NBC News - Breaking News & Top Stories - Latest World, US & Local News | NBC News

2CJRCX6 American soldiers stand near military trucks, at al-Omar oil field in Deir Al Zor, Syria March 23, 2019. REUTERS/Rodi Said

American soldiers stand near military trucks, at al-Omar oil field in Deir Al Zor, Syria March 23, 2019. REUTERS/Rodi Said

Rodi Said / Reuters/Alamy file

National Security

U.S. retaliates against Iranian-linked targets after American contractor killed in Syria drone strike

A police offers shows heroine/fentanyl that was part of a kit that a woman was preparing to shoot inside a Walmart's bathroom on Sunday, February 10, 2019, in Manchester, NH.

Salwan Georges / The Washington Post via Getty Images file

Latino

Fentanyl has driven a surge in drug overdoses in Latino communities

Photo illustration of a shadow of a mother holding her young child and a camera lens.

NBC News; Getty Images

EXCLUSIVE

2 different wives turned a man in to police over child abuse images, but a glitch prevented charges until now

Top Stories

Latest news

U.S. news

South Africa's Caster Semenya competes to win the gold in the women's 800-meter final during the Diamond League in Doha, Qatar, Friday, May 3, 2019.

Kamran Jebreili / AP file

OUT News

Track governing body bans transgender female athletes

FILE - Sea otters are seen together along the Elkhorn Slough in Moss Landing, Calif., on March 26, 2018. A nonprofit group that aims to protect endangered species asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, to reintroduce sea otters to a stretch of the West Coast from Northern California to Oregon. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Eric Risberg / AP file

Science News

Rare strain of parasite that killed 4 otters in California could pose danger to humans, researchers say

Officer Teresa Williams.

Courtesy Jack Schulz

U.S. news

First female police officer in rural Michigan town says fellow cops relentlessly harassed and assaulted her

Image: Education Workers In L.A. Go On Strike After Failing To Make A Deal

Mario Tama / Getty Images

Education

Los Angeles school strike ends, but a deal hasn't been announced

Law enforcement investigate the crime scene at East High School in Denver

Hyoung Chang / Denver Post via Getty Images

News

Colorado student who shot two school administrators had been on probation for a weapons charge

Climate in Crisis

California is dangerously saturated after 12 monstrous storms, and more water is coming

U.S. news

Navy sailor missing after being seen at Illinois bar and lakefront

Science News

Fish can sense fear in other fish and become afraid, too, study shows

Politics

Migrants from Venezuela, Nigeria, HaÃ¯ti and other countries arrive at the Roxham Road border crossing in Roxham, Quebec, on March 2, 2023. - In 2022, the number of asylum seekers who crossed into Quebec via this road exceeded 39,000, doubling a previous record from 2017.

Sebastien St-Jean / AFP - Getty Images

Immigration

U.S. and Canada expected to announce agreement on turning away asylum-seekers

Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg and Rep. Jim Jordan.

Jose Luis Magana / AP ; Christopher Goodney / Bloomberg via Getty Images

Trump probes

Manhattan DA's office blasts House GOP's request for testimony about Trump probe

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee

Frank Thorp V / NBC News

TikTok on the Hill

TikTok CEO grilled by lawmakers as a ban on the app gains support in Congress

Image: Lindsey Graham

Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg via Getty Images file

Congress

Senate Ethics Committee admonishes Lindsey Graham

Congress

House fails to override Biden's first veto

Congress

Kevin McCarthy met Ashli Babbitt's mom ahead of GOP visit with Jan. 6 prisoners

OUT Politics and Policy

Georgia law will ban most transgender care for kids under 18

World

The Norwegian released video to NBC News showing Russian submarines off its coast.

Norwegian Government

War in Ukraine

Norway watches warily as Russian subs and aircraft step up Arctic patrols

Members of the Sikh faith gather to protest in front of the Consulate General of India in San Francisco on March 19

Courtesy Dr. Prabhjot Singh

Asian America

Protests erupt across the U.S. amid internet shutdown in India and manhunt for activist

People protest French President Macron's plan for pension reform

Patrick Hertzog / AFP via Getty Images

World

Anger at Macron mounts as French unions hold new protests

War in Ukraine

China's drive for a new global order leaves Putin in the back seat

World

Israel passes law protecting Netanyahu as protests continue

War in Ukraine

China's drive for a new global order leaves Putin in the back seat

World

Israel passes law protecting Netanyahu as protests continue

Culture and trends

Jeff Swinger / Pool via Getty Images

U.S. news

Gwyneth Paltrow's lawyer asks about missing GoPro video after skiing accident

Shadows Of Man And Woman On Orange Wall

Salvatore Taglialatela / Getty Images/EyeEm

Culture Matters

The woman behind viral TikTok videos about her husband's infidelity says she's not lying for clout

Gabriela Jaquez stands with her brother, Jaime Jaquez, Jr.

