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The US military has dropped an enormous bomb in Afghanistan, according to four US military officials with direct knowledge of the mission.

As astronomers discover more and more planets in distant star systems, interstellar travel has again sparked the imagination. NASA now estimates that there are one billion Earth-sized planets orbiting stars similar to the sun, just in the Milky Way.

Two dozen riders were stuck on a roller coaster Thursday night at Six Flags America in Largo, Maryland, authorities said.

One of Donald Trump's many memorable lines on the campaign trail was about ISIS.

Two Secret Service officers have been fired over their handling of a March 10 incident in which a White House fence jumper made it just steps from a main door to the executive mansion, two law enforcement officials told CNN on Thursday.

In an appearance Thursday on CNN's "New Day" to discuss health care and President Trump, controversy arose when I said this:

If Donald Trump has learned any big lesson in his 84 days as President, it's this: The job is way harder than it looks.

Lawyer calls United Airlines passenger who was dragged off of an overbooked flight "a poster child" for mistreated passengers. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.

The NBA playoff picture is set, but not much has changed from a year ago.

President Trump spent much of the last week reversing positions he staked out either during the 2016 campaign or in the early months of his presidency. On Thursday, he did something actually consistent with what he promised on the campaign trail: He authorized the dropping of a MOAB bomb on a suspected ISIS camp in Afghanistan.

CNN's Rosemary Church reports on NASA's announcement that scientists have found a cluster of Earth-like planets orbiting a star 40 light-years away.

CIA Director Mike Pompeo criticizes Wikileaks and Julian Assange at a speech to CSIS on national security.

Four people were shot Thursday aboard a transit train in Atlanta, according to police with the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA). One of the victims is dead, according to police. The other three have been transported to a hospital. Police say a suspect is in custody.

Little more than a week after the Russian and Iranian-backed Syrian government attacked rebel-held Khan Sheikhoun with sarin nerve gas, Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning the attack and calling for an investigation.

It's rare for President Donald Trump to mention God, and rarer still for him to name-drop the Almighty three times in a single short speech.

Nearly ten years ago, Chelsea Handler made her late-night debut on E! with "Chelsea Lately." The after-hours party served up heaps of pop culture gab and raunch-filled perspective for seven seasons.