In an effort to draw in more foreign tourists, China announced on Tuesday that it was extending its visa-free transit policy, enabling Americans and other qualified foreign visitors to remain in some areas of the nation for up to 240 hours, or 10 days. On its WeChat account, China's National Immigration Agency declared that passport holders from 54 nations are eligible for the policy, which takes effect immediately. They comprise the United States and Canada, as well as nations in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. As long as they traveled on to a third nation or region, visitors could previously remain in China for up to 72 to 144 hours without a visa, depending on where they went. Those who have tickets to leave China within 10 days can enter the nation at 60 locations in 24 provinces, inc...

In a letter, six Democratic senators urged the U.S. Agriculture Department to act immediately to safeguard the benefits cards that are being used to steal grocery money from low-income families. Over $150 million in stolen benefits have been returned to SNAP participants by the federal government since the previous fiscal year, according to data. In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the senators stated that a proposed rule regarding modernizing the cards, which the Agriculture Department has not yet released, would stop the thefts from spreading, but the actual amount taken from needy households is probably much higher than that. The letter, which was received Monday evening and initially published by NBC News, stated that the USDA should move quickly to mandate that state-iss...

According to recent study, at least 37 persons may have been systematically dismembered and devoured in the wake of an extraordinarily violent attack in early Bronze Age England. The study, which was published Monday in the journal Antiquity, claims that the attack, which occurred approximately 4,000 years ago, exposes a case of cannibalism and the darker side of human prehistory. A 50-foot dig in Charterhouse Warren, southwest England, some 20 miles south of Bristol, yielded more than 3,000 bones. According to researchers, cavers initially found the bones in the 1970s, and they were selected for examination because to the large number of cutmarks. The study's lead scientist, Rick Schulting, told NBC News via email on Monday that they had been subjected to greater violence than would often...

The pilot was killed after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter crashed Monday in Potrero, which is located near the U.S.-Mexico border in the far southeast region of San Diego County, according to CBP. Around 10 a.m., a CBP official said the CBP Air and Marine Operations plane crashed while on a border security mission two miles south of Barrett Lake and north of state Route 94. According to CBP, the crash claimed the life of one CBP Air Interdiction Agent, who was the only person on board and the pilot. Shortly after the collision, SkyRanger7 flew over the scene, revealing the wreckage at the hemp farm Sol Valley Ranch in the midst of an open field. Dozens of border patrol officers surrounded the procession route late Monday afternoon. The helicopter took off from Brown Field,...

Authorities said that a teenager who attended Abundant Life Christian School opened fire on Monday, killing a teacher and a pupil at a private school in Wisconsin. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes told reporters that the accused gunman, a female student, was dead and six people were injured. What we know about the shooting is as follows: When did the shooting happen? At 10:57 a.m., authorities were called to Abundant Life Christian School, which is located east of Madison's downtown, in response to a report of an active shooter, according to Barnes. He said a second-grade pupil from Abundant Life made the 911 call. According to Barnes, officers had been preparing for such situations at the time of the incident. According to him, what started out as a training day turned into a reali...

On Tuesday, Ukraine's security service took credit for the murder of Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of Russia's chemical, radiological, and biological weapons section. The detonation of an explosive device planted in a scooter outside the entrance of a Moscow apartment building was orchestrated by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), an informed source within the agency told NBC News. Russian officials said Kirillov and his unnamed helper were murdered in the Tuesday morning explosion. Ukraine claimed responsibility for the event, but Russian officials did not immediately address the assertion. Ukraine's security agencies accused Kirillov on Monday of using prohibited chemical weapons during Russia's February 2022 invasion of the country. Late Tuesday morning, Russian detectives, fore...

Authorities said Monday that a woman who was charged with stowaway after she was suspected of boarding a trip from New York to Paris last month without a ticket was detained in New York close to the Canadian border after severing her ankle band. A senior official briefed on the situation told NBC News that Svetlana Dali was apprehended close to Buffalo. The official stated that the woman, who is accused of cutting off her ankle monitor while she was in the vicinity of Philadelphia with her boyfriend, traveled to Buffalo by Greyhound bus. After being accused of smuggling onto a Delta flight from New York City to Paris last month, Dali was charged with stowaway and arraigned in federal court this month. The federal court had mandated that a GPS ankle band track her travels. According to a se...

Authorities said that a teenager who attended Abundant Life Christian School opened fire on Monday, killing a teacher and a pupil at a private school in Wisconsin. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes told reporters that the accused gunman, a female student, was dead and six people were injured. For live coverage, follow. What we know about the shooting is as follows: When did the shooting happen? At 10:57 a.m., authorities were called to Abundant Life Christian School, which is located east of Madison's downtown, in response to a report of an active shooter, according to Barnes. He said a second-grade pupil from Abundant Life made the 911 call. According to Barnes, officers had been preparing for such situations at the time of the incident. According to him, what started out as a train...

The FBI and three other government agencies stated in a joint statement Monday night that the many drone sightings by members of the public in East Coast states are not unusual and do not represent a threat to public safety or national security. A variety of commercial, hobbyist, and law enforcement drones, along with a few manned fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and stars, were among the items identified from over 5,000 tips that authorities received in recent weeks, according to the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Defense, and FBI. According to the organizations, almost 100 of those suggestions needed more examination. "We have not identified anything anomalous and do not assess the activity to date to present a national security or public...

Authorities said that a teenager who attended Abundant Life Christian School opened fire on Monday, killing a teacher and a pupil at a private school in Wisconsin. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes told reporters that the accused gunman, a female student, was dead and six people were injured. For live coverage, follow. What we know about the shooting is as follows: When did the shooting happen? At 10:57 a.m., authorities were called to Abundant Life Christian School, which is located east of Madison's downtown, in response to a report of an active shooter, according to Barnes. He said a second-grade pupil from Abundant Life made the 911 call. According to Barnes, officers had been preparing for such situations at the time of the incident. According to him, what started out as a train...