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Editors' picks

A selection of the best reporting and most interesting stories from NBC News.

A key figure in multiple high-profile cases, this forensic psychologist is now set to testify in the trials of Harvey Weinstein and Sean "Diddy" Combs.
Victoria Park and King Shands—local shop owners in Atlanta, Georgia.
Business owners in one Atlanta neighborhood fear they'll be crushed by corporate rivals as tariffs hit Main Street.
Roberto Morales on the left. Ricardo Morales Jr on the right.
Betty Morales (Roberto's wife left), Alicia Morales (Roberto's daughter center) and Cheri Morales (Ricardo Morales Jr. wife right)
A gunshot tore brothers apart decades ago — then the FSU shooting split them up for good.
A stall at the wholesale market in Yiwu, China.
Inside the world's largest wholesale market, American buyers have largely vanished as a trade war with China escalates.

Karen Wandel's father, Libero Marinelli, Jr., was a widowed Army veteran.
Libero Marinelli Jr.’s journey from a public hospital to a for-profit body broker demonstrates the peril of an industry with little regulation, an NBC News investigation found.
A disgraced chiropractor found a new job selling bodies. In an industry with few guardrails, he soon faced accusations of mishandling human remains.
The University of North Texas Health Science Center built a flourishing business dissecting and exporting corpses.
The Health Science Center had received about 2,350 unclaimed bodies in the past five years. More than 830 of them were selected for use.
Survivors said they were disturbed and heartbroken to learn that their loved ones’ bodies may have been studied.

4d ago

Delayed ultrasounds, disrupted care: Pregnant women are hit with military insurance snafus

New and expectant mothers say they're facing confusion and chaos as they try to use Tricare health insurance, which covers members of the military and their families.

Viral AI-made art trends are making artists even more worried about their futures

ChatGPT-generated action figures and Studio Ghibli-inspired illustrations have dominated the internet in recent weeks, reigniting artists' concerns about their livelihoods.
Photo collage cluttered with cropped rectangles of a still from the movie My Neighbor Totoro. Computer arrow icons are repeated randomly across the screen.
Photo collage cluttered with cropped rectangles of a still from the movie My Neighbor Totoro. Computer arrow icons are repeated randomly across the screen.

EXCLUSIVE

4d ago

EXCLUSIVE

A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it

The outbreak linked to romaine lettuce killed one person and sickened at least 88 more, including a 9-year-old boy who nearly died of kidney failure.
Illustrated grid of various e-coli related scenes: a head of lettuce, a child in a hospital room, a petri dish, and the outside of the FDA building
Illustrated grid of various e-coli related scenes: a head of lettuce, a child in a hospital room, a petri dish, and the outside of the FDA building

America's struggling wine industry is getting crushed by tariffs and Canada's retaliation

Even if the tariffs were to be reversed tomorrow, one wine business leader said, it would take "at least a year, if not longer, for my industry to recover.”
Wine section.
Wine section.
5d ago

Dozens searched for a missing 2-year-old in the Arizona desert. Buford the dog was the real hero.

The 6-year-old Anatolian Pyrenees came home Tuesday morning with a toddler who'd gone missing the day before in a remote part of Arizona.
Buford, an Anatolian Pyrenees, normally patrols his land and wards off coyotes.
Buford, an Anatolian Pyrenees, normally patrols his land and wards off coyotes.

Immigration

6d ago

Immigration

Trump measures make life more difficult for immigrants — not just undocumented

By sharing IRS data with ICE, calling for registries and using other tactics, the administration has created a pressure campaign to get many to self-deport.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement talks to a group of undocumented immigrants detained in Kansas on March 18, 2025.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement talks to a group of undocumented immigrants detained in Kansas on March 18, 2025.

Why colleges like Harvard can't easily use endowments to replace federal funding

Endowments aren’t a simple replacement for government funding because of restrictions related to donor earmarking, legality and research priorities, experts say.
People take photos by the entrance to Harvard Yard.
People take photos by the entrance to Harvard Yard.

EXCLUSIVE

7d ago

EXCLUSIVE

Inside an anti-vaccine autism summit in the age of RFK Jr.

Public health experts say the anti-vaccine views fronted by the HHS secretary are wrong and undermine trust in science. But a recent three-day gathering shows his followers still believe in him.
Photo illustration of RFK's face intertwined with a caduceus against a blue sky background; a row of hands are outreached at the bottom of the frame
Photo illustration of RFK's face intertwined with a caduceus against a blue sky background; a row of hands are outreached at the bottom of the frame
9d ago

This Washington border county is desperate for Canadians

“There’s just no one around,” said a gas station owner in Whatcom County, where the economy depends on residents of British Columbia remaining eager to buy American.
Coal, gold and lumber once lured people to Whatcom County, Wash., but lower costs have enticed Canadian shoppers more recently.
Coal, gold and lumber once lured people to Whatcom County, Wash., but lower costs have enticed Canadian shoppers more recently.

The hottest new social scene might be a book club

Gen Zers and millennials are putting creative twists on book clubs, driven by a renewed love of reading and a growing desire for off-screen connection.
Grid of hands holding a book in the air; one photo in the center of two young girls smiling
Grid of hands holding a book in the air; one photo in the center of two young girls smiling

One of the country's leading Alzheimer's projects is in jeopardy

A pause to NIH funding has researchers scrambling for contingency plans at the University of Washington’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. The center’s brain bank is preserving more than 4,000 brains for research.