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Watch: Footage shows octopus changing colour in her sleep

Do octopuses dream? This is the question marine biologists are asking after watching this one sleep. They believe her colour changes could indicate what's happening in her dreams.

01/10/2019

USA

Trolls for hire: Russia's disinformation firms offer propaganda with a professional touch

Firms charged varying prices for services, such as $8 for a social media post, $100 per 10 comments made on an article or post and $65 for contacting a media source.

01/10/2019

USA

Taiwan Arch bridge falls in Taiwan bay, divers search for victims

The 460-foot-long bridge collapsed about 9:30 a.m. in Nanfangao, a tiny but often-crowded Pacific coast fishing village.

01/10/2019

USA

Bernie Sanders raises more than $25 million in the third quarter, his campaign says

South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg's campaign announced he raised more than $19 million in the third quarter.

01/10/2019

USA

Euroviews. There is still hope for the future. The “American Dream” remains a beautiful ideal ǀ View

For me, the “Great American Dream” is not some ugly tortured vision of broken promises, facades and unfulfilled dreaming, but something that glitters at the heart of what it is to be American: hopeful, ambitious and a dreamer.

01/10/2019

USA

Ukrainian story broadens into Trump's State and Justice departments

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

01/10/2019

USA

One dead, 10 injured after 'violent attack' at vocational college in Finland

Finish prime minister Antti Rinne called the violence "shocking and completely unacceptable."

01/10/2019

USA

North Korea says U.S. nuclear talks set to resume

The two sides haven't met since talks abruptly collapsed in February.

01/10/2019

USA

'Feeling of injustice': Trump's Ukraine call runs counter to years of U.S. policy

"This is exactly what we tried to change in Ukraine for the last five years," one activist said of the president's actions.

01/10/2019

USA

Ukraine's comedian-turned-president meets Hollywood royalty, Tom Cruise

"The President of Ukraine, for his part, told the guest about his own experience in cinema," his office said.

01/10/2019

USA

Ex-Yahoo engineer pleads guilty to hacking thousands of accounts

The man used his work access to search Yahoo accounts for private materials before branching out to Facebook, Gmail and other accounts, prosecutors said.

01/10/2019

USA

Pompeo was on Trump-Ukraine call at center of impeachment inquiry

Pompeo had previously dodged questions about the July call.

01/10/2019

USA

Fact check: Were the whistleblower rules changed before Ukraine complaint?

"The law was not changed. What happened was a form was changed. A form cannot change the law," one attorney told NBC News.

01/10/2019

USA

Trump asked the Australian prime minister to help investigate Mueller probe origins

This comes amid allegations that Trump pressured the Ukrainian president to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.

30/09/2019

USA

Watch: Homeless woman sings Puccini aria on LA subway platform

The video was shared by the Los Angeles Police Department last week.

30/09/2019

USA

House subpoenas Rudy Giuliani for Ukraine documents as part of impeachment inquiry

Democrats are demanding he turn over Ukraine-related documents by Oct. 15

30/09/2019

USA

Ancient ape fossil yields surprising new insights about human evolution

A fossilized pelvis found in Hungary suggests human ancestors were able to stand upright much earlier than anthropologists had realized.

30/09/2019

USA

McConnell says Senate would have to hold a trial if House impeaches Trump

"I would have no choice but to take it up," the Senate majority leader told CNBC on Monday.

30/09/2019

USA

U.S. Treasury sanctions 'Putin's Chef' for more election interference

Yevgeniy Prigozhin, known as "Putin's Chef," was previously sanctioned for attempted meddling in the 2016 election. The new sanctions focus on 2018.

30/09/2019

USA

Rep. Chris Collins likely to plead guilty to insider trading Tuesday

The New York Republican was the first member of Congress to back Trump's presidential bid. Collins is now expected to plead guilty to insider trading.

30/09/2019

USA

John Bolton says North Korea will 'never' give up nuclear weapons voluntarily

In his first speech since a contentious White House exit, the former national security adviser criticized the president's approach on North Korea.

30/09/2019

USA

Trump attacks whistleblower, Schiff, tweets impeachment would cause 'Civil War-like fracture'

Pastor Robert Jeffress said he is "afraid" impeachment "will cause a Civil War-like fracture in this nation from which this country will never heal."

30/09/2019

USA

GOP is playing a weak hand in defending Trump on Ukraine

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

30/09/2019

USA

Conservatives surge in Austria as voters punish scandal-hit far-right party

Voters' top concern is the environment, which helped lift the Greens to a record 14 percent from less than 4 percent in 2017.

30/09/2019

USA

Trump allies pushed Biden-Ukraine allegations at key moments in campaign timeline

Trump's inner circle was publicly trumpeting articles around the same time as his conversation with the Ukrainian president.

30/09/2019

Business

US fashion retailer Forever 21 files for bankruptcy

US fashion retailer Forever 21 said on Sunday it has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in order to restructure its business.

30/09/2019