Stephanie Scrafano

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NBC News shares graphic measuring how ‘Brat’ Kamala Harris is.

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Journalism is dead? What’s this then, babe?

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Donald Trump keeps calling Jan. 6 defendants "hostages." He did so again last night.

But an @NBCNews review of J6 cases identified just 15 current pretrial detainees ordered held by a judge.

Among them are defendants who (allegedly):

- set off an explosive device
- fired a gun
- plotted to murder FBI employees
- showed up at Obama's house with a van full of ammo after Trump posted his address

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An incredible, powerful project by @chantaladasilva @biancabritton @MatthewMulligan @ywsalam @seenigel and so many talented colleagues.

Class destroyed: The rise and ruin of Gaza's revered universities https://t.co/42t7uFQyGy via @nbcnews

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Gaza’s universities embodied the ambitions of young Palestinians.

In weeks, the Israeli military destroyed them.
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Learn more about how to keep kids safe from window cords here: https://t.co/oSXYDLjCK8

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The CPSC chair recently called his agency’s work “unfinished.”

“Too many children have died or been seriously injured as a result of window blind cords,” he said.

The agency plans to propose a new rule for custom window coverings in 2024.
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2022:

The CPSC unanimously approved the first mandatory rules to prevent children from strangling to death on window coverings.

One of the rules, which applied to custom-made window coverings, was immediately challenged in court by industry. That rule was ultimately tossed.

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Dec. 10, 2019:

2-year-old Kyah Berry’s mom put her in her bedroom as she swept up glass from a broken Christmas ornament.

When she returned about 5 minutes later, she found Kyah hanging limp from the window blind’s pull cord. Kyah suffered severe brain damage.

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2014:

The CPSC agreed to create the first federal safety rules to prevent window cord strangulation.

The industry objected, arguing that its “stringent” voluntary standard had reduced the risk of children dying.

Rulemaking took years, and cord strangulations continued.

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Oct. 17, 2013:

After making a snack for her kids, Erin Shero found her son, Colton, with a window blind cord around his neck. On his second birthday, she picked out his coffin.

“To have your child die of something so preventable — it really taints your view of humanity."

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Aug. 18, 1998:

16-month-old Hannah Beller was napping at a beach house that her family had child-proofed.

When her father checked on her, he discovered her hanging from an inner cord that ran through the center of the blinds.

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1994:

The CPSC announced a major effort with industry leaders, encouraging consumers to cut looped pull cords to make them safer.

But manufacturers weren’t required to make any changes.

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July 22, 1989:

17-month-old Reuben Vollmer went down to nap in his crib. His mother later checked on him and found the pull cord of the blinds around his neck. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

“We just assumed the house was safe,” his mother said.

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1981:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission identified window cords as “a particularly insidious hazard,” citing the strangulation deaths of 41 children.

The deaths continued. But it took the CPSC more than 40 years to create federal safety rules to prevent them.

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The primary danger from window coverings comes from the cords.

Operating cords used to raise or tilt the blinds can form a noose that slips over a child’s head.

Some children who survive escape with minor injuries. Others are left with permanent brain damage.

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SPECIAL REPORT: At least 440 kids in the U.S. have been strangled to death on blinds and other window coverings since 1973.

Manufacturers and federal authorities have known about the danger for decades – but kids are still dying.

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SPECIAL REPORT: At least 440 kids in the U.S. have been strangled to death on window cords since 1973.

Manufacturers have known about the danger for decades.

Parents say the industry and federal authorities failed to protect their children. https://t.co/pl4nvGllHV

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