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The Northern Lights get creepy, President Barack Obama goes to the land Down Under, a turtle photobombs a selfie and more.

With a wife and three young children, including a 5-week-old baby girl, Joel Steinhaus has a mighty long shopping list this holiday season. According to the National Retail Federation, the average US family will spend $8...

Defying ban, Instagram account captures decadent lifestyles in conservative country.

The G-20 meeting isn't exactly the most exciting annual event on your calendar -- if it's on your calendar at all -- but this year it's worth watching. All eyes are on Russian President Vladimir Putin, who stepped off th...

Court papers: Nanny charged with killing 2 kids in bathtub says she's sorry for what she did

It took riot police to break up a parliament brawl in Capetown, South Africa. CNN's Diana Magnay reports.

Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr., who is presiding over the trial of Aurora, Colorado, movie theater shooting suspect James Eagan Holmes, has denied a motion by defense attorneys asking that he be replaced. The defense argued ...

WASHINGTON

Supreme commander says small submarine entered Swedish territory last month but stops short of blaming any country.

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced Friday a series of comprehensive reforms to the United States nuclear force, declaring that the Pentagon will spend billions modernizing the nation's arsenal. The vow comes duri...

Faith communities around St. Louis are stockpiling food, recruiting volunteers and encouraging peace ahead of a grand jury's decision on whether Officer Darren Wilson, who is white, will be indicted in the killing of una...

Nato's Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, has accused Russia of taking ''aggressive actions'' in Ukraine which have violated international law.

Under a hail of gunfire, Serbian special forces are on the move. And watching the ground assault from a safe distance are Russian and Serbian military officials. The unprecedented joint military drill underscores a delic...

There's good news and bad news when it comes to college essays

In the US, it’s always seemed like the answer was “extrovert.” Being social is lauded and most people seem skeptical of all that skulking about that introverts do. There’s no doubt research has shown a number of ...

Rick's Cabaret, a club in Midtown, owes more than $10 million in back pay to dancers who performed there without being paid hourly wages, a judge ruled.

Prince William and his wife, Catherine, will cross the pond to New York for the first time next month, paying their respects to victims at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in lower Manhattan and catching a B...

The local Ku Klux Klan chapter in Missouri has vowed to use "lethal force" against Ferguson protesters, as the town awaits the grand jury decision on whether local police officer Darren Wilson will be charged in the shoo...

The Islamic State terrorist group, commonly referred to as ISIS, released a graphic new video on Friday. It has all the hallmarks of ISIS' previous propaganda videos: high production values, haunting music and footage of...

A school lockdown in Florida has prompted outrage from one mother who's child texted her saying that a police officer with an assault rifle came into her classroom.

BRISBANE Australia

The leaders of the Islamic State have created their own currency, part of a grandiose plan to restore the caliphate era that dominated the Middle East more than 1,300 years ago.