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Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free (www.nbcnews.com)

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2676 points by amima 3 months ago | 1621 comments
Science fiction authors were excluded from awards for fear of offending China (www.nbcnews.com)

505 points by wyldfire 7 months ago | 312 comments
Alaska CEO: We found many loose bolts on our Max planes (www.nbcnews.com)

453 points by aurareturn 8 months ago | 394 comments
Myocarditis after Covid vaccination: Research on possible long-term risks begins (www.nbcnews.com)

393 points by gjsman-1000 almost 2 years ago | 639 comments
Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report says (www.nbcnews.com)

355 points by lxm over 2 years ago | 624 comments
Supreme Court rejects man’s bid to sue police over arrest for Facebook parody (www.nbcnews.com)

318 points by heavyset_go over 1 year ago | 275 comments
CIA publicly acknowledges 1953 coup it backed in Iran was undemocratic (www.nbcnews.com)

304 points by cempaka 11 months ago | 199 comments
Casino-like apps have drained people of millions (www.nbcnews.com)

291 points by apsec112 10 months ago | 396 comments
Teens inundated with phone prompts day and night, research finds (www.nbcnews.com)

290 points by canthandle 12 months ago | 424 comments
Senate introduces bill to allow farmers to fix their own equipment (www.nbcnews.com)

256 points by serverlessmom over 2 years ago | 82 comments
AirTag leads to arrest of airline worker accused of stealing from luggage (www.nbcnews.com)

240 points by metadat about 2 years ago | 244 comments
Morocco earthquake kills more than 1,000 (www.nbcnews.com)

235 points by geox about 1 year ago | 141 comments
Mother is arrested in Bangladesh after son in US criticizes government online (www.nbcnews.com)

229 points by belltaco about 1 year ago | 116 comments
El Salvador adopts Bitcoin as official currency, first country to do so (www.nbcnews.com)

222 points by TOMDM about 3 years ago | 369 comments
Whistleblower alleges Booz Allen was overcharging U.S. taxpayers for losses (www.nbcnews.com)

192 points by agomez314 about 1 year ago | 105 comments
Illinois college, hit by ransomware attack, to shut down (www.nbcnews.com)

188 points by danso over 2 years ago | 84 comments
YouTube reinstates Right Wing Watch (www.nbcnews.com)

172 points by ortusdux about 3 years ago | 227 comments
Overdue library book returned more than 110 years later (www.nbcnews.com)

169 points by MilnerRoute almost 3 years ago | 104 comments
Lead in gasoline blunted IQ of half the U.S. population, study says (www.nbcnews.com)

169 points by jnord 6 months ago | 140 comments
Some locals say a Bitcoin mining operation is ruining one of the Finger Lakes (www.nbcnews.com)

162 points by car about 3 years ago | 150 comments
Mexico's heirloom corn strains are resurging amid more demand (www.nbcnews.com)

156 points by DocFeind about 1 year ago | 61 comments
Asian American women are getting lung cancer despite never smoking (www.nbcnews.com)

148 points by panabee 5 months ago | 146 comments
'A mouse for your mouth': New device allows users to scroll with their tongues (www.nbcnews.com)

147 points by cannibalXxx 8 months ago | 70 comments
Big Tech call center workers face pressure to accept home surveillance (www.nbcnews.com)

138 points by freddier about 3 years ago | 57 comments
Venmo, PayPal and Zelle must report $600 in transactions to IRS (www.nbcnews.com)

137 points by lxm over 2 years ago | 302 comments
Lights have been on at this school for a year because no one can turn them off (www.nbcnews.com)

132 points by isaacfrond over 1 year ago | 163 comments
Paper and bamboo straws contain PFAS chemicals more often than plastic straws do (www.nbcnews.com)

128 points by housemusicfan about 1 year ago | 92 comments
Elizabeth Holmes bought one-way ticket to Mexico after convicted of fraud (www.nbcnews.com)

127 points by emkemp over 1 year ago | 150 comments
Car accidents cause death, injury and trauma. Why do we shrug them off? (www.nbcnews.com)

125 points by rbanffy almost 3 years ago | 243 comments
A type of bacteria that causes dental plaque was found in 50% of colon cancers (www.nbcnews.com)

125 points by _xerces_ 6 months ago | 81 comments
Cash App founder Bob Lee stabbed to death after argument about suspect's sister (www.nbcnews.com)

124 points by RockyMcNuts over 1 year ago | 143 comments
California teen with autism who vanished 3 years ago is found alive in Utah (www.nbcnews.com)

120 points by MilnerRoute over 2 years ago | 90 comments
New Orleans shoeshine man wins legal battle over $30k seized by DEA agents (www.nbcnews.com)

118 points by ceejayoz almost 3 years ago | 71 comments
Jan 6 committee subpoenas Meta, Google, Reddit etc. after 'inadequate responses' (www.nbcnews.com)

116 points by 60654 over 2 years ago | 181 comments
Cervical Cancer incidence drops 65% in women who benefited from HPV vaccine (www.nbcnews.com)

112 points by Anon84 8 months ago | 46 comments
Reddit CEO slams protesters, calls them “landed gentry” (www.nbcnews.com)

