Christopher Wray FBI Chief Says China Is Trying to 'Steal Their Way' to Economic DominanceTIME - Steven T. Dennis / BloombergFBI Director Christopher Wray told senators that China is engaging in a sweeping effort to steal its way to economic dominance, with more than 1,000 investigations underway on intellectual property theft
World News China Urges U.S. to Remove ‘Black Hand’ From Hong Kong ProtestsTIMEChina said the U.S. should remove its “black hand” from Hong Kong’s protests, in some of its most pointed criticism yet against what it says is American interference in the city’s affairs. There are “signs
Apple Store 12 Questions for Tim Kobe, the Apple Store Designer Who Wants to Rebuild Notre Dame With GlassTIME - AMY GUNIA / HONG KONGTim Kobe remembers his first visit to Notre Dame fondly. It was about twenty years ago when he first traveled to Paris, and he had two must-see destinations on his list: the cathedral and the Eiffel Tower.
University of Southern California Parent Charged in College Bribery Scheme Set to Plead GuiltyTIME - Associated Press(BOSTON) — A California man accused of paying $250,000 to get his son into the University of Southern California is expected to plead guilty to a federal charge. Jeffrey Bizzack is scheduled to enter plea
Taiwan China Says It Will Not Rule out Using Force to Reunify Taiwan With the MainlandTIME - Yanan Wang / AP(BEIJING) — China said it will not renounce the use of force in efforts to reunify Taiwan with the mainland and vowed to take all necessary military measures to defeat “separatists.” In a national defense
Entertainment Hulu’s Four Weddings and a Funeral Wants to Say Something About the Rom-Com But Can’t Find the WordsTIME - Judy BermanConstructing a great romantic comedy is harder than it looks. Without straying much from the formula—first the meet-cute, then many false starts, all culminating in happily ever after—the creators have
Cuba Cuba Mystery Deepens as Brain Scans Find Differences in U.S. Diplomats Who Fell IllTIME - Lindsey Tanner / AP(CHICAGO) — Advanced brain scans found perplexing differences in U.S. diplomats who say they developed concussion-like symptoms after working in Cuba, a finding that only heightens the mystery of what
Bijan Kian Jury Convicts Business Partner of Ex-Trump Adviser Flynn of Illegal LobbyingTIME - Associated Press(ALEXANDRIA, Va.) — A jury on Tuesday convicted a one-time business partner of former national security adviser Michael Flynn on charges he illegally acted as a Turkish agent when he and Flynn undertook
Salman Rushdie Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood Are in the Running for the Booker PrizeTIME - Associated Press(LONDON) — Booker Prize winners Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood are contenders again for the coveted fiction trophy. Rushdie, who won in 1981 for “Midnight’s Children,” makes the 13-book longlist for
James Inhofe Senators to Weigh Sexual Misconduct Allegation Against Joint Chiefs NomineeTIME - Lisa Mascaro / AP(WASHINGTON) — Senators are hearing closed-door testimony this week about an allegation of sexual misconduct against Air Force Gen. John Hyten as they weigh his nomination for vice chairman of the Joint
Neil Armstrong Neil Armstrong's Family Received a Secret $6 Million Settlement Over a Wrongful Death Dispute, Report SaysTIME - Associated Press(CINCINNATI) — An Ohio hospital paid the estate of astronaut Neil Armstrong $6 million in a confidential agreement to settle allegations that post-surgical complications led to Armstrong’s 2012 death,
Mueller Report Mueller Is Set to Testify Before the House Tomorrow. Here's Everything to KnowTIME - Madeleine JoungFormer Special Counsel Robert Mueller will testify Wednesday before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees about the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election he
Robert Mueller Mueller May Be Willing to Talk About Election Security—If Democrats Can Avoid Focusing on CollusionTIME - Vera BergengruenWhile former Special Counsel Robert Mueller has made it clear he does not intend to go beyond what is laid out in his report when he testifies before Congress on Wednesday, he indicated one possible exception
Robert Mueller The Stakes for Democrats Couldn’t Be Higher During Mueller’s Testimony. Here's How They're Getting ReadyTIME - Alana AbramsonFor Democrats on Capitol Hill, the stakes for Robert Mueller’s testimony could hardly be higher. Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence have
U.S. Customs and Border Protection ICE Releases a U.S. Citizen, Wrongfully Detained Near the Border for Over Three WeeksTIMEHOUSTON — A U.S.-born 18-year-old was released from immigration custody Tuesday after wrongfully being detained for more than three weeks. Francisco Erwin Galicia left a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Cape Cod Tornado Tears Across Cape Cod in Wake of Northeastern Heat WaveTIME - Associated Press(YARMOUTH, Mass.) — A tornado that tore across Cape Cod has put an exclamation mark on a wave of storms that broke the heat in the Northeast and Midwest. The National Weather Service says the tornado the
U.S. Department of Justice Justice Department Launches Sweeping Antitrust Probe of Big Tech CompaniesTIME - Associated PressThe U.S. Department of Justice opened a sweeping antitrust investigation of big technology companies and whether their online platforms have hurt competition, suppressed innovation or otherwise harmed
