| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | 'Big Bang Theory' | | Brace yourselves, "Big Bang Theory" fans: Production on the CBS comedy has been put on pause. |
| Bieber vs. Bloom | | Justin Bieber tweeted "Keeping it positive" just hours after a clash in a Spanish nightclub with Orlando Bloom on Wednesday. |
| Immigration | | A $2.7 billion Democratic plan to respond to the immigrant influx from Central America failed in a Senate procedural vote. |
| Ukraine | | A passenger jet shot out of the sky two weeks ago brought the world's attention to eastern Ukraine, where government forces are battling pro-Russian separatists. |
| VA overhaul | | The Senate on Thursday night easily approved a $16 billion bill to overhaul the Department of Veterans Affairs. |
| Landslide | | Rescuers have recovered 51 bodies after landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains trapped about 170 people in a western Indian village. |
| Israel-Gaza conflict | | After weeks of fighting and more than 1,500 deaths, a humanitarian cease-fire began Friday between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. |
| Tropical storm | | Tropical Storm Bertha formed in the Atlantic late Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center. |
| Ebola | | The news that two Ebola patients are being brought to America has created waves of concern ranging from mere worry to Hollywood "Outbreak" scenarios to conspiracy theories. |
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