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For strangers to the bestseller on which "The Girl on the Train" is based, seeing the movie might prompt them to wonder what all the fuss is about. The film version is a solid if unspectacular thriller, one that hinges on a time-bending whodunit that's twisty, to be sure, but whose payoff falls well short of the ride getting there.

Before the first presidential debate, I never even considered not letting my girls, ages 8 and 10, watch the first showdown of this extraordinary campaign. I was convinced it was important for them to see it.

British police say 15 people suspected of entering the country illegally were discovered in the back of a refrigerated truck Friday.

With a month to go before election day, America's stomachs have voted early. Family Circle magazine released the results of its 2016 Presidential Cookie Poll, and the winner was Bill Clinton's chocolate chip oatmeal recipe.

Hillary Clinton made four big claims during a recent stump speech while on the trail -- but how accurate were they?

Anyone who thinks all presidential debate are boring has clearly never experienced the often cringeworthy format that is the town hall. The Greeks gave us democracy and theatre-in-the-round. The town hall debate combines the best of both and adds in a little rhetorical MMA for texture.

The British pound suffered a jarring flash crash on Friday, nosediving more than 6% against the dollar in a matter of minutes.

A Virginia boy put his cancer battle on hold to be a pilot -- just for a day -- at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.

After wreaking havoc on Haiti and the tropics, Hurricane Matthew has reached Florida's east coast.

One of the things that defines humans most is our ability to read others' minds -- that is, to make inferences about what others are thinking. To build or maintain relationships, we offer gifts and services -- not arbitrarily, but with the recipient's desires in mind. When we communicate, we do our best to take into account what our partners already know and to provide information we know will be new and comprehensible. And sometimes we deceive others by making them believe something that is not true, or we help them by correcting such false beliefs.

As proof that creative auspices and name recognition don't always correlate with quality consider the HBO comedies premiering Sunday, as "Insecure," featuring newcomer Issa Rae, tops Sarah Jessica Parker's not-so-triumphant return, "Divorce," by a mile.

On Kevin Morton's first night in the operating room, he wasn't wearing scrubs. His mind was reeling, his body shuddering and failing.

CNN's Kelly Wallace talk to kids who are concerned about Trump's treatment of women.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott says he will not extend the deadline for voter registration in the state despite concerns over the impact of Hurricane Matthew.

We've heard the dire warnings. We've seen the devastation that Matthew has left in its wake in the Caribbean. So why is this storm so dangerous?

More than 40 Afghan security force members training in the US have gone AWOL since last year, including eight last month, according to the US military.

As Hurricane Matthew continues to churn through the Atlantic, leaving more than 260 dead in the Caribbean and threatening the Florida coast, the focus must be on public safety.

A member of Egypt's parliament has sparked an outcry after reportedly calling for women to be submitted to virginity tests before being allowed to go to university.

The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for his efforts to end Colombia's long-running civil war with the FARC guerrilla group.

There have been many criticisms of the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare. But this one came from an unexpected direction.