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Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, Brad Raffensperger, Georgia's secretary of state and Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr

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Saga in the Peach State

How Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election results is still shaping Georgia politics six years later.

A deepfake image showing a man resembling Alex Pretti holding a cell phone in his hand while standing near a law enforcement officer, who wears a flak jacket.

Blurring reality

Social media users are trying to use AI to get clearer images and videos of the Minneapolis shootings — but instead are misleading millions.

Connor Storrie, left, and Hudson Williams pose together

Five for fighting back

"Heated Rivalry" has become a hit in Russia — but fandom could lead to prison in a country that labeled the LGBTQ "movement" an extremist organization.

Lance Corporal Cassidy Little in Peterborough, England on Wednesday.

'We came running'

Trump partially walked back his claim that NATO troops in Afghanistan stayed "off the front lines," but these veterans aren't likely to forget.

Dealing the Dead

Photos of Carl Yenner, Aurimar Villegas, Nika Hodges and Dale Legget.

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'We didn't know she was dead': 11 families learned what happened to relatives' bodies from NBC News

Aurimar Iturriago Villegas's mother looks at her photo at her home in Venezuela.

A young woman's body was chopped up for science — as her mother desperately fought to bring her home

She left Venezuela hoping to lift her family out of poverty. When she was murdered, her corpse became a commodity in the U.S. body trade.

Karen Wandel's father, Libero Marinelli, Jr., was a widowed Army veteran.

A veteran's corpse was sent across state lines — before his family knew he was dead

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.

The body broker industry has no rules. For one disgraced chiropractor, that was perfect.

A disgraced chiropractor found a new job selling bodies. In an industry with few guardrails, he soon faced accusations of mishandling human remains.

As families searched, a Texas medical school cut up their loved ones without consent

The University of North Texas Health Science Center built a flourishing business dissecting and exporting corpses.

Texas medical program stops using unclaimed bodies following NBC News investigation

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.

NBC News publishes the names of more than 1,800 people whose unclaimed bodies were given over

Survivors said they were disturbed and heartbroken to learn that their loved ones’ bodies may have been studied.

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2026 Election

AI, crypto and Trump super PACs stash millions to spend on the midterms

MAGA Inc. ended 2025 with more than $300 million on hand, as tech groups aim to flex their political muscle.

Donald Trump Delivers Joint Address To Congress

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U.S. news

How a trans woman's removal from a restroom tore the world of competitive pinball apart

The governing body of pinball, one of the most welcoming sports for trans players, is struggling to rebuild trust after the confrontation.

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Russia

Russians feel strain of Putin's war with mobile internet shutdowns

Officials have urged residents to treat the outages, intended to prevent attacks by Ukrainian drones, as an opportunity for a "digital detox."

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Space

Going the farthest: Meet the four astronauts on NASA's Artemis II moon mission

The mission, which could launch Feb. 8, will take the astronauts farther from Earth than humanity has ever gone before.

NASA Artemis II crew from left: Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen.

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Immigration

This Minneapolis family has been in hiding for weeks, fearful of being deported

From a missed graduation ceremony to anxiety about walking their dog, one family recounts their fear of being deported as ICE agents flood their city.

Undocumented parents in hiding in Minneapolis

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Artificial intelligence

Humans welcome to observe: This social network is for AI agents only

Launched Wednesday, Moltbook has already sparked fascination in the AI community as advanced bots — agents — converse. Its creator says an AI is in charge.