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Many states that are legalizing marijuana have plans to help communities hurt by the war on drugs and create a legal weed industry reflective of those communities. But there needs to be more than “magical thinking” from regulators to get those businesses started, says Smoke Wallin, a board member of the U.S. Hemp Roundtable.

Watch out for September 24, 2187: if the asteroid called Bennu is going to collide with Earth, that’s when it’s going to happen. In the meantime, a team of scientists sent a lander to the asteroid to collect samples. Determining what the asteroid is made of can help track its trajectory, and also provide insight into the beginnings of...

Pet adoptions spiked last year, with many people stuck at home looking for a lockdown buddy. But now those pets are getting returned with owners going back to work. Plus, returning to the office led to fewer people households that could foster pets, putting further stress on rescue agencies.

Carlette Duffy was trying to sell her home in Indianapolis, Indiana but was getting unsatisfying values at two appraisals. Then she removed photos from the property and had a white friend stand in for a third – and the value shot up. Andre Perry from the Brookings Institution explains the history of discrimination in housing and his research showing the...

Dan Klein competes in speed stacking – also known as sport stacking – for Team USA. He talked to LX News about the cup stacking sport and showed our hosts Ashley Holt and Nik Z how it works.

Fighting between Israel and the militant group Hamas has killed more than 100 people, with the death toll largely among Palestinians, over the past few days, with an exchange of airstrikes and rocket fire escalating to mob violence in the streets. Whether Americans know it or not, our country is already embroiled in this conflict, explains NBC News and MSNBC...

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series is back for a second season on Disney+. Two cast members from the show with the mouthful of a title, Joshua Bassett and Matt Cornett, talk about the fun they had on set. They took online high school courses, so filming the show gave them a bit of a high school experience.

Many more people are putting their vaccination status, or even a picture of their vaccine card, in their dating app profiles. It also seems more people are looking for a committed relationship as the nation opens up again, NBC News youth and internet culture reporter Kalhan Rosenblatt explains.

For months, Dr. John Torres was hesitant to talk about the “light at the end of the tunnel” or the end of the pandemic. He believes the nation is not out of the woods yet. But Thursday’s announcement from the CDC, which lifted many recommendations on masking, has him thinking differently for the first time in awhile.

15-year-old Audrey Baker and her brother both took part in a clinical trial at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Baker is urging children and parents to get their shots and help the nation out of this pandemic.

“I’m an Asian American woman speaking up.” Alice Tsui’s poem “Golden Light,” shared with NBCLX for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, raises a battle cry against AAPI hate and anti-Blackness.

OTE will feature 30 top-notch high school boys hoops stars who are rising juniors and seniors. Instead of spending their weekends playing in AAU tournaments or waiting to take their talents to an elite college program like Duke or Kentucky, these players will instead cash in on their skills right away, earning a starting salary of $100,000 while still finishing high school.

While plenty of sitcoms have focused on nuclear families with a mother, father and children, Netflix’s “The Upshaws” features a blended family. Mike Epps, Kim Fields and Wanda Sykes told us more about the comedy show.

During this Asian American and Pacific Islander Awareness Month, we discuss the 2020 election and AAPI women’s participation in it. Many AAPI women reported voting for the first time in 2020, says Jennifer Wang from the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum.

Supply is going to come back, but the nation, particularly the southeast, has seen a rush of people stocking up on gasoline as supply dips. There’s no need to hoard, says Patrick De Haan of Gasbuddy, an app that helps you find the cheapest pump near you.

Paying high school stars to play basketball has been tried before and failed. Overtime Elite, with the backing of the NBA commissioner, believes it has the model in place for success.

Three hundred years ago, humanity’s most prevalent form of government was absolute power. Kings, sultants and emperors were free. Those they ruled over, the people, were not. As civilization became more educated, people began demanding a voice. Democracy decentralized authority and gave people a say in their governance. But as rulers became representatives, they learned they could recentralize their...

Is it possible to have a government that isn’t driven by ideological differences? Examples in North America alone, including one state house in the U.S., show that government bodies can be designed to avoid political parties and encourage cooperation. NBCLX storyteller Peter Hull takes a closer look at the possibilities of decentralized government.

In the last decade, your chances of getting audited have shrunk from slim to virtually none.

Brittany Burcham has fostered more than 30 children in need of emergency or short-term placements, and welcomes them to her home with a basket of necessities like a blanket, fuzzy socks and a toothbrush. This Foster Care Awareness Month, she explains why she became a foster parent and why it’s important to provide a safe space for teenagers in particular.