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Republican Rep. Chris Collins slams Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine for his debate performance.

Oil and gas exploration firm Caelus has found a massive amount of oil waiting to be drilled up in northern Alaska.

Tuesday's Vice Presidential debate was like a bad version of "Waiting for Godot": The questions lacked focus. The conversation meandered. The men spoke past one another. And the moderator intervened in very mysterious ways.

Paisley Park, the home and recording studio of Prince, will open to the public this week.

Donald Trump is fond of saying Americans are living through the worst recovery in modern times.

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With 84 million followers on Instagram and another 48 million on Twitter, Kim Kardashian West is one of social media's biggest stars.

The 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to three pioneering scientists who have taken their field to a "new dimension" with work on molecular machines.

Joshua Wong, a student leader who helped bring tens of thousands onto Hong Kong's streets during pro-democracy protests in 2014, has been detained in Bangkok, Thailand, according to his political party.

Good morning and congrats to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, James Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L Feringa -- they just won the Nobel prize for chemistry. Here's what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.

Not since the Cold War have relations between the US and Russia been so poor.

The Russian military has brought an additional, more advanced anti-aircraft and anti-missile system into Syria, a US official told CNN on Tuesday.

The ping is steady at first and then it quickens. Armed with an antenna in one hand and a receiver in the other, researcher Wendy Panaino turns toward the red sand dune. "He's still in his burrow, it's just over, under the dune."

The key moments from the only vice presidential debate between Governor Mike Pence and Senator Tim Kaine.

Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine attacked both Donald Trump and Mike Pence for their praise of Vladimir Putin during Tuesday's vice presidential debate.

Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence called Tuesday night for the US to be willing to use the military to hit the Syrian regime and to establish safe zones to protect civilians.

Tim Kaine and Mike Pence were on the debate stage Tuesday but their clash really centered on two other people: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Tim Kaine asserted that "(Donald Trump) and Mike Pence think we ought to eliminate the federal minimum wage." CNN's Tom Foreman fact checks the claim.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine are taking to the biggest stage of their careers Tuesday night, but their well-established records are likely to take a back seat to those of their running mates: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.