Forecasters do not expect Hurricane Lowell to make landfall in Hawaii, but they warned the storm could still have significant impacts.

The US Air Force’s Hurricane Hunters and NOAA aircrafts flew directly into the eye of Hurricane Lowell over the Pacific Ocean to collect critical data on

The powerful storm is not expected to make a direct landfall but is still forecast to bring serious weather to the islands.

Hurricane Lowell was skirting western Hawaii, bringing damaging winds, heavy rain and punishing waves, the National Hurricane Center said, and leaving tens of thousands of homes and businesses in the dark.

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch announced he will be stepping down from his position leading the institution by the end of the year. NBC News' Andrea Mitchell has details on Bunch's accomplishments and past tensions with President Trump and his administration.

Historian Lonnie Bunch will leave his position as secretary of the Smithsonian at the end of the year, he announced Tuesday.

The historian made history as the institution’s first Black secretary and will depart as the Smithsonian faces a political battle

Lonnie Bunch, who has led the Smithsonian as its secretary for the past seven years, said that he will step down at the end of the year. His departure comes amid repeated criticism from the Trump administration over how the institution depicts and descrives historical events and figures.

A keynote address from Vice President JD Vance will conclude the first of two nights of Republican Party convention speeches at a unique midterm-year gathering in Dallas on Wednesday and Thursday.

Republicans will gather in Dallas next week for a "Midterm Convention," including some of Greater Cincinnati's officials.

Republicans will descend on Dallas this week for a two-day convention dreamed up by President Donald Trump to rally his party ahead of this year’s midterm elections

Republicans will gather in Dallas for the first-of-its-kind midterm convention as the president battles intensifying political headwinds. NBC News’ Yamiche Alcindor, Sahil Kapur and Allie Canal discuss President Trump's agenda and the midterm implications.

People got sick because the leaders they trusted lied and told them they were safe to breathe in toxic air,” the mayor said.

New York City has released more than 170,000 pages of previously undisclosed records about air quality following the September 11, 2001, attacks, showing city officials at the time knew conditions around Ground Zero were unsafe to breathe despite repeated assurances to the public.

New York City officials released over 170,000 pages of reports on toxic conditions around Ground Zero after 9/11. Many New Yorkers who were in the area have suffered from health issues like cancer and other respiratory illnesses.

New York City officials released thousands of previously unseen documents questioning the air quality at Ground Zero following the 9/11 attacks.

The Illinois case against Corie Walsh has drawn national attention because of reported references to other high-profile cases.

Prosecutors say an Illinois woman charged with killing her 2-year-old son had been closely following the murder trial of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy

An Illinois woman is in court on Tuesday after being charged with murdering her 2-year-old son. Prosecutors say she was heavily invested in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial. CBS News Chicago's Darius Johnson has more.

An Illinois woman has been charged with three counts of murder in the death of her 2-year-old son in a case drawing comparisons to the Lindsay Clancy trial, authorities confirmed.

President Donald Trump has honored the victims of the Sept_ 11, 2001, attacks by vowing to “never forget.” President Donald Trump arrives to speak during the Tunnel to Towers Foundation event for the 25th Anniversary of 9/11,

Days before the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, President Donald Trump honored victims and first responders at the Ellipse Tuesday, vowing the nation will “never forget.”

The event showcased a massive, 21-foot, nearly 17,000-pound steel beam recovered from the South Tower of the World Trade Center, which traveled for months across the country as part of the Steel Across America tour.

President Trump hosted first responders and families of victims from the 9/11 terror attacks for a “Steel Across America” event at the White House. NBC News' Garrett Haake reports on what the president had to say and the piece of the World Trade Center on display during his remarks.