Ireland made global history on Saturday by becoming the first country in the world to approve same-sex marriage through popular vote—sending thousands of people out into the streets of Dublin to celebrate as a sea of emotion engulfed the city
A white Cleveland patrolman who fired into a suspect's car at the end of a 137-shot barrage that left the two unarmed black occupants dead was acquitted of criminal charges by a judge who said he could not determine the officer alone fired the fatal shots
Millions of Americans are under the threat of flash floods this Memorial Day weekend as heavy rain was forecast for waterlogged parts of Texas, Arkansas and the southern Plains, along with thunderstorms, hail, wind and even isolated tornadoes
Sharon Osbourne, 62, will take a month off CBS show The Talk while she recovers from exhaustion after she returned to work too soon following a hospitalization earlier this year for pneumonia, her representative said
Huge crowds filled a square in the Salvadoran capital Saturday for a ceremony to beatify Roman Catholic Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was cut down by an assassin's bullet 35 years ago and declared a martyr for his faith this year by Pope Francis
A young cancer patient got to meet the anti-hero Deadpool—as played by Ryan Reynolds—thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The foundation sent Tony Acevedo, who suffers from Hodgkin Disease, a type of lymphoma, up to the film's Vancouver set
The National Security Agency's bulk collection of domestic phone records and other key surveillance activities under the USA Patriot Act are set to expire at midnight May 31. The Senate's leader scheduled a last-minute session to take up the issue again
California regulators accepted a historic offer by farmers to make a 25% voluntary water cut to avoid deeper mandatory losses during the drought. The state already has mandated 25% conservation by cities and towns and curtailed water deliveries
Hundreds of people turned out during a public chance to say goodbye to B.B. King in Las Vegas ahead of a weekend memorial service and a final King of the Blues road tour leading back home to the Mississippi Delta
The Senate passed bipartisan legislation Friday night to strengthen the Obama administration's hand in global trade talks, clearing the way for a highly unpredictable summer showdown in the House
J.D. Sexton, 93, a World War II veteran, finally received a diploma this week from the high school he attended in Alabama before he had to drop out because he was drafted into the Army. His wife arranged for the diploma as a present for his birthday this month
Fans aren’t the only ones upset about news that Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen won’t appear in Netflix’s forthcoming Fuller House. On Twitter, star John Stamos wrote that he was “#heartbroken” over the news
The SNL alumna talks to TIME about how she approached the role of a woman with borderline personality disorder in Welcome to Me
