'We are looking heavily at his background and his whole life.'

NFL players who kneel during the playing of the national anthem have brought the issue of free speech to the fore of public consciousness.

The Kremlin is denying that it played a role in the poisoning.

The most likely outcome of this week's hearings is a vote along party lines to send Kavanaugh's nomination to the full Senate.

'Sadly, conservatives are too often finding their voices silenced.'

Russia revealed last week it had positioned more than a dozen ships off the Syrian coast, raising fears of a wide-scale offensive that could mark the last major battle in the seven-year civil war.

'The Miami-based National Hurricane Center is predicting a "life-threatening" storm surge along parts of the central Gulf Coast. The region could see rising waters of 3 to 5 feet.'

'I just know this. I like Donald Trump and I think that he's doing the right thing.'

'Miami Beach Police said via Twitter that the Labor Day holiday was "NOT a beach day," with rough surf and potential rip currents.'

'Two hundred years of work, investigation and knowledge have been lost.'