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Russia will withdraw from the International Criminal Court under a directive signed by President Vladimir Putin, according to a statement released Wednesday from the Russian Legal Information Agency. The president instructed his Ministry of Foreign Affairs to inform the UN Secretary General that Russia no longer intends to become a state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

Melvin Laird, the former secretary of defense who ended the unpopular military draft and initiated withdrawal of US troops from the Vietnam War, died Wednesday.

A toddler was diagnosed with a rare genetic skin disorder called xeroderma pigmentosum, which means that she can't be exposed to any sunlight.

As the sun sets near the Rio Grande on an evening just days after the US presidential election, the air is still and calm. But some see this remote stretch of land as the center of a storm that's brewing. Officials say a new wave of undocumented immigrants, mostly from Central America, are arriving on America's doorstep. And many of them are crossing here, along the US-Mexico border near McAllen, Texas.

Several World War II shipwrecks have vanished from the the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, prompting the British and Dutch governments to seek answers.

Dwarf planet Pluto may be hiding an icy ocean beneath its surface, according to two new reports published by the scientific journal Nature.

Watch President-elect Donald Trump's name being dismantled on New York buildings. CNN's Jeanne Moos chases the shunned letters.

Donald Trump supporters are angry with Pepsi -- over something that never happened.

Hillary Clinton, in her first public speech since last week's crushing presidential loss, admitted making an appearance at the Children's Defense Fund gala "wasn't the easiest."

During an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper, Megyn Kelly opens up about Roger Ailes, saying he was a "king of sorts" while at Fox News.

During an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper, Megyn Kelly talks about the phone call a Fox executive made to the Donald Trump campaign following several threats made towards her.

"Rocky," a small-budget film made for just a little more than $1 million, premiered on November 21, 1976, and went on to become the year's biggest box-office hit. It won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

On November 16, college students across the US held walkouts to pressure their schools to protect undocumented students.

A former Southwest Airlines employee used a rifle to kill a current airline employee who was leaving work at Oklahoma's Will Rogers World Airport and heading to his car, police said Wednesday.

Magician David Blaine stuns celebrities Drake, Dave Chappelle and Stephen Curry with an unusual magic trick.

The next battleground over immigration might not be anywhere near the border.

More than 200 people have been hospitalized with breathing difficulties in Tennessee as wildfires scorched across the Southeast.

Donald Trump's top white house adviser Steve Bannon is a controversial figure because he ran Breitbart News - a website known for its inflammatory headlines. CNN's Tom Foreman reports.

A leading Republican lawmaker is calling for investigations into alleged Russian cyberhacks during the US election despite President-elect Donald Trump's repeated calls for warmer ties with Moscow.

At least 87 people, including four children, were killed Wednesday in a Syrian regime blitz on war-ravaged eastern Aleppo and the surrounding countryside. The bombings pounded hospitals, a blood bank and targets near schools, activists and medical staff said.