A luxury Dior handbag rattles South Korea's politics
A gift accepted by the country's first lady has set off very public debates about ethics and revealed ruling party divisions just weeks before legislative elections.
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Ex-IRS contractor sentenced to 5 years in prison for leaking Trump's tax records
Charles Edward Littlejohn of Washington, D.C., gave data to The New York Times and ProPublica between 2018 and 2020 in leaks that appeared to be "unparalleled in the IRS's history," prosecutors said.
Scientists can tell how fast you're aging. Now, the trick is to slow it down
Longevity research is booming. Scientists are looking for ways to target the basic biology of aging. And here's the exciting part: Our biological age appears to be malleable.
Alex Murdaugh is denied a new trial after a judge hears jury tampering allegations
The South Carolina attorney appealed his conviction of killing his wife and son, arguing that the clerk of court's comments to jurors influenced their decision.
The killing of U.S. troops in Jordan raises specter of a wider war in the Middle East
An escalation of violence in the Middle East over the last 24 hours, including a drone attack that killed three U.S. service members, has raised concerns about the possibility of a regional war.
A secret shelf of banned books thrives in a Texas school, under the nose of censors
A teacher at a public school near Houston has a secret classroom bookshelf largely made up of challenged titles. Many of the books deal with race, sex and gender.
Sports tribunal bans Russian Kamila Valieva from figure skating through 2025
Nearly two years after the Beijing Winter Olympics, an international sports tribunal says Russian Kamila Valieva "committed an anti-doping rule violation." The U.S. could now receive a gold medal.
Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane possibly spotted in the Pacific by exploration team
Deep Sea Vision says its sonar image equipment spotted an object in the Pacific Ocean that closely resembles the shape and size of Amelia Earhart's aircraft.
U.S. charges 3 for alleged murder-for-hire plot to kill Iranian defector in Maryland
The indictment unsealed in federal court is at least the third Iran-based murder-for-hire plot prosecuted by the Justice Department since 2022.
What a Jim Crow-era asylum can teach us about mental health today
NBC journalist Antonia Hylton spent more than a decade piecing together the history of Maryland's first segregated asylum, where Black patients were forced into manual labor. Her new book is Madness.