Medicare says its plans can cover the weight-loss drug Wegovy, but only for patients with an increased risk of heart disease. NBC’s Christine Romans joins TODAY to explain who qualifies.
A people smuggler has admitted helping immigrants enter the United States from Mexico by traveling through sewer pipes, prosecutors said Thursday.
Former Justice Stephen Breyer described the 2022 leak of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade as “unfortunate” and sidestepped questions about whether justices had been working on a compromise ruling behind the scenes.
The Detroit Lions released Cameron Sutton on Thursday as authorities continue to search for the defensive back to serve a domestic violence warrant in Florida.
A springtime storm is bringing heavy rain and a major flood threat stretching from Florida to New England. Meanwhile, parts of the Midwest could see up to six inches of snow. NBC’s Maggie Vespa reports and TODAY’s Al Roker tracks the latest forecast.
The scandal of Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter could have big implications for the star and the MLB. Arkansas airport executive accused of illegally selling guns.
Four years after the Covid-19 pandemic sent America into a standstill, Joe Biden’s campaign is looking to co-opt a common question posed by Donald Trump.
A rare cosmic eruption known as a nova is expected in the coming months. It will be so bright that a "new" star will seem to appear in the night sky temporarily.
A third man has been charged with murder in connection with the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' victory parade in February that killed one woman and injured at least 25 other fans.
A Rwandan-born Ohio man was arrested on Thursday on charges he engaged in a scheme to conceal his involvement in the African nation’s 1994 genocide.
With inflatable tanks, radio trickery and costumes, the American military units that became known as the Ghost Army outwitted the enemy during WWII.
Members of the opposition Aam Aadmi Party were detained in New Delhi and sporadic protests erupted elsewhere in India against the arrest of AAP’s top leader.
A court in Pakistan sentenced a Muslim woman to life in prison after finding her guilty of burning pages of Islam’s holy book, a prosecutor said Friday.
China slammed the United States for interfering in its border dispute with India, after Washington said it recognized the disputed Arunachal Pradesh as a part of Indian territory.
A suicide bomber attacked a private bank in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Thursday, killing at least three people and injuring 12 others, officials said.
March madness: A look at the upsets, big moments and more from the NCAA basketball tournament.
A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered the judge who oversaw Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s trial to investigate the defense’s claims of juror bias and determine whether his death sentence should stand. A three-judge panel of the Boston-based 1st U.S.
Lizzo's appearance comes as she faces a lawsuit filed by three of her former dancers who have accused the singer of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment.
Elon Musk's company Neuralink has successfully completed its first brain implant on a human. Noland Arbaugh, who is paralyzed below his shoulders, appeared to move a cursor across a laptop screen with just his thoughts.
A pastor in California was arrested after being accused of attempting to have his daughter's boyfriend killed, according to police. The pastor allegedly paid almost $40,000 to two men who tried to shoot the boyfriend while he was in his car.
Marianne Smyth, an American woman who posed as an heiress of a fictional Irish royal family, is facing new charges from an alleged soliciting scam in 2009. Jonathan Walton talks to NBC News' Sam Brock about his experience with Smyth.
A portion of the donations to the newly formed "Trump 47" joint fundraising committee will filter to the Save America political action committee, which is often used to cover former President Donald Trump's legal bills, according to a donation contribution form obtained by NBC News.
Daniels, who has claimed that she slept with Donald Trump in 2006, is expected to be a key witness when the hush money case goes to trial.
A Tennessee man has a rare disorder that causes faces to appear distorted in shape, size, texture or color. To him, images show, they look demonic.
No charges will be filed in connection with the fight that happened the day before Nex Benedict, a nonbinary high school student, died by suicide in Oklahoma, the district attorney investigating the case said Thursday.