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When wintertime hits rugged Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, roads close and fair-weather hikers and campers go home.

Former Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson explains why he loosely linked Hillary Clinton to Lucifer while speaking at the 2016 RNC.

From runway chic to psychedelic space cadet, flight attendants have worn a staggering variety of outfits in nearly nine decades in the air.

From runway chic to psychedelic space cadet, flight attendants have worn a staggering variety of outfits in nearly nine decades in the air.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, who was slow to endorse Donald Trump for president, referenced the divide in his party and attempted a football analogy -- that fell flat -- to describe how the GOP can unify behind its nominee.

For Mike Pence, Donald Trump's vice presidential pick, it all started with a golf game.

It's one of the traditional powerhouses of Olympic sport, but Russia's place at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janiero hangs in the balance over allegations of "state-sponsored doping."

More than 50 former wrestlers filed a class action lawsuit against World Wrestling Entertainment on Monday. The complaint alleges that the former wrestlers suffer from long-term brain damage and the development of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known as CTE, the Alzheimer's-like neurodegenerative disease associated with repeated hits to the head.

The short hallway inside El Centro Community College is left in shambles. Ceiling tiles and office walls are mangled. Bullet holes piercing through barriers and doors still visible.

In the Liwonde Wildlife Reserve in Malawi, the elephant population is struggling to survive.

Wally the whale -- or its carcass, rather -- just keeps making it back to shore.

Tiger Woods previously has said he will only return to golf when he can play, practice and recover day after day with no ill effects.

By the year 2050 about 70% of the world's population of 10 billion people will be living in cities, according to the United Nations.

A Bosnian nongovernmental agency is urging Pokemon Go users to be aware of their surroundings, for a good reason -- land mines.

The Republican Party gathered in Cleveland Tuesday for the second night of its convention, and CNN's Reality Check Team put the speakers' statements and assertions to the test.

The first six months of 2016 were the hottest ever recorded, NASA announced on Tuesday, while Arctic sea ice now covers 40% less of the Earth than it did just 30 years ago.

Hillary Clinton on Tuesday slammed the first day of the Republican National Convention as "surreal," comparing it to the "Wizard of Oz" while avoiding mentioning Melania Trump's plagiarism controversy.

The Florida Department of Health said it is investigating a possible non-travel related case of Zika virus in Miami-Dade County.

The timestamp on Leslie Jones' most recent -- and possibly last -- tweet was just past 10 p.m. She had reached her limit.

Tuesday's session at the Republican Party convention had the feeling of "family time" about it, although the message was mixed. In between two young Trumps talking about their father's kindness came family friend Chris Christie calling Hillary Clinton a liar and butcher of justice. The goodwill vanished in a chorus of "lock her up!"