The 151st running of the Kentucky Derby takes place Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Mystik Dan, at 18-1 odds, won last year. Will an even bigger upset (like Rich Strike at 80-1 in 2022) occur this weekend? NBC Sports will provide coverage of 15 races starting Friday and taking you all the way…
NEW YORK — Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times — often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his blood in hopes of creating a better treatment for snake bites. Friede has long had a fascination with reptiles and other venomous creatures. He used to milk scorpions’ and spiders’ venom as a…
Halley’s comet swings near Earth every 75 years. But debris left by the comet leads to two major meteor showers every year including the Eta Aquarids. When this meteor shower lights up the night sky, “you’ll know that Earth is crossing the path of the most famous comet,” said Shauna Edson of the Smithsonian’s National Air and…
British comedian and actor Russell Brand was granted bail after appearing in a London court Friday on charges of rape and multiple counts of sex assault. Brand, who was charged last month, has always denied having nonconsensual sex since the allegations about him were first aired two years ago. Brand’s appearance Friday came ahead of the first…
Democratic senators alleged Friday that tech billionaire Elon Musk may have used his White House job to drum up private deals in foreign countries for Starlink, his satellite internet service. In a letter to President Donald Trump, 13 senators led by Mark Warner, D-Va., wrote that Starlink seemed to make sudden breakthroughs this year in…
President Donald Trump said Friday that he will revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status, the latest move in the escalating clash between the administration and the Ivy League school. “We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status. It’s what they deserve!” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. The president had previously…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth, possibly within the first two weeks of May. It’s too early to know where the half-ton mass of metal might come down or how much of it will survive reentry, according…
A ship carrying aid and volunteers heading for Gaza was attacked by drones in international waters off Malta early Friday, the group organizing the mission said. Freedom Flotilla Coalition, the aid group running the mission, blamed Israel for the attack but did not provide evidence for that allegation. NBC News’ reached out to the Israel Defense Forces…
Marco Rubio was just two weeks into his new job when he got a critical lesson in being President Donald Trump’s secretary of state. In Latin America on his first trip outside the United States since he became America’s top diplomat, three senior administration officials said, Rubio was caught off guard by two policy decisions…
LONDON — Prince Harry has lost his appeal against the U.K. government’s decision to axe his publicly-funded security detail at Britain’s High Court. King Charles III’s second son’s protection was downgraded in February 2020 when he stepped down as a full-time member of the royal family and moved to the United States with his wife,…
