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Florida officer found dead man, impersonated him for years, renovated his home(nbcnews.com)

47 points by Michelangelo11 2 days ago | 26 comments

NBC News report on a Lauderhill, Florida police officer arrested for allegedly taking over a dead man's home after a welfare check and impersonating him for years.

Ukraine claims first drone evacuation of wounded soldier(nbcnews.com)

386 points by yzydserd 7 days ago | 289 comments

NBC News article on a Ukrainian brigade claiming the world's first evacuation of a wounded soldier by drone, used because landmines and enemy drones blocked ground vehicles.

Court throws out killer's sentence after judge said he loved AI video of victim(nbcnews.com)

50 points by rbanffy 17 days ago | 48 comments

NBC News article reporting that the Arizona Court of Appeals vacated a road rage killer's sentence because the judge relied on an AI-generated video of the slain victim.

Tennessee inmate still alive after being administered two lethal injections(nbcnews.com)

8 points by techolic 25 days ago | 6 comments

NBC News article about a Tennessee death row execution, reportedly involving an inmate who survived two lethal injections.

Palestinian woman and NBC News team attacked by masked Israeli settlers(nbcnews.com)

8 points by slowin 1 month ago | 1 comments

U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, a sudden reversal(nbcnews.com)

301 points by ceejayoz 2 months ago | 292 comments

Federal Communications Commission scraps limit on broadcast TV ownership(nbcnews.com)

121 points by pseudolus 2 months ago | 93 comments

Educators disciplined over Charlie Kirk posts are securing big payouts(nbcnews.com)

15 points by Anon84 3 months ago | 2 comments

Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows(nbcnews.com)

232 points by freejoe76 4 months ago | 304 comments

Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say(nbcnews.com)

479 points by MilnerRoute 4 months ago | 367 comments

NBC News exclusive reporting that the Defense Intelligence Agency raised the counterintelligence threat level for Israeli spying on the U.S. to its highest level.

Eric Schmidt speech about AI booed during graduation(nbcnews.com)

269 points by nothrowaways 5 months ago | 245 comments

Multiple commencement speakers booed for AI comments during graduation speeches(nbcnews.com)

99 points by wrxd 5 months ago | 85 comments

Deal reached with hackers to delete data stolen from the Canvas platform(nbcnews.com)

19 points by fortran77 5 months ago | 11 comments

Apple App Store threatened to remove Grok over deepfakes: Letter(nbcnews.com)

71 points by donohoe 6 months ago | 34 comments

A whole civilization might die tonight(nbcnews.com)

21 points by hedayet 6 months ago | 9 comments

Native Americans had dice 12k years ago(nbcnews.com)

116 points by delichon 6 months ago | 54 comments

Hawaii's worst flooding in 20 years threatens dam, prompts evacuations(nbcnews.com)

60 points by geox 7 months ago | 30 comments

CBS didn't air Rep. James Talarico interview out of fear of FCC(nbcnews.com)

301 points by theahura 8 months ago | 134 comments

U.S. had almost no job growth in 2025(nbcnews.com)

111 points by ceejayoz 8 months ago | 87 comments

Students using “humanizer” programs to beat accusations of cheating with AI(nbcnews.com)

44 points by unpredict 9 months ago | 52 comments

FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE(nbcnews.com)

850 points by duxup 9 months ago | 1178 comments

News report that the FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal group chats used to track ICE activity; the captured page shows an MS NOW Maddowblog post.

Postponed '60 Minutes' segment on Salvadoran prison is streamed by Canadian news(nbcnews.com)

71 points by duxup 10 months ago | 12 comments

Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost(nbcnews.com)

417 points by jnord 11 months ago | 681 comments

NBC News article on its poll finding two-thirds of registered voters no longer think a four-year college degree is worth the cost, a reversal from a dozen years ago.

Zohran Mamdani wins the New York mayoral race(nbcnews.com)

541 points by jsheard 11 months ago | 572 comments

NBC News report projecting Zohran Mamdani as the winner of the 2025 New York City mayoral race, making him the youngest NYC mayor in a century.

