NEW ORLEANS — Just days ahead of the Super Bowl, the NFL Honors took place at the Saenger Theater. But before Bills quarterback Josh Allen was crowned league MVP or Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels earned Rookie of the Year, dozens of current and former players (as well as some celebrities) walked the event’s red carpet....
You’re not imagining it: Well-made clothing is harder to come by. The U.S. fashion industry is having a hard time maintaining quality standards amid stiff competition from overseas rivals and supply-chain shakeups. Twenty-seven percent of textile and apparel professionals reported that ensuring consistent quality was “difficult” or “very difficult” over the past year, up from...
OSHAKATI, Namibia — Sam Nujoma, the fiery white-bearded freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years, and became known as the father of his nation, has died. He was 95. Nujoma’s death was announced Sunday by current Namibian President Nangolo Mbumba,...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was sending a delegation to Qatar, a key mediator in talks between the sides, but the mission included low-level officials, sparking speculation that it won’t lead to a breakthrough in extending the truce. Netanyahu is also expected to convene a meeting of key Cabinet ministers this week on the second...
WASHINGTON — At the start of the week, President Donald Trump warned ominously that the U.S. will retake the Panama Canal or “something very powerful is going to happen.” By week’s end, he announced that he was killing off a prior mandate for government to buy paper straws, the environmentally friendly sipping utensil that dissolves...
BANGKOK — Five Thai hostages who spent 15 months being held by Hamas arrived in Bangkok early Sunday after they were released last month. The group, consisting of Sarusak Rumnao, 32, Watchara Sriaoun, 33, Sathian Suwannakham, 35, Pongsak Thaenna, 36, and Bannawat Saethao, 27, was released as part of the hostage-prisoners exchange deal Israel struck...
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought issued a series of directives to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees Saturday night in his new capacity a the bureau’s acting head, effectively slowing a large portion of the bureau’s activity to a standstill. In the email to CFPB employees, which was obtained by NBC News, Vought...
Two people, including the husband of the victim, have been charged in connection with the death of a Fort Campbell soldier, officials said Saturday. Sofia Rodas, 35, was charged with murder and tampering with evidence, and Reynaldo Salinas Cruz, 40, was charged with tampering with evidence in connection with the death of Pfc. Katia Dueñas-Aguilar,...
All 10 people aboard a small plane that went missing and was later discovered crashed in Alaska have been confirmed dead, officials said in a statement Saturday. The Alaska Department of Public Safety said all aboard the plane — nine passengers and one pilot — died after the aircraft was found crashed in Alaska on...
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake rocked the western Caribbean on Saturday night, prompting a tsunami advisory for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands that was soon canceled. The temblor struck at 6:23 p.m. ET at a depth of about 6 miles below ground, about 130 miles south-southwest of George Town, Cayman Islands, according to the...