WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will not finalize a Biden-era plan to require coverage of anti-obesity medications in Medicare and Medicaid. In a rule finalized Friday afternoon, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services stated it does not intend to continue with the Biden proposal, which was released in November. CMS did not provide a reason for dropping the proposal, but a ...

LOS ANGELES — Simply put, the Los Angeles Clippers’ goal is to “make the playoffs,” coach Tyronn Lue said, and not be a play-in team. The Clippers moved closer to that goal Friday in a 114-91 rout of the Dallas Mavericks at the Intuit Dome. Having won 10 of their last 12 games, the Clippers are putting themselves in position to potentially avoid the play-in the tight Western Conference playoff ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Passes glanced off their hands. Rebounds squirted out of bounds. The bright lights of a historic season blinded UCLA on the biggest stage. Connecticut, appearing in its 16th Final Four in the last 17 NCAA Tournaments, played like a team used to this moment, dominating UCLA, 85-51, in the Final Four at Amalie Arena on Friday. The Bruins (34-3) looked nothing like the team that ...

Over the past two days, more than $5 trillion of wealth has been erased from the U.S. stock market as investors react to the tariffs announced by President Trump. China’s retaliatory move today sent markets sliding. NBC News’ Christine Romans reports.

Theodore McCarrick, a once-powerful Catholic cardinal who was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 after a Vatican investigation determined he had molested adults and children, has died.