People with blindness can read again after retinal implant and special glasses(nbcnews.com)

295 points by 8bitsrule 1 year ago | 86 comments

The fight between doctors and insurance companies over 'downcoding'(nbcnews.com)

203 points by ceejayoz 1 year ago | 254 comments

Charlie Javice sentenced to 7 years in prison for fraudulent $175M sale of Frank(nbcnews.com)

27 points by SunshineTheCat 1 year ago | 5 comments

Electronic Arts to be acquired for $52B in largest private equity buyout(nbcnews.com)

59 points by regus 1 year ago | 6 comments

Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over(nbcnews.com)

635 points by coloneltcb 1 year ago | 388 comments

NBC News article on a study finding emergency department death rates rose at hospitals after private equity takeovers, likely due to reduced staffing.

Priced out of traditional housing, more Americans are living in RVs(nbcnews.com)

58 points by bikenaga 1 year ago | 23 comments

Czech founding father Masaryk's message revealed in long-sealed envelope(nbcnews.com)

39 points by tim-kt 1 year ago | 2 comments

Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah(nbcnews.com)

730 points by david927 1 year ago | 1569 comments

NBC News live blog with updates on the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at an event in Utah.

South Korean workers detained in Hyundai plant raid to be freed and flown home(nbcnews.com)

52 points by MilnerRoute 1 year ago | 57 comments

South Korea: 'many' of its nationals detained in ICE raid on GA Hyundai facility(nbcnews.com)

187 points by rntn 1 year ago | 153 comments

Using Your Phone on Toilet May Give You Hemorrhoids: Study(nbcnews.com)

73 points by c420 1 year ago | 55 comments

Man declares country in unclaimed pocket of land between Serbia and Croatia(nbcnews.com)

31 points by domofutu 1 year ago | 14 comments

Reuters stopped sharing Gaza locations after IDF strikes killed many journalists(nbcnews.com)

3 points by NomDePlum 1 year ago | 1 comments

Reuters stopped sharing Gaza locations with Israel after IDF strikes(nbcnews.com)

5 points by socialcreditlow 1 year ago | 0 comments

Farmers want California to change its autonomous tractor ban(nbcnews.com)

40 points by ccozan 1 year ago | 38 comments

'A black hole': New graduates discover a dismal job market(nbcnews.com)

40 points by koolba 1 year ago | 38 comments

Hungary's oldest library fighting to save 100k books from a beetle infestation(nbcnews.com)

65 points by rntn 1 year ago | 20 comments

Man goes viral after working for four startups at the same time(nbcnews.com)

20 points by gshakir 1 year ago | 32 comments

Federal judge rules copyrighted books are fair use for AI training(nbcnews.com)

13 points by JSLegendDev 1 year ago | 1 comments

YouTube star Mikayla Raines dies by suicide, and her husband blames online abuse(nbcnews.com)

9 points by amrrs 1 year ago | 0 comments

Supreme Court allows DOGE to access social security data(nbcnews.com)

81 points by anigbrowl 1 year ago | 55 comments

Why walking is the most underrated form of exercise (2017)(nbcnews.com)

20 points by Tomte 1 year ago | 18 comments

NSA spied through Angry Birds, other apps: report (2014)(nbcnews.com)

233 points by __natty__ 1 year ago | 115 comments

Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi is free after judge orders his release(nbcnews.com)

26 points by zzzeek 1 year ago | 1 comments

One of the country's leading Alzheimer's projects is in jeopardy(nbcnews.com)

13 points by KittenInABox 1 year ago | 0 comments

Five Nurses who work on the same floor at hospital have brain tumors(nbcnews.com)

57 points by bratao 1 year ago | 31 comments

Washington Post editor resigns after accusing CEO of killing column(nbcnews.com)

153 points by ceejayoz 1 year ago | 18 comments

NASA to launch space observatory that will map 450M galaxies(nbcnews.com)

253 points by gmays 1 year ago | 103 comments

DOGE will use AI to assess the responses of federal workers(nbcnews.com)

67 points by doener 1 year ago | 43 comments

USDA fired officials working on bird flu, now trying to rehire them(nbcnews.com)

76 points by pmags 1 year ago | 18 comments

Doge-affiliated employee expected to seek access to IRS system(nbcnews.com)

29 points by doener 1 year ago | 7 comments

US wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers can't figure out how to reach them(nbcnews.com)

3 points by belter 1 year ago | 1 comments

Indigenous engineers are using AI to preserve their culture(nbcnews.com)

160 points by kiyanwang 1 year ago | 71 comments

TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users(nbcnews.com)

714 points by Leary 1 year ago | 2270 comments

NBC News article reporting that TikTok began restoring service for U.S. users after President-elect Trump gave assurances to its service providers.

