Japanese fight over pacifist stance

Japanese fight over pacifist stance
Matt Damon: Sorry I 'whitesplained'
What's sending snakes into toilets?
Military coup: Guards detain PM, President
Rivals rise after a debate that could reshuffle the GOP deck
Sanders blasts pro-Clinton super PACs
Report supports Veterans tipsters
6 dead, 1 missing in Zion flood
Fiorina: 'War on drugs has failed'
GOP fails in bid to block Iran deal
Supreme Court splits hopefuls
Putin prankster: I called Elton John
CNN's Republican debate: Winners and losers
Trump talked most, but couldn't silence his rivals
What the Iranians are saying
Jenner: Make my transition official
Iran math genius new da Vinci?
Kevin Spacey's Donald Trump reveal
Playing the odds? Trump sinking
What moms' bodies really look like
Fact-checking the candidates
Amazing world of Soviet bus shelters
Suffer the children: Europe's migrant crisis
TV exec arrested in murder mystery
GOP debate a win for Clinton?

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 12:54 PM PDT

Japan's upper house of parliament is poised to pass the first major reinterpretation of the country's pacifist constitution since the end of World War II, despite fierce and vocal opposition.

Matt Damon: Sorry I 'whitesplained'

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 12:48 PM PDT

Matt Damon has apologized after sparking an uproar in the season premiere of HBO's "Project Greenlight" by explaining diversity in film to a successful black woman producer.

What's sending snakes into toilets?

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 12:32 PM PDT

Imagine going to the bathroom and finding a huge python curled up inside the toilet bowl. That happened not just once but twice in the Australian city of Townsville this month.

Military coup: Guards detain PM, President

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 12:31 PM PDT

Burkina Faso's military declared it's in control of the nation after presidential guards stormed a Cabinet meeting and seized the President and the Prime Minister -- days before the general elections.

Rivals rise after a debate that could reshuffle the GOP deck

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 12:23 PM PDT

Sanders blasts pro-Clinton super PACs

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 12:20 PM PDT

Bernie Sanders may not want to go after Hillary Clinton directly, but his presidential campaign has shown over the last two days that it is are more than happy to punch back against the world of pro-Clinton super PACs.

Report supports Veterans tipsters

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 12:16 PM PDT

The Department of Veterans Affairs has not listened to whistleblowers or protected them, and it also has not punished employees who tried to stop or interfere with whistleblowers, according to a letter the U.S. Office of Special Counsel sent to the White House and Congress on Thursday.

6 dead, 1 missing in Zion flood

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 11:35 AM PDT

Search crews in Zion National Park in Utah have found the bodies of six people killed in a flash flood and were searching Thursday for a seventh person who is still missing, said National Park Service spokesman David Eaker.

Fiorina: 'War on drugs has failed'

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 11:21 AM PDT

GOP fails in bid to block Iran deal

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 10:56 AM PDT

In a final effort to derail the Iran nuclear deal, Senate Republicans on Thursday failed to get enough votes on an amendment that would have required Iran to recognize Israel and release Americans held in Iran before getting sanctions relief from the United States.

Supreme Court splits hopefuls

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 09:58 AM PDT

Four years ago, a law professor called the Supreme Court the "forgotten issue" of the presidential election.

Putin prankster: I called Elton John

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 09:58 AM PDT

Did pop star Elton John get punked?

CNN's Republican debate: Winners and losers

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 09:28 AM PDT

Trump talked most, but couldn't silence his rivals

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 09:25 AM PDT

The second Republican debate, hosted by CNN at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, was still businessman Donald Trump's show, based on the amount of time he spoke. But he had new competition from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and former tech CEO Carly Fiorina, who kept the cameras trained on them for almost as long.

What the Iranians are saying

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 09:19 AM PDT

The Republican 2016 hopefuls may have spent most of Wednesday night's CNN debate savaging each other on everything from marijuana and immigration to abortion and taxes, but they also devoted plenty of time to their favorite boogeyman abroad: Iran.

Jenner: Make my transition official

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 08:51 AM PDT

Caitlyn Jenner is making her changes official.

Iran math genius new da Vinci?

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 08:48 AM PDT

Kevin Spacey's Donald Trump reveal

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 08:48 AM PDT

See what actor Kevin Spacey has to say about how his Netflix hit "House of Cards" is related to Donald Trump.

Playing the odds? Trump sinking

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 08:29 AM PDT

It was a wild night at CNN's GOP debate at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California, and it took a toll on Donald Trump as he sparred with Carly Fiorina and Jeb Bush and sustained attacks from just about everybody on the stage.

What moms' bodies really look like

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 08:14 AM PDT

It took the loss of her child for professional photographer Ashlee Wells Jackson to create the 4th Trimester Bodies Project.

Fact-checking the candidates

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 08:14 AM PDT

The CNN Fact-Checking Team is working through both Republican debates Wednesday night comparing notable, surprising or otherwise interesting claims from the candidates against the facts.

Amazing world of Soviet bus shelters

Posted: 17 Sep 2015 08:10 AM PDT

It's universally acknowledged that the old Soviet Union had many faults, but creating weird and wonderful structures that celebrate the humble bus ride isn't one of them.