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The National Security Agency's director flatly denied a Washington Post report Wednesday that the NSA secretly broke into communications links that connect Google and Yahoo data centers, calling the newspaper's allegatio...

Dozens of orcas surround ferry carrying tribal artifacts from Seattle to Suquamish museum     

Residents of a Southern California community are protesting a judge's decision to allow an admitted serial rapist who attacked 38 women to live in their neighborhood upon his release from prison. 

Syrian president tells UN-Arab envoy that peace talks can only come when foreign states withdraw assistance.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Former Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea denied all charges against him Thursday on the last day of a trial for the surviving leaders of the 1970s Cambodian regime widely blamed for the deaths of ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- U.S. authorities say a highly sophisticated secret tunnel has been discovered on the border connecting San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico.     

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A Minneapolis man accused of striking two U.S. Army recruiters with his sport utility vehicle, then dragging one of them nearly three-quarters of a mile as the man screamed, is facing more serious cha...

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis was delivering a homily but a little boy stole the show.     

CNN's Jonathan Mann talks with Sarah Degnan Kambou about how to improve the plight of child brides globally.

WASHINGTON

Hollywood is home to fake rebels

Pentagon: We Need Smaller Nukes

The newly elected Senator has resigned his Newark mayorship and readies to take his seat in the chamber, right as big votes loom

Boston routed the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 to win the 2013 World Series

CNN's Shasta Darlington reports on signs that Rio may not be ready for the World Cup and Summer Olympics.

Scientists have found a planet outside our solar system with nearly the same size and density as our own

NYC lawmakers approve plan for giant Ferris wheel on Staten Island     

CNN's Arwa Damon looks at cases where young Afghans are forced into marriage, crossing the line into human trafficking.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- University of California President Janet Napolitano said Wednesday she is devoting $5 million to provide special counseling and financial aid for students living in the U.S. illegally, a move aimed ...

A Cook County jury tonight convicted a woman of the 2008 murder of Chicago police Officer Richard Francis but acquitted her of charges that she shot at other officers responding to the scene.     

Bahrain's riot police close down art exhibition depicting scenes from the Gulf country's uprising.

In a speech about eugenics, Mr. Paul appears to have taken words from a Wikipedia entry for the futuristic movie "Gattaca."