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It was a journey they had waited nearly three long years to take.

House GOP leaders are planning to move quickly to pass three measures after the new Congress is sworn in next week, that would boost President-elect Donald Trump's agenda before he is sworn in, a senior House Republican leadership aide told CNN Wednesday.

Dylann Roof, the admitted white supremacist who could face the death penalty for killing nine black churchgoers, was back in court Wednesday morning.

Usually a holiday hangover comes after a night of good intentions that were overwhelmed by great company and even greater temptations.

A Dutch medical facility has launched an investigation after discovering that up to 26 women it was treating for infertility may have been fertilized with sperm from a man other than the intended father.

Three of the world's top 10 economies are ending the year in worse shape than they started. And they've only got themselves to blame.

You can see it in everything he attempts to do around the globe, every conflict he wades into, every crisis he refuses to concede. And as John Kerry prepares to step down as secretary of state next month, he will carry it with him just as he has for 50 years: a deep-seated belief that America -- and, indeed, he -- can solve some of the world's thorniest problems with the right mix of politics, diplomacy, perseverance and personal charm.

As the world prepares to welcome 2017, investors are asking, "What now?"

German federal police have detained a Tunisian man who had possible ties to Berlin Christmas market attacker Anis Amri, according to a statement from the federal prosecutor's office released Wednesday.

Shot in a school cafeteria at Royal Oak Middle School, just outside Detroit, you can hear seventh grade students shouting, "Build a wall! Build a wall!" the day after Donald Trump won the presidency.

The Czech Republic is setting up a new counter-terrorism unit aimed at the threat posed by "foreign disinformation campaigns" -- or fake news.

Russian officials are no longer denying alleged "institutionalized" doping of its athletes during the 2014 Sochi Olympics, a new report from The New York Times said.

One man is doing everything in his power to make sure comedian Betty White avoids the clutches of the 2016.

Trump's stance on trade is easily the market's No. 1 concern about the incoming administration, according to a CNNMoney survey of market strategists. All but one of the 15 experts who responded to a question about which Trump campaign promises they found most alarming cited potential obstacles to free trade.

A man has been killed in a horse race at a birthday party that hit the headlines after an invitation went viral on Facebook.

Arkansas police say Amazon refuses to turn over recordings from an Amazon Echo home speaker that could help in a murder investigation.

Both black boxes from a Russian military jet that crashed into the Black Sea with 92 people on board have been found, the country's Defense Ministry said Wednesday, according to state-run media.

You may have heard by now: The next president of the United States owns a business empire that threatens to present an array of conflicts of interest when he takes office in three weeks.

A string of recent celebrity deaths serves as a stark reminder that cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer around the world.

It just might be the best police note ever.