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CNN's Sara Sidner goes inside the cabin where Tennessee teacher Tad Cummins and 15-year-old Elizabeth Thomas were found.

Ousted executives often leave with staggering payouts. Here are a few notable figures who cashed in when they checked out.

You might think that a planet with two suns would create an inhospitable environment with a beautiful view, like the fictional planet Tatooine and its iconic double sunset in "Star Wars: A New Hope." But new research suggests that if the conditions are just right, Earth-sized versions of Tatooine could be habitable and possibly covered with water, rather than sand.

Jumana Nagarwala, a 44-year-old emergency room doctor at a Detroit hospital, was denied bail earlier this week and remains in custody, awaiting trial, charged with performing female genital mutilation (FGM) in the United States -- which happens here more often than you think.

Since Elizabeth II came to the throne in 1952, 11 US presidents have been elected: the Queen has met with all of them except Lyndon B. Johnson and, so far, Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump answers a reporter's question on the status of a new health care bill and tax reform.

Brian Steimke came upon a shocking sight while driving the I-15 in California: a truck barreling down the highway, dragging a car wedged above its tire.

The Food and Drug Administration says medications containing codeine or tramadol should not be given to children, and warns that these drugs could cause serious risks including difficulty breathing and death.

Cuba Gooding Sr., soul singer and father to Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr., was found dead in a car Thursday in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles.

No one --- and I mean NO ONE -- knows or cares more about the federal budget than Stan Collender. (Stan's Twitter handle is @thebudgetguy. I rest my case.) With a week left before the federal government is set to run out of money and shut down, I reached out to Stan for some perspective. How likely are we to see a(nother) government shutdown? Where are the pressure points? And, most importantly, who will blink first? Our conversation, conducted via email and lightly edited for flow, is below.

The Red Bull Ragnorak in Haugastol, Norway is not only the world's largest snowkiting race, it's the toughest. Only about 7% of the racers finish each year.

President Donald Trump called the "first 100 days" construct a "ridiculous standard." But he frequently talked about it on the campaign trail.

It's a $400 device that connects to the internet and squeezes pre-bought packets of fruit and vegetables into juice. On Wednesday, Bloomberg revealed you can get the same result by squeezing the bags with your own bare hands.

Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney says he believes the Trump administration and Republican leaders in Congress will be able to avert a government shutdown, even as the administration says it will insist on money to build a wall on the Mexico border.

Students at UC Davis can now press A4 for Plan B.

Six of the eight men Arkansas planned to execute over an 11-day period this month are not mentally fit for the death penalty, a report by a Harvard Law School initiative suggests.

In the Season 2 premiere of CNN's "United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell," the host asks US immigrants about their plans for the future -- and gets an inspiring answer. Watch Sunday, April 30, at 10 p.m. ET/PT.