As Donald Trump tried to refocus his campaign with a speech on the economy Monday, 50 Republican national security officials signed a letter stating that they would not vote for him.
A power outage at Delta’s Atlanta headquarters caused a global computer failure that dragged on for six hours, resulting in more than 450 canceled flights.
Witnesses tell NBC affiliate KSHB that Caleb Schwab, the son of a Kansas state lawmaker, rode down a steep drop before going airborne and colliding with a safety net.
A splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for an explosion at a government hospital, which killed at least 70 people, most of them lawyers.
A virtual unknown in 2012, Katie Ledecky is now one of the most dominant female swimmers in the world. She’s already won a gold medal – and smashed her own world record.
Many scratched their heads when Michael Phelps arrived poolside with large purple spots on his back. The telltale spots resulted from a practice called “cupping,” an ancient Chinese tradition.
First-time Olympian swimmer Ryan Held was visibly emotional after winning gold as part of the men’s 4×100 relay. He tells NBC’s Lester Holt, “It was just an amazing emotion.”
The family of Ahmed Mohamed, the Muslim teenager who was arrested last year after his homemade alarm clock was mistaken for a bomb, has filed a federal lawsuit against his former Texas school district.
