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Daniel Muberekwa.
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FORSUBSCRIBERS

Close your laptop, grab a pencil: Inside a school district’s ‘tech-free’ experiment

Stephanie Davis as a child, wearing the sash from the Assemblies of God's Missionettes girls program; Refuge Church of The Assemblies of God in Jonesboro, Ark.
Courtesy Stephanie Davis: Houston Cofield for NBC News
PASTORS AND PREY

Arkansas pastor abused girls for 15 years without church stopping him, lawsuit alleges

Trump Mobile
Matt Nighswander / NBC News
FORSUBSCRIBERS

We tested the Trump Mobile phone. It was 9 months late and no longer ‘Made in the USA.’

Henrry Josue uses tongs to grab hotdogs on a tray outside
Damon Casarez for NBC News
WORLD CUP

Amid prospect of ICE at World Cup games, vendors weigh livelihoods against safety

A man holds both hands in the air with his eyes closed while praying.
Zackary Canepari for NBC News
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

Trump allies and Christian leaders kick off America’s 250th birthday with religious rally on National Mall

Melissa Gonce sits on a bench on a porch next to Jason, she has her hand on his chin as he holds an orange toy
Kyna Uwaeme for NBC News
U.S. NEWS

Families caring for disabled relatives face unthinkable choices as Medicaid cuts loom

altadena fire cleanup
Evan Bush / NBC News
ENVIRONMENT

The toxic aftermath of the L.A.-area fires

Tiffany McElroy.
Charity Rachelle for NBC News
U.S. NEWS

Alabama jail staff didn’t help when she went into labor — other inmates did, lawsuit says

Construction workers at Phase 5 of the Great Wall reconstruction in Jiankou, China on Tuesday.
Fred Dufour / NBC News
ASIA

Tom Llamas reports from the Great Wall as it’s restored one brick at a time

Anna Leigh Waters at Professional Pickleball Association Finals in San Clemente, Calif. on May 5.
Peyton Fulford for NBC News
PICKLEBALL

Queen of the court: Meet the ‘unbeatable’ 19-year-old pickleball phenom

Ward Wooden, 14, demonstrates a math session on i-Ready at his family’s home in Studio City, CA, on Monday, May 11, 2026.
Jenna Schoenefeld for NBC News
EDUCATION

Widely used educational software that many parents say makes kids ‘miserable’ faces backlash

St. Mary’s Food Bank in Surprise, Ariz., drew hundreds of people picking up groceries on April 28.
Jesse Rieser for NBC News
UNAFFORDABLE AMERICA

Hungry children, canceled benefits: Arizona’s food stamp cuts are a warning for America

The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon consisting of nine seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2024.
All Domain Anomaly Resolution Office
UFOS AND ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA

Pentagon releases declassified UFO files including images held by government for decades

Savala poses with Eli Stewart and other young followers in Alaska in 2002.
Courtesy Olivia Wolf
PASTORS AND PREY

Christian missionary hailed as ‘holiest man alive’ pleads guilty to abusing boys in Texas

FORT WORTH, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 11, 2026: Guy Shoemaker, 64, displays his AIT platoon sergeant leadership photograph from his time as an Army recruiting officer at his home in Fort Worth, Texas, on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. After his TRICARE plan transitioned to TriWest Healthcare Alliance, tens of thousands of dollars in previously approved claims for life-saving treatment and scans for his throat cancer were pulled back or denied because of a data error.
Desiree Rios for NBC News
COST OF DENIAL

He pitched military service with a promise of lifetime healthcare. When he needed it, the system failed.

Francesca Jones for NBC News; Ben Birchall/PA via Alamy
UNITED KINGDOM

A hard-right Trump ally seeks liftoff in forgotten parts of Britain

Artemis II.
NASA
SPACE

NASA released thousands more photos from Artemis II. Here are 9 of the best.

