Costco became a staple for Asian American families

“For Asian Americans, their rate of population acceleration certainly lends to this idea that ... they’re going to be creating major market shifts," said the head of diversity initiatives at NielsenIQ. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Moderna – bi-Valent Vaccine appears to work against Omicron subvariants BA.4/5

Still, the new version of the vaccine did not generate as many antibodies as it did against the original omicron variant, according to a press release. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Police sweep Google searches to find suspects; facing its first legal challenge

Privacy advocates are watching the case closely, concerned that police could use reverse keyword searches to investigate people who seek information about abortions. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Video of Hindu tailor’s brutal killing is posted online

Internet services in the state of Rajasthan were suspended to suppress video of the killing, in which police say two Muslim men slit the tailor’s throat. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Gas station owner lowers prices to help customers

“If you have something, you have to share it with other people,” said Jaswiendre Singh of Phoenix, whose Sikh religious values factored into his decision. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Daily Harvest recalls crumbles after customers report gastrointestinal emergency

Customers who ate the French Lentil + Leek Crumbles say Daily Harvest didn’t act quickly enough to recall the product.  | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Thousands more flights canceled as transportation secretary meets with CEOs

Weather and booming demand have made traveling more difficult than ever. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

At least 2k cattle dead in Kansas heat, adding pain to beleaguered industry

Kansas is the third largest U.S. cattle state behind Texas and Nebraska, with more than 2.4 million cattle in feedlots. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

WHO dismissed Covid-19 'lab leak' theory. Now it wants more digging

New study is a U-turn for the agency, which was criticized for ruling out the theory last year and has faced accusations of being too deferential to Beijing. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Facebook's 2018 algorithm change boosted local GOP groups, research finds

Researchers found that Republican groups began to outpace Democratic groups right around when Facebook tweaked its recommendation system. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Indian woman-owned brand's claim against Trader Joe’s sparks online debate

Trader Joe’s "watered down" achaar resurfaces conversations about the grocery giant's history of cultural appropriation. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Voters oust Chesa Boudin as district attorney in San Francisco

While the highest-profile races are local ones in two progressive cities in California, primaries in seven states are setting the course for key congressional races. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Kendrick Lamar uses deepfakes to morph into Ye, Will Smith in new music video

In the video description for “The Heart Part 5," Lamar gave a special thanks to “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and their Deep Voodoo deepfake studio. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Real estate agents got $3.9B in PPP loans. The housing market boomed

As real estate sales — and commissions — rose during the pandemic, individual agents also got a helping hand from taxpayers. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Elders helped white man preserve culture, then he tried to sell it back to them

“No matter how it was collected, where it was collected, when it was collected, our language belongs to us," said Ray Taken Alive, a Lakota teacher. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Muhammad Ali has died (2016)

He called himself 'The Greatest,' and to many he was not only the greatest boxer, but the greatest sportsman who ever lived. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Dogs can detect Covid with high accuracy, even asymptomatic cases

Trained dogs were better at detecting positive Covid cases than a rapid antigen test, a study found. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

CDC warns of 'Covid-19 rebound'after taking Paxlovid antiviral pills

Some people who take Paxlovid could see symptoms reappear two to eight days after finishing the treatment and testing negative, the CDC said. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

How Starbucks uses dubious ‘connection scores’ to evaluate its workforce

The coffee giant rates performance using data from customer surveys, which some baristas said made them feel powerless. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Her students were watching a Disney movie when the gunshots started. Then instinct and practice kicked in. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Vaccines offer little protection against long Covid, study finds

The Covid vaccines provide robust protection against hospitalization and death, but when it comes to long Covid, the protection is "very modest." | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Isis operative in U.S. plotted to assassinate George W. Bush, FBI alleges

The suspect allegedly traveled to Dallas in February to surveil Bush’s residence. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Crypto billionaire says he could spend a record-breaking $1B in 2024 election

Democratic cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried says he expects to spend “north of $100 million" in 2024, with “soft ceiling” of $1 billion | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

California parents whose children become addicted to social media could soon sue

A bill that passed the state Assembly on Monday defines “addiction” as kids under 18 who are both harmed and who want to stop or reduce how much time they spend on social media but they can't. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Climate Crisis: Torturous heat is breaking records and livelihoods in India

Millions in India and Pakistan have had to toil through the hottest spring on record, in conditions that scientists fear will soon regularly afflict billions across the globe. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Celebrity-endorsed NFTs leave some investors ‘financially crippled’

With little regulation, some influencers are stepping in to call out their peers. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Costa Rica declares state of emergency over ransomware attack

Hackers crippled computer networks across multiple government agencies, including the Finance Ministry. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

New omicron subvariant fueling Covid surge across much of U.S.

