The public transit systems in three major U.S. cities are seeking answers from the company manufacturing their new train cars after an NBC News expose found it uses materials containing minerals mined by children in…

The telephone rang just past three o’clock on an April morning, piercing the silence of the darkened Long Island home where James McGlone and his wife slept. When he picked up the phone, McGlone was…

WASHINGTON — Impeached or not, President Donald Trump has a strong tailwind heading into his re-election year: The economy. Presidential contests tend to turn on "it's the economy, stupid," as Democratic strategist James Carville famously…

One of the people for whom the memory of the epidemic’s darkest days is still fresh is Craig Lenti, a New York City-based media producer. Lenti moved to Manhattan in 1996 at age 18 to…

In what amounts to a profound disregard for the literal health of our nation, senators from both parties confirmed Dr. Stephen M. Hahn as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday despite his…

Christmas is swiftly approaching (as is that shipping deadline) — if you still have a lot of gifts to check off your list, cue the panic. While you could haphazardly add items to your Amazon…

Another person injured in a volcanic eruption on a New Zealand island last week has died, police said, bringing the official death toll to 15 and the total number of likely dead to 17. New…

A Democratic congressman from a swing district in southern New Jersey — who has been outspoken in his opposition to President Donald Trump's impeachment — is likely to leave the party, sources told NBC News…