Skiplagging, where a traveler purchases an airline ticket with a connecting flight but gets off at the layover, has been called an open secret for years — but now the airlines are cracking down on the practice. NBC’s Vicky Nguyen reports for TODAY.

Hilary, now a tropical storm, slammed Southern California with drenching rain and the chance of life-threatening flooding. Around Los Angeles, a 5.1 magnitude earthquake rattled the region amid the storm. NBC’s Erin McLaughlin reports and Dylan Dreyer tracks for forecast for TODAY.

Border guards in Saudi Arabia have fired machine guns and launched mortars at Ethiopians trying to cross into the kingdom from Yemen, likely killing hundreds of the unarmed migrants in recent years, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Monday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the test-firing of strategic cruise missiles, as the U.S. and South Korean militaries kicked off major annual drills.

Tropical Storm Hilary made landfall Sunday on the Baja California peninsula in northwestern Mexico, with “catastrophic and life-threatening flooding” expected in the region, including across portions of the southwestern United States, according to the National Hurricane Center.

A business owner was fatally shot Friday after someone allegedly took issue with a Pride flag she had displayed at her clothing store in Lake Arrowhead, California.

Tens of millions of people are under a tropical storm warning as Hurricane Hilary moves towards southern California, the National Weather Service said.

Giuliani has been charged with engaging in a conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election on behalf of Trump — a fall from his time as a respected prosecutor and mayor.

Another case of rare “locally acquired” malaria, this one in the Washington, D.C. area, has been reported amid a string of such infections since May, officials said Friday.

Ron Cephas Jones, known for his performance in “This Is Us,” has died, according to his manager.