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Entertainment journalist Holland Reid says that George Michael evolved from pop stardom with Wham!, club music and into a Blue-eyed Soul singer.

Italian journalist Pino Maniaci has dedicated his career to uncovering corruption. But now, he's being charged with extortion -- allegations he denies.

It was a crazy year outside the political arena. From nuclear tests in North Korea to a bloodbath in Aleppo, these were some of the most shocking moments from 2016.

David Keyes, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, says Israel has "iron-clad information" that the US worked with the Palestinians on the UN resolution that was critical of Israeli settlements.

President-elect Donald Trump wished the world a Merry Christmas on Sunday -- on Twitter, of course.

A Russian military plane carrying members of the country's official choir traveling to perform in Syria has crashed in the Black Sea near Sochi.

Christmas celebrations around the world.

Carrie Fisher is in stable condition after suffering a cardiac event aboard a weekend flight from London to Los Angeles, her mother Debbie Reynolds said Sunday.

President-elect Donald Trump will dissolve the Trump Foundation, the charitable foundation in his name, as part of efforts to untangle himself of conflicts of interest in the weeks before he is sworn into office, he announced Saturday.

The Republican National Committee is dismissing suggestions Sunday that its Christmas message heralded President-elect Donald Trump as a "new King."

Josh Katrick had just walked out of his eighth round of chemotherapy, when good fortune struck.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in an interview that aired Sunday compared President Barack Obama's legacy to a deflating doll and argued Obama is in a "desperate frenzy" to save it.

In Beirut, that bustling Lebanese capital that continues to live in the shadows of a 15-year year civil war, communities are still segregated, distrustful and divided over many fault lines that only taxi drivers can dare to cross.

Sen. Lindsey Graham will propose a measure to pull US funding for the United Nations unless the UN Security Council repeals the resolution it passed condemning Israeli settlements.

Queen Elizabeth will not attend church on Christmas Day, Buckingham Palace announced Sunday after confirming she is recovering from a "heavy cold".

Those heading home from Christmas destinations could face travel woes, particularly around the Rockies and upper Midwest.

Ever wondered what happened to the stars of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?" Meet the man who bought and restored the only remaining puppets from the Christmas classic.

CNN's Dana Bash reports on the latest in the relationship between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

A Russian military plane carrying members of the country's official choir traveling to perform in Syria has crashed in the Black Sea near Sochi. There are apparently no survivors, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

In the ancient Iraqi Christian town of Bartella -- recently liberated from ISIS -- Christmas was celebrated for the first time in more than two years on Saturday.