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Around April 30, North Korea executed its defense minister, Hyon Yong Chol, by firing squad, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reports. #NorthKorea #KPRK executed Defense Minister #HyonYongChol according to South Korea...

PHILADELPHIA -- An Amtrak train has crashed in Philadelphia, and several people appear to be injured. Train 188 was traveling from Washington, D.C., to New York City on Tuesday night...

Students at Louisiana State University will soon be able to soak up the sun in a manmade "lazy river," part of an $85 million leisure project underway despite the school's desperate financial situation.

An Amtrak train headed to New York City derailed and tipped over in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, mangling the front of it, tearing the cars apart and killing at least five people. Dozens of passengers were injured, and...

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The supply of certain paintings is fixed, but the number of people with the riches to buy top-end art is rising.

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron is set to roll out a slew of new powers designed to counter radicalization, aiming to end, what he called the country's "passively tolerant society." Cameron will tell the National Secur...

In his years-long effort to advance a massive new trade deal, President Obama weathered a major setback Tuesday from an unlikely source: his fellow Democrats. While Senate Republicans largely rallied around a vote to con...

Researchers claim to have found definitive evidence of Philip II and a Scythian princess in an ancient Greek tomb, but what do the skeletons really tell us?

A 27-year-old showed Facebook the ugly side of tanning.

The train was headed from Washington to New York when it derailed at around 9:45 p.m. The cause was not immediately known.

Actress and activist Salma Hayek speaks to CNN's Hala Gorani about her recent trip to Lebanon and the plight of the Syrian refugees she met there.

After months of bombing by the U.S. and coalition forces, ISIS remains undefeated on the ground and has now entered a new phase, using the cyber-world as a weapon.

WASHINGTON

Here's a recent headline that sends chills down your spine if you're a climate-news junkie -- and makes just about zero sense if you're any other normal person:

This week, a University of California San Diego professor came under fire for reportedly insisting his students take their final exams in the nude. The resulting story headlines were predictably incendiary: "Students Mus...

WASHINGTON/PHILADELPHIA

Service has resumed on the CTA Red Line after trains were rerouted Wednesday morning because of a "medical emergency" involving a person on the tracks near Lake Street, officials said.

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Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant are developing into quite a tag team for the Cubs, and after their back-to-back home runs in the bleachers reopener Monday, Rizzo compared them to another famous tandem from back in the day.

North Korea reportedly executed its defense minister, Hyon Yong Chol, as part of the country's latest political purge, South Korean intelligence has indicated. Hyon was one of the closest confidants of the North Korean l...

N.Y. woman was killed in plot to get her $4 million estate.