Tanjung Luar is one of the largest shark markets in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, from where shark fins are exported to other Asian markets, primarily Hong Kong and China, was bones are used in cosmetic products also sold to China. Shark meat and skins are consumed locally as an important source of protein. In recent years, facing heavy criticism because of the unregulated shark fishing industry, the Indonesian government has sought to bring in stricter controls over commercial hunting of sharks in an attempt to balance the needs of fishermen as well as the need to protect dwindling shark populations.
Nicole Tung for Fondation Carmignac
ASIA

Photo essay: Southeast Asia's overfishing crisis — and the effort to uncover its roots

Charli xcx; Heidi Klum and Connor Storrie at the Met gala
NBC News; Getty Images
POP CULTURE NEWS

From Beyoncé to Bad Bunny: See the Met Gala's most daring looks

Overall view of race track.
Rob Carr / Getty Images
HORSE RACING

Photos from the 152nd Kentucky Derby: The best day in horse racing, the 'sport of kings'

Wilmer Ruiz next to shrimp boat
Gabriel V. Cárdenas for NBC News
FORSUBSCRIBERS

Fuel is so expensive that America's shrimpers can't afford to work

A portrait of a woman and her two teenage children seated at a wooden dining table.
Brianna Soukup for NBC News
FORSUBSCRIBERS

A teen and her family fled torture in Congo to resettle in Maine, but then ICE showed up

Former President Barack Obama sits down with NBC's Jenna Bush Hager.
Tyler Essary / NBC NewsTyler Essary / TODAY
EXCLUSIVE

In rare interviews, Bush hails the First Amendment and Obama says America doesn't have 'kings'

A child holds a Garfield comic book during an LAUSD board meeting in Los Angeles, on April 21, 2026.
Jenna Schoenefeld for NBC News
EDUCATION

Los Angeles becomes the first major school district to require screen time limits

Krysta Jabczenski for NBC News
EPSTEIN FILES

Epstein survivor says it's not too late to expose what happened at his New Mexico ranch

Graham Platner talks into a standing microphone on stage
Sofia Aldinio for NBC News
FORSUBSCRIBERS

Graham Platner seizes on voter backlash to the Iran war to propel Maine Senate campaign

Former President Bill Clinton speaks to Jenna Bush Hager.
Tyler Essary / TODAY
PRESIDENT OBAMA: THE LEGACY

Jenna Bush Hager sits down with former Presidents George Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden

Guests wait in the entrance line for “Build the Red Wall” event hosted by Turning Point USA and Turning Point Action, and headlined by President Donald Trump at Dream City Church Phoenix, AZ, on April 17, 2026
Jesse Rieser for NBC News
IRAN WAR

Trump voters say the pope should 'stay in his lane' and butt out of the Iran war

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C.,
Frank Thorp V / NBC News
IRAN WAR

Thom Tillis blasts Fed investigation and says Trump should apologize for pope attacks

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., in his office in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Tuesday in Washington, DC.
Frank Thorp V / NBC News
FORSUBSCRIBERS

Thom Tillis, speaking freely ahead of retirement, opens up about Trump's Cabinet

Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6 in New York, on Tuesday.
Matt Nighswander / NBC News
HEAT

Another early heat wave hits this week, this time in the Northeast

Images of the Artemis mission to the moon, including the rocket launching and Earth, partially in shadow, with the moon in the foreground framing it.
NBC News; NASA
SPACE

The best photos from NASA's first moon mission in more than 50 years

Indianapolis City-County Councilor Ron Gibson supports the data center in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood of Indianapolis, Indiana, on April 9, 2026.
Madeleine Hordinski for NBC News
FORSUBSCRIBERS

Why this politician is standing by a $500 million data center — even after his home was shot at

AI-run Andon Market.
Cayce Clifford for NBC News
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

AI runs this store. It's lied, surveilled workers and tried to hire someone in Afghanistan.

Barry Shevlin and Sherrie Cummings
Zack Wittman and Saeed Rahbaran for NBC News
UNAFFORDABLE AMERICA

How Trump's tax law boosts the wealthy and leaves behind some workers he promised to help

Earth dips beyond the lunar horizon in this irst photo from the far side of the Moon captured from Orion on Monday, April 6, 2026.
NASA
SPACE

See the first close-up photos of the moon from NASA's Artemis II mission

John Rix of Rix Farms. Great Horkesley, England. 2nd April 2026.
Andrew Testa for NBC
UNITED KINGDOM

Iran war's shock waves threaten England's farms 6,000 miles away

U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz.,
Jamie Kelter Davis for NBC News
2028 ELECTION

Sen. Ruben Gallego considers a 2028 presidential run: 'We have to look at it'

Congregants at Sunday service.
Guarionex Rodriguez Jr. for NBC News
FORSUBSCRIBERS

