This year will see more elections than any other on record, from the United States to India and South Africa to El Salvador. And yet democracy is in decline.
Indian farmers demanding guaranteed crop prices have rejected a proposal from the government, saying they will continue their march to the capital, New Delhi.
Julian Assange’s lawyers will begin their final U.K. legal challenge on Tuesday to stop the WikiLeaks founder from being sent to the United States to face spying charges.
Soccer star Lionel Messi said his failure to play in an exhibition game in Hong Kong this month had nothing to do with “political reasons.”
China’s coast guard briefly boarded a Taiwanese tourist boat, a Taiwan minister said Tuesday, escalating a dispute over the deaths of two Chinese fishermen.
A group of cyclists east of Seattle fended off cougar in a rare attack over the weekend that left a woman with injuries to her neck and face, authorities said.
Wildlife officials say a 60-year-old woman was injured and taken to a hospital after a cougar attacked her while she was cycling with a group of mountain bikers near Snoqualmie, Wash.
The latest in a series of wet winter storms gained strength in California early Monday, with forecasters warning of possible flooding.
The investigation into yet another deadly crash of a U.S. military Osprey aircraft in late November is looking at a possible mishap involving the aircraft’s propeller rotor gear box, U.S. officials say.
Capital One Financial is set to acquire Discover Financial Services in a $35.3 billion all-stock deal.
Family and friends of Ana Maria Knezevic are searching for answers after the 40-year-old Florida resident disappeared months after moving to Madrid amid a messy divorce.
The man who fatally shot two Minnesota police officers and a first responder over the weekend was prohibited from owning a firearm and made an unsuccessful bid to overturn the lifelong state ban four years ago, court records show.
A judge investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse issued a final report on Monday that indicts his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti’s National Police, Léon Charles, among others.
A new study links an increase risk of heart disease and stroke with Niacin, an essential B vitamin. NBC News medical contributor Dr. Kavita Patel details the report, and what to look out for.
Black Americans are 30% more likely than white Americans to die of heart disease and just 3% of cardiologists in the U.S. are African American. NBC News’ Natalie Azar reports on a new program working to boost the number of Black cardiologists.
About 35 million people are under flood watches in California, as another round of storms sweeps across the region. The rain is creating dangerous conditions for travelers, particularly in Santa Barbara County. NBC News' Liz Kreutz has more.
In Russia, Alexei Navalny's wife says her husband was poisoned by Vladimir Putin. Meanwhile, the political fallout from his death is growing in the U.S. as former President Trump weighs in, and President Biden considers new sanctions. NBC News' Garrett Haake has the latest.
Police shot at a 16-year-old student who brought a gun into a high school in Mesquite, Texas, as they were negotiating with the teen to put down his weapon.
