U.S. Navy destroyer with 300 sailors aboard broke down for four days in the Pacific
The breakdown meant the crew went without drinking water, meals, functioning toilets and air conditioning for days aboard the ship, the Navy said.
GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola advance to battleground Senate election in Alaska
NBC News projects that Sullivan and Peltola will advance to the general election, but it’s not clear whether Sullivan will also face an opponent with the same name.
Liberia agrees to take 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S.
Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States, authorities in the West African country said Tuesday, in one of the largest such arrangements under the Trump administration’s broader crackdown on immigration.
China recovers rocket stage on land for first time, after earlier recovery at sea
China has successfully recaptured the first stage of a rocket on land for the first time, state media reported Wednesday, as the country seeks to advance its space program.
Erin Patterson appeals 3 murder convictions in Australia over death cap mushroom lunch
Triple-murderer Erin Patterson appealed her convictions Wednesday for poisoning four of her estranged husband’s relatives with death cap mushrooms.
Brewers smash Mariners 22-0, matching baseball’s modern-era record for biggest shutout
Since 1901, the only previous 22-0 victories were by Pittsburgh over the Chicago Cubs on Sept. 16, 1975, and by Cleveland at the New York Yankees on Aug. 31, 2004.
Trump-backed Rep. Harriet Hageman wins Republican Senate primary in Wyoming
Hageman, Wyoming’s lone House member, won the GOP nomination to succeed retiring Sen. Cynthia Lummis, NBC News projects.
Trump administration moves to rescind rule that protects millions of acres of national forest
The Trump administration has proposed to roll back a decades-old rule that protects undeveloped forests. The change would open the areas up to logging, roads and mining.
A Penn State frat brother thought his arrest was a prank. It led authorities to a cocaine trafficking ring.
Thomas Robinson is accused of being a leading member of an alleged trafficking scheme that has led to charges for 13 other people — including his father.
San Diego County will stop letting federal immigration agents train at local firing ranges
A Southern California county will stop letting federal immigration authorities train at a local firing range over concerns about the Trump administration’s violent crackdown on immigrants.