TIMEadded this to EntertainmentPlay buttonJohn Oliver On Last Week Tonight, John Oliver Has Tips for Those Who Want to Climb Mt. Everest SafelyTIME - Melissa LockerMount Everest is no longer just a mountain, John Oliver said on Sunday night’s Last Week Tonight. These days it has become everyone’s go-to metaphor for a significant challenge and one that everyone wants
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesIran Mike Pompeo Sets Out to Build a Global Coalition Against IranTIME - Darlene Superville / AP(WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he wants to build a global coalition against Iran during urgent consultations in the Middle East, following a week of crisis that saw the United States
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesBernie Sanders Bernie Sanders and Other Progressives Are Unveiling a Bill to Cancel Student DebtTIME - LAURIE KELLMAN and ELANA SCHOR / APWASHINGTON (AP) — Days before the first Democratic presidential debates, Sen. Bernie Sanders and House progressives are unveiling legislation cancelling all student debt, going further than a signature
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesThai Cave Rescue Thailand's Wild Boars Soccer Team Marks One Year Since Going Missing in a CaveTIME - Pitcha Dangprasith / AP(MAE SAI, Thailand) — When the 12 young boys and their soccer coach walked into a cave complex in northern Thailand a year ago Sunday, they didn’t know their lives were going to forever change. Rising
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesIstanbul Opposition Win in Istanbul's Mayoral Election Deals a Blow to Turkey's ErdoganTIME - Zeynep Bilginsoy and Derek Gatopoulos / AP(ISTANBUL) — The opposition candidate for mayor of Istanbul celebrated a landmark win Sunday in a closely watched repeat election that ended weeks of political tension and broke the long hold President
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesMexico City Mexico Detains More Migrants as Crackdown Steps UpTIME - OLIVER de ROS / APARRIAGA, Mexico (AP) — Authorities reinforced efforts over the weekend to deter Central Americans and others from crossing Mexico to reach the United States, detaining migrants in the south and stationing
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesPopular Fiction Acclaimed Romance Novelist Judith Krantz Dies at 91TIME - STEFANIE DAZIO and SANDY COHEN / APLOS ANGELES (AP) — Writer Judith Krantz, whose million-selling novels such as “Scruples” and “Princess Daisy” engrossed readers worldwide with their steamy tales of the rich and beautiful, died Saturday
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesHouston, TX Texas Woman Allegedly Killed Her 3-Year-Old Child by 'Playing Chicken' With an SUVTIME - Alejandro de la GarzaA woman in Houston, Texas, has been arrested and charged with criminally negligent homicide after she allegedly ran over her 3-year-old son in what law enforcement officials have called a game of “chicken.”
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesNews Motorcycle Ceremony Becomes Memorial to Mourn 7 Bikers Killed in Devastating CrashTIME - LISA RATHKE and PATRICK WHITTLE / AP(COLUMBIA, N.H.) — A long-planned Blessing of the Bikes ceremony for motorcycle enthusiasts became a grief-filled memorial Sunday as hundreds converged to mourn seven bikers killed in a devastating crash
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesAmmunition 5 Dead After Dispute on California Golf Course Leads to Shooting and Fire, Authorities SayTIME - Associated Press(SANTA MARIA, Calif.) — A third body has been found in the rubble of a burned-out mobile home in California, bringing to five the number of dead in a shooting and fire that began during an argument at
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesPrague Massive Protest in Prague Calls for Prime Minister Andrej Babis to ResignTIME - Associated Press(PRAGUE) — The biggest anti-government protest in Prague since the 1989 pro-democratic Velvet Revolution is underway as Czechs urge Prime Minister Andrej Babis to resign. Protesters came to the capital
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesSaudi Arabia President Trump Suggests Saudi Arms Sales Are More Important Than Khashoggi InvestigationTIME - DARLENE SUPERVILLE / AP(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump isn’t saying whether he’ll direct the FBI to investigate the death of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and suggests that pledges by Saudi Arabia to spend
TIMEadded this to PoliticsU.S. PoliticsGeorge Conway: Republicans Who Believed Juanita Broaddrick Should Believe E. Jean Carroll's Assault Accusations AgainstTIME - Alejandro de la GarzaGeorge Conway, husband of White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway and frequent critic of President Donald Trump, has spoken out about writer E. Jean Carroll’s new sexual assault accusations against the
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesNews Palestinians Call White House's Economic Proposal a 'Snow Job'TIME - Fadwa Hodali and Gwen Ackerman / BloombergPalestinians on Sunday rejected the White House’s $50 billion economic proposal meant to boost the Palestinian and Arab economies, calling it a “snow job.” Their objection came as no surprise. Palestinian
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesAbiy Ahmed Ethiopia's Military Chief Killed by Bodyguard Amid Failed Coup AttemptTIME - ELIAS MESERET / AP(ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia) — Ethiopia’s military chief was shot to death by his bodyguard amid a failed coup attempt against a regional government north of the capital, Addis Ababa, the prime minister said
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesIran President Trump Announces New Iran Sanctions, Days After Calling Off AirstrikesTIME - Ros Krasny and Margaret Talev / BloombergPresident Donald Trump said the U.S. will impose major new sanctions on Iran Monday, days after he abruptly called off a plan for airstrikes against the Islamic Republic after Iran shot down a U.S. Navy
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesU.S. Politics President Trump Falsely Claims Obama Began Migrant Family SeparationsTIME - Alex Wayne / BloombergPresident Donald Trump dismissed the plight of migrant children housed in U.S. detention centers and falsely claimed that his predecessor enacted a policy to separate kids from their caregivers after illegally
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesFlorida Florida Woman 'in Fear of Her Life' Arrested for Turning Her Estranged Husband's Guns Over to PoliceTIME - Alejandro de la GarzaA woman in Florida was arrested for theft June 15 after turning in her husband’s guns over to police. She said she turned them over because she was afraid for her life. Courtney Irby, 32, of Bartow, Fla.
