HOHENFELS, Germany — As the morning fog lifted over rolling, wooded hills in Bavaria, southeast Germany, a drone swept down to the grassy clearing and two U.S. infantrymen ran out of a nearby forest to change two long, black batteries. Under the cover of trees nearby, another soldier was on a laptop monitoring the activity...
Wisconsin voters will return to the polls this spring for the first major election in a battleground state since the 2024 presidential race. The April 1 contest for a seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court — which will determine the bench’s ideological balance for the second time in two years — has already drawn millions of...
Share Hamas official says the militant group will release 3 hostages today Hamas will free three hostages — Sagui Dekel-Chen, Sasha Alexander Troufanov and Iair Horn — today, a spokesperson for the militant group said Friday. Abu Obaida, a spokesperson for Hamas’ military wing, Al Qassam Brigades, told NBC News on Friday that Hamas will release...
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Abortions are set to resume in Missouri after a judge blocked regulations that had restricted providers even after voters approved enshrining abortion rights into the state’s constitution. Friday’s ruling came after a Kansas City judge ruled last year that abortions were now legal in the state but kept certain regulations on the books while a lawsuit...
The parents of a 5-year-old who was killed in a hyperbaric chamber fire last month in Michigan are “absolutely devastated” over their son’s death and have experienced something that “no parent should ever, ever have to go through,” their attorney said Friday. James Harrington, managing partner of Fieger Law in Southfield, Michigan, said Thomas Cooper’s...
Two people were killed in a multi-vehicle crash inside a southwest Wyoming highway tunnel Friday, the state Department of Transportation said. Authorities shut down traffic in both directions along Interstate 80 in Green River after the pileup. The major, coast-to-coast roadway runs from San Francisco to Teaneck, New Jersey. Other injuries were reported, but details...
A lawsuit filed against Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs by a woman who alleged she was raped when she was 13 years old has been withdrawn by the woman who sued, according to a court filing. The civil suit “is voluntarily dismissed with prejudice,” the woman’s attorney wrote in a notice filed Friday in U.S....
WASHINGTON — A judge said in a ruling Friday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could not terminate employees without cause, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the agency. The court order came in response to a lawsuit by the National Treasury Employees Union and the CFPB Employee Association, among other...
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. Happy Friday and happy Valentine’s Day to you and yours. In today’s edition, “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker sits down...
President Donald Trump’s administration carried out mass firings Thursday and Friday across the federal government, affecting thousands of workers who had been on the job for less than two years. The terminations affected some of the most widely respected federal agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as lower-profile offices with...