him

Utah Governor Spencer Cox and Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn., speak during an interview with Julie Tsirkin in Washington, DC on Thursday, May 9, 2024. The two are working on solutions to address loneliness in the United States.

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A bipartisan odd couple takes on hefty problems: Division and loneliness

Brandon Johnson portrait against a black backdrop

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In Chicago, a mayor with activist roots prepares for a potentially volatile Democratic convention

scenes from the Westminster Dog Show in New York on Tuesday.

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Sage the miniature poodle takes best in show at the Westminster dog show

Southlake, Texas and Angela Jones.

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Feds find civil rights violations in Southlake, Texas, schools, students' lawyers say