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A manufactured storyline. A promise of a "major statement." And an ulterior motive.

Donald Trump on Friday wondered aloud what would happen to Hillary Clinton should her Secret Service detail disarm.

A Chicago police officer shown in a 2013 dashcam video shooting at a car full of teenagers is facing charges of federal civil rights violations, handed down by a grand jury Thursday.

Donald Trump's reversal on the "birther" controversy is shifting attention -- at least for the moment -- from a a major shift in the presidential race.

Senate Democrats, worried about their chances in key battlegrounds of Ohio and Florida this fall, are increasingly setting their sights on three red states to bring them back to the majority.

Legendary playwright Edward Albee -- whose works included "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" -- has died at the age of 88 after a short illness, according to his personal assistant Jakob Holder. Albee died Friday afternoon at his home in Montauk, New York.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been readmitted to a South African hospital, his family said Saturday, 10 days after he had surgery to address a recurring infection.

Donald Trump's admission that President Obama was born in the United States isn't about reaching African-American voters, writes Paul Begala.

Donald Trump finally admitted that "President Barack Obama was born in the United States." CNN's Tom Foreman looks at the origins of the "birther" movement and Donald Trump's role.

A landmark of Christian faith in Peru's ancient city of Cusco has stood the test of time -- but now San Sebastian Church faces its biggest challenge yet after a devastating fire.

The US Air Force said Friday it has grounded 10 of its F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, just over a month after they were declared "combat ready."

The Zika virus transmission zone in Miami Beach has tripled in size, Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday night.

After a period of relative calm, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has reignited, leaving four people dead and several others injured in less than 24 hours.

A one-year-old boy in Texas died this week in the back his mother's car, becoming the 30th child in the United States this year to succumb to heatstroke while left behind in a car seat, according to the advocacy group KidsAndCars.org. A US congressman is proposing legislation to prevent such deaths.

Leaving their devastated homeland behind, Alan Mohammad and his sister, Gyan, embarked on a journey that would see them negotiate hazardous mountain terrain and cross perilous seas.

The family of Tiziana Cantone, an Italian woman who committed suicide after sexually explicit videos of her went viral on the Internet, has urged the Italian authorities "to act so that her death was not in vain."

Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein will not participate in the first presidential debate, and their running mates will not be in the vice presidential debate, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced Friday.

Donald Trump said Friday that he would reverse the deal President Barack Obama struck to reopen diplomatic relations and re-establish some trade with Cuba unless the Cuban regime meets his demands to restore political freedoms and free political prisoners.

Trump's curious moves Thursday night and Friday were a reminder of how quickly his effort can go off the rails.

Long before Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem, sparking a national dialogue, there was Leilani Thomas.