President Obama will target gun violence through executive actions that he will detail in the coming days, he announced as he met with top law enforcement officials at the White House. The President is reportedly focusing on a background checks loophole
The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency are suing Volkswagen over emissions-cheating software found in nearly 600,000 vehicles sold in the U.S. The lawsuit alleges the company illegally installed software to skirt rules
Federal authorities are keeping watch but keeping their distance after an armed anti-government group took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon as part of a decades-long fight over public lands in the West
Four new elements have been added to the periodic table, finally rounding out the chemical table’s seventh row, officials said. “To scientists, this is of greater value than an Olympic gold medal," a Nobel laureate in chemistry said
Sudan severed diplomatic ties with Iran, joining a growing list of Saudi Arabia’s allies to do so following the execution of a prominent Shiite cleric and attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran. Also, Saudi Arabia announced it had canceled all flights to Iran
Bill Clinton hit the campaign trail for his wife in New Hampshire for the first time this election season, boasting of Hillary’s record as an activist and organizer before reaching elected office
Over 500 employees returned to the Inland Regional Center's San Bernardino campus, entering some buildings for the first time since the violent terrorist attack in December that left 14 dead and 22 wounded
U.S. stocks opened 2016 by dropping sharply in early trading after a plunge in China triggered by weak Chinese manufacturing data and escalating tensions in the Middle East. The Dow Jones industrial average sank 2%
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump released his first television ad of the 2016 campaign, a provocative 30-second spot that reiterates some of the businessman's most controversial policy proposals
A new study shows that the 5-year-old Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, which requires foods served in schools to contain more whole grains, vegetables and fruits and less sodium, has boosted the nutritional value of school lunches
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is set to overtake Avatar as the highest grossing American box office film of all time by the middle of next week. It already surpassed Jurassic World and has made a whopping $1.5 billion worldwide
Denmark stepped up its border controls with Germany on the heels of Sweden’s move to tighten security due to an influx of refugees. Travelers coming from Germany will have to undergo spot checks
TIME looks back over the past 12 months and presents a selection of astonishing animal images
