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A former Walmart truck driver who crashed into a limousine carrying comedian Tracy Morgan and three others pleaded guilty Tuesday in a New Jersey court. Under the terms of the plea deal, he is not expected to serve jail time.

The fairy-tale rise of Brazil's Chapecoense -- from small football club to national heroes -- has been cut tragically short, leaving the country mourning the loss of one of its most endearing sports teams.

The Green Party's Jill Stein has received a bounty of attention and money since she announced her intent to request election recounts in several states, but prominent voices within her party are rebuking the effort.

Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross is President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Commerce secretary, two sources tell CNN.

Little known about why plane carrying Brazlian athletes went down, but it's possible to offer some informed speculation.

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Steven Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs banker who profited from the housing meltdown, as his Treasury secretary, according to an official briefed on the decision.

President-elect Donald Trump makes additional cabinet appointments amid tweeting about punishing those who burn the American flag and lashing out at the media for fact-checking his baseless claim about widespread election fraud. CNN's Jim Acosta reports.

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Elaine Chao, the former Labor secretary and wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, to be his choice for Transportation secretary, an official briefed on the matter told CNN on Tuesday.

Israeli lawmakers debate a controversial bill that would silence the broadcasting of the Muslim call to prayer between 11pm and 7am. CNN's Oren Liebermann reports.

Republican Sen. John McCain said he's still done with questions about President-elect Donald Trump.

Fanned by strong winds and the Southeast's worst drought in nearly a decade, at least 14 wildfires burned in and around Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Ohio State University professor William Clark gives a first-hand account of Monday's attack that was carried out by Ohio State student Abdul Razak Ali Artan.

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Georgia Representative Tom Price, an ardent critic of Obamacare, to head the Department of Health and Human Services, according to an official briefed on the decision.

President-elect Donald Trump proposed on Tuesday a penalty -- including possible jail time or loss of citizenship -- for burning the American flag, in spite of two US Supreme Court rulings that protect the act under the First Amendment as a form of free speech.

Facebook accidentally removed the wrong kind of fake news stories.

Thailand's parliament says now is an appropriate time for Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn to assume the throne.

It was May 2014 when a small team of American airmen monitoring a Russian satellite launch saw something they had never seen before. An object the team thought was a piece of debris from the launch suddenly came to life.  

MRI scans reveal religious experiences can trigger the brain's reward systems.

Vice President Joe Biden will be honored next month by senators on both sides of the aisle for his service in office and in the Senate, Biden spokeswoman Meghan Dubyak confirmed Tuesday to CNN.