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U.S. life expectancy dropped for the second consecutive year in 2021, falling by nearly a year from 2020, according to a government report being released Wednesday. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/ugIFSBo

Excessive blue light can cause accelerated aging in flies because this exposure can cause cellular damage, according to a study released Wednesday. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/NyfpsQX

Deep brain stimulation helped reduce cravings and binge eating episodes in two patients, according to a small pilot study published in Nature Medicine. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/Grnzavp

Archaeologists recently unearthed the titanic tusk of a prehistoric pachyderm near a kibbutz in southern Israel, a remnant of a behemoth once hunted by early from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/qpmvGfW

Democrats are escalating their attacks on Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker with a new television ad that calls attention to the violent from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/Dy1WiN4

A team of international inspectors arrived Wednesday in Zaporizhzhia ahead of its unprecedented mission to try to restore stability and avert a potential from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/DfeKuW8

To some, women wearing pigtails to try to get more tips from men may seem like a silly — even if unsettling — trend, but it perpetuates harm against young women from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/FbjSgky

For the first time in her 70-year reign, Queen Elizabeth II will appoint the United Kingdom’s new prime minister next week at Balmoral, her castle in Scotland. from NBC News Top Stories https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/queen-appoint-british-prime-minister-balmoral-buckingham-palace-rcna45231

Singer Mariah Carey, Marlo Hampton of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” Atlanta United player Brad Guzan and the Atlanta Falcons’ Calvin Ridley all had their homes broken into, the indictment says. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/eKOcjZL

Ralph Eggleston, an Academy Award-winning animator, art director and production designer at Pixar Animation Studios, died on Monday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 56 years old. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/AOLhQMg

In recent years, more retailers have turned to "buy now, pay later" financing to help customers pay for goods and services. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/tZ28jLo

A third of Pakistan is underwater after flash floods that have killed more than 1,000 people and displaced many more. Experts say the crisis has clear links to climate change. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/IcT5O2L

Former U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu apologized to her sponsor Nike after blaming the brand for an on-court wardrobe malfunction during Monday’s first-round match. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/vHCJ50i

Danielle Fishel and Lance Bass will be recounting their love story in a new movie, she shared during Monday’s episode of the “Pod Meets World” podcast. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/TLaJ1Iq

NASA’s megarocket is standing down from a scheduled test flight to the moon, agency officials announced Monday. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/QNrYXne

As NASA prepares to launch its most powerful rocket ever on Monday, storm threats and technical concerns are putting the test flight in doubt. NBC’s Tom Costello reports for TODAY. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/95PalJ6

The mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, is urging locals to “get out now” after the state was battered with record rainfall and rivers swelled to devastating levels. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/aMzfjBm

Two Air France pilots were suspended after physically fighting in the cockpit on a Geneva-Paris flight in June, an Air France official said Sunday. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/SDI63pw

A federal jury in Atlanta has awarded $100 million to a panhandler who fell and broke his neck after a police officer shocked him with a stun gun during a foot chase, news agencies report. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/iyrjdsb

Kenyan cyclist Sule Kangangi died in a crash Saturday while competing in a gravel race in Vermont. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/vWaLykl

The Baltimore production of the Apple TV+ series “Lady in the Lake” was halted on Friday afternoon after the producers decided to “err on the side of caution.” from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/sLz7lba

A Dutch special forces soldier who was one of three commandos shot outside a hotel in Indianapolis on Friday died of his injuries, the Dutch Defense Ministry said. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/rQcBN9o

Three people are dead, including the suspect, and two police officers are injured after a shooting in Phoenix, Arizona, authorities said early Monday. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/6lDBFZU

Before retiring from the Army, Trump-backed Pennsylvania candidate Doug Mastriano posed in a Confederate uniform for a faculty photo at the Army War College. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/ZVgdYBO

Two American warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait early Sunday, in the first such naval exercise since U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/u6lca7A

YouTuber Trisha Paytas is facing heightened harassment from a "snark" community dedicated to hating her on Reddit. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/jKBq2au

Danielle and Nick from Netflix's 'Love is Blind' are divorced, like Jarrette Jones and Iyanna McKneely. Maybe love -- in reality TV dating world -- isn't blind. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/nW8re1A

