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Flip through 100 moments from eight years of the Obama presidency. CNN Films presents "The End: Inside the Last Days of the Obama White House" Sunday Jan. 22 at 8P ET/PT.

A pair of college students competing in a fishing tournament were thrown from their boat while it was traveling approximately 55 miles per hour.

Ash Carter, President Barack Obama's defense secretary, did not agree with one of Obama's final decisions as President: commuting the sentence of convicted leaker Chelsea Manning.

Senate Democrats are stirring up an angry ruckus in Washington these days, questioning the qualifications of Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees and threatening to delay confirmations until they get more answers. As has often happened in past presidencies, a couple of nominees could soon go down to defeat. Even so, Republicans retain the upper hand and should prevail in most cases, perhaps nailing down posts in national security by this weekend.

With his win of the White House, president-elect Trump has made no secret that his electoral college mandate to "make America great again" should apply to US foreign policy as well.

At least 15 children died and 30 were injured when a school bus collided with a truck in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India on Thursday, authorities said.

On the day Donald Trump is sworn in as president, a group of civil servants most people have never heard of will likely be running some of the country's most critical cabinet posts, at least temporarily.

Paul McCartney wants his Beatles songs back.

When Emily McDowell was battling Hodgkin's lymphoma 15 years ago, she got sick during chemotherapy, lost her hair and was called "sir" by Starbucks baristas.

A new report reveals that primates are facing an impending "extinction crisis," with 60% of all primates now at risk of extinction.

Ellen DeGeneres won three awards making her the most-decorated People's Choice Award winner in history, with a total of 20 awards.

Imagine a world where huge cities could be created with the click of a button.

Barack Obama ends his two terms in the White House on January 20. Here are 11 takes on his legacy, ranging from health care reform to climate change, immigration to his effect on women and families and beyond.The opinions expressed in these commentaries are solely those of the authors.

"The only thing that is the end of the world is the end of the world."

President-elect Donald Trump picked the final member of his Cabinet on Wednesday, landing on former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to serve as agriculture secretary and in the process locking in an inaugural Cabinet devoid of any Latino representation.

Satellite imagery shows increased activity at a major North Korean nuclear site, according to a new report.

President Barack Obama takes reporters' questions for a final time Wednesday from the White House briefing room, his last official event before Donald Trump replaces him in two days.

Former Major League Baseball stars Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez were elected to the Hall of of Fame on Wednesday.