Jan Kim Lim / UCLA Athletics

Culture Matters

UCLA brother and sister make March Madness a proud family moment

Culture Matters

Fruit Roll-Ups brand tells TikTok users: Don't eat the plastic

Culture Matters

Unknown Jackson Pollock painting found in police raid in Bulgaria

Culture Matters

Fruit Roll-Ups brand tells TikTok users: Don't eat the plastic

Culture Matters

Unknown Jackson Pollock painting found in police raid in Bulgaria

Top videos

Editors' picks

Most read

Local

Business, tech & media

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaks in Salt Lake City on March 18, 2021.

Spenser Heaps / The Deseret News via AP file

Social Media

Utah governor signs laws requiring parental consent for minors to use social media

Photo Illustration: The Capitol building with an orange warning sign emblazoned on it

NBC News / Getty Images

EXCLUSIVE

Federal officials want to repeal a law that delayed warnings about dangerous products

A sign is pictured outside the Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. A court has given Elon Musk until Friday to close his April agreement to acquire the company after he earlier tried to back out of the deal.

Godofredo A. Vásquez / AP file

U.S. news

Twitter to end verification system that gave blue check marks to notable accounts

U.S. news

Frustrated Dish customers still spending hours on hold weeks after ransomware attack, they say

OUT News

Grindr sends Egypt users a warning after alleged entrapments and arrests

U.S. news

Frustrated Dish customers still spending hours on hold weeks after ransomware attack, they say

OUT News

Grindr sends Egypt users a warning after alleged entrapments and arrests

Science news

FILE - Sea otters are seen together along the Elkhorn Slough in Moss Landing, Calif., on March 26, 2018. A nonprofit group that aims to protect endangered species asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, to reintroduce sea otters to a stretch of the West Coast from Northern California to Oregon. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Eric Risberg / AP file

Science News

Rare strain of parasite that killed 4 otters in California could pose danger to humans, researchers say

A zebra danio, or zebrafish, swims in a tank in a research institute in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province Thursday, April 22, 2021.

Shepherd Zhou / FeatureChina via AP file

Science News

Fish can sense fear in other fish and become afraid, too, study shows

A truck drives across a flooded road near Corcoran, Calif.

Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images file

Climate in Crisis

California is dangerously saturated after 12 monstrous storms, and more water is coming

Environment

What's to fear about warming oceans? Flesh-eating bacteria

Space

World's first 3D-printed rocket launches but fails to reach orbit in key test flight

Environment

What's to fear about warming oceans? Flesh-eating bacteria

Space

World's first 3D-printed rocket launches but fails to reach orbit in key test flight

Health

Photo collage of Ketamine, IV drips, a KWC clinic, and a photo of Travis Zubick.

Liza Evseeva / NBC News / Getty Images / Travis Zubick

U.S. news

These ketamine clinics were a lifeline for military veterans, until they all abruptly closed

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Capitol Hill on Jan. 26, 2023.

Bill Clark / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images file

Politics News

Rand Paul says he wouldn't give his children Covid vaccinations over myocarditis concerns

Bettendorf High School students walk out in support of Iowa's LGBTQ+ students in response to pending legislation on March 1, 2023, in Bettendorf, Iowa.

Nikos Frazier / Quad City Times via AP

OUT Politics and Policy

Iowa enacts transgender bathroom bill and ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Abortion Rights

Idaho hospital closes its maternity ward, citing the state’s ‘political climate’

Environment

What's to fear about warming oceans? Flesh-eating bacteria

Abortion Rights

Idaho hospital closes its maternity ward, citing the state’s ‘political climate’

Environment

What's to fear about warming oceans? Flesh-eating bacteria

Latino

NBCBLK

NBC OUT

Asian America