Saudi Arabia Defying Trump, House Votes to Block Arms Sales to Saudi ArabiaTIME - Amy GuniaThe House of Representatives passed three resolutions Wednesday to block the sale of billions of dollars of weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, a move made in defiance of President Donald
Cambodia 'Cambodia Is Not a Dustbin.' More Plastic Waste to Be Sent Back to the U.S. and CanadaTIME - Amy GuniaCambodia announced that it will send 1,600 tonnes of plastic waste back to the U.S. and Canada, becoming the latest Southeast Asian country join the backlash against taking in the developed world’s trash.
Mohammad Javad Zarif The U.S. 'Shot Itself in the Foot' by Pulling Out of the Nuclear Deal, Iranian Foreign Minister SaysTIME - Margaret Talev and David Wainer / BloombergThe U.S. “shot itself in the foot” by pulling out of the nuclear accord with Iran, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said, offering a grim outlook for the chance of opening talks with President Donald Trump.
Politics Crowd Chants 'Send Her Back!' at President Trump's Combative North Carolina RallyTIME - Deb Riechmann / AP(GREENVILLE, N.C.) — Going after four Democratic congresswomen one by one, a combative President Donald Trump turned his campaign rally Wednesday into an extended dissection of the liberal views of the
Tupac Shakur Iowa Official, an Avid Tupac Shakur Fan, Told to Resign After Sending Lyrics to Employees, Emails ShowTIME - RYAN J. FOLEY / APIOWA CITY, Iowa — The director of Iowa’s social services agency was a huge fan of the late rapper Tupac Shakur, and he frequently let his subordinates know it. Emails obtained by The Associated Press that
Chuck Schumer Chuck Schumer Calls for FBI to Investigate FaceApp Amid Surge in PopularityTIME - Mahita GajananPeople online might be having fun making themselves look older with FaceApp, but Sen. Chuck Schumer has spoken out about his concerns with how the trending app uses data. FaceApp has gained a recent spike
The White House House Votes to Block Democrat's Trump Impeachment EffortTIME - ALAN FRAM and MARY CLARE JALONICK / APWASHINGTON — The House easily killed a maverick Democrat’s effort Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump for his recent racial insults against lawmakers of color, in a vote that provided an early
U.S. Politics Here's Who Qualified for the Second Round of 2020 Democratic DebatesTIME - Mahita GajananCNN is starting to set the stage for the second round of 2020 Democratic primary debates it is hosting over two nights at the end of July. The Democratic National Committee announced the list of candidates
Gwendoline Christie Gwendoline Christie Submitted Herself for an Emmy and Game of Thrones Fans Are Bowing DownTIME - Megan McCluskeyGame of Thrones broke the record for most Emmy nominations for any show in a single year on Tuesday by picking up 32 nods for its eighth and final season. But without the help of Gwendoline Christie, submitted
John Paul Stevens Obama Praises Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens for 'Fidelity to Our Highest Ideals'TIME - Sanya MansoorFormer President Barack Obama has praised retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who died Tuesday, saying that the late jurist “heard cases with a level of grace, humility and fidelity to our
Kevin Spacey Prosecutors Drop Groping Case Against Kevin SpaceyTIME - Associated Press(Boston) — Prosecutors dropped a case Wednesday accusing Kevin Spacey of groping a young man at a resort island bar in 2016, more than a week after the accuser refused to testify about a missing cellphone
Area 51 The Internet Is Also Keen on Storming These Other Places After the Rise of the 'Area 51 Raid'TIME - Cady LangTaking over with the Area 51 raid apparently isn’t enough to sate the Internet’s hunger for collective force. Following the rabid success of the “Storm Area 51” Facebook event-turned-potential-meme of
Emoji Apple Teases 230 New Emoji in Celebration of World Emoji DayTIME - Nadia SulemanJuly 17 marks World Emoji Day and in celebration, Apple teased a set of new emoji it will release with the next iOS update, 13.0, this fall. As July 17 is the date shown on the calendar emoji, it’s only
Apollo Missions How the Apollo Program Changed Our Understanding of What the Moon Even IsTIME - Oliver MortonAs the ancient planet Theia struck its glancing blow into Tellus, the planet that would become Earth, part of its mantle sloughed off into that of the planet it had struck, but some drove on past, pushing
Rand Paul Sen. Rand Paul Blocks Bipartisan Bill to Make Sure Sept. 11 Victims' Fund Never Runs Out of MoneyTIME - MATTHEW DALY / AP(WASHINGTON) — A Republican senator has blocked a bipartisan bill that would ensure a victims’ compensation fund for the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul questions the
F-35 The U.S. Just Revoked Turkey's Access to F-35 Fighters After It Took Delivery of a Russian Missile SystemTIME - ROBERT BURNS / AP(WASHINGTON) — The White House says Turkey can no longer be part of the American F-35 fighter jet program. In a written statement, the White House said Wednesday that Turkey’s decision to buy the Russian
