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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's well-known candor was on display in her chambers late Monday, when she declined to retreat from her earlier criticism of Donald Trump and even elaborated on it.

It started with a hashtag: #BlackLivesMatter. As countless black men were gunned down, predominantly by white cops, a few protests turned into a movement. Now the movement has its sights set on influencing policy and politics.

"Officially, you do not exist." That's the alarming title of a new report published by Amnesty International alleging human rights violations occurring in Egypt.

Supreme Court justices, like everyone else, become more like themselves as they get older. That's the real lesson of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's recent series of partisan observations.

Two trains collided head-on in a rural area of southeastern Italy late Tuesday morning, killing at least 27 people, a provincial official said, and prompting authorities to ask for blood donations for an unspecified number of injured.

South Korea has announced the deployment of an advanced anti-missile system in Seongju county in the country's south.

A singer performing the Canadian national anthem at the MLB All-Star game in San Diego has ignited a social media backlash after changing the lyrics of the song to include the words "all lives matter," and holding up a sign with the same controversial phrase.

As anticipation builds for Donald Trump to name his vice presidential pick, two hopefuls -- Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich -- appear to be the front-runners, according to a person familiar with the deliberations.

House Speaker Paul Ryan says presidential elections are a "binary choice" -- and Donald Trump is a better one than Hillary Clinton.

British hostage John Cantlie appears in a new ISIS video that was distributed online on Tuesday.

The Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague has issued a scathing legal rebuke of China's maritime claims in the South China Sea. This stunning decision pits the international legal order against the power of a rising China, with significant ramifications for both the international legal system and for the geopolitics of Southeast Asia. Whether law can constrain power now turns on how China, the United States and other countries in the region use the new decision.

Over a thousand statues of Vladimir Lenin have been removed since 2013, some ending up in museums, some under government watch, while others are in the hands of illegal private owners, and with it a shady black market.

House Speaker Paul Ryan has one of the toughest jobs in politics right now: safeguarding the future of the Republican Party while simultaneously uniting the party around Donald Trump, its controversial presumptive nominee.

Fox News had a Newt Gingrich problem -- and it just announced a solution.

A law enforcement officer has been shot outside the Berrien County Courthouse in St. Joseph, Michigan, according to the Berrien County Sheriff's Department. Michigan State Police have secured the scene, according to a tweet from Gov. Rick Snyder.

CNN's Jim Sciutto explains the geopolitical conflict in the South China Sea.

CNN's Jim Sciutto explains the geopolitical conflict in the South China Sea.

Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed the first Philistine burial site ever discovered, dating back to the 12th century B.C.

Speaking at the memorial service for five slain officers in Dallas, U.S. President Barack Obama praised police for protecting and serving the people.

Although they never flew in space together, twins and retired astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly both understand why the other one misses viewing Earth as a big round ball in space from the window of a shuttle or the cupola of the International Space Station.