We’d landed on the moon, the Beatles had broken up and Studio 54 was in full swing before the first plastic grocery bags were ever introduced in America.
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“It’s a story of Japanese Americans, but it speaks to anyone who is a part of an immigrant family or has been touched by the immigrant experience," show-runner Alexander Woo said.
As a new Ebola outbreak rages in Congo, some of the first Ebola virus patients to be successfully treated in the United States during the deadliest recorded outbreak five years ago are reuniting with their doctors on Friday.
Cardi B, who has been candid about her interest in political science and the presidency, recently teamed up with a Democratic presidential candidate whom she has long admired: Sen. Bernie Sanders.
WASHINGTON — Billionaire activist Tom Steyer declared his candidacy for the presidency on Tuesday in a video, reversing an earlier announcement several months ago that he intended to sit out the 2020 Democratic primary race.
“Its presence is a necessary accoutrement to all our summertime activities — saluting a flag, watching baseball, drinking beer, sweating at a fair,” Lenz tells NBC News THINK.
The flag of the 13 American colonies has been appropriated by some white nationalists as representing a time when the U.S. had slavery.
Nike has pulled a new Fourth of July shoe featuring Betsy Ross' flag for the 13 American colonies reportedly after Colin Kaepernick expressed concerns, sparking outrage among some conservatives and prompting the Arizona governor to announce his state will pull millions of dollars in financial incentives to the company.
LONDON — No longer a sideshow, women’s soccer has stepped into the spotlight.
The sport will further establish its growing appeal on Tuesday as millions prepare to watch the United States take on England in the World Cup semifinal.
Fans on both sides of the Atlantic will be tuning in for one of the most highly anticipated showdowns of the monthlong tournament. The game kicks off at 9 p.m. local time (3 p.m. ET). Tickets for the stadium in Lyon, France, are sold out.
When the nation’s capital was hit by almost a foot of snow this past weekend, Nick Elger saw a chance to make a buck.
Elger, 28, usually spends his days working for the Environmental Protection Agency, but he’s one of nearly 400,000 furloughed employees out of work during what’s become America’s longest government shutdown.
It’s an early contender for the most repeated political factoid of 2019: The 116th Congress is the most diverse in U.S. history. But the physical presence of people of color in Congress, which is one form of representation, does not automatically equal robust political advocacy. That could wind up disappointing some of the voters who sent these new members to Washington.
“My passport ruined my life,” said Naila Amin a dual citizen who was forcibly married at 13 to bring her 26-year-old husband from Pakistan to the United States. Amin is not alone. Thousands of requests by men to bring in child brides to live in the US were approved over the past decade, according to government data.
JUST IN: Former US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in public letter: “Since many people have asked about my current status and activities, I want to be open about these changes, and while I am still able, share some personal thoughts.”
Cindy McCain kisses the flag-draped casket of her husband, the late John McCain, as his body lies in state at the Arizona State Capitol on Wednesday.
Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, who has been fighting an aggressive form of brain cancer for more than a year, will discontinue treatment for the disease, his family announced Friday.
That decision suggests the 81-year-old McCain could be nearing death.
"John has surpassed expectations for his survival. The progress of disease and the inexorable advance of age render their verdict," McCain's family said in a statement. "With his usual strength of will, he has now chosen to discontinue medical treatment."
"Our family is immensely grateful for the support and kindness of all his caregivers over the last year, and for the continuing outpouring of concern and affection from John’s many friends and associates, and the many thousands of people who are keeping him in their prayers," the family continued. "God bless and thank you all."