Ebola WHO Declares Ebola in Congo a Public-Health Emergency Nearly a Year After OutbreakTIME - Jamie DucharmeThe second-worst Ebola outbreak in history has killed more than 1,500 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since it began last August. And on Wednesday, nearly a year after the outbreak
Condé Nast Keith Grossman Joins TIME as PresidentTIME - TIME StaffTIME Editor in Chief and CEO Edward Felsenthal sent the following note to staff Wednesday: This week, we will launch a powerful multi-platform project commemorating the Apollo 11 landing and our own coverage
Turkey Gunmen Kill Turkish Diplomat at Restaurant in Northern IraqTIME - SALAR SALIM and SUZAN FRASER / AP(IRBIL, Iraq) — Unknown gunmen opened fire inside a Turkish-owned restaurant in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil on Wednesday, killing at least one Turkish diplomat stationed in Ankara’s consulate and
Area 51 Area 51 Is the Internet's Latest Fascination. Here's Everything to Know About the Mysterious SiteTIME - Jasmine AguileraArea 51 has been shrouded in mystery for decades, so it only makes sense that the rumored alien secrets held within the remote desert site would get a reboot in the social media age. The internet has invaded
United States Republicans Want a White Republic. They'll Destroy America to Get ItTIME - Carol AndersonCarol Anderson is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies at Emory University and the author of White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide and One Person, No Vote: How
Boeing 737 MAX Family Members of Boeing 737 Max Crash Victims Tell Congress to Strengthen FAA Safety OversightTIME - TOM KRISHER and DAVID KOENIG / APTwo men who lost family members in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max jet called on legislators to change Federal Aviation Administration procedures that let company employees perform safety
Sharks Florida City Plays 'Baby Shark' on Loop to Keep Homeless People AwayTIME - Associated Press(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) — Officials in West Palm Beach are hoping a continuous loop of children’s songs played throughout the night will keep homeless people from sleeping on the patio of a city-owned
Area 51 How the Area 51 Raid Meme Became the Biggest Joke in the GalaxyTIME - Raisa BrunerPeople organize events on Facebook all the time. But rarely do 1.5 million RSVP to attend. Yet that’s what happened when three pseudonymous users created an event to “storm Area 51,” the secretive military
Jeffrey Epstein Ohio State University Is Reviewing Millions in Donations Linked to Jeffrey EpsteinTIME - Janet Lorin / Bloomberg(Bloomberg) — Ohio State University plans to review donations made by Jeffrey Epstein and any organizations related to him. “In light of recent news surrounding Jeffrey Epstein, Ohio State initiated a
China From Satellites to the Moon and Mars, China Is Quickly Becoming a Space SuperpowerTIME - Charlie CampbellNestled among the crimson dunes of China’s Gobi Desert, a warren of domes and squat white buildings rises from the parched earth. Inside is a research and educational facility for budding astronauts —
China China Is Quickly Becoming a Space SuperpowerTIMENestled among the crimson dunes of China's Gobi Desert, a warren of domes and squat white buildings rises from the parched earth. Inside is a research and educational facility for budding astronauts —
News Drug Overdose Deaths Finally Dropped in 2018, Preliminary Data SayTIME - Jamie DucharmeAfter some promising early indicators, preliminary federal data suggest the number of Americans who died from drug overdoses finally fell in 2018, after years of significant increases. Provisional data
Carbon DioxideThe Woman Who Discovered the Cause of Global Warming Was Long Overlooked. Her Story Is a Reminder to Champion All Women onTIME - Katharine WilkinsonWilkinson is an author of the New York Times bestseller Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming and vice president at Project Drawdown, a nonprofit lifting up climate
Eric Garner 'There Is No Justice for Eric.' Eric Garner's Mother Speaks Out on Anniversary of His DeathTIME - KAREN MATTHEWS / AP(NEW YORK) — Eric Garner’s mother, speaking Wednesday on the five-year anniversary of his chokehold death, urged the New York City police commissioner to fire the officer involved. “We’ve been failed every
Saudi Arabia Defying Trump, House Votes to Block Arms Sales to Saudi ArabiaTIME - Amy GuniaThe House of Representatives passed three resolutions Wednesday to block the sale of billions of dollars of weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, a move made in defiance of President Donald
Cambodia 'Cambodia Is Not a Dustbin.' More Plastic Waste to Be Sent Back to the U.S. and CanadaTIME - Amy GuniaCambodia announced that it will send 1,600 tonnes of plastic waste back to the U.S. and Canada, becoming the latest Southeast Asian country join the backlash against taking in the developed world’s trash.