Robert Santos, the first Latino U.S. Census Bureau Director, is one of the nation's foremost statisticians who integrates his identity into his research. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/QjP2J04

Gov. Ron DeSantis filed a complaint last month against R House over its drag shows, citing a 1947 state Supreme Court case that shut down the Ha Ha Club. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/znkaL2Z

When our eyes move during REM sleep, we're gazing at things in the dream world our brains have created, according to a new study. The findings shed light not only into how we dream, but also into how our imaginations work. from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/gKZpWCd

A small car used by Princess Diana in the 1980's is expected to fetch a six-figure sum when it goes up for auction Saturday. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/L9YpPNf

Former US basketball star Shaquille O’Neal will help Australia’s new government implement reforms for an Indigenous voice to parliament, Prime Minister Anthony from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/dQLwGAk

With Trump news everywhere, Jared Kushner's New York Times reviewed memoir "Breaking History" won't help the Florida transplant. But Saudi Arabia will be happy. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/eHF9o2i

A New Zealand news anchor fired back at a viewer who she said has repeatedly complained about her traditional face tattoos. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/viXwP7z

New research shows greater separation of molecules in smaller-sized artificial cells. from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/S13KFJU

The CDC has linked 84 E. coli cases to an outbreak in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Romaine lettuce from Wendy's is the suspected culprit. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/pNqsftM

A federal judge in Texas threw out the state’s ban on people between 18 and 20 years old from carrying handguns on Thursday. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/HblpnZj

Woman in Philadelphia combats 'period poverty' by providing free menstrual products to those in need. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/EAINJST

A 61-year-old Vermont woman was saved from a black bear that was biting her leg when her Jack Russell terrier started barking and drew the bear’s attention. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/8FOejzG

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Thursday increasing the size of his country’s armed forces, as the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine passed six months. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/VqgECbK

A Georgia judge is holding a hearing on Brian Kemp's effort to quash a subpoena seeking his testimony for a probe into attempts to influence the 2020 election. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/U4Kq3TG

A Barnes & Noble policy to limit its stock of hardcover fiction has spurred a wave of online criticism. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/5xHpRdE

Lessons learned from the public health responses to the HIV and COVID-19 pandemics should help guide the response to the current outbreak of monkeypox, National Institutes of Health experts write in a new editorial. from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/d48tZWi

Briefly exposing social media users to the tricks behind misinformation boosts awareness of harmful online falsehoods -- even amid intense 'noise' of the world's second-most visited website. Google is set to deploy an anti-disinformation campaign based on the findings. from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/mLMQ8eO

The Department of Homeland Security said it has shut down a disinformation board that generated controversy after Republicans denounced it as an abuse of power. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/aEkFVgp

Heat waves and drought are hitting communities across the world, threatening supplies of energy and food while causing rivers from Europe’s Danube to China’s Ya from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/L19aeiR

Independence Day in Ukraine during war with Russia shows need to prosecute Vladimir Putin. War crimes charges won't work. Here's what might. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/1hfiaUp

Aubrey O’Day defends herself against TikToker's claim that she photoshops her vacation posts. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/xiIHNlA

Two children are dead and a baby is in critical condition after being pulled from the Rio Grande River during separate attempts to cross into the United States from Mexico. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/nNaB6UZ

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On television, when DNA evidence is used in an innovative way to solve a cold case, the police are heralded as heroes. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/EZr6jiT

Earlier this week, NBC News obtained an FBI report that gave Angelina Jolie’s account of the details of an alleged 2016 altercation between Jolie and Brad Pitt from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/m8o95ME

A U.S. Postal Service carrier who was attacked by five dogs in Putnam County, Florida, has died, a sheriff's official said. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/b0PIWDO

Chemical peels are a common treatment for acne scars, but a new study finds that microneedling is significantly more effective for patients with dark skin. from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/KLP5r0v

An Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to San Diego was forced to turn back shortly after departure and make an emergency landing after an engine cover ripped off on Monday, the airline said. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/oNFKqcW

