Verizon Communications and leaders of strike unions have reached a tentative deal in hopes to end the strike which began on April 13.
A day at the Cincinnati Zoo turned deadly on Saturday when a 3-year-old boy fell into a gorilla enclosure.
Amber Heard appeared in court with a bruised face, accusing Johnny Depp of repeated domestic abuse.
Iraq government forces held back a four-hour attack by the Islamic State on the city of Fallujah on Tuesday.
On Tuesday morning, North Korea conducted its fourth failed attempt in two months at firing an intermediate-range Musudan ballistic missile.
North Korea continues to perpetuate fear in the pacific; this time, forcing Japan to be on edge.
Among the peaceful commemoration of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks came warnings from the Japanese government — with subsequent counter-measures to a potential missile strike. 
Japan has administered it’s military forces and calls for a “high-alert” warning — after North Korea purportedly motioned for a missile launch towards one of it’s closest neighbors.
The Sea of Japan was decorated with naval ships, including naval destroyers and anti-ballistic missile Patriot batteries Monday morning, anticipating the worst. Tensions have been high in the region since North Korea’s fourth nuclear weapons demonstration last January — accompanied by a slew of satellite launches, and various other missile launches.
The North Korean rocket in question has been assumed to be an intermediate-range Musudan Missile with a radius of about 4000km. Such a rocket could very well permeate South Korea, Japan, and many other countries. The tests that were conducted by North Korea prompted immediate action by the United Nations, including stricter sanctions on the country.
This has been the second time that Japan has imposed high-level warnings in regards to North Korean missile tests this year.
South Korea has remained vigilant on the matter, with officials stating that they are “fully prepared” for any conflict.
An arrest in the death of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s aide, Carey Gabay, has been made.
According to the U.S. Refugee Agency, over 700 migrants are feared to have perished after a failed attempt to cross the Mediterranean Sea.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reached the amount of delegates needed to secure party’s presidential nomination.
Almost 71 years after the first atomic bomb was deployed on the Japanese city Hiroshima, Obama visited the city to pay his respects to the victims and to call for an end to nuclear weapons.