U.S. & World

Would you name your baby Rover or Fido?

Forecasters in the U.S. have warned of another round of winter weather that could complicate travel leading up to Thanksgiving.

In the Northern Hemisphere, the winter solstice occurs on either Dec. 21 or 22 every year. This year, it falls on Dec. 21.

Earth is parting company with an asteroid that’s been tagging along as a “mini moon” for the past two months.

A Republican senator has blocked the promotion of a general who oversaw troops in Kabul during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, a Senate aide told NBC News.

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Scott Turner to lead the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s false claims linking autism to childhood vaccinations are receiving new scrutiny now that President-elect Donald Trump has selected him to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, a sprawling agency with a budget of $1.7 trillion that oversees research into both autism and vaccines.

In the wee hours Sunday at the United Nations climate talks, countries from around the world reached an agreement on how rich countries can cough up the funds to support poor countries in the face of climate change.

This past week has seen the most significant escalation in hostilities Ukraine has witnessed since Russia’s full-scale invasion and marks a new chapter in the nearly three-year war.

A new small study suggests that hot water can help muscles repair themselves and become stronger.

NBA and NFL players have been recently targeted by brazen burglars who might be in the United States on tourist visas.

President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary.

Parents, if you’ve experienced a Thanksgiving Day with kids who refuse to eat, judgmental questions from relatives on the topic and party-ending meltdowns from those hangry children … you’ve come to the right place.

Want one more thing to be grateful for on Thanksgiving? You’ll really be counting your blessings when you bite into a turkey that you didn’t have to cook yourself.