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesIran National Security Adviser Bolton Warns Iran Not to Mistake 'Prudence' for 'Weakness'TIME - ARON HELLER / AP(JERUSALEM) — U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said Sunday that Iran should not “mistake U.S. prudence and discretion for weakness,” after the U.S. abruptly called off military strikes against
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesKiev Thousands March in Kiev for LGBTQ Pride ParadeTIME - Associated Press(MOSCOW) — Thousands of supporters of LGBT rights have marched through the center of Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, under a heavy police presence to separate them from opponents. Police said Sunday that
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesKim Jong-un North Korea: Kim Jong Un Received 'Excellent' Letter From President TrumpTIME - TONG-HYUNG KIM / AP(SEOUL, South Korea) — U.S. President Donald Trump sent North Korean leader Kim Jong Un an “excellent” letter, the North’s state-run news agency reported Sunday, quoting Kim as saying he would “seriously
TIMEadded this to PoliticsIowa Politics The First 2020 Democratic Debate Is Almost Here. Here’s Everything You Need to KnowTIME - Ryan Teague BeckwithSen. Elizabeth Warren will have a plan for that. Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke will have to make his case without jumping on a table. And Sen. Cory Booker will seek to reclaim his mantle as America’s favorite
TIMEadded this to PoliticsU.S. Politics President Trump Says He'll Pause Deportation Raids for Two Weeks, Awaiting Immigration 'Solution'TIME - Tara LawPresident Donald Trump said Saturday that he will stop deportation raids for two weeks to see if legislators can “work out a solution” for immigration at the country’s southern border. Trump announced
TIMEadded this to EntertainmentEntertainment HBO's Quasi-Dystopian Years and Years Is the Future Liberals FearTIME - Judy BermanThe future ain’t what it used to be—and TV creators have noticed. Faced with the quadruple threat of right-wing populism, climate change, Putin and the increasingly dark realities of cyberspace, their
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesIranian Iranian Hackers Wage Cyber Campaign Amid Ongoing Tensions With the U.S.TIME - TAMI ABDOLLAH / APWASHINGTON — Iran has increased its offensive cyberattacks against the U.S. government and critical infrastructure as tensions have grown between the two nations, cybersecurity firms say. In recent weeks,
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesIran President Trump: Military Action Against Iran Still 'on the Table'TIME - DARLENE SUPERVILLE / APWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Saturday he’s still considering military action against Iran after it downed an unmanned U.S. military aircraft, saying the use of force is “always on the table
TIMEadded this to PoliticsU.S. Politics E. Jean Carroll Says She Would Not Consider Bringing Rape Charges Against President TrumpTIME - Tara LawRenowned advice columnist E. Jean Carroll has said that she would not press rape charges against President Donald Trump for an alleged assault in the 1990s. In an excerpt released Friday from her forthcoming
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesMiddle East White House Unveils $50 Billion Economic Plan for PalestineTIME - MATTHEW LEE / APWASHINGTON — The White House on Saturday unveiled a $50 billion Palestinian investment and infrastructure proposal aimed at supporting its much-anticipated but still unreleased “deal of the century” Middle
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesNorthern California Scamp the Tramp Wins the 31st Annual World's Ugliest Dog ContestTIME - JOHN ROGERS / APScamp the Tramp will never win a beauty contest. But he’s won an ugly one. The bug-eyed, dreadlocked pooch took top honors Friday night at the 31st annual World’s Ugliest Dog Contest. Owner Yvonne Morones
TIMEadded this to PoliticsOregon State Police Oregon Governor Orders State Police to Find GOP State Senators Avoiding a Climate VoteTIME - Tara LawOregon is poised to pass sweeping legislation to fight climate change. But before the bill can come to a vote, the Oregon State Police may need to track down the Republican state senators. On Thursday,
