Officials encouraged millions of Americans to evacuate their homes Thursday as Hurricane Matthew strengthened and forecasters expanded the warning area across the Southeast Atlantic coast after the storm killed more than 100 people across the Caribbean
President Obama continued his efforts to lessen the impact of our nation's drug laws by shortening the sentences of 102 drug offenders. Obama has now granted executive commutations to 774 drug offenders, more than any of the past 11 presidents combined
Pakistani lawmakers have passed a law that stiffens the penalty for convicted "honor" killers and closes a loophole that often allowed them to go free. The law gives a mandatory 25 years in prison to anyone convicted of killing in the name of honor
The San Francisco 49ers are hosting the Arizona Cardinals this week on Thursday Night Football. The matchup is one of several games being live-streamed on Twitter for the first time this season. In partnership with Twitter, you can watch the game right here on Time.com.
One of the largest evangelical organizations on college campuses nationwide has told its 1,300 staff members they will be fired if they personally support gay marriage or otherwise disagree with its newly detailed positions on sexuality starting on Nov. 11
A New Jersey Transit train that crashed into Hoboken's terminal last week, killing one person and injuring more than 100 others, was going twice the speed limit at the moment of impact
The O'Reilly Factor correspondent Jesse Watters says a segment he filmed in New York City's Chinatown was intended to be "tongue-in-cheek" and not racist. "I regret if anyone found offense," Watters said
Researchers said they have found a new, underwater fault line in southern California that runs along the Salton Sea and parallel to the San Andreas Fault. The line's length and location need to be studied before its danger can be fully understood
Staffan de Mistura, UN special envoy for Syria, told reporters that thousands of lives could be lost. "The bottom line is, in a maximum of two months... the city of eastern Aleppo at this rate may be totally destroyed," he said
The FBI says Dahir Ahmed Adan, the 20-year-old man who stabbed 10 people last month at a central Minnesota mall, may have become radicalized recently and that the attack likely was premeditated
Blood-testing startup Theranos announced that it will close its clinical labs and lay off hundreds of employees. CEO Elizabeth Holmes said the company will close facilities in Pennsylvania, Arizona and California and focus on rebuilding after multiple regulatory investigations
President Obama's approval ratings have hit a new high for his second term at 55%, according to a new poll. It continues a seven-month streak of approval ratings over 50% for the lame-duck president
How a Walmart’s worth of Batman costumes helped the young survivors of a South Carolina school shooting (and their parents) learn to be brave again.
