U.S. & World

JACKSON COUNTY, Ga. (WXIA) – A frantic 911 call paints a picture of the terrifying moments a 79-year-old woman fended off a burglar as he tried to get inside her Georgia home. It was just after noon on February 12 when the …

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – President Trump signed a directive moving America one step closer to creating a space force. The president is directing the Pentagon to draft legislation for Congress to create a space force which would become the sixth branch of …

WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) – Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said the court should reconsider it’s more than 50-year-long stance on libel law. The Supreme Court decided not to take up the case of a woman who accused Bill Cosby of sexual misconduct …

(CNN) – More than 2 million people in the U.S. are either dependent on or abusing prescription and illegal opioids to treat their pain. Now, a new report says the F.D.A. and drug manufacturers failed to properly monitor the use of one …

LONDON, U.K. – London’s financial center is ready for Brexit if Britain leaves the European Union with or without a deal, the Lord Mayor of the City of London said Tuesday. The lord mayor, Peter Estlin, was speaking in Hong Kong where …

SPRYFIELD, Nova Scotia, Canada (NBC/CTV) – A house fire in the eastern Canadian province of Nova Scotia killed seven people, all of them children. The overnight fire left the roof of the home burned away and its upper floor blackened and gutted. …

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC News) – California and 15 other states have filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s national emergency declaration. The declaration will allow the president to bypass Congress and divert funds earmarked for the military and other purposes toward construction of …

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC News) – Protests against President Trump’s planned border wall were held across the country Monday. The rallies come as 13 states have signed on to a lawsuit challenging Trump’s declaration of a national emergency along the southern border. The …

(CNN) – The picture of a sailor locked in a spontaneous kiss in the middle of Times Square during Victory of Japan Day has long been synonymous with the jubilation felt at the end of World War II. George Mendosa claimed to …

AURORA, Ill. (NBC) – The grieving continues in Aurora, Illinois where a gunman took the lives of five people at a manufacturing plant before being killed by police on Friday. An organization called Indivisible Aurora held a vigil Monday at the Water …