U.S. & World

The U.S. Surgeon General’s findings highlight persistent health disparities in tobacco use linked to race and ethnicity, income, education, sexual orientation and gender identity, occupation, geography, behavioral health status, and other factors.

A new Peacock docuseries, “Making Manson,” out Nov. 19, features 20 years of recordings of Charles Manson’s private phone conversations from prison.

The file that was hacked Monday included the testimony of the woman who alleges she had sex with Gaetz when she was 17 in 2017, and the testimony of a second woman who said she witnessed the encounter, a source told NBC News.

Lenders often encourage federal student loan borrowers to sign up for automatic payments. But a new report shows the decision can backfire.

Authorities say four monkeys remain free nearly two weeks after a group of 43 escaped from a South Carolina compound that breeds them for medical research.

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he has chosen a key transition adviser and billionaire financial services executive, Howard Lutnick, to lead the Commerce Department.

Mafe and Coco Cabezas’ homesickness inspired them to launch Toast-It.

The 27-year-old son of Norway’s crown princess was arrested on Monday on suspicion of rape, one of many allegations against Marius Borg Hoiby.

The transaction is “intended to help enable Jersey Mike’s to accelerate its expansion across and beyond the U.S. market,” the companies said Tuesday.

Donald Trump’s sentencing is in limbo with his hush money case in New York possibly set to be tossed.

The White House’s Christmas tree is slated to be cut and transported from a North Carolina farm that was hit hard by Hurricane Helene just a few months ago.

A woman who was bitten by her dog in Roxbury, Massachusetts, on Monday afternoon has died, police said Tuesday morning.

Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina introduced the resolution as Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del., is set to become the first out transgender member of Congress.