The CDC forecasts Covid hospitalizations and deaths will rise over the next four weeks. This comes as the Covid death toll in the U.S. surpasses 1 million. In Maine, an elementary school shifted to remote learning after 30 percent of its students and staff got sick. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

California moves to embrace cryptocurrency and regulate it

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order for state agencies to move in tandem with the federal government to craft regulations for digital currencies. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Opinion | Susan Collins is either lying or incredibly naive. Guess which one's worse.

At this point, we have to assume that Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is either a knowing, inveterate fabulist or a principled rube. Alas, in American politics, only one of those things is a disqualification for serving in office. (It's the latter.)(nbcnews.com) | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

A note to our readers

To our readers: A review by NBC News has found 11 articles written by a reporter over the last year that did not meet our standards for original material. The articles contained passages from other news organizations that were used without attribution.(nbcnews.com) | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Pro-crypto cash floods Democratic primaries, rankling some lawmakers

A super PAC launched by cryptocurrency billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried is spending at least $20 million to sway the outcome of Democratic primaries. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Russia and US use trained dolphins to alert for intrusion

The dolphins may be tasked with preventing Ukrainian divers from infiltrating the Sevastopol harbor underwater and sabotaging warships there, according to a naval analyst. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Heat wave in India threatens residents and crucial wheat harvest

Some states in India’s breadbasket northern and central regions are forecast to hit highs of 120 degrees this week. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Twitter says mass deactivations after Musk news were ‘organic’

Twitter did not provide an exact number of accounts that were shuttered or activated in the hours after the announcement but said it was looking into “recent fluctuations." | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Strange rumbling noises in California house turns out to be 5 bears hibernating

A bear rescue group is warning area residents to secure crawl spaces after a mother bear and four cubs awoke from hibernation in South Lake Tahoe last week. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

The Chinese government is hunting down Uyghurs around the world with help

More than 1,500 Uyghurs have been detained, extradited or rendered, most in the Middle East and North Africa, says a report from the Woodrow Wilson Center. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Home that sold for $805K comes with stranger living in basement

The Fairfax, Virginia, home received five all-cash offers and sold in less than a week, according to the listing agent. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

A wolf-colonized island gives new insights into predator and prey relationships

Michigan's Isle Royale has been the perfect fishbowl for wolf research. A new study from the island shows wolves may actually help the animals they prey on. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Jan. 6 revelations will 'blow the roof off the House,' Rep. Jamie Raskin says

The Jan. 6 committee plans to hold hearings in June and aims to have a report out about their investigation by the end of the summer or early fall, Raskin said. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Professor who wouldn't use trans student's pronouns wins $400K settlement

Nicholas Meriwether will no longer be required to refer to students at Shawnee State University in Ohio by their preferred pronouns. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 1 year ago

Rare, severe liver damage reported in kids in U.S. and Europe

In Alabama, nine otherwise healthy children have developed severe hepatitis. Doctors have yet to pinpoint the cause. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 2 years ago

Portable nuclear device missing from stolen vehicle in Pennsylvania

“As long as the device is not tampered with or damaged, it presents no hazard to public safety,” David Allard, director of the Bureau of Radiation Protection, said. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 2 years ago

California teen with autism who vanished 3 years ago is found alive in Utah

Connerjack Oswalt went missing in 2019 when he was 16 years old. Police found him sleeping outside a gas station last week. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 2 years ago

Seven days, 18,000 deaths: A look at omicron’s deadliest week

No week of the omicron wave saw more deaths than the week of Jan. 30 to Feb. 5. More than 18,400 deaths were recorded, according to NBC News’ tally. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 2 years ago

Gilbert Gottfried Dies at 67

Gottfried died at 2:35 p.m. ET on Tuesday from Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia due to Myotonic Dystrophy type II. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 2 years ago

A new study suggests Fox News viewers aren’t just manipulated and misinformed — they are literally being made ignorant by their consumption habits. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 2 years ago

Some mothers see Bitcoin and NFTs as ways to build wealth for their families

Some mothers see bitcoin and NFTs, or nonfungible tokens, as ways to build wealth for their families. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 2 years ago