U.S. & World

President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, brought some holiday cheer to patients and families at a children’s hospital in Washington.

The agency’s decision expands the use of Zepbound and could potentially pave the way for Eli Lilly to gain broader insurance coverage for the treatment.

The report was released ahead of an update to federal dietary guidelines coming next year that could include new recommendations about how much alcohol people should drink.

Starting in January 2025, Americans visiting the United Kingdom will be required to apply for an electronic travel authorization.

Tesla has issued a recall for nearly 700,000 vehicles due to a tire pressure light issue. 

King Charles III’s cancer treatment is “moving in a positive direction,” a Buckingham Palace source told NBC News on Friday, almost a year after he was diagnosed with the disease.

A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday in what authorities believe was an attack.

Facing a government shutdown deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, dropping President-elect Donald Trump’s demands for a debt limit increase into the new year.

Amazon workers affiliated with the Teamsters union are on strike for a second day at seven of the company’s delivery hubs just days before Christmas. The Teamsters said the workers were continuing their strike on Friday after Amazon ignored a Sunday deadline the union had set for contract negotiations. The company says it doesn’t expect the strike ...

Drivers and airline passengers without reindeer and sleighs better make a dash for it: it’s beginning to look like another record for holiday travel in the U.S. The auto club AAA predicts that more than 119 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home between Saturday and New Year’s Day. The two weekends on either side of Christmas......

Debris can get into the front harness adjuster of the company’s Rava seats, making the harness loose and increasing the risk of injury in an accident.

A George Mason University freshman was arrested by the FBI and charged with distributing information about weapons of mass destruction online, after plotting a mass-casualty attack against people at the Israeli consulate in New York, according to court documents.

If the government shuts down days before Christmas, holiday travel could be hit but holiday shipping spared.

An Indiana man convicted in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike will face the maximum sentence of 130 years in prison, a judge ruled Friday in the case that’s long cast a shadow over the teens’ small hometown of Delphi.