Richard Nixon When 'the Boss' Was My Boss: What I Learned Working for Legendary Prosecutor Robert M. MorgenthauTIME - James D. ZirinZirin is a lawyer, author and TV talk show host. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy appointed Robert Morgenthau, who died Sunday at 99, as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Nashville, TNWhen ICE Tried to Arrest an Undocumented Man in Tennessee, Neighbors and a Network of Volunteers Formed a Human Chain toTIME - Jasmine AguileraResidents in a suburban Nashville neighborhood came together to protect an undocumented man as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers attempted to arrest him Monday morning. After a four-hour
Kevin McAleenan Some Undocumented Immigrants Are Now Subject to 'Expedited Removal.' Here's What to KnowTIME - Jasmine AguileraThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is claiming the legal power to expedite the deportation of undocumented immigrants anywhere in the United States who can’t prove they’ve been in the country continuously
Politics President Trump Seeks to Deny Access to His Tax Returns in New Lawsuit Against House PanelTIME - JONATHAN LEMIRE / AP(NEW YORK) — Opening up another legal front against the Democrats investigating him, President Donald Trump on Tuesday sued the House Ways and Means Committee and New York state officials to prevent his
Bill de Blasio 'This Is Not Acceptable': NYPD and Mayor De Blasio Slam Videos of People Throwing Water on Police OfficersTIME - Currie EngelOver the past few days, as temperatures in New York City rose close to triple digits, two incidences of police officers getting water thrown at them sparked outrage from the New York Police Department
Entertainment Let's Talk About the Meaning Behind This Heartbreaking Stranger Things Season 3 ReferenceTIME - Megan McCluskeyWarning: This post contains spoilers for Stranger Things season 3. If Eleven’s (Millie Bobby Brown) reaction to Hopper’s (David Harbour) death in the Stranger Things season 3 finale somehow didn’t already
Jon Stewart Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Bill Expanding 9/11 Victims' Compensation FundTIME - MATTHEW DALY / AP(WASHINGTON) — The Senate gave final legislative approval Tuesday to a bill ensuring that a victims’ compensation fund related to the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money. The 97-2 vote sends the to
Maria Ressa Libel Trial Opens Of Maria Ressa, Philippine Journalist Critical of President DuterteTIME - Julia WebsterA libel trial against Maria Ressa, the editor of the Philippines-based news site Rappler, began Tuesday, the latest step in what is widely seen as an attempt from the Philippine government to intimidate
Apollo Missions How NASA's Chris Kraft Conducted the Symphony That Put Men on the MoonTIME - Jeffrey KlugerChris Kraft scared the hell out of me — in all the right ways, yes, but still. During the Apollo program, Kraft, who died at age 96 on July 22, was NASA’s Director of Flight Operations, and later ran Johnson
Corey Lewandowski 5 Key Parts of Robert Mueller’s Report That Will Probably Come Up During His TestimonyTIME - Tessa BerensonRobert Mueller has said he won’t say anything beyond what’s in his report when he testifies before the House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees on Wednesday. But that still gives House members plenty
Corey Scott Wrongful Death Lawsuits Filed in South Carolina Prison Riot That Killed 7 InmatesTIME - MEG KINNARD / AP(COLUMBIA, S.C.) — Two lawsuits filed Tuesday allege that South Carolina corrections officials violated prisoners’ constitutional rights by failing to prevent a riot in which seven inmates were killed
Census How Controversy Over the Census and Immigration Caused a Crisis 100 Years AgoTIME - Abigail AbramsAfter months of headlines, presidential tweets and a Supreme Court decision, the 2020 Census will not ask people about their citizenship status. President Donald Trump and his advisers tried to add the
Mark Esper The Pentagon Finally Has a Permanent Defense Secretary. Here's What to Know About Mark EsperTIME - W.J. HenniganFor the first time in nearly seven months, the Defense Department has a Senate-confirmed Secretary of Defense, officially ending the longest period in the nation’s history that the Pentagon went without
Christopher Wray FBI Chief Says China Is Trying to 'Steal Their Way' to Economic DominanceTIME - Steven T. Dennis / BloombergFBI Director Christopher Wray told senators that China is engaging in a sweeping effort to steal its way to economic dominance, with more than 1,000 investigations underway on intellectual property theft
World News China Urges U.S. to Remove ‘Black Hand’ From Hong Kong ProtestsTIMEChina said the U.S. should remove its “black hand” from Hong Kong’s protests, in some of its most pointed criticism yet against what it says is American interference in the city’s affairs. There are “signs
Apple Store 12 Questions for Tim Kobe, the Apple Store Designer Who Wants to Rebuild Notre Dame With GlassTIME - AMY GUNIA / HONG KONGTim Kobe remembers his first visit to Notre Dame fondly. It was about twenty years ago when he first traveled to Paris, and he had two must-see destinations on his list: the cathedral and the Eiffel Tower.
