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Jason Miczek / Reuters The Supreme Court Won't Intervene in North Carolina's Voting Law
The justices voted not to stay a lower court’s ruling that extended early voting and restored same-day registration in the swing state.
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Hugh Gentry / Reuters Stormy Weather, Bound for Hawaii and Florida
Back-to-back hurricanes are expected to narrowly miss Hawaii, while a severe storm will reach Florida by the end of the week.
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Ahn Young-joon / AP Another Government Execution in North Korea
If confirmed, the execution would be the latest in a series of crackdowns on top officials in Pyongyang since Kim Jong-un assumed power in 2011.
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Henry Romero / Reuters What Does Enrique Peña Nieto Want From Trump's Visit?
The meeting between the president and the man who would be president will bring together two of the least popular men in Mexico.
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Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters The Ghosts of Olympic Games Past
The International Olympics Committee has retroactively disqualified six athletes from the Beijing games in 2008 over doping.
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Scott Roth / Invision / AP Chris Brown's Bad Tuesday
The singer posted bond after being arrested for allegedly pointing a gun at a woman in his California home.
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Desmond Boylan / Reuters The First Commercial U.S. Flight to Cuba Since 1961
JetBlue Flight 387 left Florida Wednesday morning with 30 passengers and arrived in Santa Clara.
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Eraldo Peres / AP The End of Dilma Rousseff's Presidency
Senators have voted to remove Brazil’s first female president from office nearly three months after her impeachment trial began.
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Reuters The Mass Graves ISIS Left Behind
ISIS-controlled territory is shrinking, revealing gruesome evidence of the militant group’s occupation in northern Iraq and Syria.
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Wael Qubady / AP The 10,000 Civilians Killed in Yemen
The United Nations’ estimate of the death toll of the country’s 18-month civil war exceeds previous reports.
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Thomas Peter / Reuters The Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Australian investigators are restarting the search for the plane that vanished over the Indian Ocean more than two years ago.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Obama Commutes Another 111 Prisoners, Will Add ‘Many More’
To date, his total is 673.
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Abdalrhman Ismail / Reuters What Happened to the Islamic State's Spokesman?
Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, a senior leader of the Islamist militant group, has reportedly been killed in Aleppo.
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Joe Camporeale / USA Today Sports Did Colin Kaepernick's Protest Fail?
The 49ers quarterback sat for the national anthem because of racial injustice, but the debate afterward has focused on his tactics.
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Matt York / AP The Beginning of the End for Private Migrant-Detention Centers?
Remarks by the head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security could foreshadow a major shift in policy and likely appease immigrant-rights advocates.
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Jose Cabezas / Reuters Are the Clown Sightings in South Carolina Real?
Police in Greenville are increasing patrols after reports of attempts to lure children into the woods, despite little evidence the clowns exist.
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Robert F. Bukaty / AP Maine's Governor Insists the Problem Isn't His Racism—It's Being Called a Racist
Paul LePage suggested he might resign amidst an uproar that began when he blamed blacks and Hispanics for his state’s heroin epidemic and endorsed racial profiling.
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Eric Gaillard / Reuters Would France's Marianne Wear a Burqini?
Prime Minister Manuel Valls says the national symbol proves the swimsuit has no place in France—but not everyone agrees.
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Vladimir Pirogov / Reuters The Attack on the Chinese Embassy in Kyrgyzstan
Terrorist attacks against Chinese targets abroad are rare, and news reports suggest that Uighur separatists may be responsible.
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Virginia Mayo / AP Why the EC Ruled Against Apple
The European Commission ordered Ireland to recover up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) from the tech giant over what it called “illegal tax benefits.”
