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Astronomers want to see a supernova. A dimming star is giving them hope.

Betelgeuse has created a sense of suspense in the astronomy world, which is hoping to someday observe a nearby supernova in real time.

05/02/2020

USA

Trump impeachment: Sen. Doug Jones says he will vote to convict

The GOP majority in the Senate is expected to acquit the president on abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

05/02/2020

USA

Conservatives blast Pelosi for tearing up a copy of Trump's State of the Union address

Vice President Mike Pence told "Fox and Friends" he "wasn't sure if she was ripping up the speech or ripping up the Constitution."

05/02/2020

USA

The takeaway from Iowa: Buttigieg, Sanders won their respective ideological lanes

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.

05/02/2020

USA

Avalanche kills at least 21, leaves others trapped in eastern Turkey

The team of rescue workers sent to find two people missing in an earlier avalanche.

05/02/2020

USA

The 2020 State of the Union, visualized

A by-the-minute breakdown of what President Donald Trump talked about in his third State of the Union speech.

05/02/2020

USA

Coronavirus updates: The latest news on the outbreak and the global response

As global death toll from novel coronavirus reaches 492, here is the latest.

05/02/2020

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Trump declines to shake Pelosi's hand

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared to rip up a copy of Donald Trump's State of the Union speech as she stood behind him.

05/02/2020

USA

Turkey's Erdogan says Syrian forces in Idlib must pull back this month

Erdogan was speaking two days after eight Turkish military personnel were killed by shelling in Idlib

05/02/2020

USA

Party divisions on display as Trump gives annual speech

Divisions between the two major parties in the US were on display as Trump hailed an "American comeback" and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi ripped up his speech in the background.

05/02/2020

USA

Trump's State of the Union was an 80-minute victory lap

Analysis: He never mentioned impeachment. But as he addressed Congress Tuesday night, the triumphalist tone was unmistakeable.

05/02/2020

USA

What's true and what's false in Trump's State of the Union address

Here's what the president got right, wrong and in between in his third such address to Congress.

05/02/2020

USA

10 coronavirus cases found from cruise ship quarantined in Japan

About 3,700 people aboard the cruise ship will be quarantined in Japan for up to two weeks, officials said.

05/02/2020

USA

Why more than one candidate could declare victory in Iowa

The Iowa Democratic Party is releasing three sets of results, all at once, for the first time.

05/02/2020

USA

Michigan Gov. Whitmer, in Democratic response to Trump's State of the Union, says GOP taking health care away

The gains in the stock market that the president touts haven't helped average Americans, she says.

05/02/2020

USA

Iowa's muddled vote count was a debacle, but not for Joe Biden

Analysis: Biden may benefit from Monday's chaos, but the party may be in danger of a long slog that could endanger unity against Trump in the fall.

05/02/2020

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Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders lead in Iowa

Only 62% of the results had been released after a problem with an online voting app.

04/02/2020

USA

Iowa chaos raises NH stakes, reshapes Democratic race

The delay in results stood to diminish the significance of Iowa, elevate New Hampshire and test Joe Biden's durability as the 2020 national front-runner.

04/02/2020

USA

U.N. chief warns of 'wind of madness sweeping the globe'

Guterres said conflicts in Libya, Yemen and Syria were escalating as gains made in 2019 are reversed in 2020.

04/02/2020

USA

Emory professor hit with criminal charge, linked to Chinese government program

Xiojiang Li was a member of the Thousand Talents plan, a Chinese program that a Senate report last year said was designed to steal sensitive research.

04/02/2020

USA

Iowa Democratic Party to release 'majority' of caucus results Tuesday afternoon

The results of Monday night's contest, the first of the 2020 Democratic primary, were delayed due to technical issues.

04/02/2020

USA

Chief Justice Roberts to attend Trump's State of the Union amid impeachment trial

Rehnquist was absent from the speech to a joint session of Congress by President Clinton in 1999 when his trial was ongoing.

04/02/2020

USA

9 killed, including 3 kids, at video game arcade in Mexico

Among the dead were are three children aged 12, 13 and 14.

04/02/2020

USA

Iowa Democratic Party blames app 'coding issue' for delay in caucus results

Officials said in a statement Tuesday that the problem had been fixed and that it hoped to release the vote tally on Tuesday.

04/02/2020

USA

Iowa's reporting chaos helped two candidates — and it hurt two others

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.

04/02/2020

USA

Trump's campaign shouts 'rigged' as Iowa caucuses thrown into chaos

There was no evidence that the state Democratic Party, which is overseeing the election, was "rigging" the results.

04/02/2020