Editors' picks
A selection of the best reporting and most interesting stories from NBC News.
Photos of Los Angeles show catastrophic scale of devastation as blazes burn uncontrolled
At least 16 people have died and more than 180,000 have been forced to evacuate as the Palisades, Eaton and Hurst fires burn tens of thousands of acres.
Locals watched in disbelief, then horror, as flames consumed the Pacific Palisades
The largest wildfire to hit Los Angeles this week rapidly tore through homes and communities, whipped by winds that sent embers skyward.
A vanishingly small number of violent sex crimes end in conviction
Data from eight major cities shows that fewer than 4% of sex crimes result in convictions.
Pressure on China and pure 'trolling': Why Trump is pushing an expansionist agenda
The president-elect is suddenly pushing to annex Greenland, reclaim the Panama Canal and absorb Canada, provoking longtime allies just days before taking office.
Wildfire turns scenes of L.A. into a nightmare of burning homes and fleeing residents
At least two people are dead, hundreds of buildings have burned and tens of thousands of Los Angeles-area residents remain under evacuation orders.
Denmark alters 500 years of history to solidify Greenland claim as Trump eyes the territory
The president-elect’s son arrived in the strategic territory Tuesday, the latest sign of his dad's desire to take ownership of the vast island.
EXCLUsIVE
Two death row inmates reject Biden's commutation of their life sentences
shannon Agofsky and Len Davis were among 37 of the 40 federal prisoners whose death sentences were changed to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Who collaborated with the Nazis? 425,000 suspects named as one country reckons with its WWII past
Eight decades after the Holocaust, the list was made public in the country of Anne Frank as a law prohibiting its release expired on New Year’s Day.
Why Trump is fixated on Abe Lincoln
The president-elect’s habit is to treat Lincoln not only as a giant of history, but something of a political contemporary. And a flawed one at that.
Extremism online and political polarization are increasing risk of attacks, experts say
Accessing extremism online has never been easier, the threat has never been higher, and the ideology of those conducting attacks has never been more splintered.
New Orleans attacker's rampage baffles family, friends and former Army commander
The 42-year-old Texas man showed no signs of radicalization. “It’s a complete surprise, a shock, to everyone,” his half-brother said in an interview.
