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Thousands listed as missing in Bahamas in Hurricane Dorian's wake

"Just waiting hurts us deeply because we don't know what to do, we feel helpless and scared at the same time," one person said.

06/09/2019

USA

Celebrity cruise ship reroutes in Bahamas to deliver food, aid after Dorian

The Celebrity Equinox's kitchen staff is preparing 10,000 meals with guests even pitching in to help in the aftermath of the hurricane.

06/09/2019

USA

Ex-CIA spy readies to publish book about undercover exploits without agency approval

Some former CIA agents question the veracity of "Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA," by Amaryllis Fox, which hits stores in October.

06/09/2019

USA

'Show of force': 2020 Dems to court voters, endorsements at New Hampshire convention

The state campaign teams have been staffing up, mobilizing volunteers and getting creative in their outreach to Granite Staters.

06/09/2019

USA

Hurricane Dorian lashes US coast after devastating the Bahamas

The storm has been downgraded but has already left 156,000 homes and businesses without power.

06/09/2019

USA

From crowd size to Sharpie-gate, it's all about debase

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.

06/09/2019

USA

King of The Hill: How Amazon and Jeff Bezos made Washington a second home

Many companies have cozied up to the nation's capital, but none have accrued the kind of presence and reach that Amazon will soon boast.

06/09/2019

USA

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz decides against running for president

"An independent campaign for the White House is not how I can best serve our country at this time," Schultz said in statement.

06/09/2019

Sport

Tennis star Serena Williams to play Canadian, 19, in US Open final

Serena Williams gets another chance to win a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title after reaching the final of the US Open in New York

06/09/2019

USA

Robert Mugabe, former Zimbabwe president, dead at 95

He was in power since the end of white-minority rule in 1980 and resigned in 2017 following a military coup.

06/09/2019

USA

North Carolina coast told to shelter in place as Hurricane Dorian hits

"It has only started. We have a long night ahead of us," Gov. Roy Cooper said as Dorian promised life-threatening floods.

06/09/2019

USA

Trump's envoy clashes with Afghan government over proposed Taliban deal

Afghan officials had "raging arguments" with U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad over the proposed troop withdrawal deal with the Taliban.

06/09/2019

USA

Trump awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to NBA legend Jerry West

The basketball great received the nation's highest civilian honor at a White House ceremony on Thursday.

06/09/2019

USA

8chan owner vows to put website back online in congressional testimony

The fringe message board has been under renewed scrutiny in recent months after hateful screeds were posted on it, some of which have been linked to suspects in the three mass shootings.

05/09/2019

USA

Democrats blast Trump plan to use Puerto Rico funds for his border wall

Trump has a history of making disparaging remarks about the U.S. territory.

05/09/2019

USA

Debra Messing called for outing Trump supporters. Trump likened her to McCarthy

Trump slammed Messing after a tweet in which she demanded the names of attendees at an upcoming Beverly Hills fundraiser for him be made public.

05/09/2019

USA

The Sharpie is mightier: Trump mocked after that map of Dorian's path

Even the city council in Washington, D.C., got in on the act, tweeting that the White House has changed its mailing address to 1600 Alabama Avenue.

05/09/2019

USA

Trump's Mideast envoy leaving administration ahead of peace plan release

Jason Greenblatt's departure is the latest sign that optimism for peace plan's prospects may be fading.

05/09/2019

USA

'I've gotta crow': Maurice the French rooster wins courtroom cock fight

Maurice's owner will be able to keep the rooster on the small island of Oleron, off France's Atlantic coast, the court decided.

05/09/2019

USA

U.S. woman accused of trying to smuggle baby out of the Philippines faces life in jail

Jennifer Talbot, 42, was arrested early Wednesday attempting to board a flight while concealing a six-day-old baby boy in a carry-on bag.

05/09/2019

USA

'The house landed on top of me': Bahamas residents on Dorian's terror

"The roof started to peel off," said a 75-year-old man who fled his house with his wife. "It was unbelievable."

05/09/2019

USA

U.S. service member killed in Kabul suicide blast, official says

The service member was killed in a car bomb near the U.S. embassy on Thursday, a U.S. official at the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said.

05/09/2019

USA

Lawmaker scolds female economics professor in S. Korea for not having babies

The conservative male lawmaker made the remarks at a confirmation hearing for the female professor's nomination to an antitrust body.

05/09/2019

USA

Trump again defends claim Hurricane Dorian could have hit Alabama

"What I said was accurate!" Trump tweeted Thursday morning, a day after showing reporters a week-old, apparently doctored hurricane map.

05/09/2019

USA

Elizabeth Warren won the summer, but still has a big challenge in front of her

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.

05/09/2019

USA

New theory in the never-ending search for the Loch Ness monster: a really big eel

While the legend of the Loch Ness monster goes back hundreds of years, the first modern sighting of Nessie was reported in 1933.

05/09/2019