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Astronaut Rick Mastracchio delivered a commencement speech 260 miles from Earth for the University of Connecticut School of Engineering.

If you’re one of the tens of millions who tried the barefoot running trend in Vibram FiveFingers shoes, you may be able to get some money back, thanks to a class-action lawsuit. NBC’s Kristen Dahlgren reports.

While almost half of Americans typically only carry around $20 or less, according to Bankrate.com, 9 percent of Americans carry no cash at all.

Virginia police say they've discovered the body of a third victim in Friday’s crash. The balloon hit a power line and burst into flames.

Hundreds of people were forced to flee their homes after a wildfire broke out in the Texas panhandle.The fire started around 4 p.m. Sunday (5 p.m. ET) near Fritch in Hutchinson County.

The Washington Monument has been closed since August 23, 2011 when a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck 84 miles southwest of the Nation's Capitol. During a media preview tour on Saturday, a view of the White House could be seen from the top of the monument in Washington, DC.

A nine-month-old baby was shot and killed and three women were critically injured after masked gunmen burst into a suburban Atlanta home, chased them into a locked bathroom and started shooting late Saturday night, in what police believe may have been a revenge attack.

Snowplows were sent out on Denver's streets early Monday while the threat of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms loomed over the nation’s heartland, forecasters warned.

Investigators are looking for 28-year-old Anthony Coward in connection with attacks at a station in Bedford-Stuyvesant and in Queens.

A foot of spring snow sent plows out on the streets of Denver early Monday while the threat of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms loomed over the nation’s heartland, forecasters warned.