Visitors usually flock to the Blue Ridge Mountains this time of year for festivities, but a cleanup effort that could take years to complete has left businesses struggling to survive.
The Parker Solar Probe is expected to make a fiery dive close to the solar surface on Christmas Eve morning -- a key milestone in its mission to study the sun's outer atmosphere.
Evy Poumpouras, a former Secret Service agent and current NBC News law enforcement analyst, joins TODAY to talk about rising concerns for safety in the U.S. after a vehicle plowed into a crowd at a German Christmas market.
President Biden is expected to sign the revised funding bill that lawmakers in the House and Senate agreed would keep the government open even though it doesn't include everything he wanted. NBC's Aaron Gilchrist reports for TODAY.
With Republicans about to take control of the Senate, Democrats on the Judiciary Committee issued a report detailing alleged ethical lapses by justices.
People living in rural parts of the country live shorter lives, on average, than their urban counterparts, largely due to heart disease. That disparity grew during the pandemic.