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This is part of The Cost of Denial, NBC News’ reporting on insurance in America. If you are dealing with seemingly inappropriate bills or a denial of coverage, care or repairs for health, home or auto, email us at Costofdenial@nbcuni.com. When the World Trade Center…
Joe diGenova, the 81-year-old Trump loyalist who had headed a sprawling investigation in the Southern District of Florida that targeted President Donald Trump’s perceived political enemies, has resigned from the Justice Department. “It was an honor and a privilege to serve the president and the…
This week on Uncanny Valley, an AI researcher’s resignation from Anthropic went viral on social media after he claimed there’s a real chance AI could wipe out humanity within a decade. WIRED’s Will Knight joins Brian Barrett and Leah Feiger to assess whether the doom…
August was the planet’s hottest month ever recorded, capping a remarkably grim summer of heat records. With El Niño strengthening—and climate change continuing to heat things up—more records are likely in store well into next year. Data from Copernicus, the European Union’s climate agency, shows…
A spike in rabies cases among animals this summer has led to a rise in human exposures across the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Thursday. In a new health advisory, the CDC urged doctors to be on the lookout for possible…
Rocker Rick Springfield recalled this week how, as a teenager, he performed for U.S. forces in Vietnam and killed a Viet Cong attacker — haunting him to this day that he “was responsible for the end of a life.” The Australian singer-songwriter became an ‘80s…
With a fresh folding form factor, the new iPhone Duo is Apple’s most radical redesign in years. It lands alongside the more familiar-looking iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. There’s no regular iPhone 18, or at least, not yet. Rumors suggest we may…
The wife of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Cilia Flores, asked a federal judge late Wednesday to release her from jail pending trial, citing a “serious” heart condition. In the filing, Flores’ attorney Mark Donnelly said she “deserves the opportunity to await her trial while…
Former President George W. Bush recalled how he formulated his first messages to the nation after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, saying he didn’t want the country to “lose our soul.” The 43rd president spoke with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sept.…
Florida’s attorney general filed a sweeping lawsuit Wednesday against Netflix, accusing the Hollywood streaming giant of misleading consumers about its data collection practices and exposing kids to “addictive” design features. “Netflix told Florida families they could pay a monthly fee to escape Big Tech surveillance.…