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The number of deaths from overdoses of illicit opioids rose sharply again in 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday.

President Obama told Fareed Zakaria that his race plays into how the opposition sees him, but stopped short of saying there was widespread racism.

On the evening of December 7, minutes after a local Indiana union leader, Chuck Jones, criticized Trump on CNN for falsely claiming that he had kept 1,100 Carrier jobs in the United States, Trump tweeted, "Chuck Jones, who is President of United Steelworkers 1999, has done a terrible job representing workers. No wonder companies flee country!"

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit close to the Solomon Islands early Friday, putting that nation and others in the South Pacific on alert for tsunami waves.

A new report claims that ISIS could change its tactics to attempt more acts of terror. CNN's Brian Todd reports.

Tinder cofounder and CEO Sean Rad has a new gig: Chairman of Swipe Ventures.

Former astronaut and ex-Ohio senator John Glenn has passed away at the age of 95. CNN's Martin Savidge reports on the life of Glenn.

My first clue that something was up was the Bernie Sanders rally I attended at the University of Michigan.

See images from the life and career of John Glenn, the former astronaut and US senator. Glenn died Thursday, December 8, at age 95.

Can that new doll or toy robot you bought as a Christmas gift for your child spy on your family?

For the first time since 1993, life expectancy in the United States has dropped significantly for the entire population, not just certain groups.

The US and Russia's top diplomats are meeting to discuss ways to end the bombing of Aleppo, allow safe passage of those who want to flee the war-torn northern Syrian city and deliver humanitarian aid to its remaining residents, according to senior State Department officials.

A 2014 speech by President-elect Donald Trump's Homeland Security pick retired Gen. John Kelly brought Rep. Adam Kinzinger to tears during CNN's "Wolf" on Thursday.

A 14-year-old boy was shot by a school police officer after swinging two knives at his classmates in Reno, Nevada.

Rep. Steven King struck a strident tone while discussing immigration policy on Thursday, saying "there are some awfully bad people" among the so-called "dreamers" that President Barack Obama is protecting from deportation.

At least 63 law enforcement officers have been shot and killed this year -- well ahead of last year's 12-month total, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

The stories capture our attention and break our hearts every time. The most recent case: An 18-year-old girl in Texas who took her own life in front of her family after she was repeatedly bullied about her weight.

In a speech commemorating the 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor, U.S. Pacific Command Commander Admiral Harry Harris decided to slip in an apparent jab at noted national anthem protester Colin Kaepernick.

As the Syrian army continues to fight its way through the old city of Aleppo, the tide of those fleeing for their lives has become a raging flood, an avalanche.