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An 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck in the sea off Papua New Guinea on Saturday night, prompting the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center to caution that tsunamis are possible within the next three hours along some coasts in the South Pacific.

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Republican South Carolina Rep. Mick Mulvaney to be the director of the Office of Management and Budget.

President-elect Donald Trump has promised to "save" America's coal country and put long-suffering miners back to work.

The invasive, upsetting pat-down I got from the TSA was a violation of my privacy and civil liberties, says Angela Rye; perhaps it's time for TSA to invest in new equipment.

Some University of Minnesota football players are skipping team activities because 10 fellow players were suspended, reportedly because of a sexual assault case.

A US oceanographic vessel Thursday had its underwater drone stolen by a Chinese warship literally right in front of the eyes of the American crew, a US defense official told CNN Friday.

The United States is offering $25 million for information leading to the capture of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

The report to police was deadly serious -- an elderly woman apparently frozen to death inside a parked car in Hudson, New York.

Armed with a scraper, nail polish remover and a can of red spray paint, 70-year-old Irmela Schramm is fighting neo-Nazi propaganda on the streets of Berlin.

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Michael Auslin writes that China's provocative action in seizing the drone comes amidst deteriorating relations with the Obama administration and sends a message to the incoming Trump national security team

Jackson Rescott is a first grader who has been waiting for his dad to return from his Marine Corps deployment.

New York's Harlem deer died of "stress" before it could be relocated. It followed a disagreement between city and state officials over how to handle the animal.

President Barack Obama asserted Friday that a September confrontation with his Russian counterpart prompted Moscow to cease its cyber breach of the US election.

President Barack Obama halted his year-end press conference to summon a doctor when a member of the press experienced a medical issue.

The evacuation of thousands of refugees from the besieged city of Aleppo has stopped and the status of the operation thrown into doubt, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Friday.

Electoral college voters cast their ballots on December 19, and some pro-Trump electors are receiving death threats. CNN's Rosa Flores reports.

A man who searched desperately for his wife and daughters, only to learn they had died in Gatlinburg's recent fires, has a message of hope and forgiveness -- for the two juveniles charged with aggravated arson in the case.

North Carolina Republicans narrowly lost the state's governor's race, and now, they're rapidly stripping away the Democratic winner's authority and influence.