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The U.S. Treasury Department said a state-sponsored Chinese hacking operation was able to access third-party software to tap into desktop computers of Treasury employees in what the department is calling “a major incident.” In a letter seen by NBC News, Aditi Hardikar, assistant secretary for management of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, wrote that the office was notified on …

Bronze-winning Olympic French swimmer Yohann Ndoye-Brouard wondered over the weekend if a medal he captured is from this past summer or 100 years ago? That’s because the bronze he won in the 4×100-meter medley relay during the Paris 2024 Games seems to be deteriorating faster than a Léon Marchand lap. He rhetorically questioned on social media if his medal was …

Trinidad and Tobago declared a state of emergency on Monday as the government braced for reprisal shootings after an attempt on a gang leader’s life, officials said. The dual-island Caribbean nation off the coast of Venezuela will use the emergency to launch an anti-gang crackdown, authorities said. Though there will be no curfew, the declaration will come with increased police …

Facing a public relations checkmate, the International Chess Federation surrendered and allowed world champ Magnus Carlsen to wear jeans Monday at the World Blitz Championship in New York City. “I sincerely regret that this situation escalated without a resolution being found by both sides in time to prevent Magnus’s withdrawal,” Arkady Dvorkovich, president of the chess federation, which uses the …

After the sophomore-season premiere of Netflix’s wildly popular thriller series “Squid Game,” many viewers are criticizing the South Korean show for casting a straight, cisgender male actor as a transgender woman contestant in the deadly games.  The new season, which debuted Thursday, features actor Park Sung-hoon, known for playing villains in the television series “The Glory” and “Queen of Tears,” as …

Experts and some public officials are warning against raw pet foods after a cat in Oregon was found to have died from a product contaminated by bird flu. The maker of that cat food, Northwest Naturals, has since recalled certain batches of the turkey-based food. Felines have been at risk from bird flu, either getting sick or dying, for years. …

To boxing and Olympics enthusiasts, Claressa “T-Rex” Shields is a household name. The film “The Fire Inside,” starring Ryan Destiny as Shields and Brian Tyree Henry as her trainer, Jason Crutchfield, now aims to bring the 29-year-old phenomenon’s story into every household and the world. Written by Oscar-winning “Moonlight” filmmaker Barry Jenkins and directed by Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rachel Morrison, who …

As the nation mourns the loss of Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at age 100, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders look back on the historic contribution the then-president made to the community. Following a push from several Asian American lawmakers, Carter, the country’s 39th president, signed a proclamation that designated May 4, 1979, as the start of Asian Pacific American …

Washington Commanders safety Jeremy Reaves celebrated his team’s win against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday by dropping to one knee and asking his longtime girlfriend a very important question. Video circulating on social media shows Reaves on one knee at Northwest Stadium, asking an emotional Mikaela Worley to marry him. The couple then embrace and Reaves slips the ring on …

Concerns are growing for the safety of a prominent hospital director in Gaza who was taken into Israeli custody after the Israel Defense Forces raided the site, detained scores of people and forced the closure of one of the last functioning medical facilities in the enclave’s north. Video captured outside Kamal Adwan Hospital and verified by NBC News shows its …