Once a week, 18-month-old Rena Shinohara heads off to work. Her job? Strolling around a nursing home in Japan, brightening the days of residents. nbcnews.com/news/world/jap…

A picturesque Austrian town with about 750 permanent residents often welcomes more than 10,000 visitors per day.

Residents are begging for it to stop.

“Hallstatt no longer lives on tourism, it is being squashed by overcrowding,” a resident says. nbcnews.com/news/world/hal…

When Evelyn Jossell took over as superintendent of a Mississippi community that has long faced poverty, she realized the majority of students couldn’t read at grade level.

So, she pioneered a literacy program geared toward the county's youngest children. nbcnews.com/news/education…

Sitting in the sun after handling certain foods like limes may cause an itchy rash or sunburn called photocontact dermatitis, sometimes called 'margarita rash.'

In severe cases, people may develop blisters that require an emergency room visit. nbcnews.com/health/health-…

The FDA is investigating whether cucumbers are responsible for a nationwide Salmonella outbreak that has led to 54 hospitalizations. nbcnews.com/business/consu…

As water levels on the Great Salt Lake drop to new lows this fall, researchers are racing to understand a hazard that threatens 2,000,000+ people living nearby: Toxic dust. nbcnews.com/science/enviro…

Colossal Biosciences, which previously announced its ambitious plan to revive the woolly mammoth, says it wants to bring back the dodo bird, too. nbcnews.com/science/scienc…

After surviving a pandemic, inflation and environmental crises, many adults, particularly Gen Zers and millennials, appear to be leaning into a nostalgic form of escapism: play. nbcnews.com/pop-culture/ad…

Walmart says it will offer new training programs and certifications to fill high-demand roles across its business, such as HVAC technicians, opticians and software engineers. nbcnews.com/business/busin…

In his new track “Houdini,” Eminem seems to poke fun at the 2020 shooting that left Megan Thee Stallion with a foot injury. nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/em…

The police officer who stopped top golfer Scottie Scheffler outside a Kentucky country club last month sustained a cut wrist and torn pants in a confrontation the officer could or should've avoided, according to a newly released report on the arrest. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/o…

A Virginia pediatrician who had been accused of abusing teenage female patients and a young mom has had his medical license temporarily suspended. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/v…

A 6-year-old girl died this week after succumbing to head trauma caused when the errant shaft of a badminton racquet struck her during a family vacation in Maine, police say. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/6…

The waters off Walton County, Florida, have been closed after back-to-back shark bite incidents in the county Friday. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/b…

A pregnant Swiftie was at her 13-week ultrasound when she saw fetus making a heart with her hands above her head, just like Taylor Swift does on stage. nbcnews.com/pop-culture/po…

A woman is accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend two years ago.

She has claimed innocence and her trial has entered its sixth week.

Here’s what we know about the allegations: nbcnews.com/news/us-news/k…

Hispanic-owned businesses in Montgomery, Alabama, are being “hunted’ by criminals, city officials said this week after three people were killed in a grocery store shooting that officials say may be connected to a string of targeted crimes. nbcnews.com/news/latino/hi…

The man who disrupted a high school graduation by blocking the superintendent from shaking his daughter's hand said he disliked the administrator and wanted to prevent him “from having the satisfaction” of shaking her hand, according to a police report. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/m…

Bill Anders, an astronaut who was one of the first three people to orbit the moon, and who took the famous 'Earthrise' photo, has died at age 90 after a small plane he was in crashed in the water north of Seattle. nbcnews.com/news/obituarie…

Weeks after Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction was overturned in New York, the disgraced film mogul filed an appeal to overturn a separate rape and sexual assault conviction in California. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/h…