First in breaking news and analysis: Msnbc.com reporters and NBC correspondents bring you compelling stories from across the nation. Kirk Graves, the brother-in-law of Josh Powell, said Powell, who killed himself and his own children in a home ...

The father of a missing teenage girl who was abducted by an armed man in Anchorage, Alaska, is pleading for the kidnapper to send his daughter home. Samantha Koenig, 18, was last seen Wednesday evening on surveillance video that showed her leaving the ...

Three mushroom pickers took refuge in a hollowed out tree after getting lost in an Oregon forest, fighting wintry chills for six days and drinking water from streams until a helicopter pilot spotted them. Belinda and Daniel Conne, along with their ...

By William M. Welch, USA TODAY LAS VEGAS -- Mitt Romney, back in the frontrunner's seat, took the lead in the first returns from Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses Saturday. By Emmanuel Dunand, AFP/Getty Images Mitt Romney arrives in Colorado ...

Dozens of US Park Police descended on horseback and foot upon the Occupy DC camp in McPherson Square on Saturday to continue an enforcement of its no-camping rules launched earlier this week. US Park Police Capt. Phil Beck told protesters they would be ...