The Paris Oympics flame was formally handed to French organizers on Friday in the all-marble stadium where the first modern Games were held in Athens in 1896.

WASHINGTON — Amid growing protests on college campuses by pro-Palestinian demonstrators, the White House is planning for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to have a minimal presence for a traditional rite of spring: delivering commencement addresses.

NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer speaks with a 39-year-old Beijing resident who is navigating being laid off from an internet company while the middle-class in China decreases. 

A former Colorado sheriff’s deputy was convicted of a misdemeanor Friday in the shooting death of Christian Glass, who had called 911 for help after his car got stuck in a small mountain community.

Columbia University said Friday that it has banned a student protest leader from campus after a video resurfaced Thursday that showed the student saying Zionists "don't deserve to live."

One climber died and another was seriously injured after the two-person team fell around 1,000 feet while climbing a mountain in Alaska’s Denali National Park.