University of Southern California Parent Charged in College Bribery Scheme Set to Plead GuiltyTIME - Associated Press(BOSTON) — A California man accused of paying $250,000 to get his son into the University of Southern California is expected to plead guilty to a federal charge. Jeffrey Bizzack is scheduled to enter plea
Taiwan China Says It Will Not Rule out Using Force to Reunify Taiwan With the MainlandTIME - Yanan Wang / AP(BEIJING) — China said it will not renounce the use of force in efforts to reunify Taiwan with the mainland and vowed to take all necessary military measures to defeat “separatists.” In a national defense
Entertainment Hulu’s Four Weddings and a Funeral Wants to Say Something About the Rom-Com But Can’t Find the WordsTIME - Judy BermanConstructing a great romantic comedy is harder than it looks. Without straying much from the formula—first the meet-cute, then many false starts, all culminating in happily ever after—the creators have
Cuba Cuba Mystery Deepens as Brain Scans Find Differences in U.S. Diplomats Who Fell IllTIME - Lindsey Tanner / AP(CHICAGO) — Advanced brain scans found perplexing differences in U.S. diplomats who say they developed concussion-like symptoms after working in Cuba, a finding that only heightens the mystery of what
Bijan Kian Jury Convicts Business Partner of Ex-Trump Adviser Flynn of Illegal LobbyingTIME - Associated Press(ALEXANDRIA, Va.) — A jury on Tuesday convicted a one-time business partner of former national security adviser Michael Flynn on charges he illegally acted as a Turkish agent when he and Flynn undertook
Salman Rushdie Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood Are in the Running for the Booker PrizeTIME - Associated Press(LONDON) — Booker Prize winners Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood are contenders again for the coveted fiction trophy. Rushdie, who won in 1981 for “Midnight’s Children,” makes the 13-book longlist for
James Inhofe Senators to Weigh Sexual Misconduct Allegation Against Joint Chiefs NomineeTIME - Lisa Mascaro / AP(WASHINGTON) — Senators are hearing closed-door testimony this week about an allegation of sexual misconduct against Air Force Gen. John Hyten as they weigh his nomination for vice chairman of the Joint
Neil Armstrong Neil Armstrong's Family Received a Secret $6 Million Settlement Over a Wrongful Death Dispute, Report SaysTIME - Associated Press(CINCINNATI) — An Ohio hospital paid the estate of astronaut Neil Armstrong $6 million in a confidential agreement to settle allegations that post-surgical complications led to Armstrong’s 2012 death,
Mueller Report Mueller Is Set to Testify Before the House Tomorrow. Here's Everything to KnowTIME - Madeleine JoungFormer Special Counsel Robert Mueller will testify Wednesday before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees about the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election he
Robert Mueller Mueller May Be Willing to Talk About Election Security—If Democrats Can Avoid Focusing on CollusionTIME - Vera BergengruenWhile former Special Counsel Robert Mueller has made it clear he does not intend to go beyond what is laid out in his report when he testifies before Congress on Wednesday, he indicated one possible exception
Robert Mueller The Stakes for Democrats Couldn’t Be Higher During Mueller’s Testimony. Here's How They're Getting ReadyTIME - Alana AbramsonFor Democrats on Capitol Hill, the stakes for Robert Mueller’s testimony could hardly be higher. Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence have
U.S. Customs and Border Protection ICE Releases a U.S. Citizen, Wrongfully Detained Near the Border for Over Three WeeksTIMEHOUSTON — A U.S.-born 18-year-old was released from immigration custody Tuesday after wrongfully being detained for more than three weeks. Francisco Erwin Galicia left a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Cape Cod Tornado Tears Across Cape Cod in Wake of Northeastern Heat WaveTIME - Associated Press(YARMOUTH, Mass.) — A tornado that tore across Cape Cod has put an exclamation mark on a wave of storms that broke the heat in the Northeast and Midwest. The National Weather Service says the tornado the
U.S. Department of Justice Justice Department Launches Sweeping Antitrust Probe of Big Tech CompaniesTIME - Associated PressThe U.S. Department of Justice opened a sweeping antitrust investigation of big technology companies and whether their online platforms have hurt competition, suppressed innovation or otherwise harmed
