DEVELOPING: Air strike on Thursday has killed and injured children traveling on a bus in Yemen’s Saada province, minister of information in Houthi-governed Sanaa tells @NBCNewsWorld.
@NBCNewsWorld Red Cross in Yemen says hospitals received dozens of dead and wounded after the attack that hit "a bus driving children in Dahyan Market."
@NBCNewsWorld Save the Children says it "condemns this horrific attack and is calling for a full, immediate and independent investigation into this and other recent attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, including schools and hospitals."
@NBCNewsWorld "Does the world really need more innocent children’s lives to stop the cruel war on children in Yemen?" UNICEF Regional Director in the Middle East and North Africa Geert Cappelaere says of the Yemen attack that reportedly hit a bus with children.
@NBCNewsWorld An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels hit a bus in a market in northern Yemen, killing at least 43 people, including children, and wounding as many as 63, Yemen's rebel-run Health Ministry says. nbcnews.to/2M9YFb2
@NBCNewsWorld "Civilians continue to pay the highest price after 3 years of war in #Yemen, thousands of them have been killed, injured or maimed. Civilian casualties remain unacceptable," MSF says after latest deadly Yemen strike.
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@NBC10Boston North Andover, Mass. police: "Multiple house fires at homes with Gas service. If you have gas service to your house or business please exit the building until further notice."
@NBC10Boston JUST IN: Mass. State Police says it is responding 17 separate addresses in Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover for fire or explosion following series of gas leaks in the area.
Pres. Trump rejects independent study that reports an estimated 2,975 people died in Puerto Rico in 5 months after Hurricane Maria; provides no evidence to discount study; declares, without evidence, that higher toll is political ploy to make him look bad. nbcnews.to/2x9XkYd
BREAKING: Pres. Trump rejects independent study that reports an estimated 2,975 people died in Puerto Rico in 5 months after Hurricane Maria; provides no evidence to discount the study; declares, without evidence, that the higher death toll is political ploy to make him look bad.
President Trump argues that the preliminary death toll he was given immediately after Hurricane Maria could not have gone up to the toll that independent study reports with an estimated 2,975 people dead; he does not site evidence to back up his refutation of the study.
Last month, Puerto Rico increased its official Hurricane Maria death toll estimate to 2,975 after release of report commissioned by officials. nbcnews.to/2NwJHIM
BREAKING: Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators, sentenced to 14 days in jail. nbcnews.to/2QdWAsF
Papadopoulos, sentenced to 14 days in jail, will also serve 12 months of supervised release and was ordered to pay a fine of $9,500. nbcnews.to/2QdWAsF
“I made a terrible mistake,” Papadopoulos said in a statement to the judge. “I hope to have a second chance to redeem myself.”
LIVE: Former President Obama gives his first major speech ahead of 2018 midterms as he receives an ethics in government award from the University of Illinois. pscp.tv/w/1DXxyYNwVVkxM
Former President Obama: "You need to vote because our democracy depends on it."
Former President Obama on President Trump:
"He is a symptom, not the cause. He's just capitalizing on resentments that politicians have been fanning for years."