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The first African-American member of the US House of Representatives began his life in bondage. Joseph Rainey's life took him from South Carolina to Washington, where he pushed for civil rights during Reconstruction.

US troops have deployed to Bulgaria as part of a NATO operation to support Eastern European allies from potential aggression by Russia, the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

Headlines say the White House is in "chaos" after an extremely turbulent week. But there's one big thing going right for Trump right now: The U.S. economy.

The death toll rose to 88 on Friday from a suicide attack targeting the packed Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in the southern city of Sehwan in Pakistan's Sindh province, a health official told CNN.

Sending US ground troops to Syria to fight ISIS will fan flames of extremism in the region that will impact the security of the whole world, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told CNN's Christiane Amanpour Friday.

A prominent NFL player is facing multiple charges, including four felonies, following an alleged physical altercation in Pittsburgh last weekend.

Germany's telecommunications regulator has warned parents that a doll sold in the country could be used to snoop on families and compromise their personal information.

The CEO of Boeing has the ear of President Trump.

Nearly hit by a drone two years ago, Friday's World Championships in St. Moritz showed Austrian skier Marcel Hirscher's calm under pressure in dealing with the distraction of another falling camera.

After almost one month of the wild, raucous White House of President Donald Trump, Republicans in Congress are still certain they will get the many policies he promised -- even if they are a little worn out from the rollercoaster ride.

Amid thick clouds of rising smoke, a small boy lays on the ground, screaming in agony. "Baba, carry me, baba!" He cries out, unable to stand, his legs blown off at the knee.

Dubai is bracing for a Trump takeover. President Trump's sons are visiting the city this weekend to help inaugurate the new Trump International Golf Club Dubai, organizers said.

In Denver, Jeanette Vizguerra stays in a makeshift bedroom at First Unitarian church, worried that immigration enforcement agents would arrest her elsewhere. In Chicago and Phoenix, the Revs. Emma Lozano and Ken Heintzelman have offered shelter to other undocumented immigrants who think their deportations are imminent.

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has issued a rallying cry for pro-European Union Britons of all parties to unite to persuade the electorate who voted for Brexit they were wrong.

Both Kellyanne Conway and Sean Spicer speak for the White House, but with a chaotic start to the administration they haven't always been on the same page.

Last year, I underwent surgery, intended to repair an incisional hernia stemming from a cesarean section when I had my youngest son.

Chris Sullivan may be one of the first actors body-shamed for not being big enough.

Handsomely produced, "The Great Wall" has the feel of an old "B" movie, with a rudimentary plot that mashes up elements of everything from "Game of Thrones" to "Starship Troopers." While casting Matt Damon in this Chinese-made film might not produce box-office glory in the U.S., if this isn't a great movie, it's certainly a pretty good one.

More than an hour into a raucous White House news conference, President Donald Trump was asked a personal question about his wife, Melania Trump.