Rescuers and volunteers frantically dug through the rubble of collapsed schools, homes and apartment buildings long into the night, looking for survivors of Mexico's deadliest earthquake since 1985 as the number of confirmed fatalities climbed to 217
Hurricane Maria made landfall as a category 4 storm — one of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit Puerto Rico pummeled the island as officials warned it would decimate the power company's crumbling infrastructure
President Trump threatened North Korea with total destruction in his first speech to the United Nations, but said that the body could still prevent war. Trump said that "Rocket Man" — his nickname for Kim Jong-un — was putting his country at risk
In a startling reversal of fortune over the last week, Republican lawmakers have exceeded expectations and resuscitated a new effort to dismantle and replace key strictures of the Affordable Care Act
Toys 'R' Us Inc, the largest U.S. toy store chain, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, the latest sign of turmoil in the retail industry caught in a vice-like grip of online shopping and discount chains
The Cuban government again denied any involvement in or any knowledge of a mysterious series of health incidents that have affected American diplomats in Havana. The alleged sonic attacks left diplomats blind or brain damaged
Democratic U.S. Reps Raul Grijalva, of Arizona; Luis Gutierrez, of Illinois; and Adriano Espaillat, of New York, were among a small group of demonstrators who sat down in the street on Fifth Avenue and refused to move
News reports says Spanish police have arrested 12 people in raids on offices of the regional government of Catalonia as a crackdown intensifies on the region's preparations for a secession vote that Spain says is illegal
Cornell University plans to form a task force to address what its president calls "persistent problems of bigotry and intolerance." Authorities in Ithaca say they're looking into whether last week's attack against a black student was racially motivated
The Russian military says its warships have test-fired cruise missiles during weeklong war games. During one exercise, a helicopter appeared to have accidentally fired rockets near a bystander, according to video posted by Russian news media
A World War I-era German submarine (commonly referred to as a U-boat) filled with 23 bodies inside was discovered in the waters off the coast of Belgium, officials said. The century-old vessel was found by researchers on the floor of the North Sea
French President Emmanuel Macron threw down the gauntlet to President Trump on the Paris climate agreement, saying the environmental accord will not be renegotiated to favor the U.S. "We will not backtrack," Macron said at the United Nations
A photographer's tragic encounters from the Rohingya exodus
