Venezuela Venezuela's Capital Is in the Dark Again After a Massive BlackoutTIME - FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and JOSHUA GOODMAN / APCARACAS, Venezuela — The lights went out across much of Venezuela Monday, reviving fears of the blackouts that plunged the country into chaos a few months ago as the government once again accused opponents
Cartels Mexico Sets Homicide Record at Year's Midpoint, Up 5.3%TIMEMEXICO CITY — Mexico set a new record for homicides in the first half of the year as the number of murders grew by 5.3% compared to the same period of 2018, fueled partly by cartel and gang violence in
Apollo Missions Chris Kraft, NASA's First Flight Director, Dies at 95TIMEWASHINGTON — Chris Kraft, who created NASA’s Mission Control and made split-second white-knuckle decisions from the first daring Mercury mission to the triumphant moon landings, has died. He was 95. Kraft
Macy's Macy's Removes Plates From Its Stores Over Accusations That They 'Promote Eating Disorders'TIME - Josiah BatesMacy’s has pledged to remove dinner plates from its stores after receiving backlash that messaging on them “fuels eating disorders.” On Sunday, CBS Science Correspondent Ali Ward tweeted a picture of plates,
Nancy Pelosi Congress and Trump Administration Strike Deal on Federal Budget, Ensuring No ShutdownTIME - ANDREW TAYLOR / APWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and congressional leaders announced late Monday they had struck a critical debt and budget agreement. The deal amounts to an against-the-odds victory for Washington
Entertainment Forget Game of Thrones. Orange Is the New Black Is the Most Important TV Show of the DecadeTIME“Prison is just not as romantic as all those ’70s exploitation movies made it out to be,” Nicky Nichols, an inmate played by Natasha Lyonne, says to Alex Vause (Laura Prepon) in the emotional seventh final
Chelsea Clinton Chelsea Clinton Announces the Birth of Her Third ChildTIME - Associated Press(NEW YORK) — Chelsea Clinton has announced the birth of her third child. Jasper Clinton Mezvinsky was born Monday. The former U.S. first daughter tweeted that she and husband Marc Mezvinsky “are overflowing
Liberia 200 Years Before the 'Send Her Back' Chants, This U.S.-Backed Effort Tried to Send Free Black Americans 'Back'TIME - Olivia B. WaxmanWhether or not they knew it, the crowds who cheered President Donald Trump at a July 17 in North Carolina by chanting “send her back” in reference to Rep. Ilhan Omar were part of a long American story
Tomorrowland Let's Check in on Shaq Enjoying This Music Festival Mosh PitTIME - Raisa BrunerIn case you hadn’t heard, Shaquille O’Neal — commonly known as Shaq — is a DJ now, going by the moniker DJ Diesel. But the famous 7’1″ basketball star isn’t just any VIP performer. During this weekend’s
Pakistan President Trump Seeks Pakistan's Help in Ending Afghan WarTIME - DEB RIECHMANN / AP(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump brought the leader of Pakistan to the White House on Monday to discuss a peace deal in neighboring Afghanistan, breezily declaring he could end the longest U.S. war
Nixon Administration Corruption, Cover-Ups and the Shocking Presidential History to Remember as Robert Mueller TestifiesTIME - James M. Banner Jr.In 1974, when Congress was considering the impeachment of President Richard Nixon, John Doar, chief counsel of the Impeachment Inquiry of the House Committee on the Judiciary, had a question. He wanted
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Louisiana Police Officer, Spurred by a Fake News Story, Implied Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Should Be ShotTIME - Josiah BatesA Gretna, La., police officer is facing intense criticism after attacking U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Facebook last week, where he seemed to insinuate that she should be shot. In a social media
University of Maine I Chose Not to Have Kids. That Doesn't Mean I Hate ThemTIME - Amy BlackstoneAmy Blackstone is a professor of sociology at the University of Maine and the author of Childfree by Choice: The Movement of Redefining Family & Creating a New Age of Independence. Recently I was having
Iran Trump Says Iran Is 'Lying' About CIA Spy ClaimTIME - DEB RIECHMANN and ROBERT BURNS / AP(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Monday said Iran is lying about having arrested 17 Iranian nationals recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency to spy on the country’s nuclear and military “That’s
Bond 25 A Guide to the Many Setbacks That Have Plagued the Bond 25 ProductionTIME - Suyin HaynesIn recent weeks, Bond 25 has attracted scrutiny after reports that British actor Lashana Lynch will take over the alias of 007 from Daniel Craig, who has said that this film will be his last playing the
