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Video shows terrified passengers scrambling to get off the American Airlines 767 that aborted takeoff on a runway at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport after it burst into flames.

Reports that the Trump campaign is working to suppress the votes of black Americans, young women and white liberals would mark the most rational move the Republican Party presidential nominee has made in months.

Vice President Joe Biden on Friday ruled out the possibility he would be secretary of state in a potential Hillary Clinton administration after reports that he had been mentioned for the job.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has been explaining the email scandal surrounding her time as secretary of state for almost two years.

When lecturing, I often ask students and young officers if they have seen the movie "Dr. Strangelove." About a third typically raise their hands. I then ask them what is the essence of good satire, and someone will eventually offer, "The truth?"

Wolf Blitzer and Rudy Giuliani get into a debate about classification markings on documents related to the Hillary Clinton email case.

In the spirit of Halloween, treats can be tricky for kids with food allergies, which is one in 13 children under the age of 18 in the United States.

Your guide to shows and movies worthy of a weekend binge or that last hour of space on your DVR.

The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to take up a case concerning a transgender high school student who is seeking to use the boys' bathroom at school.

Groups representing Latino, black, Asian, Arab and Muslim-American voters are preparing for what they expect will be a confusing and contentious presidential election.

The latest twist in the Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton election saga is sending stocks tumbling Friday afternoon.

For years, UN countries seeking to stop Russia from assisting the Assad regime militarily in Syria have been blocked by Moscow's veto power as a permanent UN Security Council member. But on Friday at the UN, opponents of Russia's punishing assaults in Syria achieved a small symbolic victory.

As the screen fades from black following the most iconic of movie soundtracks, a giant skeleton emerges, a cigar gripped in its jaws.

At the end of this month, Hindus in India and around the globe will adorn their houses with lamps, share feasts and exchange gifts to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights. For Hindus, light symbolizes the triumph of good over darkness, or of knowledge over ignorance.

The vocabulary of armed conflict is inescapable in national political contests.

Some stores are indeed dropping Thanksgiving hours.

A bake sale at the University of Texas this week didn't go down as planned.

She might be the breakout star of this year's campaign trail, but First Lady Michelle Obama won't be making the jump from surrogate to candidate.

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson lost his cool when a reporter questioned his tax policy.

Bill Cosby's defense attorneys declare he is legally blind in a new motion filed in a Pennsylvania court, and they argue that the impairment will hamper his ability to defend himself at his criminal trial.