August 2026
College football player dies after collapsing on sidelines moments after scoring touchdown
A running back for William Jewell College in Missouri died Saturday after suffering a medical emergency during the first quarter of his team’s season opener, shortly after scoring a touchdown.
Tropical Storm Karina strengthens into a hurricane in the Pacific, could be a major storm this week
Tropical Storm Karina strengthened into a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday and could become a major storm this week, forecasters said.
Investigators treated Tupac’s killing as a record label rivalry 30 years ago. The truth was more complicated.
When Tupac Shakur died in 1996, investigators at the time pointed to an East Coast-West Coast record label rivalry as precipitating his violent end.
Sen. Ted Cruz calls for elections in Venezuela to proceed ‘rapidly’
Sen. Ted Cruz renewed calls for free and fair elections to be held in Venezuela, just two days after Trump announced that the U.S. would take of 65 billion barrels of oil
Man posed as San Francisco 49er to defraud women of $1.3 million in multistate romance scheme, feds say
A man was accused of pretending to be a San Francisco 49ers player to defraud women, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Oregon.
We’re not weird, you’re weird: Republicans use Democrats’ 2024 attack against them for midterms
Tim Walz popularized the “weird” attack line when he was the Democratic vice presidential nominee. Republicans are now using it against Democratic candidates.
OpenAI’s chief economist sees ‘care economy’ jobs growing in AI age
OpenAI’s chief economist says some of the clearest signs of AI’s impact on work may not yet be showing up in unemployment headlines.
How Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh course-corrected after a ‘confusing’ debut
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh wrapped his keynote address in Jackson Hole, where he met many of his critics on interest rates and silenced them.
Taylor Swift donates $50,000 to mom left with collapsed lung, ruptured organs after saving teens from highway crash
Taylor Swift has donated $50,000 to help a Rhode Island mother who was left seriously injured in a car accident last month, NBC News has confirmed.
Four baby goats at mobile petting zoo in North Carolina test positive for rabies
Four baby goats from a North Carolina mobile petting zoo tested positive for rabies and were euthanized, and health officials are asking anyone who may have had contact with them to reach out for possible treatment.