Amtrak train strikes, kills 3 family members on tracks in Pennsylvania,...
An investigation is underway after an Amtrak train struck and killed three people who were on the tracks in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Thursday night, officials said. An Amtrak train — which was...
View ArticleWhat Trump says he's trying to accomplish with tariffs
President Donald Trump issued sweeping new tariffs against U.S. trading partners. Trump pitched the import taxes, the highest in over a century, as a way to raise federal revenue to cut taxes and...
View ArticleFact check: Trump's misleading tariff chart
In his Rose Garden announcement of sweeping new “reciprocal tariffs,” President Donald Trump held aloft a misleading chart that claimed to give a breakdown of the tariffs other countries charge the...
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Trump administration axes more than $125M in LGBTQ health funding, upending...
The nation’s LGBTQ research field is collapsing. In recent weeks, academics who focus on improving the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Americans have been subjected to waves of...
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South Korean court upholds President Yoon's impeachment over martial law order
A South Korean court upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday, officially throwing him out of office over his botched imposition of martial law and setting the stage for a new...
View ArticleNational Security Agency chief and deputy director dismissed
The director and No. 2 official at the National Security Agency were both ousted from their positions Thursday, according to a defense official and three sources with knowledge of the matter, NBC News...
View ArticleOle Miss student was subject of viral rumor. It ‘ruined' her life
A University of Mississippi freshman says a false rumor that went viral on X left her vomiting from anxiety as her phone was bombarded with calls and texts labeling her “a whore” and urging her to...
View ArticleIsraeli strike on a school in Gaza kills at least 27 people, Palestinian...
Israeli airstrikes killed at least 100 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including 27 or more sheltering at a school, according to Palestinian medical authorities, in a stepped-up...
View ArticleAI could affect 40% of jobs and widen inequality between nations, UN warns
Artificial intelligence is projected to reach $4.8 trillion in market value by 2033, roughly equating to the size of Germany’s economy, the U.N. Trade and Development agency said in a report. However,...
View ArticleLive updates: Stocks slide as world leaders count the cost of Trump's tariffs
What to KnowFallout from the Trump administration’s aggressive global tariff regime continues to hit global markets and frustrate geopolitics, with the president has shown no signs of backing...
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5 nurses in 1 unit at Massachusetts hospital diagnosed with brain tumors
An investigation is underway at a Massachusetts hospital after multiple nurses on the same floor were diagnosed with brain tumors. Mass General Brigham’s Newton-Wellesley Hospital says five staff...
View ArticleSuspect in deadly Texas high school track meet stabbing: ‘I did it'
The teenager accused of fatally stabbing another teenager at a track meet in Texas on Wednesday told police he did it and that he was protecting himself. NBC DFW in Dallas-Fort Worth obtained an...
View ArticleRare triple transplant for new heart, kidney and liver saves Long Island...
As Sergio Arias Cestoni returned Thursday to North Shore University Hospital, the 47-year-old couldn’t help but remember the despair he felt during three long months fighting for his life there. “I...
View ArticleJury selection continues in Karen Read's retrial over the death of her Boston...
Jury selection continued for Karen Read‘s retrial on Friday, but the day ended with the same number of jurors selected. There were 10, after the court lost one who’d been seated and another was added....
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Historic ocean liner off Florida's Gulf Coast to be world's largest...
A historic ocean liner will become the world’s largest artificial reef once it reaches its final resting place off Florida’s Gulf Coast. Competing diving businesses are vying for the massive ship to...
View ArticleMan with same name as alleged Scarlett Johansson stalker arrested in ‘SNL'...
The NYPD has arrested a man for allegedly threatening to bomb the “Saturday Night Live” studios after he messaged the threat to a Connecticut college and an administrator at that college told police,...
View ArticleUS payrolls rose by 228,000 in March, but unemployment rate increases to 4.2%
Nonfarm payrolls in March increased 228,000 for the month, up from the revised 117,000 in February and better than the Dow Jones estimate for 140,000. Health care was the leading growth area,...
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Mega Millions tickets more than double in price after today: New rules to know
Today’s your last chance to enter a Mega Millions drawing for $2. Friday, April 4, is the final Mega drawing before the lottery rolls out a new version and prize structure in its next drawing on...
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Trump's trade war targets island full of penguins, Russia faces no new tariffs
Aside from climate change and pollution, penguins are now facing one more threat from humanity: President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Trump on Wednesday announced expansive tariffs on more than 180...
View ArticleNintendo delays Switch 2 preorders because of Trump tariffs
Nintendo said Friday that preorders for its hotly anticipated Switch 2 console would be delayed while the company considers the impact of tariffs. “Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will...
View ArticleFirst-grader comes home with a diamond ring from an admirer, and her mom goes...
A Tennessee mom has a real gem of a story. In a now-viral TikTok video, Allie Phillips shared that when her daughter Adalie was 6, she had a boyfriend who was the same age. “She loves Brandon, they’re...
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A historic Black D.C. church took the Proud Boys to court. Now it controls...
There is so much history between the walls of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, which has hosted funerals for Rosa Parks and Frederick Douglass and opened its pews to American...
View ArticleTrump administration issues demands on Harvard to save its $9B in federal...
The Trump administration has issued a list of demands Harvard University must meet as a condition for receiving almost $9 billion in grants and contracts, federal money that is being threatened during...
View Article100 years in the making: Endangered tortoises welcome 4 hatchlings at...
What to KnowFour 2025 hatchlings of critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo are being hailed as critical in the species’ survival.The parents — aptly named...
