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Judge cuts begin tonight on ‘America’s Got Talent’

(NBC News) Judge Cuts begin tonight on America’s Got Talent with spots in next month’s live shows at stake. Country music star Brad Paisley will be sitting in as the first of four guest judges over the next month. “America’s Got Talent” airs tonight at 8:00 EST, following by a new edition of the comedy search show “Bring the Funny.”…

Prime day strike: Amazon workers demand better working conditions

(NBC News) Amazon workers at a fulfillment center in Shakoppee, Minnesota participated in a six-hour walkout Monday in protest of unfit working conditions and low wages during the company’s biggest shopping event of the year. Amazon Prime Day is a two-day event in which consumers can snag Black Friday-like bargains on millions of items that will shipped to their doors…

Storming area 51: “let’s see them aliens!”

(KSNV/NBC News) The truth is out there, and according to one Facebook post it’s hidden inside the boundaries of “Area 51.” More than a million people from around the world have signed up for an event titled “Storm area 51. They can’t stop all of us” on Facebook. “Area 51” is one of the nation’s most top-secret military bases, located…

Caught on cam: boy rescued from bison enclosure

(WOWT/NBC News) Newly released body camera footage shows a young boy’s rescue from a bison enclosure at a Nebraska wildlife park. It began when a 9-year-old boy, described as having “special needs,” climbed into the 40-acre area where 23 bison roam freely. Some of them weigh 2,000 lbs and can run up to 40 mph. The fear was he could…

Apollo 11: looking back

(NBC News) On July 16, 1969, the fires of celestial science lifted three men from the surface of the Earth and toward the greatest exploration in human history. But as the name of the mission indicates, it took many steps to get Apollo 11 off the ground. Apollo 1 was scheduled to launch early in 1967, but a pre-flight fire…

Firing back at Trump: “impeach him”

(NBC News) The House of Representatives will consider a resolution to condemn President Trump for telling four freshman Democrats to “go back where they came from” in a “blatantly racist” Twitter tirade. Representative Ilhan Omar, one of the four targeted by the president, says that’s not enough. “He s committed high crimes and misdemeanors, and it’s about time that we…