More than a decade ago, federal health inspectors wanted to shut down the pharmacy linked to a recent deadly meningitis outbreak until it cleaned up its operations, according to congressional investigators.

Mike D’Antoni’s gave his first interview in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning, and said he knows fans are disappointed that he got the job instead of Phil Jackson and won't take the bench until Friday night against the Suns.

First Read: New developments and questions in Petraeus scandal; will it erode confidence in the military as an institution?

Every month, 5-year-old Sean Goodman plays a little game with one of the sea lions at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, Calif. Sean started playing with California sea lion Milo a year and a half ago, but last week they attracted quite a crowd while performing their trick together.

Target employees are seeing red after the retailer announced they were opening at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving night, cutting into holiday time for workers. An online petition asking Target to not open on Thanksgiving has over 179,000 signatures, and the number continues to rise.

A Syrian warplane struck homes in the town of Ras al-Ain, which is within sight of the Turkish border, as it pursued an aerial bombardment designed to force out rebels.

The skies over a slice of northern Australia will darken for a few minutes today as the planet experiences its first total solar eclipse in more than two years.

An Islamist cleric described as a key al-Qaida operative in Europe was freed from prison Tuesday after a court ruled he cannot be deported from Britain face terrorism charges.

When Dave Morin was planning his honeymoon to Italy and Greece with his wife-to-be Brit, he made a somewhat unconventional choice: he invited some friends. “A big part of our wedding was including our friends who make up our life together,” he said.

An Arizona woman, in despair at the re-election of Democratic President Barack Obama, ran down her husband with the family car in suburban Phoenix on Saturday because he failed to vote in the election, police said on Monday.

Those who know the two women at the center of General David Petraeus’ affair scandal are speaking out. Jill Kelley’s brother says she is “dedicated” to her husband, while Paula Broadwell’s friend calls her “a pretty great person.” NBC’s Kristen Welker reports. (TODAY)

Margaret Snopkowski, 51, of Michigan, missed the birth of her first grandchild Oct. 24. Instead, she was hospitalized 300 miles away as fungal meningitis from tainted back pain drugs ravaged her system. Congressional committees this week are probing the outbreak that has killed 32.

President Barack Obama's next choice to head the U.S. Federal Reserve could have his or her hands tied if Ben Bernanke and company continue to re-write the policymaking rule book at their current clip.

When Superstorm Sandy smashed into the metro New York coastline two weeks ago, also caught up in the deluge were tens, and perhaps hundreds of thousands of automobiles.

Thirty-three high school students were injured after their school bus crashed into the woods along New Jersey’s Garden State Parkway on Monday afternoon.

Three teenagers have been arrested for allegedly destroying nearly 100 gravestones at Jewish cemeteries, police in Connecticut said.

As Republicans nurse their wounds from last week's election setbacks, they’re trying to learn the right lessons from defeat.

A rocket landed near the Afghan intelligence agency in Kabul and two others struck near the airport highway and a private television station early Tuesday morning, security officials said.

General John Allen is under investigation over allegations of “inappropriate” emails between him and the woman who sparked the probe into CIA Director David Petraeus, officials said.