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Melissa Chan

@melissalchan

National reporter with @NBCNews. Previously: @TIME

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New: The Olympics are ready for a splashy comeback after two Covid-era Games. But the festivities in Paris are shadowed by security fears and geopolitical tumult.

Here's our preview of the 33rd Summer Olympics, 100 days out >> nbcnews.com/sports/olympic…

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Emails obtained by NBC News show how Navy leaders reacted with anger and denial while discussing news coverage of a spate of suicides and whether to promote the sailors posthumously.

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To reach a verdict in the civil corruption trial against the NRA, jurors had to wade through a 17-page worksheet and agree on 60 questions — a lengthy task that may indicate why deliberations lasted five days.

More on the complicated verdict sheet: nbcnews.com/news/us-news/j…

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BREAKING: Wayne LaPierre diverted millions of dollars away from the NRA to live luxuriously, while the gun rights group failed to properly manage its finances, a jury found Friday. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/n…

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The New York AG’s office compared Wayne LaPierre + other NRA execs to kids caught stealing from a cookie jar during closing arguments in its corruption trial.

LaPierre’s atty said the AG wanted to 'decapitate' the NRA and called out her absence in court:
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One of the fathers of the five Marines killed in the helicopter crash questioned the “operational necessity for flying into one of the worst storms in southern California history.”

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Shipyard veterans may have been exposed to cancer-causing radioactive materials. The Navy has not told them.

Gilbert Wyand reached out to me to look into this months ago. He wanted to spread awareness.

He died two weeks ago. He was 57. 💔

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NEW: VA claims processors strain to keep up with the PACT Act and a quota system that they say pits their livelihoods against the veterans they signed up to help.

More than 2,000 have left since 2020, data shows. The number of exits has grown each year.

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NEW: Atomic veterans were overwhelmingly denied benefits for illnesses related to radiation exposure in the first year of the PACT Act.

The VA rejected 86% of claims, as cancer and old age whittle the remaining number of survivors.

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SCOOP: Amid suicide concerns across the fleet, an internal audit I obtained shows the Navy has struggled to run its suicide prevention program
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I took some viewer feedback* into consideration and decided to appear a little more friendly** for today’s MSNBC hit.

(*It was my mom’s)
(**I smile a lot off-camera)

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More than 1,200 people who retired from the Navy now owe $35 to more than $70,000 after the mistake was caught, officials said.

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NEW: Army Horses Faced Poor Conditions at Numerous Facilities, Service Review Found - the new documents come as Arlington’s horse unit aims to shape up after a string of deaths this year.

This story is hard to sum up in a tweet. But there are pictures.
military.com/daily-news/202…

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Yet another branch of the military realizing that it wasn’t properly tracking officer service obligations…

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EXCLUSIVE: Military doctors and dentists preparing for retirement owe at least 3 more years of service because of record-keeping errors, the Navy said.

It's the 2nd time in a week that officials have publicly admitted to discovering admin oversights.

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