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As Virginia redistricting looms, Spanberger struggles to keep 'moderate' image -- Ahead of Tuesday's vote on redrawing Virginia's congressional districts, the first few months of Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger's term have made clear how difficult it is to govern from the center when your party controls the state legislature and politics remain so polarized. -- Story Hinckley

Christian Science Monitor - Apr 20, 2026 6:24am EDT

Live updates: Major 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan, tsunami alert issued

Follow NBC News live coverage of the Japan earthquake and tsunami warning.

NBC News - Apr 20, 2026 6:14am EDT

Live updates: Iran vows retaliation after U.S. seizes ship and says no plans for new peace talks

Follow NBC News live coverage of the U.S. seizing an Iranian ship, Trump's blockade and the Strait of Hormuz, peace talks in Pakistan and Israel-Lebanon.

NBC News - Apr 20, 2026 6:04am EDT

Blue Origin lands well, but failed to put sat in right place

Register UK - Apr 20, 2026 6:04am EDT

Restoring capabilities: Iran's Trump card in war of attrition

Mehr News Agency - Apr 20, 2026 5:57am EDT

French prosecutors summon Elon Musk over alleged child abuse images on X

Guardian UK - Apr 20, 2026 5:14am EDT

Fire destroys 1,000 homes in a Malaysian coastal village on Borneo Island

The fire spread rapidly through rows of wooden houses constructed on stilts above the sea, officials said, displacing more than 9,000 people.

NBC News - Apr 20, 2026 4:23am EDT

NASA working on ‘Big Bang’ upgrade for Voyager probes

Register UK - Apr 20, 2026 3:47am EDT

‘Technician Aura’: the bugs that flee when you arrive

Register UK - Apr 20, 2026 3:07am EDT

After Lebanon ceasefire, people displaced by Israeli strikes return to what's left of their homes

Hundreds of thousands are weighing whether to return to homes in southern Lebanon that may no longer exist, even as Israeli forces remain and the risk of renewed violence lingers.

NBC News - Apr 20, 2026 2:35am EDT

British police are probing a shadowy Islamic group amid arson spree at Jewish sites

The group, Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia, or HAYI, has claimed responsibility for at least eight arson attacks on Jewish locations in London.

NBC News - Apr 20, 2026 2:26am EDT

A humanoid robot sprints past the human half-marathon world record in Beijing race

NPR - Apr 20, 2026 2:13am EDT

A 40-year-old storage company just beat Mike Cannon-Brookes’ Atlassian

Atlassian posted its strongest quarter ever, then got kicked out of the Nasdaq 100. The market has stopped rewarding software and started paying for storage.

Sydney Morning Herald - Apr 20, 2026 2:07am EDT

‘The modern world has made us ill-equipped’

The Week - Apr 20, 2026 2:07am EDT

Indonesia’s game rating system leaks developer creds

Register UK - Apr 19, 2026 10:15pm EDT

Trump wants to stop states from regulating AI. This Utah Republican isn’t listening

Toronto Star - Apr 19, 2026 9:00pm EDT

Humanoid robots race runners at Beijing half marathon

Robots raced against humans in Beijing’s half marathon and the machines made huge strides. It marks the second time that robots have shared the course with humans. NBC News’ Janis Mackey Frayer reports on who crossed the finish line first.

NBC News - Apr 19, 2026 6:25pm EDT

Anthropic ejects bundled tokens from enterprise seat deal

Register UK - Apr 19, 2026 5:56pm EDT

Palantir Posts Very Long X Post Denouncing ‘Vacant and Hollow Pluralism’

Gizmodo - Apr 19, 2026 5:52pm EDT

Tech expert Trevor Long tips Apple to launch folding smartphone

It seems more likely than ever that Apple will introduce a foldable smartphone this year, says tech expert Trevor Long.

Sydney Morning Herald - Apr 19, 2026 5:33pm EDT

Trump, When Asked About White House Meeting with Anthropic’s Dario Amodei: ‘Who?’

Gizmodo - Apr 19, 2026 4:31pm EDT

Hot-air balloon filled with people lands in California backyard

The homeowners rushed outside and saw a hot-air balloon with a basket of about a dozen people landing on their lawn.

NBC News - Apr 19, 2026 11:47am EDT

Humans reshaped planet, now can we fix it?

Humans have spent thousands of years transforming the natural world from controlled burns that reshaped landscapes to industrial agriculture that feeds billions. The question now, according to one...

International The News - Apr 19, 2026 10:03am EDT

Poll: Trump's approval rating hits second-term low as Americans sour on the economy and Iran war

Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of inflation, according to an NBC News Decision Desk Poll, with some cracks emerging in his GOP support.

NBC News - Apr 19, 2026 9:06am EDT