The affordable housing shortage is reshaping parts of rural America(nbcnews.com)

6 points by PaulHoule 1 year ago | 1 comments

Top internet sleuths say they won't help find the UnitedHealthcare CEO killer(nbcnews.com)

7 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 0 comments

DEA passenger searches halted after watchdog finds signs of rights violations(nbcnews.com)

173 points by perihelions 1 year ago | 159 comments

The Onion wins Alex Jones' Infowars in bankruptcy auction(nbcnews.com)

84 points by elsewhen 1 year ago | 27 comments

Ozempic linked to lower Alzheimer's risk in people with Type 2 diabetes(nbcnews.com)

78 points by benchtobedside 2 years ago | 84 comments

Octopuses seen hunting together with fish(nbcnews.com)

308 points by ceejayoz 2 years ago | 240 comments

Univ. of North Texas' body parts business: Cutting up and leasing out the poor(nbcnews.com)

8 points by Geekette 2 years ago | 0 comments

NASA inspector general gives damning assessment of Boeing's quality control(nbcnews.com)

60 points by hnthrowaway0315 2 years ago | 24 comments

Japan Issues First Ever Mega Earthquake Warning(nbcnews.com)

22 points by crhulls 2 years ago | 7 comments

After private equity takes over hospitals, they are less adept of providing care(nbcnews.com)

36 points by speckx 2 years ago | 11 comments

Melting ice is slowing Earth's spin, shifting its axis and influencing its core(nbcnews.com)

22 points by slu 2 years ago | 29 comments

Twice-yearly injection offers 100% protection against HIV(nbcnews.com)

16 points by gmays 2 years ago | 0 comments

Shoe prints lead FBI to suspect couple involved in multiple New Mexico wildfires(nbcnews.com)

58 points by geox 2 years ago | 61 comments

Mass IT outage hits airports, businesses and broadcasters around the world(nbcnews.com)

7 points by xkcd1963 2 years ago | 1 comments

Costco starts to sell 'apocalypse bucket' with food that lasts 25 years(nbcnews.com)

23 points by thunderbong 2 years ago | 30 comments

Pulitzer winning reporter faces jail for protecting funding scandal sources(nbcnews.com)

58 points by anigbrowl 2 years ago | 11 comments

Venezuela is first Andean country to lose all of its glaciers(nbcnews.com)

96 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 24 comments

Supreme Court blocks Purdue Pharma opioid settlement(nbcnews.com)

116 points by pseudolus 2 years ago | 139 comments

Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free(nbcnews.com)

2488 points by amima 2 years ago | 1363 comments

NBC News article reporting that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free and return to Australia.

Fire at South Korea lithium battery plant kills at least 16 people(nbcnews.com)

82 points by rntn 2 years ago | 32 comments

Stonehenge Damaged by Protesters(nbcnews.com)

5 points by lando2319 2 years ago | 1 comments

Boeing and Airbus may have used 'counterfeit' titanium in planes, FAA says(nbcnews.com)

78 points by marban 2 years ago | 53 comments

WHO confirms first death in Mexico from bird flu never seen in humans(nbcnews.com)

17 points by belter 2 years ago | 5 comments

Tesla 'self-driving' technology failed to detect a moving train ahead of a crash(nbcnews.com)

51 points by doener 2 years ago | 30 comments

How private equity rolled Red Lobster(nbcnews.com)

28 points by Stratoscope 2 years ago | 39 comments

Kabosu, the dog behind the 'doge' internet meme, has died(nbcnews.com)

3 points by lnyan 2 years ago | 0 comments

Washington State judge blocks use of AI-enhanced video as evidence(nbcnews.com)

65 points by anigbrowl 2 years ago | 31 comments

Over 440k Starbucks holiday mugs recalled for burn and cut hazards(nbcnews.com)

11 points by pg_1234 2 years ago | 0 comments

Crime stories drove readers to GoFundMe campaigns, only the victims didn't exist(nbcnews.com)

5 points by jmsflknr 2 years ago | 1 comments

A type of bacteria that causes dental plaque was found in 50% of colon cancers(nbcnews.com)

102 points by _xerces_ 2 years ago | 63 comments

More than 50,000 Americans died by suicide in 2023–more than any year on record(nbcnews.com)

