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Patrick Stewart, actor who played Capt. Jean-Luc Picard in the “Star Trek” franchise and Professor X in the “X-Men” movies, died after a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia.

What we know about the deadly high-speed train crash in Spain

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s leader made a rare apology Thursday for a residential fire that killed 168 people last year, announcing that a top housing official would resign after an investigation blamed corruption and regulatory failures for the Chinese territory’s worst human-caused disaster in decades.

Protests erupted in Madrid as Spain began mourning the 68 people killed and dozens injured in the country’s deadliest train crash in decades.

Brazilian Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro and his family have arrived in Miami, where the U.S. government will grant them entry visas after he refused to comply with Brazil’s order to surrender his passports. NBC News’ Carlos Curbelo explains how Bolsonaro was granted entry and its impact on U.S.-Brazil relations.