A nationwide ground stop was lifted by the Federal Aviation Administration after a telecommunications outage brought flight departures across the US to a halt, according to a person familiar with the matter,

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the move followed communications outages at air-traffic control centers.

The Federal Aviation Administration says airplane departures can resume after the agency lifted a nationwide ground stop caused by communications problems.The FAA had grounded all flights nationwide Friday afternoon,

Thousands of aircraft were halted for more than four hours because of a "temporary telecommunications outage." Officials were searching for the cause.

Authorities have found a bomb near an ethanol plant in central Illinois, leading to evacuations. The bomb was discovered Friday afternoon at the BioUrja Renewables plant in Peoria.

A bomb was found at an ethanol plant in central Illinois on Friday, officials said, sparking an FBI investigation and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people living nearby.

Residents in a one-mile radius of the plant were advised to evacuate after the device was located at an industrial site along the Illinois River.

A bomb threat at an ethanol plant prompted a large-scale evacuation of parts of an Illinois city Friday night as officials worked to defuse the credible threat. The suspicious package was discovered at the BioUrja Renewables plant in Peoria, Ill., just after 1 p.m. Friday. Peoria police ruled the device a credible threat an hour later as FBI agents were called to the scene, Police Chief Brad Dixon said at a press conference early Saturday...

Survivors of a Brooklyn apartment building collapse are desperate to know what caused the catastrophe that killed relatives and neighbors and destroyed their homes. Residents of the collapsed

Crews continued searching for survivors Thursday, a day after a three-story apartment building collapsed in Brooklyn, killing at least eight people, including two children.

Firefighters have removed the bodies of three more people who died after a building collapsed in Brooklyn, bringing the death toll to five

Scores of firefighters and police officers wielding pickaxes and power saws clambered over the rubble pile overnight.

Pope Leo was greeted by massive crowds as he returned to the city where he served as bishop. NBC News’ Anne Thompson reports.

Crowds in Peru's northern city ⁠of Chiclayo gathered early on Friday ahead of Pope Leo's arrival for the centerpiece ​event of his 12-day South America tour, an outdoor Mass with the people who called him their bishop for ‌eight years.

Pope Leo XIV celebrated a huge Mass for hundreds of thousands of pilgrims in Chiclayo, where he once served as bishop.

Pope Leo XIV returned to Peru, the country the American-born pontiff called his second home, for the final leg of his 12-day tour of South America.

Trump praised Scott Colom after Mississippi US Senate win made him the state's first Black senator since Reconstruction. Why this win makes history

The Associated Press has declared Democrat Scott Colom the winner in the race for U.S. Senate in Mississippi after several counties reported updated results Wednesday. Colom led Republican

When Scott Colom is sworn into the U.S. Senate in January, he will not be the first Black senator from Mississippi to make history

Democratic nominee Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s closely contested U.S. Senate race after a prolonged ballot-counting process, giving the state its first Black U.

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen has emerged as a challenger to New York Sen. Chuck Schumer as the Democratic Party picks a Senate majority leader

The Maryland Democrat said the country's election called for change but acknowledged he is an underdog for the role.

Chuck Schumer faces a rare contested Senate leadership race as Chris Van Hollen pushes to abolish the filibuster and shake up Democratic strategy.

Democratic ⁠US Senator ⁠Chris Van Hollen said on ​Thursday he would run to ‌be the Senate ‌majority leader, prompting ⁠a ⁠challenge to Senator Chuck Schumer, following the midterm ​elections in which their party won a majority in ​the chamber.