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CNN's David McKenzie explains how a group of hospital workers managed to prevent Ukrainian orphans from being taken by the Russians.

The mother of a toddler whose body was found in a Savannah landfill last year pleaded not guilty to the charges of murder, among other charges, on Thursday.

An off-duty pilot who was a passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight stepped in to help the flight crew after one of the on-duty pilots had a medical emergency mid-flight.

The US and Canada have struck a deal on changes to a decades-old asylum agreement that would restrict certain migrants from seeking protections in Canada, two Canadian officials told CNN, marking a significant change in how Canada accepts asylum seekers.

Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander retired Gen. Wesley Clark discusses Ukraine's choices as they eye a counteroffensive against Russia in the besieged city of Bakhmut.

Former President Donald Trump's defense attorney repeatedly speculated as a legal pundit that Trump's alleged affair with Stormy Daniels likely happened and that the $130,000 payment made to Daniels days before the 2016 election could be seen as an in-kind campaign contribution, contradicting his recent legal and public defense of Trump.

Robert Costello, the former lawyer for Michael Cohen, spoke to CNN's Paula Reid about the testimony he gave to the grand jury in the investigation of a hush money payment made on behalf of former President Donald Trump to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.

The body of a 17-year-old who allegedly shot and wounded two staff members Wednesday at a Denver high school was found hours later in Park County, the coroner's office said, as a community already reeling from a fatal shooting last month found itself debating whether armed officers belong in schools.

Workers in France staged a national strike on Thursday, protesting the retirement-age increase that was pushed through parliament without a vote last week.

An "American Idol" contestant has called out judge Katy Perry for a joke that is being slammed as "mom shaming."

Ahead of a meeting with President Joe Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discusses with CNN's Paula Newton his vision of engagement, competition and confrontation with China.

• Hungary says it would not arrest Putin if he entered the country • Russia's military launched a barrage of strikes on Kyiv

The House of Representatives on Thursday failed to override President Joe Biden's veto of a measure to overturn a controversial investment rule in a victory for the White House.

TikTok CEO Shou Chew testified before Congress and was hit by fierce criticism from lawmakers, including calls for the app to be banned. CNN's Natasha Bertrand reports.

By now "Ted Lasso" has reached the formula stage, following a familiar game plan in kicking off its third and presumably final season. That's not a knock on the Emmy-winning comedy as much as a tacit endorsement of wrapping things up, with the show and its trademark niceness having run its course after offering the right prescription for our Covid times.

After the previous week's extended detour into the dysfunction of the New Republic, "The Mandalorian" returned to more conventional pursuits, like an aerial battle to save a Mandalorian child from a giant winged monster. But the fourth episode, "The Foundling," was actually defined by a flashback, one that featured a rather special cameo.

North Carolina is set to become the 40th state to expand Medicaid to low-income adults after the GOP-led state legislature dropped its long-standing opposition to the Obamacare provision.