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As many towns in the U.S. become more diverse, school districts are hiring diversity coordinators, holding listening sessions for students of color. But those districts have also faced a backlash from parents who decry inclusivity efforts as “critical race theory.” An NBC News analysis found those districts seeing backlash have diversified quickly, reporter Tyler Kingkade explains.

Millions of Americans were guided through the horror of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by one of three men on television news — Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings and Dan Rather

A former college student admitted Tuesday he fired an assault rifle inside a synagogue filled with worshipers during Passover in 2019, killing one woman and injuring three others, because of his “hatred for Jews.”

On Wednesday President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to urge a de-escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. NBC News correspondent Raf Sanchez, who has covered the region for years, weighs in and explains the conflict.

The next book from MSNBC anchor Katy Tur will combine the personal and the professional

The U.S. Postal Service announced plans this week to consolidate 18 of the country’s major mail sorting facilities in coming months. Officials of the postal workers union say the move could redirect mail in some regions by nearly 100 miles and further delay delivery, NBC News reports.

After struggling with infertility for years, the couple will welcome their first child with the help of a surrogate.

More than a dozen of the country’s top law firms have committed to join forces to challenge voting restrictions across the country NBC News reports, adding legal might to the corporate pressure campaign opposing Republican-led attempts to overhaul elections in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s loss. One of the effort’s leaders, Brad Karp, chairman of the law...

NBC News reports The Department of Homeland Security, created after the 9/11 attacks to protect the country from international terrorism, is moving toward a sweeping set of policy changes aimed at detecting and stopping what intelligence officials say is now a top threat to the homeland: domestic violent extremism. Two senior Biden administration officials told NBC News that DHS, whose intelligence...

Summers in the Northern Hemisphere could last nearly six months by the year 2100 if global warming continues unchecked, according to a recent study that examined how climate change is affecting the pattern and duration of Earth’s seasons. The study, published last month in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, found that climate change is making summers hotter and longer while...

Blind and visually impaired Americans are finding it difficult, and in some cases impossible, to schedule vaccination appointments because so many are being scheduled online. Currently, about 12 million people above the age of 40 in the United States have vision impairment, including 1 million who are blind, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Over 3 million people…

Longtime NBC and CBS correspondent and television anchor Roger Mudd has died at the age of 93

President Joe Biden called off an air strike against a second target in Syria last week after a woman and children were spotted in the area, a senior administration official told NBC News.

As Black Lives Matter protests were raging across the country last June, TikTok apologized to its Black users for failing to elevate and promote their content as much as it deserved. NBC News reporter Kalhan Rosenblatt talked to a number of Black content creators about what has changed — and what hasn’t.

Veteran news anchor and senior correspondent Tom Brokaw is retiring from NBC News after 55 years, the network said Friday

A goldfish weighing nine pounds came under the spotlight Monday after being discovered during a fish population survey at a lake in South Carolina, park officials said. Ty Houck, an official with Greenville County Parks, said the “massive” fish was found swimming on Nov. 16 in a 12-acre body of water in Oak Grove Lake Park in the county of…

Steve Kornacki, the NBC News political correspondent known for breaking down election results in his trademark khakis, is about to take on a new role: football analyst. Kornacki will join “Football Night in America” on Sunday at 7 p.m. ET on NBC to break down the NFL playoffs ahead of NBC Sports’ coverage of Broncos-Chiefs on “Sunday Night Football,” according...

A new podcast by NBC News investigative reporter Mike Hixenbaugh and Wondery, “Do No Harm,” takes a hard look at the child welfare system. Hixenbaugh joined LX News to discuss his investigation into a medical and legal system so intent on protecting children from abuse that it can sometimes harm families rather than helping.

NBC News will not project a winner in a race until after the last scheduled poll closing time in that race.

The complaints from President Donald Trump and his allies have been growing louder as the election approaches: Why isn’t the mainstream media covering the Hunter Biden laptop story? Trump and his allies say there is evidence of corruption in emails and documents allegedly found on a laptop belonging to Democrat Joe Biden’s son. They say those and other documents...