Day: August 21, 2026

OAKLAND, Calif. — A former engineering director at Meta Platforms testified on Wednesday that ​CEO Mark Zuckerberg fostered a culture that treated child safety as secondary to growth and engagement on Facebook and Instagram. Arturo Béjar, a vocal critic of Meta’s ‌safety record, made the…

ISLAMABAD — Imprisoned former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was taken to a private hospital in the capital after midnight Thursday for medical treatment, his party said, hours after a senior Cabinet minister pledged to comply with a Supreme Court order on his care. The…

Democratic state Sen. Aisha Wahab has won the special election in California’s 14th District, NBC News projects, and will serve out the remaining months of former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s term. Swalwell resigned from Congress in April amid allegations of sexual assault, which he has denied.…

Concerns about the economy and high costs are driving the thinking of undecided voters in Iowa and Georgia, according to new focus group conversations, as two states that will be central to the fight for the Senate barrel toward Election Day. “Nothing has gotten better…

Bond yields jumped Thursday, erasing the declines stemming from the Treasury Department’s unusual intervention in the debt market a day earlier. The 10-year Treasury bond yield rose as high as 4.71%, its highest level since Tuesday. The 30-year yield spiked to as high as 5.267%,…

Philadelphia authorities Thursday identified a 22-year-old whom they called a “punk,” saying they believe he donned a scary “Chucky-style Halloween mask” and made threatening comments while he was chasing a woman near City Hall, officials said. An arrest warrant was issued for Zymire Hughes, with…

A Colorado man accused of killing his wife claimed she had been suffering from postpartum depression and cut her own throat — an explanation police quickly disputed before they arrested him, authorities said Wednesday. Patrick Barnett, 40, of Lakewood, was charged with first-degree murder, tampering…

A 16-year-old girl was criminally charged after she ran on the field and tackled a middle school football player in an attack that was captured in a viral video, officials in Tennessee said Wednesday. The confrontation unfolded Tuesday night during a game between South Middle…

Neutrogena responded Thursday to mounting backlash over its alleged treatment of its former ambassador Hayden Panettiere, saying on Instagram that the company understands it “made her feel unsupported during a very difficult time.” Panettiere, 36, was found unresponsive Sunday at an apartment complex in South…