Alan Nakkash for NBC Newsculture warsHis mother rejected his gay identity. Now she's coming for library books.Lin-Manuel Miranda responds to 'illegal, unauthorized' 'Hamilton' play by Texas churchA cultural power-struggle at an Iowa library casts a 'dark cloud' over a small town
John Minchillo / AP filereprieve on gas pricesU.S. gas prices fall below $4 for the first time in monthsConsumer prices rose by 8.5% year over year in July as the summer of inflation wears onOpinionReaders share what inflation has forced them to give up
Alex Brandon / AP fileOpinionTrump invoked the Fifth Amendment. Here's what that means for him.DOJ bets its future on how it handles the search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago resortTrump invokes Fifth Amendment nearly 450 times in N.Y. AG’s civil probe of his business practices
Al Drago / Bloomberg via Getty Images fileinside 'project phoenix'An unusual deal gave Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin $8.5 million in stock. He paid $0 in tax on it.
APRussia-Ukraine ConflictEscaped engineer berates 'senseless' attacks at a Russian-controlled nuclear power plantA nuclear power plant twice the size of Chernobyl has been shelled, sparking fears of a 'catastrophe'
Shahrzad Elghanayan; Dan Koeck / NBC News; Getty ImagesThe cost of green energyNative American objections and environmental concerns loom over plans for nation's biggest lithium mineOn a reservation where alcohol is banned, Oglala Sioux Tribe embraces recreational marijuana sales