LGBTQ-inclusive books remained top targets of bans and “soft censorship” throughout 2024, but titles that centered queer characters and explored topics related to sexual orientation and gender identity continued to find fierce advocates in readers and booksellers. We asked NBC Out readers and booksellers across the country about their favorite lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and...
STEVENSON, Wash. — Two Oregon men were found dead in a Washington state forest after they failed to return from a trip to look for Sasquatch, authorities said Saturday. The 59-year-old and 37-year-old appear to have died from exposure, the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office said via Facebook. The weather and the men’s lack of preparedness...
WAKEFIELD, N.H. — A Massachusetts family of four were found dead on Christmas Day at their lake house in New Hampshire after their propane heating system appeared to have malfunctioned, poisoning them with carbon monoxide gas overnight, authorities said Friday. Matthew Goldstein, 52, was an elementary school teacher in Chestnut Hill and his wife Lyla Goldstein, 54,...
From legal cases to an attempted assassination, 2024 proved to be a roller coaster in U.S. politics. Former president Donald Trump became president-elect, setting up a historic return to the White House in January. He faced many ups and downs throughout the year. For the current president, Joe Biden, this year was also full of...
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said Sunday that the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week was shot down by Russia, albeit unintentionally, and criticized Moscow for trying to “hush up” the issue for days. “We can say with complete clarity that the plane was shot down by Russia. (…) We are not saying that it was done intentionally, but it...
Charles F. Dolan, who founded some of the most prominent U.S. media companies including Home Box Office Inc. and Cablevision Systems Corp., has died at age 98, according to a news report. A statement issued Saturday by his family said Dolan died of natural causes, Newsday reported late Saturday. “It is with deep sorrow that we announce...
Seela al-Faseeh was only two weeks old when her father, Mahmoud al-Faseeh, 31, said he took her from their makeshift tent near Khan Younis to the pediatric emergency ward at Nasser Hospital on Wednesday, shortly after her body turned blue and stiff. “We woke up to find the girl like wood,” Faseeh told NBC News....
Special Victims to Internal Affairs Situated in a rural swath of New Jersey, Bridgeton lies about 40 miles south of Philadelphia and 50 miles northwest of Cape May, the southernmost tip of the state. With a population of roughly 25,000, it is the county seat and third largest city in Cumberland County, a vast area...
TBILISI, Georgia — Mikheil Kavelashvili, a hardline critic of the West, was sworn in as president of Georgia on Sunday amid a political crisis after the government froze European Union application talks in a move that sparked major protests. Outgoing President Salome Zourabichvili, a pro-EU opponent of the ruling party, said in a defiant speech to supporters outside the presidential palace that...
Celebrity stylist Ariel Tunnell typically pulls clothing options from the runway for her clients of all sizes. But this past year, she’s noticed an alarming trend in the fashion industry. While there are designer options out there for bigger bodies, the choices have become few and far between. “I think we’re all aware that we...