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Carrier is keeping more than 1,000 jobs in Indiana -- thanks to "incentives" offered by the state run by Vice President-elect Mike Pence.

A Baltimore school tutor has been fired and charged with multiple counts of felony child abuse after a student in his care was left with a fractured jaw and two missing teeth.

Hundreds of buildings have been destroyed and officials have recovered more bodies following an outbreak of wildfires in and around Gatlinburg, Tennessee. CNN's Jennifer Gray reports.

Hope springs eternal. Steven Mnuchin, Donald Trump's campaign finance chairman and now his nominee to serve as secretary of the treasury, made headlines Wednesday by claiming that there would be no "absolute" tax cut for the wealthy.

In the days following Donald Trump's presidential victory, students in Kansas chanted, "Trump won, you're going back to Mexico," to students from other countries, according to a high school teacher in a suburban community within the state.

A giant shield has been placed over Chernobyl's damaged reactor to prevent further leaking of radioactive material.

Kickoff was set for Wednesday night.

President-elect Donald Trump has a habit of saying outrageous things that suggest he wants to clamp down on free expression in the United States. He once advocated "open[ing] up" the libel laws so he could sue media organizations that falsely criticized him. The other day, he suggested we should punish flag burners and even strip them of their citizenship.

Is OPEC finally about to reach a deal?

Three people died in raging wildfires in Sevier County, Tennessee, that scorched roughly 15,000 acres, showered residents with embers and forced tourists to evacuate from resort communities.

The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Wednesday on the dire humanitarian situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo, which a UN official described as a "descent into hell."

Donald Trump and Mike Pence deserve credit for putting on a great show around saving the jobs of 1,000 workers at Carrier, the Indiana-based air conditioner manufacturer that had planned to relocate the jobs to Mexico. They also deserve credit for saving the jobs. This action will make an enormous difference in the lives of 1,000 workers and their families, who faced bleak employment prospects if Carrier went ahead with its planned move.

A tornado that tore through Alabama has killed three people and injured multiple others.

Where was Ohio State University attacker Abdul Razak Ali Artan on Monday before he rammed his car into a group of people on the school's campus and charged at passersby with a knife?

As air safety officials begin their investigation into the deadly crash of LAMIA flight 2933 near Medellin, Colombia, the final resting place of the jet's wreckage may prove to be a central clue in determining why the airplane crashed.

Ronald and Carla Hiers, both in their 60s, had just overdosed after snorting heroin and were unaware of the crowd that had formed around them, some laughing and joking at their state. The group surrounded the couple as they were passed out on a sidewalk in the middle of the day, barely moving.

Cough up that $5 the next time a colleague asks you to join the office lottery pool.

A technician working on Cirque du Soleil's "Luzia" show in San Francisco was struck by a lift and died from his injuries on Tuesday night, according to a statement from the performance company.

A divided Supreme Court Wednesday grappled with whether it is unlawful to subject thousands of immigrants fighting deportation to long-term detention without individualized bond hearings.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi defeated Ohio Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan ‎to retain her post as the top elected Democrat in the House during a closed-door meeting Wednesday.