Glaciers Scientists Unveil Memorial To Iceland's 'First' Dead Glacier Lost To Climate ChangeTIME - Currie EngelIceland is mourning the loss of one of it’s famous glaciers, Okjökull Glacier, in an official memorial ceremony that will take place on August 18. Following an “Un-glacier tour” led by two Rice University
British Royal Family Gary Janetti's Fans Tell Us Why They're Addicted to His Cheeky Prince George Memes About the RoyalsTIME - Cady LangCoverage of the British Royal Family often veers into breathless accounts of royal weddings or adulations toward tiny princes and princesses, but that’s hardly the case when it comes to Gary Janetti‘s
Tennessee River Police Admit They Were Totally Just Joking About Those 'Meth-Gators'TIME - Rachel E. GreenspanA police department in Tennessee is here to explain that “meth-gators” do not exist. The Loretto Police Department previously warned residents not to create these alligator monsters by flushing drugs the
Deportation Trump Administration Expands Fast-Track Deportation Across the U.S.TIME - Associated Press(SAN DIEGO) — The Trump administration is expanding the authority of immigration officers to deport migrants without requiring them to appear before judges ahead of deportation. The Homeland Security said
Stranger Things This Celebrity Friendship Makes So Much Sense When You Realize It's Stranger Things Season 3 Come to LifeTIME - Megan McCluskeyAt first glance, David Harbour and Patton Oswalt may seem like your regular old, run-of-the-mill celebrity buddies. But it turns out that their friendship may have a Stranger Things connection that even
Iran U.K. and European Allies to Form 'Maritime Protection Mission' in Strait of HormuzTIME - Associated Press(DUBAI, United Arab Emirates) — Britain says it is joining with European allies to form a “maritime protection mission” in the Strait of Hormuz following Iran’s seizure of a U.K.-flagged oil tanker in
Portugal Wildfire Blazes Portugal, Injuring 32 People, as Firefighters Work to Stop the FlamesTIME - BARRY HATTON and HELENA ALVES / AP(COLOS, Portugal) — More than 1,000 firefighters on Monday were battling a major wildfire amid scorching temperatures in Portugal, where forest blazes wreak destruction every summer. About 90% of the area
Animals Little Boy Is OK After Fish-Stealing Great White Shark Leaps at Him to Steal Fresh Caught FishTIME - Megan McCluskeyA little boy who was fishing off the coast of Cape Cod is OK after almost being hit by the tail of a great white shark that leapt out of the water to snatch a fish off a line. In a video captured by another
Loch Ness There's a Warning for the Thousands Who Signed Up to 'Storm Loch Ness' Because 'Nessie Can't Hie From Us All'TIME - Melissa LockerAs the world—and the U.S. military—waits to see if any of the nearly two million people who signed up on Facebook for the Area 51 raid actually show up to invade the military installation to hunt for the
Lupita Nyong'o Blue Ivy Paved the Way for the Joyful Challenge Taking the Internet By StormTIME - Cady LangBlue Ivy, the firstborn heir to the Knowles-Carter dynasty, has already had a busy summer: the 7-year-old made a gracious cameo in her mother’s music video for The Lion King track, “Spirit” and contributed
EDM Festivals Alternate Idea: Man Behind the Area 51 Raid Thinks an EDM Festival Could Work InsteadTIME - Rachel E. GreenspanThe man behind the “raid Area 51” Facebook event is suggesting a much less dangerous event — an EDM music festival in the Nevada desert. Matty Roberts’ event jokingly suggested storming the secretive military
Sharon Tate 'Nothing Lasts Forever.' Quentin Tarantino on Sharon Tate, Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood and RetirementTIME - Stephanie ZacharekQuentin Tarantino’s ninth film, Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood, covers a lot of territory in three acts, all set in the Los Angeles of 1969 just as Charles Manson was working his sicko spell on a group
Iran What to Know about the British-Flagged Oil Tanker Seized by Iran Amid Escalating TensionsTIME - Ciara NugentIranian forces on Friday seized the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz, a geopolitically vital sea route connecting the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. The move has escalated
Hawaii Man Who Can't Afford Tropical Vacation Does the Normal Thing By Faking the Best Trip Ever and a Lot of People Can RelateTIME - Ashley HoffmanVacation envy is real and a lot of people can’t afford to get away to a tropical trip. But leave it to a crafty individual to really commit to pretending to go on one. That’s exactly what YouTuber Anthony
Keanu Reeves Master of the Fan Encounter Keanu Reeves Has Pulled the Most Keanu Reeves Move ImaginableTIME - Ashley HoffmanBeloved celebrity mystic and all-around superhuman Keanu Reeves has delighted people again with his latest random act of kindness. He dropped by a fan’s house in Slidell, Louisiana on Wednesday to make