A former Louisville detective is expected to plead guilty on Tuesday to helping to falsify a search warrant that led to the killing of Breonna Taylor. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/vST9I8K

Little League World Series officials have said there was no racist intent after a video of players sticking a cotton-like material on a Black teammates head drew swift backlash online. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/dC16Ung

A state ethics board said Gov. Kristi Noem may have “engaged in misconduct” when she intervened in her daughter’s application for a real estate appraiser license. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/1cfQXsK

Gary Gaines, coach of the Texas high school football team made famous in the book and movie “Friday Night Lights,” has died. He was 73. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/XNKqO15

Montgomery is marking the 66th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott with a series of celebrations and events next week. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/FpnL4JK

A decisive statewide vote in favor of abortion rights in Kansas was confirmed with a partial hand recount, with fewer than 100 votes changed. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/lLpKkYE

Ohio’s largest-ever economic development project comes with a big employment challenge: how to find 7,000 construction workers in an already booming building from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/zWprH1N

New findings reveal how recovery progresses following inflammation triggered by injury or illness. from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2uVnKrJ

Apple employees have launched a petition against the tech giant's return to office plans, saying a recent order for workers to return to the office at least three days a week starting early September could negatively impact workers' wellbeing. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/P3eWDvI

Democrats facing their next election can’t seem to escape questions about Joe Biden’s future. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/uxpzfrv

The Justice Department has still not shed any light on how Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger ended up in the general population of one of the nation’s most violent prisons. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/rw7RQut

The Florida judge said the "Stop WOKE Act," which restricts race-based conversation and analysis, violates the First Amendment and is impermissibly vague. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/AcW9OVR

As the Biden administration publicly promotes falling gas prices, behind the scenes, White House officials worry prices could rise again. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/lCJUSI3

HBO's new 'Game of Thrones' show 'House of the Dragon' doesn't disappoint on HBO max. The prequel focusing on the Targaryens learns from the original. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/k6sIoNj

In Texas, Gov. Abbott's Operation Lone Star targeting illegal immigration has increased state trooper citations in Latino-heavy counties. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/zONWeXl

More states are allowing non-lawyers to represent people in civil court matters as the gap in access to legal counsel grows wider between those who can afford from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/C1XfymI

Earlier this week, NBC News obtained an FBI report that gave Angelina Jolie’s account of the details of an alleged 2016 altercation between Jolie and Brad Pitt from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/CUmETXM

An estimated 25 million people in the U.S. have asthma, but in communities of color, the respiratory disease can be especially dire. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/eX2T1g7

At a sprawling open-air market near the Black Sea, shoppers duck in and out of rusting shipping containers that have been converted to makeshift army surplus from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/NDF5mXE

At least 12 people have been killed in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu after al-Shabab militants attacked a hotel leading to a siege. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/fmVb6qB

Republican IRS tax collector fearmongering from Florida Senator Rick Scott, Governor Ron DeSantis and Texas Senator Ted Cruz is getting scary from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/jxVFaZL

Swarms of microrobots injected into the human body could unblock internal medical devices and avoid the need for further surgery, according to new research. from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/YfTyvtZ

Apple disclosed serious security vulnerabilities for iPhones, iPads and Macs that could potentially allow attackers to take complete control of these devices. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/ztCNbhr

A Canadian researcher watches as the largest land carnivores face rising dangers from rising temperatures. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/CYFN5sO

Scientists found a new way to degrade PFAS, a class of "forever chemicals" that is nearly impossible to destroy. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/hPHk1fU

A Republican group in Alabama is apologizing after accidentally using a picture of the GOP elephant that contained Ku Klux Klan imagery. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/hVvBf8d

After a punishing summer for air travelers who have seen delayed and canceled flights, the federal government is taking additional steps to help beleaguered from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/LDzYnJV

In “Thirteen Lives,” a documentary-styled dramatization of the 2018 flooded cave-complex rescue in northern Thailand, telling the story from the perspective of from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/uhxgeY0

A moth with a wingspan of 10 inches has been found in the U.S. for the first time, according to the Washington State Department of Agriculture, which is asking residents to report further sightings. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/ONubg38

