President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver his first address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday morning. Trump, who is slated to speak at the U.N. at 10:30 a.m. EST, has a controversial history with the international organization
Hurricane Maria smashed into Dominica with catastrophic winds, leaving what one official described as "widespread devastation" from the monster storm now threatening Caribbean islands already ravaged by Hurricane Irma
Senate Republicans are revving up a final push to scuttle the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama's signature health care law. But the effort faces low odds of success and just a two-week window to prevail
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
Georgia Tech officials are urging students to stay indoors because of violent protests on campus a day after the death of a student who authorities say was advancing on officers with a knife
Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's State Counselor and effective ruler, defended her country against international criticism over the swirling Rohingya crisis. In a speech, she said that "more than 50%" of Rohingya villages in Rakhine state were intact
Dozens of protesters marched into Nansy Pelosi's event in San Francisco showing their displeasure over her recent meetings with President Trump over the DACA program that protects young immigrants from deportation
Taylor Swift is refuting a new lawsuit claiming that her lyrics for the 2014 single “Shake It Off” are unoriginal. “This is a ridiculous claim and nothing more than a money grab,” Swift’s rep tells PEOPLE
When a former police officer was acquitted in the fatal shooting of a black suspect, protesters vowed to show their disdain by disrupting business in downtown St. Louis. They quickly succeeded
The U.S. military flew advanced bombers and jets over the Korean Peninsula and near Japan in drills on Monday, three days after North Korea fired a missile over Japan and amid heightened tensions in the region overall
Equifax has come under intense scrutiny since it announced earlier this month that hackers accessed personal data of 143 million U.S. consumers. But the company knew about a significant breach of its computer systems nearly five months before the date it originally said
Merriam-Webster announced that about 250 new terms were added to the dictionary's ranks. Newly defined words often reflect people's preoccupations — whether in technology or pop culture— and several terms in this batch reflect America's political climate
TIME's new guide looks at the science of exercise and has everything you need to amp up your health and make it stick
