U.S. & World

The United States stepped up pressure Monday for a cease-fire deal in Gaza as the secretary of state said a new proposal had been put to Hamas, whose officials were in Cairo talking to Egyptian mediators. Israeli airstrikes killed 26 people in Gaza’s southernmost town of Rafah, according to hospital records.

Luxury jewelry maker Cartier isn’t known for giving stuff away, but in the case of one Mexican man, they pretty much did. Rogelio Villarreal was paging through Cartier’s web page in a moment of idleness when he came upon on offer too good to be true. Cartier apparently listed gold-and-diamond earrings for 237 pesos ($14), instead of the...

Yellowstone National Park officials say a man who kicked a bison in the leg was then hurt by one of the animals.

A former National Security Agency employee who sold classified information to an undercover FBI agent he believed to be a Russian official has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison, the penalty requested by government prosecutors. U.S. District Judge Raymond Moore said Monday that he could have put 32-year-old Jareh Sebastian Dalke behind bar...

One of the winners of a $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot last month is an immigrant from Laos who has had cancer for eight years and had his latest chemotherapy treatment last week.

Joey Fecci, 26, was found unresponsive during a portion of the St. Jude Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series, according to marathon officials. Medical personnel performed CPR at the scene, and Fecci was taken to a nearby hospital where he died, WSMV, the NBC affiliate in Nashville, reported. Fecci’s family released a statement regarding their loved o...

Just two years after opening, the bar announced plans to go nationwide through a franchise model.

A letter obtained by NBC News says action is pending because of Fox’s alleged “conspiracy and subsequent actions to defame Mr. Biden and paint him in a false light.”

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation of two fatal crashes involving Ford’s Blue Cruise partially automated driving system.

Four police officers serving a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm were killed and four other officers were wounded in a shootout Monday at a North Carolina home, police said.

Moderate drinking was once thought to have benefits for the heart. But better research methods have thrown cold water on that idea.