Kabul Dozens Dead or Hurt in Wedding Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan CapitalTIME - RAHIM FAIEZ / APKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide-bomb blast tripped through a wedding party on a busy Saturday night in Afghanistan’s capital and dozens of people were killed or wounded, a government official said.
Title VII Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Permit Employment Discrimination Against Transgender WorkersTIME - Tara LawThe Trump administration’s Department of Justice is asking the Supreme Court to set a legal precedent that would enable employers to fire employees because they are transgender. The Department of Justice
Dayton Dayton Mayor Receives Threats After Comments From President TrumpTIME - Associated PressDAYTON, Ohio — The mayor of Dayton where nine people were slain in a mass shooting says a round-the-clock security detail was assigned to her because of hate-filled messages she received following verbal
Alaska Alaska Records Its Warmest Month EverTIME - DAN JOLING / APANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska has been America’s canary in the coal mine for climate warming, and the yellow bird is swooning. July was Alaska’s warmest month ever, according to the National Oceanic and Administration.
Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia Standoff Suspect Charged With Attempted MurderTIME - Associated PressPHILADELPHIA — A man suspected of shooting six police officers during an hourslong standoff that ended when tear gas caused the man to surrender was charged with attempted murder. Authorities have said
Secretary Of State Judge Blasts Georgia Officials' Handling of Election SystemTIMEATLANTA — Georgia election officials have for years ignored, downplayed and failed to address serious problems with the state’s election management system and voting machines, a federal judge said in scathing
Policing Police Take New York City Pressure Cooker Subway Scare Suspect Into CustodyTIME - Associated PressNEW YORK — A man suspected of placing two devices that looked like pressure cookers in a New York City subway station, causing an evacuation and roiling Friday’s morning commute, has been apprehended,
News Shell Union Workers Had to Choose Between Attending President Trump's Speech or Losing Pay: ReportsTIME - Tara LawUnion workers at a Royal Dutch Shell’s manufacturing facility in western Pennsylvania were told that they had to attend President Donald Trump’s speech on Tuesday – or take the day off without pay, reports
El Paso, TX Hundreds Attend El Paso Victim Funeral After Man Invites PublicTIMEEL PASO, Texas — When Jordan Ballard read that one of the victims of the El Paso massacre had few relatives and the public was invited to her funeral, the Los Angeles resident bought a plane ticket and
Kim Jong-un Kim Jong Un Expresses 'Great Satisfaction' Over Multiple North Korean Weapons TestsTIME - KIM TONG-HYUNG / APSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Saturday that leader Kim Jong Un supervised another test-firing of an unspecified new weapon, seen as an attempt to pressure Washington and Seoul over slow nuclear
Yemen Yemen Rebels Claim Responsibility for Saudi Oil Field Fire AttackTIME - JON GAMBRELL / APDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Drones claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels attacked a massive oil and gas field deep inside of Saudi Arabia’s sprawling desert on Saturday, causing what the kingdom described
Mass Shootings In Wake of Mass Shootings, Churches Arm and Train CongregantsTIME - JAKE BLEIBERG / AP(HASLET, Texas) — Acrid gun smoke clouded the sunny entrance of a Texas church on a recent Sunday. Seven men wearing heavy vests and carrying pistols loaded with blanks ran toward the sound of the shots,
News Texas Teenager Suffers 'Serious Internal Injuries' After Being Sucked Into Water Park Intake PumpTIME - Gina MartinezA Texas teen is in a critical condition following a freak accident at a water park that authorities said might have been caused by a dare gone wrong. On Wednesday, Galveston County Sheriff Henry Trochesset
Jane Fonda Easy Rider Star Peter Fonda Dies at 79TIME - LINDSEY BAHR / AP(LOS ANGELES) — Peter Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right both writing and starring in counterculture classics like “Easy Rider,” has died. His family says in
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Offering Gas at 30 Cents Per Gallon, a Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Promotion Causes Traffic Chaos in Los AngelesTIME - Associated PressA city-wide promotion in Los Angeles for a popular Amazon television series caused chaos when drivers lined up for hours to cash in on 1950s gas prices. Amazon partnered with nearly 30 businesses to roll
Dulles International Airport The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Processing System is Down at Airports Nation-WideTIME - Jasmine AguileraA U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) system shut down has hundreds of people waiting in line to be processed at airports across the country. And they could be there for a while. In a Friday statement
ViralA North Carolina Police Department 'Evicted' Their Pet Cat, Sergeant Butters. Local Residents Are Now Campaigning to BringTIME - Associated Press(MOCKSVILLE, N.C.) — A North Carolina police department is evicting its pet cat named Sgt. Butters, and some residents are mounting a campaign to bring him back. The Winston-Salem Journal reports the Police
American Soccer The USWNT's Mediation With U.S. Soccer Broke Down This Week. Here's What to Know About the Equal Pay LawsuitTIME - Mahita GajananMediation between the U.S. Women’s National Soccer team and U.S. Soccer broke down this week, putting into question the future of the team’s fight over equal pay. Players with the USWNT sued U.S. Soccer
Greenland Greenland to Trump: Thanks, But We're Not for SaleTIME - SETH BORENSTEIN and ZEKE MILLER / AP(TASIILAQ, Greenland) — Greenlanders are giving Donald Trump the cold shoulder. Although amused, they’re definitely not warming up to the U.S. president’s talk of buying the semiautonomous Danish territory.
