U.S. & World

“I was on a pilgrimage to Damascus,” Travis Timmerman told NBC News in a building on the outskirts of the Syrian capital on Thursday after his release following the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

The head of the FAA, Mike Whitaker, will step down on Jan. 20, leaving the key agency that oversees Boeing and the U.S. airline industry without a leader.

DoorDash will require its drivers to verify their identity more often as part of a larger effort to crack down on unauthorized account sharing.

Michael Jordan’s house in a northern Chicago suburb has finally sold more than a decade after it was first listed — only it sold at a much lower price.

Homeland Security gave an update on the mysterious drones flying over New Jersey.

The announcement was made exclusively on TODAY on Dec. 12.

Republican state lawmakers in Florida have filed two bills that would roll back gun control measures passed in the wake of the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says the rule will save American consumers $5 billion annually.

Mall owners and retailers are trying to capitalize as teens and twenty-somethings show about as much interest in shopping in person as baby boomers do.

“America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances,” the president said in a statement Thursday.

The report, from an advisory committee to the USDA, also suggests encouraging people to reduce their intake of sugary drinks and sodium and eat more whole grains.

The Australian government says it will tax large digital platforms and search engines unless they agree to share revenue with Australian news media organizations.

Defendant Russell Taylor organized a group of “fighters” to travel to D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021 in response to Trump’s tweet telling supporters the day “will be wild.”