Investigations

Siamak Namazi and Baquer Namazi

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World

Iran grants furlough to American prisoner Siamak Namazi, lifts travel ban on his elderly father

protest women's rights

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World

Internet freedom activists scramble to help Iranians evade Tehran’s digital crackdown

Image: Harriet Tubman.

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National Security

The CIA honors Underground Railroad and Civil War hero Harriet Tubman as a model spy with a new statue

American soccer player Abby Wambach speaks during Workplace Summit, Pennsylvania Conference For Women 2019 at Independence Blue Cross on Oct. 1, 2019 in Philadelphia.

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U.S. news

Abby Wambach is cutting all ties with Brett Favre-backed venture that got Mississippi welfare funds

NBC News NOW

Uber drivers fear they might be unwitting drug mules

Some Uber drivers are voicing concerns that they may be being used as unwitting drug mules while doing work for Uber Connect, a service the company launched during the pandemic. NBC's Zinhle Essamuah investigates.

Investigations

Image: Former President Donald Trump holds a rally on Sept. 23, 2022, in Wilmington, N.C.

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Donald Trump

Judge spares Trump from having to back up claims of planted evidence at Mar-a-Lago

Planned Parenthood in Hempstead, N.Y.

U.S. news

Man charged with blocking access to Planned Parenthood clinic in New York

PnB Rock

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U.S. news

Father and son charged in slaying of rapper PnB Rock, prosecutors say

World

An American citizen was killed in an Iranian attack in Iraq, the State Department says

U.S. news

Former U.S. intelligence employee arrested on espionage-related charges

Major Jamie Lee Henry.

National Security

Johns Hopkins doctor and Army doctor spouse charged with conspiring to give U.S. soldiers' medical info to Russia

Anna Gabrielian and Jamie Lee Henry are charged with offering sensitive information to an undercover FBI agent who was posing as a representative of the Russian Embassy.

Oleg Deripaska

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News

Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska charged with violating U.S. sanctions

Image: Demonstrators arrive in front of the Supreme Court during the "Home Is Here" March for DACA

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Immigration

Biden admin readies steps to shield DACA recipients from deportation ahead of court ruling

Coolio (AKA Artis Ivey)

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Obituaries

Coolio, 'Gangsta's Paradise' rapper, dies at 59

A poll worker greets early voters in Alexandria, Va., on Sept. 26, 2022.

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Tech News

Facebook says it took down China-based accounts that tried to interfere in the U.S. midterms

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National Security

Secret Service took the cellphones of 24 agents involved in Jan. 6 response and gave them to investigators

Brett Favre attends the Pro Football Hall of Fame Gold Jacket Dinner on Aug. 4, 2016, in Canton, Ohio.

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U.S. news

Brett Favre allegedly pressured Mississippi governor for millions in taxpayer funds, court filing shows

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Specials

Inside the illegal gold mining that's devastating the Peruvian Amazon

A model of the house where al-Qaida's leader Ayman al-Zawahri was killed by a CIA team is displayed in the museum at the agency's headquarters in Langley, Virginia, on Saturday.

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U.S. news

CIA reveals model used to plan strike against Al-Qaeda leader Zawahiri

Nightly News

Online renting scams surging across U.S., FBI warns

A Russian soldier patrols in Mariupol, Ukraine

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Russian troops raped and tortured children in Ukraine, U.N. panel says

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Investigations

Border chief says GOP governors are worsening crisis by 'lying' to migrants

The Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters in Washington on May 10, 2013.

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Abortion Rights

VA performs its first abortion weeks after saying it would in certain cases

Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns speaks in Atlanta on April 14, 2022.

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National Security

‘Langley Files’: CIA launches podcast to ‘demystify’ its spy work

John Davis

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News

Mississippi official pleads guilty in welfare scandal that involves Brett Favre

Olympic Gymnasts Testify On FBI Failures To Investigate Abuse

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News

Spurred by USA Gymnastics scandal, senators roll out bill to reform the FBI's handling of child abuse victims

The Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos

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World

Scientists at America's top nuclear lab were recruited by China to design missiles and drones, report says

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World

Wave of protests in Iran reflects seething anger over how its regime treats women

Nightly News

Amazon rainforest severely impacted by gold mining

Meals are bagged for distribution to students.

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Coronavirus

Feds accuse 47 people of stealing cash meant to help feed needy kids in 'staggering' Covid scheme

Mark Frerichs in Iraq.

World

Taliban release U.S. engineer in prisoner swap

Soldiers prove Army’s oldest missiles still ready for battle

John Hamilton / White Sands Missile Range Public Affairs

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

U.S. military leaders are reluctant to provide longer-range missiles to Ukraine

Pedestrians walk past a sign outside the Boston Children's Hospital

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Internet

FBI charges Massachusetts woman with Boston Children's Hospital bomb threat

Migrants disembark a bus from Texas within view of the Capitol

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Immigration

Friction between White House and senior Homeland Security officials mounts as migrant numbers soar

Christin Levinson, Babak Namazi

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Iran Tensions

Families, ex-prisoners urge Biden administration to secure release of Americans held in Iran

Brett Favre presents at the NFL Honors show on Feb. 10, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif.

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Politics News

'Santa came today': Brett Favre texts show his role in Mississippi welfare scandal

Anonymous aged person using laptop in darkness

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Justice Department

3 Iranian nationals indicted in hacking and ransomware scheme