The Biden administration is moving ahead with a plan to ban junk fees, which are hidden charges on everything from hotel reservations to concert tickets. NBC’s Tom Costello reports for TODAY on how to avoid the fees and how the ban would be enforced.

The Federal Trade Commission rolled out a proposed rule Wednesday that would ban what it calls hidden and bogus fees that can cost consumers an extra $80 billion every year, officials said.

Another strong earthquake shook part of western Afghanistan on Wednesday morning after an earlier quake killed more than 2,000 and flattened whole villages.

Scale of atrocities emerges as Gaza bombardment goes on

Australian journalist Cheng Lei returned home after being released from her three-year detainment in Beijing, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.

Myanmar’s military has been accused of launching an airstrike on a camp for displaced persons in the northern state of Kachin that killed about 30 people.

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Arizona Republican Kari Lake kicked off her campaign for Senate Tuesday night with a boisterous rally and an endorsement from Trump.

Hurricane Lidia made landfall as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm Tuesday evening with winds of 140 mph near Mexico’s Pacific coast resort of Puerto Vallarta.

Israel designed its vaunted Iron Dome air defense system for instances just like this as rockets have rained down from Hamas militants in neighboring Gaza.