(NBC News) — Joe Biden has selected Senator Kamala Harris of California as his running mate. The historic announcement was made electronically. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris spoke by Zoom, then the former vice president tweeted Harris is “a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants.” Fellow Democrats say Harris’ record and her…
(WDIV/NBC News) — A Michigan woman who was healthy before contracting COVID-19 says she’s been battling symptoms, including seizures and hallucinations, for more than 130 days. While many people point to the overall survival rates of COVID-19 in younger people, Joleen Nelson said those numbers don’t tell the full story of what it’s like to battle the virus. “You don’t…
(NBC) — “World of Dance” crowns a new champion tonight. The show was recorded back in March, just as the COVID-19 pandemic was taking hold of the country, forcing the dancers to compete without an audience, aside from the judges. Four sets of dancers will compete, vying for the million dollar prize in a line of work that is notoriously…
PEORIA, Ill. (WEEK/NBC News) — Police in Peoria, Illinois are searching for two teenagers who robbed a lemonade stand at gunpoint. The robbery occurred Friday evening when two males approached 13-year-old Jude Peterson and his friends as they sold lemonade on the corner in front of Peterson’s home. In video provided by a neighbor, a male in a dark hoodie,…
(NBC News) — Joe Biden is set to announce his vice presidential running mate. Biden already promised to pick a woman for his running mate, and following the nationwide protests touched off by the police killing of George Floyd, pressure mounted to select a woman of color. The campaign says it’s held in-person interviews with all the major contenders including…
WASHINGTON (NBC News) — Watch live coverage as President Trump holds a news conference at the White House.
(KPRC/NBC News) — A Texas mother says her family was removed from a Southwest Airlines flight Monday morning because her 3-year-old son, who has autism, would not wear a face mask. “It was just not a good morning,” Alyssa Sadler says. Sadler says she was trying to get back home from Midland, Texas, with her son and 1-year-old daughter. The…
(NBC News) — As school districts across the country prepare to reopen for the fall semester, parents in many states have a tough decision: Whether to send their children back into the classroom during the COVID-19 pandemic or to keep them home. It turns out it’s not just parents who are facing some hard choices. Teachers and other school workers…
(NBC) — “America’s Got Talent” is going to be without Simon Cowell as its live shows get underway tonight. The show’s creator and judge suffered a broken back over the weekend after a fall from an electric bike. The show will go on without Cowell and without an audience as the acts perform in various locations on the back lot…
(NBC News) — President Trump is defending his executive orders on COVID-19 relief and his administration’s response to the pandemic. “I think at the end of a fairly short period of time you’re going to be in very, very good shape all of our country,” Mr. Trump said Monday. Cases in the United States have doubled since late June, and…
