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Tennis great Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian are engaged after the Reddit co-founder proposed while the two were vacationing in Rome.

CNN's Becky Anderson talks with Lindsay Lohan about her aspirations to make a "Mean Girls 2" and start her own production company.

Singer Trey Songz has been charged with aggravated assault and assaulting a police officer causing injury after an incident at his concert in Detroit Wednesday night.

A newly released video appears to show a Texas police officer shooting a black man in the back in July as he was walking away, contradicting the officer's account that the man was a threat, according to a lawyer for the victim.

2016 was the year where one political controversy or another was always around the corner. But 2017 promises to be just as unpredictable.

With the finish line in view, President Barack Obama is entering a sprint. He's scaled up his executive power moves in a bid to solidify some of his legacy items before Donald Trump takes office. Many of his actions won't be easily reversed. Here's a look at what Obama's done since Election Day, and what he's expected to do in the coming weeks.

From pundits and prognosticators to political party people and the principals themselves, no one could have predicted it.

2016 was a wild year in tennis, but 2017 looks ready to be even better. Open Court's Pat Cash talks about Roger Federer, Serena Williams and more.

Terry Kath, went on to be hailed by many as one of rock's greatest -- a "forgotten guitar god" who was "criminally underrated."

Tennis great Serena Williams and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian are engaged.

President Barack Obama opened up about a vulnerable and challenging time in his career that nearly led him to leave politics altogether in a wide-ranging interview with his friend and former senior adviser David Axelrod.

Next month, President-elect Donald Trump will become the third US president to be inaugurated in the 21st century, an age shaped by computers and the Internet.

For all his social media prowess, the 70-year-old incoming president remains skeptical of emails, the Internet and, ultimately, "the whole ... age of computer."

President Barack Obama, at long, long last, responded forcefully to Russia's unprecedented interference in America's democratic process. We can all wonder what might have happened if he had acted sooner, but that question no longer matters.

President Barack Obama took an unprecedented step Thursday in issuing an executive order against six Russian individuals and five Russian entities in relation to what the Treasury Department said was to address "Significant Malicious Cyber-Enable Activities."

You may never have heard of him, but without this bear you might never have seen a panda in your local zoo.

Twenty-three of the world's most prominent human rights voices, including Malala Yousafzai, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Richard Branson, are calling on the United Nations Security Council to intervene to end "ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity" in western Myanmar.

According to a South Korean report, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sown a climate of fear by the use of public executions. CNN's Saima Mohsin tells the story.

2016 has been a tough year for many. The Kardashians aren't exempt.

Take a look at photos of the week from December 23 through December 30.