28 points by grecy 2 years ago | 26 comments

12 months of record ocean heat has scientists puzzled and concerned(nbcnews.com)

5 points by thelastgallon 2 years ago | 3 comments

Family Dollar to close almost 1,000 stores(nbcnews.com)

48 points by pg_1234 2 years ago | 45 comments

Lead in gasoline blunted IQ of half the U.S. population, study says(nbcnews.com)

108 points by jnord 2 years ago | 75 comments

A 'cowboy ski town' where high earners can't afford a home faces housing battle(nbcnews.com)

22 points by mooreds 2 years ago | 20 comments

Unidentified balloon belongs to amateur balloonist: US official(nbcnews.com)

15 points by ironyman 2 years ago | 21 comments

AT&T customers hit by widespread cellular outages in U.S.(nbcnews.com)

53 points by jermaustin1 2 years ago | 50 comments

Science fiction authors were excluded from awards for fear of offending China(nbcnews.com)

408 points by wyldfire 2 years ago | 248 comments

NBC News article reporting leaked emails showing Hugo Awards organizers vetted and excluded science fiction authors to avoid offending China, where the 2023 awards were held.

Greece legalizes same-sex marriage in a first for an Orthodox Christian nation(nbcnews.com)

14 points by pg_1234 2 years ago | 3 comments

The U.S. just sold its helium stockpile(nbcnews.com)

31 points by dataflow 2 years ago | 27 comments

A Boeing passenger jet's nose wheel fell off just before takeoff(nbcnews.com)

9 points by mjirv 2 years ago | 1 comments

Alaska CEO: We found many loose bolts on our Max planes(nbcnews.com)

312 points by aurareturn 2 years ago | 272 comments

Cervical Cancer incidence drops 65% in women who benefited from HPV vaccine(nbcnews.com)

42 points by Anon84 2 years ago | 3 comments

Harvard morgue theft ring stole body parts, sold brains, flesh->leather(nbcnews.com)

48 points by ohjeez 2 years ago | 10 comments

Top Cybersecurity watchdog issues emergency Ivanti directive to federal agencies(nbcnews.com)

12 points by cebert 2 years ago | 1 comments

No joke: Feds are banning humorous electronic messages on highways(nbcnews.com)

9 points by jawns 2 years ago | 19 comments

'A mouse for your mouth': New device allows users to scroll with their tongues(nbcnews.com)

127 points by cannibalXxx 2 years ago | 55 comments

Driverless cars immune from traffic tickets in California under current laws(nbcnews.com)

80 points by ceejayoz 2 years ago | 93 comments

Most people think the U.S. crime rate is rising. They're wrong(nbcnews.com)

32 points by ZunarJ5 2 years ago | 30 comments

Airbnb's Silent Killer(nbcnews.com)

26 points by Nadeus 2 years ago | 8 comments

Rosalynn Carter has died(nbcnews.com)

59 points by ianai 2 years ago | 2 comments

Casino-like apps have drained people of millions(nbcnews.com)

243 points by apsec112 2 years ago | 297 comments

How the GOP muzzled the quiet coalition that fought foreign propaganda(nbcnews.com)

6 points by cempaka 3 years ago | 0 comments

Map: The states in favor of daylight saving time all year long(nbcnews.com)

33 points by jerryjerryjerry 3 years ago | 33 comments

How the conspiracy-fueled Epoch Times went mainstream and made millions(nbcnews.com)

4 points by gnicholas 3 years ago | 1 comments

CIA publicly acknowledges 1953 coup it backed in Iran was undemocratic(nbcnews.com)

166 points by cempaka 3 years ago | 83 comments

Teens inundated with phone prompts day and night, research finds(nbcnews.com)

231 points by canthandle 3 years ago | 335 comments

Ex-congressman convicted of insider trading before T-Mobile merger with Sprint(nbcnews.com)

71 points by perihelions 3 years ago | 24 comments

Marine Corps orders safety stand-down of all aircraft after F-35 disappearance(nbcnews.com)

32 points by fortran77 3 years ago | 38 comments

Morocco earthquake kills more than 1,000(nbcnews.com)

196 points by geox 3 years ago | 110 comments

AI girlfriend ads are flooding Instagram and TikTok(nbcnews.com)

75 points by elorant 3 years ago | 63 comments

Burning Man attendees advised to shelter in place, conserve food/water(nbcnews.com)

33 points by donsupreme 3 years ago | 3 comments