U.S. & World

A judge is planning to hear arguments in court Thursday over whether to dismiss a criminal conviction against a movie armorer in the shooting death of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin.

The lifelong pen pals have written letters and made phone calls for over six decades, but never once saw each other in person — until now.

Eric Adams became the first sitting New York City mayor to face criminal prosecution on Thursday.

U.S. suicides last year remained at about the highest level in the nation’s history. Preliminary data shows that a little over 49,300 suicide deaths were reported in 2023.

The co-anchor shared on TODAY and in a letter to staff that she is stepping down after more than five years as co-anchor.

The FBI appears to be conducting a search of Gracie Mansion, the official home of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, on Thursday, according to video from WNBC, NBC News and multiple people familiar with the matter. The FBI New York declined to comment. Sources said agents had a search warrant and duffel bags. The warrant, they said, only pertained&#82...

A zoo in Finland has agreed to return two loaned giant pandas to China eight years early because they are too expensive for the facility to maintain.

Southwest Airlines raised its third-quarter revenue forecast on Thursday and detailed a host of changes to its business model.

Rachel Jimenez, the 36-year-old founder of the blog Money Hacking Mama, shares her best advice for starting a successful passive income stream.

After Meta’s layoffs and deprioritizing of news and political content, local election officials say they’re in a precarious spot heading into the elections.

Tropical storm force winds began battering Florida on Thursday as Hurricane Helene prepared to make landfall, with forecasters warning that the enormous storm could create a “nightmare” surge along the coast

The U.S., France and other allies are jointly calling for an immediate 21-day cease-fire to allow for negotiations in the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah that has killed more than 600 people in Lebanon.

An appeals court on Wednesday heard arguments in a long-running dispute between two federally recognized tribes over one’s construction of a casino on Alabama land that the other says is a sacred site.

Representatives for NASA, Boeing Co. and the U.S. Coast Guard are slated to testify in front of investigators Thursday about the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic.