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UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed outside a Manhattan hotel early Wednesday morning, the NYPD said. Police said Thompson was shot near the New York Hilton hotel at 1335 Ave of the Americas. Thompson was initially taken to a local hospital in critical condition but later died from his injuries, sources tell NBC New York. The sh...

Democrat Adam Gray has flipped California’s 13th District, handing Republicans a slimmer majority in the House.

The court will consider a challenge to a Tennessee law that bars the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy.

Steven Bartlett, a U.K. entrepreneur and podcaster, questioned whether the country had the risk appetite to capitalize on crypto’s “generational opportunity.”

President Yoon Suk Yeol shocked the East Asian democracy by declaring martial law only to lift the order hours later under intense pressure.

Telegram, which for years has had a reputation as a platform used to trade child sexual abuse material, has for the first time agreed to partner with a larger international watch group to combat such content.

Congressional Republicans led a similar effort two weeks ago against Delaware’s Sarah McBride, the first transgender person elected to Congress.

As many as six GOP senators are not currently comfortable supporting Hegseth, following allegations concerning drinking and his treatment of women, sources told NBC News.

Authorities fear a grandmother who disappeared while looking for her cat may have been swallowed up by a sinkhole that recently opened up in a western Pennsylvania village.

He was hospitalized after being struck in the head by the concrete structure at the Biltmore resort.

Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Drug Enforcement Administration says he’s withdrawing his name from consideration.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, drank in ways that concerned his colleagues at Fox News, according to 10 current and former Fox employees who spoke with NBC News.

Federal prosecutors said Florida resident Johanna Garcia led a Ponzi scheme that raised nearly $200 million and lost investors nearly $90 million.