-
![]()
Eric Gaillard / Reuters The Photograph That Captures France's Debate Over the Burqini
Four police officers fined a woman on a Nice beach for wearing the swimsuit favored by some Muslims.
-
![]()
Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters An Earthquake Strikes Myanmar
The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-6.8 quake has struck the country.
-
-
![]()
David Gray / Reuters A New Dictionary Down Under
Australia updates its national lexicon with more than 6,000 schmick new entries.
-
![]()
Alan Diaz / AP Zika's Growing Presence in Florida
Health officials announced Tuesday new reports of virus transmission in the state.
-
![]()
Henry Romero / Reuters Did Mexico's President Plagiarize His Law School Thesis?
A report by one of the country’s top investigative journalists says he did—nearly one-third of it.
-
![]()
Charles Mostoller / Reuters Will the U.S. Extradite Fethullah Gulen?
Turkey has formally requested the transfer of the Pennsylvania-based cleric accused of masterminding last month’s coup, the State Department says.
-
![]()
Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Obama in Louisiana: 'I Don’t Worry Too Much About Politics'
The president, facing criticism that he remained on vacation during the historic flooding, toured some of the worst-hit areas on Tuesday.
-
-
![]()
Al Behrman / AP Ohio's 'Golden Week' of Early Voting Is Dead, Again
A federal court overturned a lower-court judge’s ruling, allowing the U.S. state to reduce a stretch in which citizens could register and cast ballots.
-
![]()
Mike Segar / Reuters The Unionizing of Graduate Students
According to a new federal ruling, those who work as teaching or research assistants at private universities can now collectively bargain.
-
![]()
Carlo Allegri / Reuters Why Black Voters Are Rejecting Trump
Polling within the margin of error among African Americans, the Republican tries new outreach—but his approach seems doomed to failure.
-
![]()
Elijah Nouvelage / Reuters Banning Hard Alcohol at Stanford
The new policy that prohibits high-proof liquor at parties comes two months after the sentencing of Brock Turner.
-
![]()
Reuters The Businessman Who's Paying the Fines From Burqini Bans
A French-Algerian man has covered the financial penalties of three women who defied a new rule in France— and he's offering to do the same for others.
-
-
![]()
Reed Saxon / AP The U.S. Wildfire Threatening a State Treasure
The Chimney fire in California is dangerously close to the decades-old historic monument.
-
![]()
Romeo Ranoco / Reuters 36 Killings a Day in the Philippines
More than 1,900 people have died in the seven weeks since President Rodrigo Duterte took office and began his war on crime.
-
![]()
Denis Balibouse / Reuters Russia's Year of Sporting Ignominy Continues
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has upheld the International Paralympic Committee's ban on all Russian competitors at the games.
-
![]()
Reuters The American Invasion of Canadian Waters
About 1,500 Americans taking part in an annual “Float Down” event inadvertently floated into international waters after strong winds blew them toward Canada.
-
![]()
Steve Helber / AP Terry McAuliffe's Second Try at Restoring Felon Voting Rights
Weeks after the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that the governor’s order giving 200,000 ex-offenders back the franchise was unconstitutional, he’s trying a different method.
-
-
![]()
Jason Reed / Reuters Questions About Hillary's Health: The Birtherism of 2016
Led by Rudy Giuliani, surrogates for the struggling Trump campaign are trying to seed doubts about the Democratic candidate’s fitness for office.
-
![]()
Yves Logghe / AP The Niqab Ban at a German School
A German court ruled Monday in favor of a school that expelled a student for wearing the niqab, a full-body veil.
-
![]()
Osman Orsal / Reuters The Wedding Bombing in Turkey
The death toll in the attack in Gaziantep, which was carried out by a young boy, has risen to 54, more than half of them under age 18.
