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Rima Abdelkader

Rima Abdelkader is a senior reporter for Social Newsgathering at NBC News in New York.

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Rima Abdelkader is a senior reporter for Social Newsgathering at NBC News in New York.

Do you have a news tip you want to share with our journalists? Visit NBC News Tips to learn more.


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90d ago

Delta passengers in Atlanta forced to evacuate plane on emergency slides amid winter storm

Delta Air Lines passengers had to evacuate onto the tarmac at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Friday morning because of an engine issue amid a winter storm, according to the airline.
101d ago

Are medals awarded during the Paris 2024 Olympics losing their luster?

French bronze medal-winning Olympic swimmer Yohann Ndoye-Brouard wondered over the weekend whether a medal he captured is from this summer or 100 years ago.
119d ago

'Wanted' CEO posters and other threats emerge after Mangione arrest

Since Luigi Mangione was charged with with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, business executives, insurance employees and police officers have reported threats and harassment.
184d ago

New York Jets fire coach Robert Saleh after 2-3 start and apparent tension with Aaron Rodgers

The New York Jets fired head coach Robert Saleh on Tuesday amid the team’s disappointing start to this season and apparent tensions with star quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

Satellite images show Ukraine's expanding attacks inside Russia

Ukraine’s daring incursion into Russia has been backed by an expanding campaign of aerial attacks on strategic targets — from bridges in the Kursk region where its ground forces have pressed their surprise assault, to an airbase and oil depot set ablaze deep inside the Kremlin’s territory.
242d ago

Lin Yu-ting claims gold in boxing amid gender controversy

PARIS — Lin Yu-ting captured featherweight gold on Saturday, defeating Poland’s Julia Szeremeta and shaking off more than a week of specious allegations that she shouldn’t be fighting women.
244d ago

Algerian Imane Khelif wins boxing gold medal after her gender was wrongly questioned

Algerian Imane Khelif won welterweight gold on Friday, dispatching China’s Yang Liu and overcoming more than a week of opponents wrongly questioning her gender.
246d ago

Boxer Imane Khelif advances to Olympic championships amid gender controversy

Imane Khelif and fellow female boxer Lin Yu-ting continue to face false accusations, which stemmed from a Russian-led sporting body, about their gender.
248d ago

Imane Khelif wins fight and declares, 'I want to tell the entire world that I am a female'

VILLEPINTE, France — Algerian welterweight Imane Khelif, backed by a sizable cheering section, beat Hungarian Anna Luca Hamori in a unanimous decision on Saturday, clinching an Olympic medal.

Israeli military is destroying hospitals and targeting medical staff in Gaza, doctors and nurses there say

What began as a WhatsApp group for doctors has turned into a forum for sharing news of deaths and disappearances amid Gaza's ongoing war.

In videos and maps, how the Trump assassination attempt unfolded

What began as a typical rally ended in violence, with one dead and two wounded as a gunman targeted Trump. Here's how the assassination attempt unfolded.