A former Kansas police officer was arrested and charged Wednesday in a string of sex crimes alleged to have unfolded over the span of at least six years during his time with the Hutchinson Police Department, authorities said. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/CoZXLxD

A Wendy’s employee in Arizona has been charged with murder after he sucker-punched a 67-year-old customer, a blow that knocked the man to the ground and resulted in his death days later, police said. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/lPs1bSX

Israel raided the offices of several Palestinian advocacy groups it had previously designated as terrorist organizations, sealing entrance doors and leaving from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/o3TfEeg

U.S. traffic deaths jumped in early 2022 to hit a 20-year high, federal transportation officials announced Wednesday. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/yOwNAPc

A company owned by rapper Rick Ross' family has been fined for labor violations at five of its Wingstop locations in Mississippi, the U.S. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/t6e0r1C

Rudy Giuliani is expected to testify before a grand jury in Atlanta on Wednesday in the criminal investigation into possible 2020 election interference. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/fDyZOdo

Sen. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/HaDiGNX

Airbnb says it will use new methods to spot and block people who try to use the short-term rental service to throw a party. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/ueylOfM

A Capuchin monkey is believed to be behind a 911 call that saw deputies with the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office dispatched to a California zoo. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/bSPBXem

Chinese troops will travel to Russia to take part in joint military exercises led by the host and including India, Belarus and other countries, Beijing said Wednesday. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/HQoS3jI

Fresh off her congressional primary loss, Rep. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/6ncvjtd

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz voiced disgust on Wednesday at remarks by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that Scholz said diminished the Holocaust. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/mBOHcej

What killed tons of fish in a European river? Germany and Poland worked Monday to solve the mystery behind the mass die-off in the Oder River. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/Xq0Hxwj

Facebook failed to detect blatant election-related misinformation in ads ahead of Brazil’s 2022 election, a new report from Global Witness has found. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/40fu8lv

Actor Ezra Miller has spoken out after facing allegations of abuse and other legal troubles. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/3CORZY7

The world’s attention on Russia’s war in Ukraine on Tuesday turned anew to the Russia-annexed Crimea, where two separate fires, including one with massive from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/HPGZzlf

In a video that went viral, Afro Latina news anchor Jeannette Reyes and news anchor husband Robert Burton did a video spoof of a news show featuring their baby. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/TqxtvQn

The discovery of how to shift damaged brain cells from a diseased state into a healthy one presents a potential new path to treating Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, according to a new study. from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/43oMTil

Brands and investors are pouring money into building virtual worlds, and solopreneurs are following in search of fresh income. Enter the metaverse side hustle. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/oyvcj12

China announced more military drills around Taiwan as the island’s president met with members of a new U.S. congressional delegation on Monday. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/8Abdimj

London's Oxford Street has been swamped with American-themed candy stores over the past two years. Local officials say they are involved in criminality. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/ukyjnGq

Teddy Ray, a Los Angeles born-and-bred comedian, has died. He was 32 years old. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/bpcXk7j

Quality of life is a measure of a person's level of comfort, health and happiness. For people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a new study has found there are specific factors that may affect a person's physical and mental quality of life. from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/BE7TuHf

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A stretch of DNA that hops around the human genome plays a role in premature aging disorders, scientists have discovered. In people with early aging, or progeria, RNA encoded by this mobile DNA builds up inside cells. What's more, the scientists found that blocking this RNA reverses the disease in mice. The findings focus on a piece of RNA known as LINE-1. from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/ATyEYqS

A congressional delegation led by Sen. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/RhKaYzb

Even before Airbnb, slave cabins have long been used as rental properties, bathrooms, garages, etc. Preservationists say this is wrong and disrespectful. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/gzSG5jP

Whatever you think of Britney Spears and Kevin Federline, their public feud reveals a parenting conundrum that many experience. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/vCyoXs9

Trump search warrant under 18 USC 793, or the Espionage Act, 18 USC 1519 and 18 USC 2071 draws Hillary Clinton email server investigation comparisons: here's the difference from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/TXiv2s9

The Forest Service's tallies of work to reduce fire fuel can count the same spot six times, meaning far less land than reported is protected from damaging fire. from NBC News Top Stories https://ift.tt/8JoPCQO