Mohammad Javad Zarif The U.S. 'Shot Itself in the Foot' by Pulling Out of the Nuclear Deal, Iranian Foreign Minister SaysTIME - Margaret Talev and David Wainer / BloombergThe U.S. “shot itself in the foot” by pulling out of the nuclear accord with Iran, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said, offering a grim outlook for the chance of opening talks with President Donald Trump.
Politics Crowd Chants 'Send Her Back!' at President Trump's Combative North Carolina RallyTIME - Deb Riechmann / AP(GREENVILLE, N.C.) — Going after four Democratic congresswomen one by one, a combative President Donald Trump turned his campaign rally Wednesday into an extended dissection of the liberal views of the
Tupac Shakur Iowa Official, an Avid Tupac Shakur Fan, Told to Resign After Sending Lyrics to Employees, Emails ShowTIME - RYAN J. FOLEY / APIOWA CITY, Iowa — The director of Iowa’s social services agency was a huge fan of the late rapper Tupac Shakur, and he frequently let his subordinates know it. Emails obtained by The Associated Press that
Chuck Schumer Chuck Schumer Calls for FBI to Investigate FaceApp Amid Surge in PopularityTIME - Mahita GajananPeople online might be having fun making themselves look older with FaceApp, but Sen. Chuck Schumer has spoken out about his concerns with how the trending app uses data. FaceApp has gained a recent spike
The White House House Votes to Block Democrat's Trump Impeachment EffortTIME - ALAN FRAM and MARY CLARE JALONICK / APWASHINGTON — The House easily killed a maverick Democrat’s effort Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump for his recent racial insults against lawmakers of color, in a vote that provided an early
U.S. Politics Here's Who Qualified for the Second Round of 2020 Democratic DebatesTIME - Mahita GajananCNN is starting to set the stage for the second round of 2020 Democratic primary debates it is hosting over two nights at the end of July. The Democratic National Committee announced the list of candidates
Gwendoline Christie Gwendoline Christie Submitted Herself for an Emmy and Game of Thrones Fans Are Bowing DownTIME - Megan McCluskeyGame of Thrones broke the record for most Emmy nominations for any show in a single year on Tuesday by picking up 32 nods for its eighth and final season. But without the help of Gwendoline Christie, submitted
John Paul Stevens Obama Praises Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens for 'Fidelity to Our Highest Ideals'TIME - Sanya MansoorFormer President Barack Obama has praised retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who died Tuesday, saying that the late jurist “heard cases with a level of grace, humility and fidelity to our
Kevin Spacey Prosecutors Drop Groping Case Against Kevin SpaceyTIME - Associated Press(Boston) — Prosecutors dropped a case Wednesday accusing Kevin Spacey of groping a young man at a resort island bar in 2016, more than a week after the accuser refused to testify about a missing cellphone
Area 51 The Internet Is Also Keen on Storming These Other Places After the Rise of the 'Area 51 Raid'TIME - Cady LangTaking over with the Area 51 raid apparently isn’t enough to sate the Internet’s hunger for collective force. Following the rabid success of the “Storm Area 51” Facebook event-turned-potential-meme of
Emoji Apple Teases 230 New Emoji in Celebration of World Emoji DayTIME - Nadia SulemanJuly 17 marks World Emoji Day and in celebration, Apple teased a set of new emoji it will release with the next iOS update, 13.0, this fall. As July 17 is the date shown on the calendar emoji, it’s only
Apollo Missions How the Apollo Program Changed Our Understanding of What the Moon Even IsTIME - Oliver MortonAs the ancient planet Theia struck its glancing blow into Tellus, the planet that would become Earth, part of its mantle sloughed off into that of the planet it had struck, but some drove on past, pushing
Rand Paul Sen. Rand Paul Blocks Bipartisan Bill to Make Sure Sept. 11 Victims' Fund Never Runs Out of MoneyTIME - MATTHEW DALY / AP(WASHINGTON) — A Republican senator has blocked a bipartisan bill that would ensure a victims’ compensation fund for the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul questions the
F-35 The U.S. Just Revoked Turkey's Access to F-35 Fighters After It Took Delivery of a Russian Missile SystemTIME - ROBERT BURNS / AP(WASHINGTON) — The White House says Turkey can no longer be part of the American F-35 fighter jet program. In a written statement, the White House said Wednesday that Turkey’s decision to buy the Russian