111 points by coloneltcb over 1 year ago | 66 comments
The FDA will likely approve the diabetes drug tirzepatide for weight loss (www.nbcnews.com)

109 points by elorant over 1 year ago | 103 comments
Police sweep Google searches to find suspects; facing its first legal challenge (www.nbcnews.com)

108 points by ceejayoz about 2 years ago | 40 comments
7.3 earthquake near Fukushima in Japan (www.nbcnews.com)

107 points by asimjalis over 3 years ago | 12 comments
Rosalynn Carter has died (www.nbcnews.com)

105 points by ianai 10 months ago | 24 comments
US House passes bill to ban TikTok if owners won't divest (www.nbcnews.com)

104 points by anigbrowl 5 months ago | 216 comments
AI girlfriend ads are flooding Instagram and TikTok (www.nbcnews.com)

102 points by elorant about 1 year ago | 167 comments
Idaho professor sues TikToker over allegations in the killing of 4 students (www.nbcnews.com)

102 points by bryan0 over 1 year ago | 41 comments
43% of white Harvard students are legacy, athlete, or donor/staff related (2019) (www.nbcnews.com)

102 points by contingencies about 1 year ago | 123 comments
Ex-congressman convicted of insider trading before T-Mobile merger with Sprint (www.nbcnews.com)

98 points by perihelions 12 months ago | 33 comments
Driverless cars immune from traffic tickets in California under current laws (www.nbcnews.com)

98 points by ceejayoz 9 months ago | 116 comments
Fire at South Korea lithium battery plant kills at least 16 people (www.nbcnews.com)

98 points by rntn 3 months ago | 39 comments
Cash App founder Bob Lee reportedly killed in San Francisco stabbing (www.nbcnews.com)

94 points by taylorbuley over 1 year ago | 3 comments
Boeing and Airbus may have used 'counterfeit' titanium in planes, FAA says (www.nbcnews.com)

86 points by marban 3 months ago | 4 comments
Washington State judge blocks use of AI-enhanced video as evidence (www.nbcnews.com)

84 points by anigbrowl 6 months ago | 47 comments
ChatGPT is powered by contractors making $15 an hour (www.nbcnews.com)

81 points by marban over 1 year ago | 106 comments
CDC report shows teen girls experiencing more sadness and violence (www.nbcnews.com)

81 points by GalenErso over 1 year ago | 1 comments
ChatGPT passes MBA exam given by a Wharton professor (www.nbcnews.com)

79 points by samwillis over 1 year ago | 87 comments
Anti-porn bills could force device makers to censor sexual material (www.nbcnews.com)

79 points by blendergeek over 1 year ago | 138 comments
Tesla 'self-driving' technology failed to detect a moving train ahead of a crash (www.nbcnews.com)

79 points by doener 4 months ago | 82 comments
Doctor fired from ER warns about effect of for-profit firms on U.S. health care (www.nbcnews.com)

74 points by devy over 2 years ago | 33 comments
Wells Fargo customers scramble after deposits disappear from their accounts (www.nbcnews.com)

69 points by kungfudoi about 1 year ago | 69 comments
The FBI Has Formed a National Database to Track and Prevent “Swatting” (www.nbcnews.com)

65 points by andrewl about 1 year ago | 2 comments
Harvard morgue theft ring stole body parts, sold brains, flesh->leather (2023) (www.nbcnews.com)

64 points by ohjeez 8 months ago | 37 comments
Fired, interrogated, disciplined: Amazon warehouse organizers allege retaliation (www.nbcnews.com)

61 points by marricks over 3 years ago | discuss
Google advised mental health care when workers complained about racism, sexism (www.nbcnews.com)

60 points by offby37years over 3 years ago | 119 comments
Family Dollar to close almost 1,000 stores (www.nbcnews.com)

58 points by pg_1234 6 months ago | 86 comments
AT&T customers hit by widespread cellular outages in U.S. (www.nbcnews.com)

57 points by jermaustin1 7 months ago | 2 comments
Most people think the U.S. crime rate is rising. They're wrong (www.nbcnews.com)

56 points by ZunarJ5 9 months ago | 113 comments
The U.S. crime rate is still dropping, FBI data shows (www.nbcnews.com)

56 points by paulpauper 5 months ago | 84 comments
Delta passengers fall ill while stuck for hours during blistering Vegas heatwave (www.nbcnews.com)

55 points by belltaco about 1 year ago | 53 comments
Warren Buffett gives away another $4.1B, resigns at Gates Foundation (www.nbcnews.com)

53 points by DocFeind about 3 years ago | 8 comments
FBI Bureau Supervisor Arrested in Connection with Jan 6th Capitol Riot (www.nbcnews.com)

51 points by scrum-treats over 1 year ago | 27 comments
FBI, NYPD told Capitol Police about possibility of violence before riot (www.nbcnews.com)

51 points by jimmy2020 over 3 years ago | 11 comments
More than 50,000 Americans died by suicide in 2023–more than any year on record (www.nbcnews.com)

51 points by grecy 6 months ago | 66 comments
FBI ups reward to $75,000 for suspect who placed pipe bombs during Capitol riot (www.nbcnews.com)

50 points by mhh__ over 3 years ago | 28 comments