Venezuela Venezuela's Capital Is in the Dark Again After a Massive BlackoutTIME - FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and JOSHUA GOODMAN / APCARACAS, Venezuela — The lights went out across much of Venezuela Monday, reviving fears of the blackouts that plunged the country into chaos a few months ago as the government once again accused opponents
Cartels Mexico Sets Homicide Record at Year's Midpoint, Up 5.3%TIMEMEXICO CITY — Mexico set a new record for homicides in the first half of the year as the number of murders grew by 5.3% compared to the same period of 2018, fueled partly by cartel and gang violence in
Apollo Missions Chris Kraft, NASA's First Flight Director, Dies at 95TIMEWASHINGTON — Chris Kraft, who created NASA’s Mission Control and made split-second white-knuckle decisions from the first daring Mercury mission to the triumphant moon landings, has died. He was 95. Kraft
Macy's Macy's Removes Plates From Its Stores Over Accusations That They 'Promote Eating Disorders'TIME - Josiah BatesMacy’s has pledged to remove dinner plates from its stores after receiving backlash that messaging on them “fuels eating disorders.” On Sunday, CBS Science Correspondent Ali Ward tweeted a picture of plates,
Nancy Pelosi Congress and Trump Administration Strike Deal on Federal Budget, Ensuring No ShutdownTIME - ANDREW TAYLOR / APWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and congressional leaders announced late Monday they had struck a critical debt and budget agreement. The deal amounts to an against-the-odds victory for Washington
Entertainment Forget Game of Thrones. Orange Is the New Black Is the Most Important TV Show of the DecadeTIME“Prison is just not as romantic as all those ’70s exploitation movies made it out to be,” Nicky Nichols, an inmate played by Natasha Lyonne, says to Alex Vause (Laura Prepon) in the emotional seventh final
Chelsea Clinton Chelsea Clinton Announces the Birth of Her Third ChildTIME - Associated Press(NEW YORK) — Chelsea Clinton has announced the birth of her third child. Jasper Clinton Mezvinsky was born Monday. The former U.S. first daughter tweeted that she and husband Marc Mezvinsky “are overflowing
Liberia 200 Years Before the 'Send Her Back' Chants, This U.S.-Backed Effort Tried to Send Free Black Americans 'Back'TIME - Olivia B. WaxmanWhether or not they knew it, the crowds who cheered President Donald Trump at a July 17 in North Carolina by chanting “send her back” in reference to Rep. Ilhan Omar were part of a long American story
Tomorrowland Let's Check in on Shaq Enjoying This Music Festival Mosh PitTIME - Raisa BrunerIn case you hadn’t heard, Shaquille O’Neal — commonly known as Shaq — is a DJ now, going by the moniker DJ Diesel. But the famous 7’1″ basketball star isn’t just any VIP performer. During this weekend’s
Pakistan President Trump Seeks Pakistan's Help in Ending Afghan WarTIME - DEB RIECHMANN / AP(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump brought the leader of Pakistan to the White House on Monday to discuss a peace deal in neighboring Afghanistan, breezily declaring he could end the longest U.S. war
Nixon Administration Corruption, Cover-Ups and the Shocking Presidential History to Remember as Robert Mueller TestifiesTIME - James M. Banner Jr.In 1974, when Congress was considering the impeachment of President Richard Nixon, John Doar, chief counsel of the Impeachment Inquiry of the House Committee on the Judiciary, had a question. He wanted
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Louisiana Police Officer, Spurred by a Fake News Story, Implied Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Should Be ShotTIME - Josiah BatesA Gretna, La., police officer is facing intense criticism after attacking U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Facebook last week, where he seemed to insinuate that she should be shot. In a social media
University of Maine I Chose Not to Have Kids. That Doesn't Mean I Hate ThemTIME - Amy BlackstoneAmy Blackstone is a professor of sociology at the University of Maine and the author of Childfree by Choice: The Movement of Redefining Family & Creating a New Age of Independence. Recently I was having
Iran Trump Says Iran Is 'Lying' About CIA Spy ClaimTIME - DEB RIECHMANN and ROBERT BURNS / AP(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Monday said Iran is lying about having arrested 17 Iranian nationals recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency to spy on the country’s nuclear and military “That’s
Bond 25 A Guide to the Many Setbacks That Have Plagued the Bond 25 ProductionTIME - Suyin HaynesIn recent weeks, Bond 25 has attracted scrutiny after reports that British actor Lashana Lynch will take over the alias of 007 from Daniel Craig, who has said that this film will be his last playing the
