CNN Top Stories

The Republican Party gathered in Cleveland Tuesday for the second night of its convention, and CNN's Reality Check Team put the speakers' statements and assertions to the test.

The first six months of 2016 were the hottest ever recorded, NASA announced on Tuesday, while Arctic sea ice now covers 40% less of the Earth than it did just 30 years ago.

Hillary Clinton on Tuesday slammed the first day of the Republican National Convention as "surreal," comparing it to the "Wizard of Oz" while avoiding mentioning Melania Trump's plagiarism controversy.

The Florida Department of Health said it is investigating a possible non-travel related case of Zika virus in Miami-Dade County.

The timestamp on Leslie Jones' most recent -- and possibly last -- tweet was just past 10 p.m. She had reached her limit.

Tuesday's session at the Republican Party convention had the feeling of "family time" about it, although the message was mixed. In between two young Trumps talking about their father's kindness came family friend Chris Christie calling Hillary Clinton a liar and butcher of justice. The goodwill vanished in a chorus of "lock her up!"

See photos from the Republican National Convention, which began in Cleveland on Monday.

The brother of Pakistani social media star, Qandeel Baloch, who expressed pride for having killed his sister, has been charged with a crime against the state for the so-called "honor" killing, according to a police report.

Chris Christie riled up the crowd Tuesday night during a blistering attack against Hillary Clinton at the Republican National Convention.

The Philippines has turned down bilateral talks with Beijing over the South China Sea dispute, after China's foreign ministry insisted a landmark court ruling against them could not even be mentioned at the meeting.

Fox News CEO Roger Ailes is in talks with 21st Century Fox that will likely lead to his departure.

Two New England state troopers were arrested and charged with simple assault in a May car chase that ended in a violent arrest caught on live television, officials said Tuesday.

Snapchat played an important role in convicting two people of sexual assault.

The Republican Party has officially named Donald Trump as its 2016 presidential nominee Tuesday evening, capping a raucous primary process that has divided the GOP.

A U.S- led coalition in Syria has killed more than 100 civilians since June and wounded dozens more in airstrikes in and around the ISIS-controlled city of Manbij, according to several human rights groups.

Across the south of Italy, unfinished foundations and concrete frames rise from a landscape of rolling hills and thick canopies of trees. Many look as though their building crews and cranes stepped off site only yesterday. Others as though they were abandoned decades ago.

Shortly after clinching the Republican nomination, Donald Trump said it was an experience he would "never ever forget."

Melania Trump's speech brouhaha has social media LOLing. CNN'S Jeanne Moos has the best tweets.

Shortly before the ambush that killed three law enforcement officers in Louisiana, the gunman was stalking a Baton Rouge police car with his rifle poised to shoot, police said.

I hail from the world of journalism, which has seen its fair share of plagiarism scandals in the past decade or so, starting with the Jayson Blair affair at The New York Times in 2003. But plagiarism in the news business is a different animal from what's being alleged of the speech Melania Trump delivered Monday night in Cleveland.