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Airport therapy pig helps others to fly at San Francisco airport

Pigs might not fly, but LiLou the therapy pig wants to make air travel less stressful.

11/11/2019

USA

Trump to meet with vape industry, public health advocates before new rules

Facing pushback from some conservative allies, the president seems to be softening his desire for a crackdown on e-cigs.

11/11/2019

USA

Turkey starts repatriating Western Islamic State militants

Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said his country is not "a hotel" for militants.

11/11/2019

Bolivia

Evo Morales political asylum: Is Bolivia facing a coup d'etat?

Morales said he was resigning to ease violence that has gripped the South American nation since the last election in October, but he stoked fears of further unrest by saying he was the victim of a "civic coup" and faced arrest.

11/11/2019

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Estudiantes marks roaring return to stadium with flaming lion

Estudiantes de La Plata inaugurated their redeveloped Jorge Luis Hirschi Stadium in the most eye-catching fashion on Friday.

11/11/2019

USA

Key backer of Syria's White Helmets dies in Turkey

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his backers describe the emergency response group as tools of Western propaganda and Islamist-led insurgents.

11/11/2019

USA

Here are the top highlights from transcripts released in the impeachment inquiry

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.

11/11/2019

USA

QAnon candidates: Fringe conspiracy theory moves closer to political mainstream

At least four candidates have shared QAnon messaging online or in person, suggesting the conspiracy theory is shifting from the internet to the campaign trail.

11/11/2019

USA

Longtime New York Republican Rep. Pete King announces retirement

King had served his Long Island congressional district since 1993.

11/11/2019

USA

Supreme Court to hear arguments on Dreamers in case against Trump's move to end DACA

The fate of nearly a million young people is at stake in one of the most important cases before the justices this term.

11/11/2019

USA

Australian state declares emergency, faces 'catastrophic' fire danger

"There are simply not enough fire trucks for every house," News South Wales said in a statement. "If you call for help, you may not get it."

11/11/2019

USA

How a little-known GOP lawmaker became a point man in Trump's impeachment defense

In the transcripts made public, no Republican has spoken more than Rep. Lee Zeldin, who appears more than 550 times.

11/11/2019

USA

Rising temperatures put U.S. troops at risk during training

By midcentury, troops could face an extra month of heat-index temperatures above 100 F every year, the Union of Concerned Scientists found.

11/11/2019

USA

Bolivian president announces resignation amid accusations of election fraud

The head of the country's armed forces said the military had asked Bolivian President Evo Morales to step down in the wake of weeks of protests.

10/11/2019

USA

Nikki Haley says Kelly, Tillerson tried to get her to resist Trump to 'save the country'

Haley said, the men "confided in me that when they resisted the president, they weren't being insubordinate, they were trying to save the country."

10/11/2019

USA

Doctors, hospitals take up arms against Democrats' health care changes

The debate over various "Medicare for All" plans has gripped the presidential primary contest.

10/11/2019

USA

Russian hacker to be extradited to U.S. from Israel, high court rules

Alexei Burkove was arrested in 2015 while visiting Israel and is wanted in the United States for suspicion of cyber crimes.

10/11/2019

USA

Democrats push back on GOP efforts to have whistleblower, Hunter Biden testify

"I think the Republicans are making an issue of anything that they think will give them some gravitas," Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., told ABC.

10/11/2019

USA

GOP Rep.: If 'murderers' and 'rapists' get due process, Trump should too

"There's a reason we let murderers and robbers and rapists go free when their due process rights have been violated," he said.

10/11/2019

USA

Rep. Himes accuses Republicans of a false equivalency between Trump, Biden on Ukraine

"What the president did was wrong and impeachable," the Connecticut Democrat said in an exclusive interview with "Meet the Press."

10/11/2019

USA

GOP senator: Trump advisers had to 'convince' Trump to release Ukraine aid

Most of Trump's "advisers wanted the military aid released," Johnson said, adding they tried to find any way to "convince" him to do so.

10/11/2019

USA

Iran acknowledges open case involving missing FBI agent, raising family's hopes

"We welcome Iran's taking the first step to finally end this nightmare," Levinson's family said in a statement to NBC News Saturday.

10/11/2019

USA

Could Trump's re-election go up in a puff of smoke? Vapers say watch out.

E-cigarette users are banding together politically, forging a new constituency of passionate single-issue voters.

10/11/2019

USA

Young female climate activists face hateful abuse online

"They feel they have the right to degrade us," said Theresa Sebastian, 15, from Cork, in the Republic of Ireland.

10/11/2019

USA

Mercury is making a rare 'transit' across the sun. Here's how to watch.

Skywatchers around the world have the opportunity to witness a rare astronomical event Monday that occurs just 13 times each century.

10/11/2019

Brazil

'I'm back,' ex-president Lula tells supporters after prison release

Lula's 45-minute speech to cheering supporters focused on defeating right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro on and improving the economic conditions of the working class.

10/11/2019