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  Hearing in asylum law challenge set for next week

  November 14, 2018 5:15 IST

  A hearing has been set to determine whether to temporarily halt the Trump administration's latest immigration policy change denying asylum to anyone caught crossing the border illegally

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  FANTASY PLAYS: Week 11 waiver adds with 6 teams on bye

  November 14, 2018 5:00 IST

  FANTASY PLAYS: Week 11 waiver adds with 6 teams on bye

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  US hardens border at Tijuana to prepare for migrant caravan

  November 14, 2018 5:00 IST

  The U.S. government says it is working to "harden" the border crossing from Tijuana, Mexico, to prepare for the arrival of a migrant caravan leapfrogging its way across western Mexico

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  Dems: Latino turnout up 174 percent over '14 in early voting

  November 14, 2018 4:45 IST

  The Democratic Party says a $30 million investment in engaging Latino and other minority voters helped the Democrats achieve a net gain of 34 House seats and improve on 2014 turnout numbers

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  UN envoy: New Iraq government plans to uproot IS extremists

  November 14, 2018 4:45 IST

  The U.N. envoy for Iraq says the new government plans to intensify efforts to uproot cells of the Islamic State extremist group and introduce "robust measures" to achieve sustainable security throughout the country

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  Wolf taken to Isle Royale National Park this fall dies

  November 14, 2018 4:45 IST

  A gray wolf relocated from the Minnesota mainland to Isle Royale National Park this fall has died

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  Business Highlights

  November 14, 2018 4:30 IST

  Business Highlights

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  Trumps to skip Kennedy Center Honors for 2nd straight year

  November 14, 2018 4:30 IST

  For the second straight year, President Donald Trump will not be attending the Kennedy Center Honors celebrating cultural achievement

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  Handwritten Einstein letter auctioned off for nearly $40,000

  November 14, 2018 4:15 IST

  A handwritten letter written by Albert Einstein warning of the dangers of growing nationalism and anti-Semitism years before the Nazis rose to power has been sold for nearly $40,000

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  Chiefs-Rams game moved from Mexico City to LA due to field

  November 14, 2018 4:15 IST

  The NFL has moved the Los Angeles Rams' Monday night showdown with the Kansas City Chiefs from Mexico City to Los Angeles due to the poor condition of the field at Azteca Stadium

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  Bolton says tape doesn't link Saudi prince to critic's death

  November 14, 2018 4:00 IST

  Trump's national security adviser says people who have listened to an audio recording of the killing of a Saudi journalist do not think it implicates the Saudi crown prince in his death

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  The Latest: Texas votes to restore lesson on Helen Keller

  November 14, 2018 4:00 IST

  Amid public criticism, the Texas Board of Education has voted to restore third grade lessons on Helen Keller that it had proposed cutting

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  No, turkey doesn't make you sleepy – but it may bring more trust to your Thanksgiving table

  November 14, 2018 4:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kevin Bennett, Pennsylvania State University(THE CONVERSATION) ‘Tis the season for giblets, wattles and snoods – oh my. On Thanksgiving and Christmas, Americans consume about 68 million turkeys – one for about every five of us. In fact, 29 percent of all turkeys gobbled down in the U.S. are consumed during the holidays.And where turkey is being eaten, there is inevitably talk of

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  Runner who lost feet to frostbite completes first marathon

  November 14, 2018 3:45 IST

  A former University of Alaska Anchorage runner who lost both of his feet to frostbite in 2011 ran his first marathon and became an American citizen last week

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  Actress Paz de la Huerta sues Harvey Weinstein, alleges rape

  November 14, 2018 3:30 IST

  Actress Paz de la Huerta sues Harvey Weinstein, alleging the movie mogul raped her and then hurt her career

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  Melania Trump publicly calls for White House aide's firing

  November 14, 2018 3:30 IST

  In an extraordinary move, Melania Trump is publicly calling for the dismissal of a top White House National Security Council official

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  Trump right and wrong on French wine tariffs

  November 14, 2018 3:30 IST

  Trump is partly right but far from completely correct when he says that France's "big tariffs" make it hard for American vintners to sell their wines here: Wrong because customs duties on imported wines are applied not by France but by the European Union

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  Pink diamond sells for more than $50M, setting world record

  November 14, 2018 3:30 IST

  Christie's has sold the "Pink Legacy" diamond at auction for more than $50 million including fees, saying it's a new world record price per carat for a pink diamond

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  Spanish-language reporter faces deportation from US

  November 14, 2018 3:30 IST

  A Spanish-language reporter who faces deportation after his arrest while covering an immigration protest in Tennessee says he faces danger if sent back to El Salvador

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  How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday

  November 14, 2018 3:30 IST

  Energy companies led a sell-off on Wall Street Tuesday that extended a losing streak for the S&P 500 index to a fourth day

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  Mattis send-off as US war-booty bells return to Philippines

  November 14, 2018 3:30 IST

  U.S. defense secretary to take part in ceremony in Wyoming marking start of process to return disputed church bells to the Philippines

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  Premier: Romania ready for EU presidency amid EU criticism

  November 14, 2018 3:00 IST

  Romania's prime minister dismisses suggestions that the country is not prepared to take over the rotating presidency of the European Union next year

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  Police find no evidence of threat at hospital after reports

  November 14, 2018 3:00 IST

  Police in Ohio say they found no signs of anyone with a gun at a hospital after reports of an active shooter led to a lockdown

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  Markets Right Now: Plunging oil prices sink energy stocks

  November 14, 2018 3:00 IST

  The steepest fall in oil prices in more than three years pulled energy stocks lower on Wall Street, extending a losing streak for the S&P 500 index to a fourth day.

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  Man charged with fraud after driving off pier, killing sons

  November 14, 2018 3:00 IST

  U.S. prosecutors have charged an Egyptian father with fraudulently collecting insurance payouts after driving his family off a Los Angeles pier and killing his two severely autistic sons

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  Amazon goes bicoastal: will open HQs in New York, DC suburb

  November 14, 2018 3:00 IST

  Amazon says it will split its much-anticipated new offices between New York and a suburb of Washington, DC

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  The Latest: Ginsburg, 85, back to work at Supreme Court

  November 14, 2018 3:00 IST

  Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is back in the building

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  Juul halts store sales of some flavored e-cigarettes

  November 14, 2018 3:00 IST

  Nation's leading e-cigarette maker halts store sales of some flavors to deter use by kids