SYDNEY — A female swimmer has died in a shark attack in the waters off a popular tourist spot on Australia’s east coast, authorities said. Emergency crews were called to Woorim Beach at Bribie Island, about 50 miles north of Brisbane, around 5 p.m. (1 a.m. ET) on Monday following reports of a serious shark bite incident, Queensland state police said Monday. “The...
HONG KONG — China retaliated immediately Tuesday as a 10% U.S. tariff on Chinese goods went into effect, announcing its own levies of 10% to 15% on some U.S. products. Starting Feb. 10, China will impose an additional tariff of 15% on coal and liquefied natural gas and a 10% tariff on crude oil, agricultural...
A Georgia man was sentenced last week to 475 years in prison for facilitating dog fights and abusing animals, which included 107 dogs seized at his property in November 2022, authorities said. It’s the longest-known sentence involving dog fighting anywhere, state animal crimes resource prosecutor Jessica K. Rock, also a special assistant United States attorney...
The impacts of Donald Trump’s long-promised pledge to use tariffs as a political cudgel started to come into focus Monday, even as the president cut last-minute deals with some of the nation’s closest allies allowing him to back down from his initial threats. On Sunday, Trump announced that he would be slapping broad 25% tariffs...
FBI executives contemplated resisting Justice Department demands that they turn over the names of FBI personnel involved in Capitol riot cases, but ultimately decided they must comply with what lawyers deemed a lawful order, current and former FBI officials told NBC News. Among the options under consideration was sending only the names of managers and...
LANSING, Mich. — Jonathan Zou, a second-year student at the University of Michigan, was among the thousands of students who joined pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses nationwide this past year. Although the campus protests have subsided, the repercussions for students like Zou remain. Since his arrest by university police last Oct. 7 after using a...
A conservative author who has spread conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and written on social media that “competent white men must be in charge” has been named to a top post at the State Department. Secretary of State Marco Rubio tapped Darren Beattie to be acting undersecretary of state for...
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 Monday! In today’s edition, we sift through yet another avalanche of news from the Trump administration, from the latest on...
After the biggest year of his professional career — which resulted in five Grammy Awards for his iconic Drake diss “Not Like Us” — Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar will take the biggest stage in America when he performs at Super Bowl LIX this upcoming Sunday. Lamar’s performance, which will also include singer SZA, is highly...
The judge presiding over the legal feud between “It Ends With Us” co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni held off on restricting what the lawyers can say about the case publicly, but he might move up the trial date if the war of words between the actors’ representatives drags on. U.S. District Judge Lewis J....