Ebola WHO Declares Ebola in Congo a Public-Health Emergency Nearly a Year After OutbreakTIME - Jamie DucharmeThe second-worst Ebola outbreak in history has killed more than 1,500 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since it began last August. And on Wednesday, nearly a year after the outbreak
Condé Nast Keith Grossman Joins TIME as PresidentTIME - TIME StaffTIME Editor in Chief and CEO Edward Felsenthal sent the following note to staff Wednesday: This week, we will launch a powerful multi-platform project commemorating the Apollo 11 landing and our own coverage
Turkey Gunmen Kill Turkish Diplomat at Restaurant in Northern IraqTIME - SALAR SALIM and SUZAN FRASER / AP(IRBIL, Iraq) — Unknown gunmen opened fire inside a Turkish-owned restaurant in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil on Wednesday, killing at least one Turkish diplomat stationed in Ankara’s consulate and
Area 51 Area 51 Is the Internet's Latest Fascination. Here's Everything to Know About the Mysterious SiteTIME - Jasmine AguileraArea 51 has been shrouded in mystery for decades, so it only makes sense that the rumored alien secrets held within the remote desert site would get a reboot in the social media age. The internet has invaded
United States Republicans Want a White Republic. They'll Destroy America to Get ItTIME - Carol AndersonCarol Anderson is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies at Emory University and the author of White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide and One Person, No Vote: How
Boeing 737 MAX Family Members of Boeing 737 Max Crash Victims Tell Congress to Strengthen FAA Safety OversightTIME - TOM KRISHER and DAVID KOENIG / APTwo men who lost family members in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max jet called on legislators to change Federal Aviation Administration procedures that let company employees perform safety
Sharks Florida City Plays 'Baby Shark' on Loop to Keep Homeless People AwayTIME - Associated Press(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) — Officials in West Palm Beach are hoping a continuous loop of children’s songs played throughout the night will keep homeless people from sleeping on the patio of a city-owned
Area 51 How the Area 51 Raid Meme Became the Biggest Joke in the GalaxyTIME - Raisa BrunerPeople organize events on Facebook all the time. But rarely do 1.5 million RSVP to attend. Yet that’s what happened when three pseudonymous users created an event to “storm Area 51,” the secretive military
Jeffrey Epstein Ohio State University Is Reviewing Millions in Donations Linked to Jeffrey EpsteinTIME - Janet Lorin / Bloomberg(Bloomberg) — Ohio State University plans to review donations made by Jeffrey Epstein and any organizations related to him. “In light of recent news surrounding Jeffrey Epstein, Ohio State initiated a
China From Satellites to the Moon and Mars, China Is Quickly Becoming a Space SuperpowerTIME - Charlie CampbellNestled among the crimson dunes of China’s Gobi Desert, a warren of domes and squat white buildings rises from the parched earth. Inside is a research and educational facility for budding astronauts —
China China Is Quickly Becoming a Space SuperpowerTIMENestled among the crimson dunes of China's Gobi Desert, a warren of domes and squat white buildings rises from the parched earth. Inside is a research and educational facility for budding astronauts —
News Drug Overdose Deaths Finally Dropped in 2018, Preliminary Data SayTIME - Jamie DucharmeAfter some promising early indicators, preliminary federal data suggest the number of Americans who died from drug overdoses finally fell in 2018, after years of significant increases. Provisional data
Carbon DioxideThe Woman Who Discovered the Cause of Global Warming Was Long Overlooked. Her Story Is a Reminder to Champion All Women onTIME - Katharine WilkinsonWilkinson is an author of the New York Times bestseller Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming and vice president at Project Drawdown, a nonprofit lifting up climate
Eric Garner 'There Is No Justice for Eric.' Eric Garner's Mother Speaks Out on Anniversary of His DeathTIME - KAREN MATTHEWS / AP(NEW YORK) — Eric Garner’s mother, speaking Wednesday on the five-year anniversary of his chokehold death, urged the New York City police commissioner to fire the officer involved. “We’ve been failed every
