The Summary A report from the U.S. surgeon general suggested that labels on alcoholic drinks should warn about cancer risk. Doctors expressed their agreement. For people wondering about the long-term damage of drinking and whether there is any safe limit, here is what experts think you should know. Doctors on Friday applauded a new report...
WASHINGTON — Back in his first term, Donald Trump was talking to a senior White House aide, Steve Bannon, about potential films to show in the building’s movie theater. Bannon suggested Ken Burns’ classic documentary on the Civil War, thinking it would be instructive to see how an earlier president, Abraham Lincoln, struggled to find...
The driver who killed 14 people in an ISIS-inspired attack by plowing into a crowded New Orleans street on New Year’s Day had planned to use a transmitter to detonate two explosive devices he had placed nearby, authorities have said. The FBI and ATF said in a joint statement Friday that the explosives were placed...
The Department of Justice announced on Friday it has resolved a biased policing investigation of California’s Antioch Police Department, where officers’ racist texts sparked outrage and blowback. The city and its police have agreed to hire a consultant to review its policies, its officer training, and its use-of-force incidents to suggest improvements, the Justice Department...
The Miami Heat have suspended star small forward Jimmy Butler for seven games, the team announced Friday, and said it will listen to trade offers. The Heat said in an X post that Butler’s suspension was because of conduct that has hurt the team throughout the season. “We have suspended Jimmy Butler for seven games...
WASHINGTON — A judge rejected a request from a Jan. 6 defendant to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration after the man was invited by a former member of Congress, according to a court document released Friday. The defendant, Russell Taylor, was accused of organizing a group of “fighters” to travel to D.C. on Jan. 6,...
NEW ORLEANS — Vehicle attacks are a rising global terror threat that can be difficult to prevent — but the deadly assault on New Year’s revelers in New Orleans shows how a city’s efforts to protect a heavily crowded and vulnerable area can fall short, experts said. New Orleans failed to deploy anti-vehicle barriers that the...
Good thing they called her mother. An Alabama woman who was struck by a terrorist-driven pickup truck on New Year’s Day and later shot in the foot during the attack said her friends called her mom for help as she lay bleeding on Bourbon Street. Alexis Scott-Windham said in an interview with NBC News on...
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. In today’s edition, we dive into how Mike Johnson managed to survive a tight re-election bid for House speaker on the...
Just a few days before New Year’s Eve, Alicia Arritt received a text message out of the blue from her ex-boyfriend, a decorated U.S. special forces soldier named Matthew Livelsberger. The pair hadn’t been in touch since 2022. Now, Livelsberger was asking if she was single. They exchanged a few breezy texts over the next...