The master tenant of a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse where 36 people perished when a fire ignited during a 2016 dance party pleaded guilty Friday to the deaths, avoiding a second trial after the first ended in a hung jury.
U.S. President Joe Biden has directed law enforcement and intelligence officials in his administration to study the threat of domestic violent extremism in the United States, an undertaking being launched weeks after a mob of insurgents loyal to Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol.
NBC News veteran Tom Brokaw said Friday that he is retiring from the network after 55 years.
There is some evidence that a new coronavirus variant first identified in southeast England carries a higher risk of death than the original strain, the British government's chief scientific adviser said Friday — though he stressed that the data is uncertain
U.S. President Joe Biden's cabinet is starting to take shape. Lloyd J. Austin was confirmed by the Senate Friday, becoming the first Black secretary of defence. Janet Yellen is also expected to be approved as the nation's 78th treasury secretary on Friday.
