When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorsed Donald Trump, he suggested that Trump’s health policy could include revisiting standards for chemicals and pesticides — part of an agenda Kennedy has dubbed “Make America Healthy Again.” But two former and two current staffers at the Environmental Protection Agency told NBC News that stance contrasts starkly with how … Read more
An unidentified Gettysburg College student accused of carving a racial epithet on the chest of a teammate is no longer enrolled at the Pennsylvania liberal arts college, the school said over the weekend. “We can report now that the individual who scratched a slur onto another person is no longer enrolled at the College,” the … Read more
The Defense Department plans to send a few dozen U.S. troops to the Middle East in the coming days to be ready to help Americans flee a region bracing for a significant escalation in the simmering conflict between Israel and the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to three defense officials. The U.S. forces will add to the roughly … Read more
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s miraculous comeback reached another milestone Monday as he grabbed his first career interception. Hamlin intercepted Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence late in the second quarter. Lawrence overthrew receiver Brian Thomas Jr., and Hamlin was ready and waiting to accept the errant pass. Follow along for live coverage The Bills scored … Read more
“Monday Night Football” for Week 3 has arrived and we have not one but two huge matchups on deck. Kicking off at 7:30 p.m. ET, the Buffalo Bills host the Jacksonville Jaguars in a game featuring two of the best young quarterbacks in the NFL, Josh Allen and Trevor Lawrence. Will the Bills continue their … Read more
Rescuers in Yellowstone National Park searched the area of Eagle Peak on Sunday in an effort to find a park concession worker who failed to check in at the end of a personal trip, authorities said. Austin King, 22, missed that check-in, at which he was to be picked up by a boat at Yellowstone … Read more
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — At only 6 years old, Esai Reed has endured three emergency evacuations from orphanages across Haiti as gangs pillage and plunder their way through once peaceful communities. He is now in northern Haiti under the care of a U.S. organization after the director of Esai’s last orphanage fled the troubled Caribbean country where … Read more
Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell is seeking medical treatment after his onstage altercation with guitarist Dave Navarro at the band’s Sept. 13 concert in Boston, according to the singer’s wife, Etty Lau Farrell. In a message posted Saturday on Instagram, Etty Lau Farrell thanked “all the dears that have taken the time to send us such beautiful words of love and … Read more
Officials were searching for a runaway bull in southern Massachusets early Monday after a herd of the animals jumped a fence at a rodeo event a day earlier. “Community members should exercise extreme caution and not approach the bull if found. If found, community members should call 9-1-1,” North Attleboro Fire Chief Christopher Coleman said … Read more
Erik Menendez is slamming Netflix’s show “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” based on the 1989 murder of Jose and Kitty Menendez, as “awful lies” and a “horrible narrative,” in a statement shared by his wife, Tammi Menendez. Tammi Menendez, who married Erik Menendez in 1999, posted what she labeled as “Erik’s response to the Netflix’s … Read more