View ArticleMexican officials deny Fyre Festival 2 is happening in Playa del Carmen
It looks like the second time may not be the charm for Fyre Festival. The location that was said to be the site of next month’s Fyre Festival 2 may not serve as the venue, leading to questions about...
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Man detained by ICE temporarily released to give brother life-saving kidney
A man who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the Chicago area after traveling to the U.S. to help his brother in kidney failure has been released from custody to make a...
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Danish leader tells the US ‘you cannot annex another country' as she visits...
Denmark’s prime minister has told the U.S. during a visit to Greenland that “you cannot annex another country,” even with the argument that international security is at stake. U.S. Secretary of State...
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Giant Mars balloon escapes Kennedy Center plaza, rolls toward highway
Cars driving past the Kennedy Center in Washington witnessed an unexpected liftoff on Thursday, after a 30-foot-tall Mars balloon escaped its moorings and rolled from its place outside the arts center...
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20 items and goods most exposed to price shocks from Trump tariffs
President Donald Trump’s new tariffs will raise the prices on some goods more dramatically than others. The costs for apparel like clothing and shoes; leather goods like gloves and handbags; and wool...
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Senate takes up a budget plan crafted by Republicans to advance Trump's agenda
The Senate dived into contentious debate Friday on a budget plan critical to Republican efforts to pass trillions of dollars in tax cuts and boost border security and defense spending through what...
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Judge gives US 3 days to bring mistakenly deported Maryland man home
A federal judge said Friday the government must secure the return of a Prince George’s County, Maryland, man who Immigration and Customs Enforcement admitted it deported in error. More than three...
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Trump golfs as stock market plummets for second straight day over tariffs
Two days after sending the economy reeling by announcing widespread tariffs, President Donald Trump insisted his trade policies will never change as he remained ensconced in a bubble of wealth and...
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Disgraced former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has died
Theodore McCarrick, a once-powerful Catholic cardinal who was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 after a Vatican investigation determined he had molested adults and children, has died. He was 94....
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Sean ‘Diddy' Combs hit with new sex trafficking charges a month before trial
Federal prosecutors on Friday added two charges to Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ indictment and said they expect four accusers to testify against him, expanding on allegations that the jailed hip-hop mogul...
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In latest trans sports salvo, Trump admin creates Title IX investigation team
The Trump administration is creating a new Title IX Special Investigations Team focused on keeping transgender women and girls from sports teams and restrooms designated for females. The team will...
View ArticleJudge jails Trump clemency recipient Jonathan Braun after child assault arrest
A New York federal judge ordered the jailing without bail of convicted drug dealer and predatory lender Jonathan Braun after his latest arrest. President Donald Trump commuted the 10-year prison...
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Supreme Court allows Trump admin to cut teacher-training grants as part of...
The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s plea to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in teacher-training money as part of its anti-DEI efforts, while a lawsuit continues. The...
View ArticleTransgender student's arrest for violating Florida bathroom law is thought to...
A transgender college student declared “I am here to break the law” before entering a women’s restroom at the Florida State Capitol and being led out in handcuffs by police. Civil rights attorneys say...
View ArticleTrump drops Biden's proposal for Medicare to cover obesity drugs like Wegovy...
President Donald Trump dropped a Biden administration proposal to have Medicare cover obesity drugs, including popular GLP-1 treatments such as Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Zepbound. But the...
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‘Bad faith': Judges rip Trump administration for litigation tactics
Judges showed some frustration this week with how the Trump administration has been defending itself in court, with one saying it appeared to have used “bad faith” tactics, another accusing it of...
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TikTok deal scuttled because of Trump's tariffs on China
President Donald Trump on Friday said he would extend by 75 days the deadline for TikTok‘s owner to find a non-Chinese buyer, averting what could have been another disruption of the app, NBC News...
View ArticleTexas measles outbreak nears 500 cases as virus spreads among day care kids
Six young children at a Lubbock, Texas, day care center have tested positive for measles — a dreaded scenario with the potential to accelerate an already out-of-control outbreak that has spread to at...
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Retirees ‘stunned' as market turmoil over tariffs shrinks their 401(k)s
Americans nearing retirement and recent retirees said they were anxious and frustrated following a second day of market turmoil that hit their 401(k)s after President Donald Trump’s escalation of...
View ArticleMaya Angelou memoir, Holocaust book among DEI purge at Naval Academy library
Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou’s famous autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the...
View ArticleProsecutors seek 7 years in prison for ex-US Rep. George Santos in fraud case
Prosecutors are seeking more than seven years in prison for disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos after he pleaded guilty to federal fraud and identity theft charges. The U.S. Attorney for the...
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Obama expresses deep concern as Trump admin takes aim at students and law firms
Former President Barack Obama said he is “deeply concerned” with some of the actions that President Donald Trump and his administration have taken and seemed to call out the Republican Party for not...
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Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil says his ICE arrest was an ‘abduction'
A Columbia University student activist who led campus pro-Palestinian rallies and is now fighting the Trump administration’s deportation efforts is urging students to continue demonstrations and...
View ArticleMore torrential rain and flash flooding expected in heavily waterlogged South...
Another round of torrential rain and flash flooding was expected to hit Saturday in parts of the South and Midwest already heavily waterlogged by days of severe storms that in some cases spawned...
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Infidelity in the social media age: What is microcheating, and is it a big deal?
Liking a co-worker’s photo on social media. Sending them direct messages. Checking in on Slack more often than before. Progressively interacting in this way with someone outside your relationship may...
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In the race to save lives after Myanmar quake, US rescuers are notably absent
Day after day, Chinese rescue teams haul children and elderly people from collapsed buildings as cameras beam the thanks of grateful survivors around the world. Russian medical teams show off field...
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