Editors' picks
A selection of the best reporting and most interesting stories from NBC News.
It's called Fartcoin. It's totally useless. So why is it now worth $700 million?
The carnival-casino era of cryptocurrencies has come back with a vengeance.
A long-serving Democratic senator reflects on his narrow loss and how Trump took Pennsylvania
In an interview with NBC News, the Pennsylvania senator reflected on his career and said Democrats need to prepare for major fights on taxes and Ukraine.
Iraq could allow marriage for girls as young as 9. A survivor says it would fuel rape and child abuse.
Lawmakers in Iraq are proposing amendments to the country’s Personal Status Law that could allow marriage for girls as young as 9.
He faked his own death in 2020. A trail of rape and fraud allegations finally caught up to him.
From Utah to the U.K., authorities set on a worldwide chase to find the man, once praised for his work as a child advocate, behind a fake death and years of rape and fraud allegations.
Luigi Mangione disappeared, then re-emerged as a murder suspect. Those who knew him are dazed.
Before his arrest this week in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, Mangione’s family desperately tried to find him, reaching out to former classmates and posting queries on social media.
Defense bill banning trans care for minors could put some families in 'survival mode'
One Democratic lawmaker estimated 4,000 transgender minors currently within the military health system could lose care due to the measure.
Trump is vowing to pardon Jan. 6 rioters. Allies and critics alike say he needs a refresher.
Trump’s interview with NBC News left those who follow the sprawling investigation concerned that he isn’t aware of the latest developments.
From Kabul to Carnegie Hall: How an orchestra defied the Taliban to carry on playing
“We all, one day, will be gone. I strongly believe it’s better to die while you’re standing rather [than] to be on your knees,” said the founder of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music.
The last bullet: When a gun seems unloaded but can still take a life
At least 277 people have been killed since 2000 by shooters who believed the gun in their hands was unloaded because the magazine was removed.
Bill Belichick is now a college football coach. It's going to be harder than he thinks.
The six-time Super Bowl winner will have responsibilities he never had at the NFL level.
Inside Assad's luxury palace, a modernist sanctuary from the Syria he tore apart
NBC News gained exclusive access to the marble atrium and wood-lined library of the deposed president's former residence.