Evangelical churches who backed Trump now feel like 'collateral damage' in his deportation agenda

Randy Slaughter at his apartment in Bryan, Texas.
Scott Dalton for NBC News
UNAFFORDABLE AMERICA

Medical costs are rising far faster than inflation and drowning Americans in debt

People gather at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Merritt Island, Fla., on Tuesday.
Davvon Branker for NBC News
SPACE

Launch fever hits Florida as visitors flock to NASA's moon launch

Former television actor Dean Cain poses with an attendee at CPAC in Grapevine, Texas on March 26, 2026.
Zackary Canepari for NBC News
IRAN WAR

Trump fans at CPAC hope for the best in Iran but worry over the cost at home

A close up of Jesus Christ making the sign of the cross with a glowing Bitcoin emblem on his robes
Chelsea Stahl / NBC News
CRYPTO

God and bitcoin: Why some Christians are putting their faith in cryptocurrency

A composite image of three of the women who say that staff members at Federal Prison Camp Bryan groped them or pressured them into unwanted sex acts while they were incarcerated.
Bethany Mollenkof for NBC News
U.S. NEWS

A women's prison conceals a sinister secret: Staff sexual misconduct, accusers say

Images: Christa Putnam; Rick Plummer; Chief Charley Pearson.
September Dawn Bottoms for NBC News
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Oklahoma city council members welcomed a Google data center. Now they face a recall.

Illustration by Ben Denzer; Source photographs by Matt Gwin
UNAFFORDABLE AMERICA

Why the rich are getting richer while others struggle

Hawaii Floods
Stephen Lam / San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images
FLOODS

Flood risk continues in Hawaii as North Shore residents return to destroyed homes

People gather during the opening of the Polymarket bar “The Situation Room” on March 20, 2026 in Washington, D.C.
Matt McClain for NBC News
TECH NEWS

Senators introduce bipartisan bill to ban sports betting on prediction markets

Polymarket bar “The Situation Room” opening in Washington, D.C.
Matt McClain for NBC News
SPORTS GAMBLING

Polymarket's D.C. bar falls victim to power issues in botched opening

Justine Goode / NBC News; Getty Images
U.S. NEWS

He got hooked on gambling at age 11. By college he was betting 15 hours a day.

Fadel Itani has been a freelance photographer with AFP in Beirut for more than 16 years.
Fadel Itani / AFP via Getty Images
IRAN WAR

Beirut photographer puts himself in the firing line to capture Israeli strikes

Amanda Robbins holds a gas pump at a gas station while posing for a portrait
Hannah Beier for NBC News
2026 ELECTION

Voters in a key Pennsylvania swing district weigh in on Trump, gas prices and Iran war

PHOTO

Photos: See the glitz and glam from the Oscars red carpet

Photos of Jo, a North Korean operative for an employment scheme that infiltrated the United States.
NBC News
NEWS

He was a perfect hire — until a U.S. company exposed him as a North Korean plant

Dmytro Zviagintsev; Taria Blazhevich; Mariia Kulia.
Serhiy Morgunov; Caroline Gutman; Alice Zoo for NBC News
WAR IN UKRAINE

They fled Ukraine and settled into new lives and careers. For some, there's no going back.

Adria Malcom for NBC News / Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office
EPSTEIN FILES

How Epstein lured girls to his Zorro Ranch and kept authorities away

Vilma Bautista and her son, Kenek Lopez; The South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley;
Bryan Tarnowski for NBC News; Brenda BazánBryan Tarnowski for NBC News
U.S. NEWS

ICE detained a boy with severe autism for more than 80 days, leaving him disoriented and afraid

Alfredo and Lois Muñoz.
Koral Carballo for NBC News
IMMIGRATION

With partners who were in the U.S. illegally, some American women choose to move to Mexico

AI toys: Miko 3, FoloToy Sunflower, Alilo Smart AI Bunny and Miriat Miiloo.
Matt Nighswander / NBC News
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Many AI toys claim to use chatbots meant for adults and teens

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader since 1989 was killed in the opening salvo of a massive US and Israeli attack that extended into a second day on March 1, as the two powers seek to topple the Islamic republic.
Majid Saeedi / Getty Images
MIDDLE EAST

Photos: Thousands of Iranians turn out to mourn Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran must not be allowed to gain nuclear arms and urged Israelis to "stand together" after Israel and the United States launched strikes against the Islamic republic on February 28.
Ahmad Gharabli / AFP - Getty Images
MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT

Photos: Israelis seek shelter as Iran launches retaliatory strikes

The new xAi plant in Southaven, Miss.
Houston Cofield for NBC News
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Elon Musk's makeshift AI power plant generates sound and fury in Mississippi

Maria Ibarra holds her baby
Madeleine Hordinski for NBC News
WOMEN'S HEALTH

When home births go wrong, will hospitals take walk-ins?