Miami International Airport Stowaway Found in Cargo Compartment After Cuban Flight Lands in MiamiTIME - Associated Press(MIAMI) — Authorities say a stowaway was found hiding in the cargo section of an airplane that arrived from Havana to Miami International Airport. Video shared on Twitter early Friday showed crew members
Jeffrey Epstein Medical Examiner Rules Jeffrey Epstein's Death a Suicide by HangingTIME - MICHAEL BALSAMO, LARRY NEUMEISTER and MICHAEL R. SISAK / AP(NEW YORK) — Jeffrey Epstein’s prison death has been ruled a suicide by hanging, the medical examiner’s office said Friday. Epstein, 66, was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center
World Politics A Russian 'Spy Plane' Was Spotted Over the Midwest. But It's Totally Normal (Yes, Really)TIME - Tara LawIt reads like something out of a conspiracy theory. On Tuesday, Russia sent a surveillance plane over the Midwest, and the U.S. military didn’t do anything to stop it. Keen observers spotted the plane,
Vultures Smells 'Like a Thousand Rotting Corpses' — Florida Vacation Home Invaded By Dozens of Vomiting VulturesTIME - Associated Press(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) — A New York couple’s luxurious vacation house in Florida has been taken over by dozens of black vultures that are vomiting and defecating everywhere. The Palm Beach Post reports
Bottled WaterNewark Officials Providing Bottled Water to 15,000 Homes Over Lead Contamination Concerns. Here’s What You Need to Know theTIME - Josiah BatesIt’s now the fifth straight day that residents in around 15,000 Newark, N.J. homes are being given bottled water for drinking and cooking, as city authorities and federal officials grapple with high levels
Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping Victim Elizabeth Smart's Father Comes Out as GayTIME - Associated Press(SALT LAKE CITY, Utah) — The father of Utah kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart has come out as gay, saying his decision brings challenges but also “huge relief.” Ed Smart said in a letter shared Friday
U.S. Politics Independents Are Losing Confidence in the Economy. That's Bad News for President TrumpTIME - Gregory Korte and Ryan Haar / BloombergRepublicans and independents are losing faith in the economy at the steepest rates of Donald Trump’s presidency, signaling more trouble for his efforts to make economic growth a centerpiece of his re-election
Marshall Islands Beer Named After Nuclear Testing Site Bikini Atoll Gets Called Out for InsensitivityTIME - Cady LangThe Manhattan Project Beer Company, a Texas-based craft beer company, was called out for insensitivity this week by Pacific Islanders and the Marshall Islands government for naming one of its beers after
Jeffrey Epstein 2 Women Sue Jeffrey Epstein's Estate, Saying He Abused ThemTIME - Associated Press(NEW YORK) — Two more women have sued Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, saying he sexually abused them. The suit was filed Thursday in a federal court in New York. The women say they were working as hostesses
Ohio A 7-Foot Alligator Found Swimming in an Ohio Creek Close to Where Children Were PlayingTIME - Sanya MansoorA group of children swimming in an Ohio creek had a close encounter with a 7-foot crocodile on Wednesday. The group of 16 children from the ages of six through 12 with the Hilltop Equestrian Center were
Ohio A 7-Foot Crocodile Found Swimming in an Ohio Creek Close to Where Children Were PlayingTIME - Sanya MansoorA group of children swimming in an Ohio creek had a close encounter with a 7-foot crocodile on Wednesday. The group of 16 children from the ages of six through 12 with the Hilltop Equestrian Center were
