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CNN's Polo Sandoval explains the brutal, dangerous and bloody inner workings of the drug cartels in Mexico.

From family picnics to camping trips, summer is the time when we invade insect territory. And the bugs are ready for us: fleas, ticks and mosquitoes all thrive in warmer months.

It's the only place in the country where you can join anarchists for breakfast bought with Bitcoin, sit in on counseling sessions on polyamorous marriages, hear a lecture about Ludwig von Mises' economic theory, drop the little ones off at a "Kids Rave," learn the Cha-cha-cha and wind down by the campfire after sunset with a balloon full of nitrous oxide.

More than 14,000 people have been executed in the United States since 1800.

Julia Cybularz's niece, Hannah, was only 9 when her body started turning against her.

There's nothing like high drama on a beach.

There's nothing like high drama on a beach.

The man accused of shooting and killing a San Francisco woman had previously been deported five times. CNN's Sara Sidner reports.

What was once the gleaming pride and joy of the Soviet space program now lies covered in dirt and bird droppings in a disused hangar in Kazakhstan.

It's a visceral and involuntary reaction, perhaps even knee-jerk: A black church burns in the South and our minds race immediately to hatred.

If this car could talk, it would describe a road to fame with all the twists and turns of a Hollywood plot.

Pilot-less planes are closer to reality than you may think. CNN's Thom Patterson shows us a test flight of a remote-controlled passenger plane.

Toxic moonshine has killed 102 people and seriously sickened scores of others of drinkers from a Mumbai slum, Indian police say.

Animal rights activists are outraged over China's annual dog meat festival. A Chinese Humane Society official tells CNN's Kristie Lu Stout that he's seen the slaughter for himself.

Bangkok's street stalls and the fiery complexity of its local cuisine once lured intrepid international diners to the Thai capital.

Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger of the Union Army announced to the assembled crowd at Ashton Villa in Galveston, Texas, "In accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free."

It's called papal infallibility, and it's one of the most misunderstood ideas about the Catholic church, says CNN's Daniel Burke.

With the average Chinese wedding now costing $20,000, some couples are looking for cheaper alternatives. CNN's Steven Jiang has more.

When it comes to food, Kolkata's locals don't mess around.