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Researchers say a discovery strongly suggests the little hominids known as Homo naledi were much less ancient than previously thought.

President Donald Trump has approved a plan to arm the Syrian Kurdish militia, an important United States ally in the fight against ISIS, two defense officials told NBC News. The plan's options include providing Kurds with rifles, ammunition and armor. Syria's six-year civil war has left nearly a half million people dead.

While investigators are trying to determine why brothers failed to properly act, psychologists point to the case as an example of "groupthink."

Hundreds of workers at the Hanford nuclear production complex in Washington state were ordered to "take cover" Tuesday after a tunnel collapsed.

"I'm afraid for my life, my safety," CBP officer Diana Cifuentes told WNBC in an exclusive interview. DHS is investigating the allegations.

"I messed up," he told the Broward County Sheriff's Office.

The interview will air on Thursday's broadcast of "NBC Nightly News," which Holt will anchor from D.C. Excerpts will also run on Friday's "TODAY."

Sean Spicer dismissed former acting Attorney General Sally Yates — a career DOJ staffer — as "not exactly a supporter of the president's agenda".

After multiple flights were canceled at the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport due to a labor dispute between pilots and Spirit Airlines, tensions ran high as passengers tried to find a way home.

Ed Murray denied the sexual abuse allegations against him but says the scandal is hurting the city and it is in everyone's best interest to drop out.