The Coachella valley Pride Hockey team bench as they face off against the Spittin Llamas at this years Frozen Pride Classic tournament, taking place at the Winthrop rink, in Winthrop, Wash. on Feb. 14, 2026.
Meron Menghistab for NBC News
CULTURE & TRENDS

They watched 'Heated Rivalry.' Then they were overcome with desire to hit the ice.

Nick Goepper.
Spenser Heaps for NBC News
MILAN CORTINA 2026

After hitting bottom twice following Olympic glory, Nick Goepper finds joy once again

U.S. & AC Milan soccer star Cristian Pulisic at Milanello Sports Center on Feb. 8, 2026.
Lucia Buricelli for NBC News
WORLD CUP

Christian Pulisic shares Italian food rules for Americans in Milan for the Olympics

Hannah Beier for NBC News
NBCBLK

Black activists fought for slavery exhibits 24 years ago. The fight returned under Trump.

Julie Frumin and her two children, who are in 3rd grade and 6th grade, at their home in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Feb. 5, 2026.
Peyton Fulford for NBC News
TECH NEWS

Parental backlash against school-assigned laptops is powering up across the country

Patience Zalanga for NBC News
U.S. NEWS

Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys 'less lethal' weapons on protesters

Miko 3.
Matt Nighswander / NBC News
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

AI toy maker exposed thousands of replies to kids, senators say

Jill Chamberlain outside KED Plasma in Phoenix; A technician holds vials at the B Positive Plasma Donation center in Holmes, Pa.
Jessie Reiser, Hannah Yoon for NBC NewsJesse Reiser for NBC News
U.S. NEWS

The multibillion-dollar industry propped up by struggling Americans

Breezy Johnson poses with her gold medal.
Sara Monetaa / NBC News
MILAN CORTINA 2026

Olympic skier Breezy Johnson calls gold medal run 'surreal' after 2022 crash

Leigh Anne Clark, left, and Dave Clark stand for a portrait
David Jaewon Oh for NBC News
BUSINESS NEWS

The architect of Amazon's supply chain on running a startup with your spouse

Freestyle skier Mac Forehand practices a switch triple cork 1980 mute while jumping onto an airbag
Spenser Heaps for NBC News
MILAN CORTINA 2026

Medal favorite on the daring aerial trick that could win him gold at the Olympics

68th GRAMMY Awards - Show
Kevin Mazur / Getty Images
MUSIC

Grammys 2026 red carpet and show looks from Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, Olivia Dean, Miley Cyrus and more

Lance Corporal Cassidy Little in Peterborough, England on Wednesday.
Andrew Testa for NBC News
UNITED KINGDOM

'We heard the call, we came running': Trump's NATO remarks have shaken allied veterans

Caitlin Penna for NBC News
U.S. NEWS

How a trans woman's removal from a restroom tore the world of competitive pinball apart

Undocumented parents in hiding in Minneapolis
Christian Monterrosa for NBC News
IMMIGRATION

This Minneapolis family has been in hiding for weeks, fearful of being deported

A woman passes a damaged mosque in Tehran on Jan. 21, 2026. Many mosques have Basij headquarters and were set on fire during protests.
Amin Khodadadi / NBC News
IRAN

Iranians return to daily life in a capital scarred by deadly protests

Elk Horn, Iowa
Dan Brouillette for NBC News
U.S. NEWS

A tiny Danish American town loyal to Trump is baffled by his Greenland threats

Oksana Prafeniuk for NBC News; Andrew Kravchenko / AFP; Getty ImagesOksana Parafeniuk for NBC News; Andrew Kravchenko / AFP; Getty Images
UKRAINE

Kyiv is freezing in the dark as Russian strikes leave Ukraine's capital powerless

Vivek Ramaswamy.
Daniel Lozada for NBC News
2026 ELECTION

How Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign for Ohio governor returned him to the 'real world'