This is part of NBC News’ Checkbook Chronicles, a series of profiles looking at the financial realities of everyday Americans and the challenges they face.Stefany Serna, 30s, Miami, FloridaWorking in Miami's high-end restaurants where she has developed a stron... More »
On Tuesday, Phoenix finally snapped a record streak of 113 consecutive days of temperatures at or above 100 degrees — around 3.5 straight months. The previous record of 76 consecutive days was set in 1993, according to the weather service.In total, the city ha... More »
Camera Bartolotta knew she had to say something.The Republican state senator in Pennsylvania caught wind that former President Donald Trump was targeting a small town in her district as part of his new focus on recent Haitian immigration to red America. At a r... More »
Nothing screams quintessential Americana quite like the idea of the open road: car enthusiasts the world over fantasize about driving across the United States’s thousands of miles of scenic highways.AdvertisementDespite its indelible place in car media, howeve... More »
Have you ever wanted to tap mindlessly on Elon Musk's face for hours on end with the vague promise that it might, one day, make you some cash? No? Well, millions of people have been doing just that over the past few months as part of the latest craze to hit th... More »
The Israeli military raided the office of the influential Arab broadcaster Al Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday and ordered its closure for 45 days, the latest move in Israel’s effort to clamp down on the channel.The raid illustrated that Isr... More »
Oasis brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher could reportedly see their much trumpeted musical reunion brought to screen via documentary.The UK’s Sun newspaper reports that Apple TV+ bosses are keen to film the previously warring brothers who have put their 15... More »
SoundMagic P58BT ANC: Two-minute reviewChinese audio company SoundMagic's bid to become a leader in the best budget headphones stakes is a strong one. The audio specialist retains a special place in cash-savvy audiophiles’ hearts, thanks to 2018’s SoundMagic E... More »
Stuck. Too many Britons are stuck in neighbourhoods they find unlovely and depressing, jobs that are going nowhere and lives with too little sense of purpose. To escape, or at least to have some prospect of improvement, would be wonderful. Part of the mood of ... More »
Multiple gunmen shot into a group of people in a popular entertainment district, the local police said. The authorities are still looking for the shooters.Gunmen opened fire in a popular entertainment district near the University of Alabama’s campus in Birming... More »
The administrators of Great Britain's power grid admit that it's often unable to use energy-storage batteries due to old computer systems and an old network with "not enough cables", according to the Financial Times — though the system operator says they're ma... More »
The late nineties and early aughts ushered in another Golden Age of Television, changing the way we talk about small-screen storytelling with the likes of serious, dramatic fare like The Sopranos, Six Feet Under and The Wire. While those more elevated series s... More »