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It can be hard to describe that feeling of being overcome by the unbearable cuteness of a fluffy little cat or a chubby-cheeked baby. But there’s now an official word for it in English: gigil. Borrowed from Tagalog, one of the primary languages of the Philippines, gigil is among 42 words that are untranslatable or have no direct English equivalents that have been...

The framework for defense exchanges between Japan and Brazil will include discussions on bilateral cooperation in defense equipment and technology.

An Orthodox Jewish passenger says a United Airlines pilot forcibly removed him from an airplane bathroom while he was experiencing constipation.

Finland is named the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 published Thursday.

The stock market is volatile, prices have soared and massive federal layoffs have sparked economic fears — to the point that many have started to worry about a possible recession. While the word “recession” has been thrown around lately, is one really looming? What exactly does a recession mean and what does it mean…for you? Here’s what you need...

Philippine ex-President Rodrigo Duterte, who left a savage legacy from his deadly anti-drugs crackdown, was arrested on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity for the thousands killed in a war he waged against drugs in a political career spanning decades. His detention capped an international investigation into the killings, which unfolded for more than a...

NBC 4’s Adam Harding reports on the Tri-state’s reaction to the tariffs President Trump plans to put in place and how it will affect pricing all around. 

An Australian man credited with saving more than 2 million babies through decades of regular blood and plasma donations has died at age 88.

Rose Girone, believed to be the oldest living Holocaust survivor and a strong advocate for sharing survivors’ stories, has died. She was 113.

Three American women were found dead at a beach resort hotel in Belize. Here’s what investigators say may have happened.

A sweeping blackout plunged most of Chile into darkness Tuesday, stranding commuters, knocking the internet offline and paralyzing businesses and daily life as officials scrambled to restore power.

The GOP-controlled Senate voted Thursday to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, to lead the country’s most powerful health care agency.  Kennedy was confirmed as the secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services on a mostly party-line vote of 52-48. However, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., broke ranks on yet another of President Donald Trump’s...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed by the Senate as the Secretary of Health and Human Services on Thursday.

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command says that one U.S. service member and three defense contractors were killed when a plane contracted by the U.S. military crashed in a rice field in the southern Philippines.

The Trump administration on Thursday seized a second plane belonging to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government that is currently in the Dominican Republic.

Over the last two weeks, President Donald Trump’s administration has made significant changes to the U.S. agency charged with delivering humanitarian assistance overseas.

The U.S. Agency for International Development was created in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy.

The advocacy group Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists makes an annual announcement that rates how close humanity is to collapse.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said Tuesday that they’ve moved their “Doomsday Clock” to 89 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been.

The solemn commemoration comes amid a worldwide spike in antisemitism and new surveys suggesting basic knowledge of the Holocaust is eroding.