Noel King

Co-host of Today, Explained

Noel King appears in the following:

News Brief: Iran's Top General Killed In Trump-Ordered Strike

Friday, January 03, 2020

A powerful Iranian general and an Iraqi militia leader were killed by a U.S. strike ordered by President Trump. It's the latest move in an escalation of tensions between Iran and the U.S.

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News Brief: Australia Fires, Benjamin Netanyahu, Statehouse Legislation

Thursday, January 02, 2020

Australians suffer through their country's worst fire season. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu wants immunity from corruption charges. And, the legislative trends on the state level.

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News Brief: U.S. Embassy Stormed, North Korea, 2020 Politics

Wednesday, January 01, 2020

The U.S. sends reinforcements to Iraq after the Embassy is attacked. North Korea's leader says he's no longer bound by a nuclear missile moratorium. And, 2020 promises plenty of political headlines.

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News Brief: Hanukkah Stabbing, China Threat, Australian Wildfires

Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Federal hate crime charges are filed against Hanukkah stabbing suspect. Justice Department says China poses a continuing danger to national security. And, Australians grapple with ongoing brush fires.

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News Brief: Hanukkah Attack, Texas Church Shooting, U.S. Airstrikes

Monday, December 30, 2019

Five people are stabbed at a rabbi's home in New York. Two people die after a gunman opens fire at a Texas church. And, U.S. airstrikes on sites in Iraq and Syria target an Iranian-backed militia.

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Ana Gasteyer's 'Sugar & Booze' Is Holiday Music With 'A Modern Wink'

Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Saturday Night Live alum Ana Gasteyer's new Christmas album, Sugar & Booze, is partly a send-up of the holiday and partly an earnest embrace of its warmth.

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News Brief: Boeing's Issues, Card Message, Catholic Church Abuse

Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Boeing has a new CEO but the same old problems. British girl finds message inside holiday card written by prisoner in Shanghai. Catholic order in Mexico reveals sexual abuse of minors in a report.

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Saoirse Ronan: Playing Jo March In 'Little Women' Was A Confidence Boost

Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Ronan relished her role in the new adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel. "I really am a perfectionist," Ronan says, and playing messy, expressive Jo helped counteract that.

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News Brief: Impeachment Inquiry, India Protests, Australia's Wildfires

Monday, December 23, 2019

The latest news related to the House impeachment probe. India's prime minister defends controversial citizenship law. And, Australia's leader criticized for vacationing during wildfire crisis.

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News Brief: Impeachment Vote, FBI Rebuked, Haiti Protests Ease

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

The House votes Wednesday on whether to impeach President Trump. Secretive U.S. court rebukes the FBI for mistakes in Russia probe. And, for the time being at least, protests in Haiti have subsided.

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News Brief: Impeachment, India's Citizenship Law, Climate Summit

Monday, December 16, 2019

The impeachment process against President Trump continues. Protests expand over India's controversial new citizenship law. And, the U.N. climate summit ends without a significant agreement.

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U.S.-China Reach First Phase Of A Trade Deal

Friday, December 13, 2019

Chinese and U.S. negotiators have agreed to prevent new tariffs from going into effect this weekend. President Trump calls it "phase one" of a trade deal.

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News Brief: Impeachment Probe, Trade Deal, Student Debt Case

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

A House panel takes its next steps on impeachment. The U.S., Mexico and Canada sign a new trade deal. And, an update on a fight between 200,000 people with student debt and Education Secretary DeVoss.

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Shooting At Naval Air Station Pensacola

Friday, December 06, 2019

Early Friday morning, authorities responded to an active shooter at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida. Four people were killed — including the gunman.

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'Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words' Reveals The Real Person Behind The Icon

Thursday, December 05, 2019

The Alabama woman's civil rights activism did not begin or end with her famous refusal to move to the back of a bus in segregated Montgomery, a new exhibit of her writings, documents and photos shows.

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Exhibit Shows Different Side Of Rosa Parks

Thursday, December 05, 2019

A new exhibit at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., shows a very different Rosa Parks from the woman many people learned about in history class.

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Trump And Macron Go Back And Forth With Each Other On Big Issues

Tuesday, December 03, 2019

At a Tuesday press conference in London, President Trump and French President Macron went after each other on the role of Turkey in NATO, the fight against ISIS and the nature of the EU.

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News Brief: Impeachment Inquiry, NATO Meeting, Prince Andrew Scandal

Tuesday, December 03, 2019

Dueling reports on impeachment take center stage on Capitol Hill. NATO meets in London. And, one of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged victims tells the BBC that she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew.

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Brazil, Argentina Now On Receiving End Of Trump Tariffs

Monday, December 02, 2019

President Trump on Monday tweeted that he's reimposing steel and aluminum tariffs on the two countries. The new tariffs turn up the heat on what was already a simmering trade war.

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Lena Waithe's 'Queen & Slim' Is An Odyssey For The Black Lives Matter Era

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

The screenwriter's new movie is about a black couple who shoot a white police officer in self-defense during a routine traffic stop. Their ensuing flight, she says, is a "meditation on blackness."

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