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Alabama Republicans on Friday defied a U.S. Supreme Court order by passing a new congressional map that includes only one majority-Black district. The GOP-controlled Legislature had called a special session to redraw an earlier map after the Supreme Court reaffirmed a federal court order to include two districts where Black …

Another day of extreme heat is sweeping across the United States on Friday, with daily high temperature records broken Thursday in several cities including Phoenix at 119 degrees Fahrenheit and Imperial, California, at 118 F. About 84 million people are under heat advisories. Parts of California, Oregon and Idaho that …

North Korea has escalated its fiery rhetoric over its threatened use of nuclear weapons, days after a U.S. soldier was taken into custody for crossing the border from South Korea. The country’s defense minister, Kang Sun Nam, has said it would approve the use of nuclear weapons “in case [a] …

NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke more than two months of public silence over deadly ethnic clashes in India’s northeast, saying Thursday that the assaults of two women as they were being paraded naked by a mob in Manipur state were unforgivable. A video showing the assaults drew massive outrage and was …

WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury deciding whether to indict former President Donald Trump over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election met Thursday and heard testimony from an aide who was with Trump for much of the day on Jan. 6, 2021. William Russell, a former White House aide …

Nevada police served a search warrant Monday looking for laptops and other electronic devices at an alleged witness’ home who was in the suspect’s car when superstar rapper Tupac Shakur was fatally shot in Las Vegas in 1996, according to the search warrant exclusively obtained by NBC News on Thursday. …

WASHINGTON — Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., will unveil two new bills Thursday that target artificial intelligence by protecting workers from intrusive workplace surveillance and so-called robot bosses making hiring decisions, according to legislative text first shared with NBC News. The bills focus on what Casey believes will be the next …

A winning ticket in Wednesday’s $1 billion Powerball jackpot was sold in California. The numbers in Wednesday’s drawing were 7-10-11-13-24 with a Powerball of 24. The winning ticket was sold at Las Palmitas Mini Market in downtown Los Angeles, according to California Lottery’s website. The jackpot was estimated as $1.08 …

Police said Wednesday they’ve been unable to verify initial statements made by Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who disappeared last week after after saying she saw a toddler walking on the interstate. But officials did say that before she went missing, she made internet searches about paying for Amber Alerts, …

Netflix is no longer offering its cheapest streaming plan without ads in the U.S. and the U.K., with the company aiming to push value-conscious consumers to sign up for its advertising-supported package. The Basic plan, which provided a single stream for $9.99/month in the U.S. and £6.99/month in the U.K., is …