Larry Nassar stands with his legal team during his sentencing hearing in Lansing, Michigan on Jan. 24, 2018. Brendan McDermid / Reuters "My dream is that one day everyone will know what the words ‘Me, Too’ signify,” Olympic gold medalist…
Discovery Channel’s popular storm chaser Joel Taylor has been confirmed dead on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship docked in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the local police told NBC News on Wednesday. Taylor was vacationing aboard the ship when the police…
Participants cheer during the Women's March Anniversary "Power To The Polls" event Sunday at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. L.E. Baskow / AFP - Getty Images "But today, we march in the streets, then we march to vote, and…
Participants cheer during the Women's March Anniversary "Power To The Polls" event Sunday at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. L.E. Baskow / AFP - Getty Images "But today, we march in the streets, then we march to vote, and…
Jason Maddy. NBC News Saturday marked four months since Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico. NBC News first met Maddy in October as he and other veterans rushed in supplies to the remote western parts of the island. One of…
Vice President Mike Pence, weighing in from the Middle East on the shutdown in Washington, accused the U.S. Congress of playing politics with military pay, and told U.S. service members stationed near the Syrian border that the Trump administration would…
A greased light pole in Philadelphia. "It would be nearly impossible to predict how many poles will be greased today, as each of the 21 district captains was tasked with identifying 'hot spots' where celebrations are likely occur, and taking…
Participants cheer during the Women's March Anniversary "Power To The Polls" event Sunday at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. L.E. Baskow / AFP - Getty Images "But today, we march in the streets, then we march to vote, and…
A pediatrician examines an infant's ear in Takoma Park, Maryland, on April 8, 2015. Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg via Getty Images Federal funding for CHIP officially expired on Sept. 30 of last year. As states began to run out of…
A pediatrician examines an infant's ear in Takoma Park, Maryland, on April 8, 2015. Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg via Getty Images Federal funding for CHIP officially expired on Sept. 30 of last year. As states began to run out of…
A sign announcing the closure of the Statue of Liberty, due to the U.S. government shutdown, sits near the ferry dock to the Statue of Liberty at Battery Park in New York on Jan. 20, 2018. Andrew kelly / Reuters…
A sign announcing the closure of the Statue of Liberty, due to the U.S. government shutdown, sits near the ferry dock to the Statue of Liberty at Battery Park in New York on Jan. 20, 2018. Andrew kelly / Reuters…
The deadline for congress to come up with a budget compromise is midnight tonight - Based on what's happened in Washington in the last 24 hours, there's a very real possibility of a government shutdown. The House of Representatives passed…
A man poses with a sign at a a recent bail reform vote in New Orleans. ACLU "We have friends in the legislature who understand and appreciate our important role in the criminal justice system BUT we have to insure…
President Donald Trump — via the Republican National Committee — on Wednesday released the winners of the his much-hyped "Fake News Awards." Long advertised by the president as a celebration of — as he called it — “the most corrupt…
Honorees Glenn Frey and his wife Cindy arrive at the 10th Annual Lupus LA Orange Ball in Beverly Hills, California on May 6, 2010. Chris Pizzello / AP file "As a result of the foregoing acts of negligence, Glenn Frey…
Louise Anna Turpin and David Allen Turpin. Riverside County Sheriff's Deparment "The Turpins failed to contact the City of Perris regarding the operation of the school and never sought a business license from the City," the spokesman said, adding that…
U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis at a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on on Jan. 9. Michael Reynolds / EPA Mattis also expressed confidence that authorities in Hawaii would fix their warning system after the ensuing distress over the…
Rebecca Pauline Gary “It was strange because it was a spur of the moment,” Jamie told Dateline about her mom sending her away for the holidays. “It was just weird. I wanted her to come with me, and she wouldn’t.”…
Troubling news about the presence of harmful chemicals in the Gulf of Mexico this morning. Federal officials say they have found fresh evidence of an ongoing oil release at the site of a 13-year-old oil leak, where chronic sheens often…
A high speed Amtrak train has derailed onto an interstate in Pierce County Washington, about 40 miles south of Seattle. These photos shows a section the train dangling from an overpass onto interstate 5. It derailed around 7:40 this morning…
A federal judge on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's request to further delay the ability of transgender people to enlist in the military. News 25 Reporter Veronica Bayona hit the streets and got locals reactions on the decision. "It makes…
President Donald Trump, in Tokyo in Sunday, addresses a fatal mass shooting at a church in Texas. Jonathan Ernst / Reuters News broke Sunday morning that a gunman had opened fire inside First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, killing…
He arrived at church ready for war, wearing black tactical gear and a ballistics vest and toting what authorities described as an "assault-type rifle." Then Devin Patrick Kelley, 26, allegedly opened fire on a small Texas church on Sunday morning,…