Richard Nixon When 'the Boss' Was My Boss: What I Learned Working for Legendary Prosecutor Robert M. MorgenthauTIME - James D. ZirinZirin is a lawyer, author and TV talk show host. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy appointed Robert Morgenthau, who died Sunday at 99, as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Nashville, TNWhen ICE Tried to Arrest an Undocumented Man in Tennessee, Neighbors and a Network of Volunteers Formed a Human Chain toTIME - Jasmine AguileraResidents in a suburban Nashville neighborhood came together to protect an undocumented man as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers attempted to arrest him Monday morning. After a four-hour
Kevin McAleenan Some Undocumented Immigrants Are Now Subject to 'Expedited Removal.' Here's What to KnowTIME - Jasmine AguileraThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is claiming the legal power to expedite the deportation of undocumented immigrants anywhere in the United States who can’t prove they’ve been in the country continuously
Politics President Trump Seeks to Deny Access to His Tax Returns in New Lawsuit Against House PanelTIME - JONATHAN LEMIRE / AP(NEW YORK) — Opening up another legal front against the Democrats investigating him, President Donald Trump on Tuesday sued the House Ways and Means Committee and New York state officials to prevent his
Bill de Blasio 'This Is Not Acceptable': NYPD and Mayor De Blasio Slam Videos of People Throwing Water on Police OfficersTIME - Currie EngelOver the past few days, as temperatures in New York City rose close to triple digits, two incidences of police officers getting water thrown at them sparked outrage from the New York Police Department
Entertainment Let's Talk About the Meaning Behind This Heartbreaking Stranger Things Season 3 ReferenceTIME - Megan McCluskeyWarning: This post contains spoilers for Stranger Things season 3. If Eleven’s (Millie Bobby Brown) reaction to Hopper’s (David Harbour) death in the Stranger Things season 3 finale somehow didn’t already
Jon Stewart Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Bill Expanding 9/11 Victims' Compensation FundTIME - MATTHEW DALY / AP(WASHINGTON) — The Senate gave final legislative approval Tuesday to a bill ensuring that a victims’ compensation fund related to the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money. The 97-2 vote sends the to
Maria Ressa Libel Trial Opens Of Maria Ressa, Philippine Journalist Critical of President DuterteTIME - Julia WebsterA libel trial against Maria Ressa, the editor of the Philippines-based news site Rappler, began Tuesday, the latest step in what is widely seen as an attempt from the Philippine government to intimidate
Apollo Missions How NASA's Chris Kraft Conducted the Symphony That Put Men on the MoonTIME - Jeffrey KlugerChris Kraft scared the hell out of me — in all the right ways, yes, but still. During the Apollo program, Kraft, who died at age 96 on July 22, was NASA’s Director of Flight Operations, and later ran Johnson
Corey Lewandowski 5 Key Parts of Robert Mueller’s Report That Will Probably Come Up During His TestimonyTIME - Tessa BerensonRobert Mueller has said he won’t say anything beyond what’s in his report when he testifies before the House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees on Wednesday. But that still gives House members plenty
Corey Scott Wrongful Death Lawsuits Filed in South Carolina Prison Riot That Killed 7 InmatesTIME - MEG KINNARD / AP(COLUMBIA, S.C.) — Two lawsuits filed Tuesday allege that South Carolina corrections officials violated prisoners’ constitutional rights by failing to prevent a riot in which seven inmates were killed
Census How Controversy Over the Census and Immigration Caused a Crisis 100 Years AgoTIME - Abigail AbramsAfter months of headlines, presidential tweets and a Supreme Court decision, the 2020 Census will not ask people about their citizenship status. President Donald Trump and his advisers tried to add the
Mark Esper The Pentagon Finally Has a Permanent Defense Secretary. Here's What to Know About Mark EsperTIME - W.J. HenniganFor the first time in nearly seven months, the Defense Department has a Senate-confirmed Secretary of Defense, officially ending the longest period in the nation’s history that the Pentagon went without
