U.S. & World

Only a month after the adorable baby hippo Moo Deng was unveiled on Facebook, her fame became unstoppable both domestically and internationally.

People in the U.S. die the youngest and experience the most avoidable deaths, despite spending much more on health care.

Tens of thousands of voters were disenfranchised by slow mail in 2020. NBC found some of the country’s slowest mail is in presidential swing states with strict mail ballot delivery deadlines.

JetBlue joins Delta, American and United in opening airport lounges to cater to high-spending travelers.

A 64-year-old woman was preparing to do her evening dishes at her home outside Bangkok when she felt a sharp pain in her thigh and looked down to see a huge python taking hold of her.

The stunning attacks against walkie-talkies and pagers have killed at least 32 people, left Hezbollah in disarray and taken the Middle East to the brink of all-out war.

Black women are more likely than white women to die from even the most treatable types of breast cancer, a study published Tuesday in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found.

Steven Ross told the board about a platform issue the experimental submersible experienced in June 2023, just days before it imploded on its way to the Titanic site.

Authorities say they believe the body of a man suspected of shooting and wounding five people on a Kentucky interstate highway has been found.

Brian Jeffrey Raymond kept nearly 500 videos and photographs he took of naked, unconscious women.

Zachary Scheich, who prosecutors said identified himself as 17-year-old ‘Zak Hess,’ pleaded guilty to sexual assault and other crimes.

The Brooklyn facility has been described as “hell on earth” and an “ongoing tragedy.” In recent years, its conditions have been so poor that some judges have refused to send people there.

The boy’s father said he was pinned beneath the 200-pound bruin when his son, Owen, jumped into action. Here’s what happened next.

Iranian hackers sought to interest President Joe Biden’s campaign in information stolen from rival Donald Trump’s campaign, sending unsolicited emails to people connected to the Democratic president in an effort to interfere in the 2024 election, the FBI and other federal agencies said Wednesday.