Glaciers Scientists Unveil Memorial To Iceland's 'First' Dead Glacier Lost To Climate ChangeTIME - Currie EngelIceland is mourning the loss of one of it’s famous glaciers, Okjökull Glacier, in an official memorial ceremony that will take place on August 18. Following an “Un-glacier tour” led by two Rice University
British Royal Family Gary Janetti's Fans Tell Us Why They're Addicted to His Cheeky Prince George Memes About the RoyalsTIME - Cady LangCoverage of the British Royal Family often veers into breathless accounts of royal weddings or adulations toward tiny princes and princesses, but that’s hardly the case when it comes to Gary Janetti‘s
Tennessee River Police Admit They Were Totally Just Joking About Those 'Meth-Gators'TIME - Rachel E. GreenspanA police department in Tennessee is here to explain that “meth-gators” do not exist. The Loretto Police Department previously warned residents not to create these alligator monsters by flushing drugs the
Deportation Trump Administration Expands Fast-Track Deportation Across the U.S.TIME - Associated Press(SAN DIEGO) — The Trump administration is expanding the authority of immigration officers to deport migrants without requiring them to appear before judges ahead of deportation. The Homeland Security said
Stranger Things This Celebrity Friendship Makes So Much Sense When You Realize It's Stranger Things Season 3 Come to LifeTIME - Megan McCluskeyAt first glance, David Harbour and Patton Oswalt may seem like your regular old, run-of-the-mill celebrity buddies. But it turns out that their friendship may have a Stranger Things connection that even
Iran U.K. and European Allies to Form 'Maritime Protection Mission' in Strait of HormuzTIME - Associated Press(DUBAI, United Arab Emirates) — Britain says it is joining with European allies to form a “maritime protection mission” in the Strait of Hormuz following Iran’s seizure of a U.K.-flagged oil tanker in
Portugal Wildfire Blazes Portugal, Injuring 32 People, as Firefighters Work to Stop the FlamesTIME - BARRY HATTON and HELENA ALVES / AP(COLOS, Portugal) — More than 1,000 firefighters on Monday were battling a major wildfire amid scorching temperatures in Portugal, where forest blazes wreak destruction every summer. About 90% of the area
Animals Little Boy Is OK After Fish-Stealing Great White Shark Leaps at Him to Steal Fresh Caught FishTIME - Megan McCluskeyA little boy who was fishing off the coast of Cape Cod is OK after almost being hit by the tail of a great white shark that leapt out of the water to snatch a fish off a line. In a video captured by another
Loch Ness There's a Warning for the Thousands Who Signed Up to 'Storm Loch Ness' Because 'Nessie Can't Hie From Us All'TIME - Melissa LockerAs the world—and the U.S. military—waits to see if any of the nearly two million people who signed up on Facebook for the Area 51 raid actually show up to invade the military installation to hunt for the
Lupita Nyong'o Blue Ivy Paved the Way for the Joyful Challenge Taking the Internet By StormTIME - Cady LangBlue Ivy, the firstborn heir to the Knowles-Carter dynasty, has already had a busy summer: the 7-year-old made a gracious cameo in her mother’s music video for The Lion King track, “Spirit” and contributed
EDM Festivals Alternate Idea: Man Behind the Area 51 Raid Thinks an EDM Festival Could Work InsteadTIME - Rachel E. GreenspanThe man behind the “raid Area 51” Facebook event is suggesting a much less dangerous event — an EDM music festival in the Nevada desert. Matty Roberts’ event jokingly suggested storming the secretive military
Sharon Tate 'Nothing Lasts Forever.' Quentin Tarantino on Sharon Tate, Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood and RetirementTIME - Stephanie ZacharekQuentin Tarantino’s ninth film, Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood, covers a lot of territory in three acts, all set in the Los Angeles of 1969 just as Charles Manson was working his sicko spell on a group
Iran What to Know about the British-Flagged Oil Tanker Seized by Iran Amid Escalating TensionsTIME - Ciara NugentIranian forces on Friday seized the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz, a geopolitically vital sea route connecting the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. The move has escalated
Hawaii Man Who Can't Afford Tropical Vacation Does the Normal Thing By Faking the Best Trip Ever and a Lot of People Can RelateTIME - Ashley HoffmanVacation envy is real and a lot of people can’t afford to get away to a tropical trip. But leave it to a crafty individual to really commit to pretending to go on one. That’s exactly what YouTuber Anthony
Keanu Reeves Master of the Fan Encounter Keanu Reeves Has Pulled the Most Keanu Reeves Move ImaginableTIME - Ashley HoffmanBeloved celebrity mystic and all-around superhuman Keanu Reeves has delighted people again with his latest random act of kindness. He dropped by a fan’s house in Slidell, Louisiana on Wednesday to make
