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Ramón Cuauhtémoc Taylor
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Producer at NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt | stories on cost of living, inequality, culture | thoughts on cinematography
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President Biden announced he is commuting the death sentences of 37 federal inmates on Monday, leaving just three people on death row in federal prisons.

Our NBC News story tonight:
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Biden commutes nearly every federal death row inmate to life without parole
President Biden announced he is commuting the death sentences of 37 federal inmates on Monday, leaving just three people on death row in federal prisons. The White House said the commuted sentences wi...
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December 24, 2024 at 12:43 AM
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In separate lawsuits, three men claim that Sean "Diddy" Combs raped them. In an interview, one of the men spoke about the allegations. A lawyer for Combs called the allegations lies.

Our latest for @nbcnews.com, with Chloe Melas:
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New lawsuits accuse Sean Combs of raping three men
In separate lawsuits, three men claim that Sean "Diddy" Combs raped them. In an interview, one of the men spoke about the allegations. A lawyer for Combs called the allegations lies. NBC News' Chloe M...
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December 13, 2024 at 12:22 PM
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A disgraced chiropractor, stripped of his license over fraud, needed a new line of work.

He found one, in an industry with few guardrails or barriers to entry: buying and selling corpses.

Here’s our latest for @nbcnews.com on the shadowy U.S. body trade. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Dealing corpses from a Las Vegas strip mall: A look inside the shadowy U.S. body trade
A disgraced chiropractor found a new job selling bodies. In an industry with few guardrails, he soon faced accusations of mishandling human remains.
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December 11, 2024 at 12:05 PM
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As shoppers look for value, dollar stores might seem to be logical destinations. But that penny-pinching mentality hasn’t been enough to lift sales for Dollar Tree and Dollar General.
Dollar stores are struggling to win over bargain hunters — here's why
Those results are a sharp turnabout for the dollar stores, which were once Wall Street darlings.
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December 3, 2024 at 4:49 PM
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Follow our @nbcnews.com journalists on Bluesky, thanks to this handy starter pack from @mikehixenbaugh.com!
December 3, 2024 at 9:49 PM
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An unusual "pharmacy" is dispensing capsules of poetry to make people feel better. NBC News' Kelly Cobiella reports on the healing power of words.

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Good News: A poetry prescription to make people feel better
An unusual "pharmacy" is dispensing capsules of poetry to make people feel better. NBC News' Kelly Cobiella reports on the healing power of words.
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December 4, 2024 at 12:38 AM
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Food banks have been seeing record demand despite a seemingly solid economy as Americans continue to struggle with high costs. More here in my latest piece for NBC Nightly News
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Food bank demand rises nationwide as holiday season begins
Food banks across the country are seeing rising demand, with some hitting record levels. About 65 percent of food banks reported an increase in the number of people served in October 2024 compared to ...
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December 2, 2024 at 2:59 PM
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Lifelong Lahaina residents who have squeezed out every avenue of assistance are now at a unique crossroads: leave the only home they’ve known or figure out a way to stay — both of which feel impossible.
Over a year after Lahaina fires, Native Hawaiian homeowners hit another breaking point
Expiring financial help, insurance gaps and rising rents leave Lahaina homeowners struggling to either stay and rebuild or leave and start over.
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November 30, 2024 at 4:45 PM
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Bluesky is winning because both twitter and threads have gone out of their way to make their platforms inhospitable to reputable journalists and news. @kattenbarge.bsky.social reports:
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Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'
Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.
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November 30, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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Of the 4,000 Indigenous languages worldwide, one dies every two weeks with its last speaker.

“Within the next 5 to 10 years, we’ll lose most of the Native American languages in the U.S.,” the founder of Indigenous in AI says.

AI could help preserve them, according to Indigenous technologists.
How Indigenous engineers are using AI to preserve their culture
Indigenous languages are rapidly disappearing, and AI could help preserve them, according to Indigenous technologists.
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November 29, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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NBC News: Among the 500 fastest growing cities in the country, the number of those more than 30 miles from a city center increased by 26% between 2019 to 2023, according to Census figures.

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The affordable housing shortage is reshaping parts of rural America
A surge in home prices over the past several years is pushing homebuyers further out from city centers with big implications for America's small towns.
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November 30, 2024 at 2:39 AM
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A missing hiker was rescued after more than seven weeks in Canada’s Rocky Mountains. He encountered wolves, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Temps often plummeted below 0° F.

Our story tonight, with Stephanie Gosk:
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Missing hiker rescued after more than 7 weeks in Canada's Northern Rockies
A Canadian man who went on a hiking trip in the cold, wild terrain of the Northern Rockies was found safe after he was reported missing more than seven weeks ago, authorities said. NBC News' Stephanie...
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November 30, 2024 at 12:45 AM
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- Nationwide, 65% of food banks saw an increase in demand over the past year, according to @feedingamerica.org
- Feeding America West Michigan pantries have seen a 13.1% increase in attendance this year

Our report tonight from Grand Rapids, MI:
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Food bank demand rises nationwide as holiday season begins
Food banks across the country are seeing rising demand, with some hitting record levels. About 65 percent of food banks reported an increase in the number of people served in October 2024 compared to ...
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November 29, 2024 at 12:22 AM
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President Claudia Sheinbaum says Mexico will retaliate if Trump follows through with his proposed tariffs — a move her government warns could kill 400,000 U.S. jobs and drive up prices for U.S. consumers.
November 28, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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Statistically close, but interesting that the public perception of journalists vs news media is slightly worse as a catch-all.
rasmuskleis.bsky.social rasmuskleis.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social · Nov 28
Taking a single issue - polarization - we ask people what institutions they, on balance, feel do bring us together and which divide us. Again, social media are seen differently from other platforms - but news media, journalists, and politicians are seen as far more divisive 4/5
November 28, 2024 at 2:56 PM
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Reminder: at the center of these “conceptual art” experiments, there is often someone just trying to get by.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · Nov 28
Shah Alam works outside Sotheby’s, shares a basement in the Bronx, and works 12-hour shifts at the fruit stand.

Last Wednesday, he sold a banana that would soon be duct-taped to a wall and auctioned as part of a work of art. When Alam was told the sale price, he began to cry.
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A fruit stand on the sidewalk outside Sotheby’s on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Headline reads: "The Sidewalk Fruit Vendor Who Sold a $6.2 Million Banana for 25 Cents." Photo credit: Amir Hamja for The New York Times.
November 28, 2024 at 1:28 AM
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Let it be known: “Deer are not predisposed to wearing clothes.” -Sgt Eamon McArthur
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In a town of fewer than 1,000 people, it can be hard to keep a secret. And yet no one in McBride, a mountain community in British Columbia, can figure out how a local deer came to be wearing a zipped-up high-visibility jacket.
Elusive deer spotted wearing high-vis jacket in Canada: ‘Who is responsible?’
‘Double takes’ as British Columbia mountain community tries to figure out how local animal came to don neon jacket
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November 28, 2024 at 12:38 AM