Katie Ledecky stubbornly refused to give up her 800-meter freestyle crown Saturday at the world championships in Singapore, winning that race for a seventh consecutive time and fending off Canada’s Summer McIntosh who led a field of talented young, would-be usurpers. When the Maryland native triumphantly touched the wall first,…
The Backstreet Boys are playing to sold-out crowds. Lindsay Lohan is starring in a new “Freaky Friday” movie. And former “Dawson’s Creek” co-stars and exes Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson were recently spotted filming a new project in New York City. No, it’s not the early 2000s — but millennials…
Tariffs putting the squeeze on businesses and consumers while bringing in billions of dollars for the United States government. A job market that is showing major signs of cracking even as the unemployment rate remains subdued. Tech stocks surging on Wall Street, fueled by the artificial intelligence boom — as…
Weeks of rising anger over Palestinians starving due to Israel’s offensive and aid restrictions had reached all the way to the White House, with President Donald Trump lamenting the sight of emaciated children on the brink of starvation. On Friday, his Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, entered Gaza in a…
Two years before he was arrested in the killings of two Arkansas hikers, Andrew J. McGann was known to some parents at a Texas elementary school for his pattern of off-putting behavior around their kids. Lindsay Camp Polyak, whose son would spend some days in McGann’s classroom at Donald Elementary…
Recent graduates looking to enter an increasingly shaky labor market are painting a dire picture of their job search: “A black hole,” one said. “I’m disheartened,” said another. “I almost feel like it wasn’t worth going to school,” said a third. NBC News asked people who recently finished technical school,…
This story is part of NBC Select’s New & Notable column, where we highlight our favorite product launches. We will continuously update this article throughout the month with new releases we think you should know about. Footwear and apparel launches According to our testing, the Hoka Arahi is one of…
If you want a Covid shot this fall, will your employer’s health insurance plan pay for it? There’s no clear answer. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, has upended the way Covid vaccines are approved and for whom they’re recommended, creating uncertainty where…
A clothing company sparks outrage, former Vice President Kamala Harris is writing a memoir, and “Coach Prime” announces a cancer diagnosis.
Before New York City mayoral primary winner Zohran Mamdani made a splash, another big-city Democratic mayoral candidate with progressive bona fides unexpectedly burst onto the national political scene. Two years later, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s tenure has captured so much negative attention (dubbed “America’s Worst Mayor” by The Wall Street…