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CNN's Kylie Atwood reports on the emotional hearing that took place on Capitol Hill about the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

People who consumed foods from the plant-based Mediterranean and brain-focused MIND diets had fewer of the hallmark signs of Alzheimer's — sticky beta-amyloid plaques and tau tangles in the brain — when autopsied, a new study found.

In January 2023 China finally relaxed strict Covid travel regulations, allowing many citizens around the world to reunite with their loved ones for Chinese New Year. CNN followed one passenger's journey as he made an emotional homecoming.

The Republican political strategist who accused conservative leader Matt Schlapp, the influential chairman of the American Conservative Union, of sexual assault is revealing his identity after a judge ruled Wednesday that he cannot move forward with his lawsuit anonymously.

What if there was a way to eat meat without farming and killing billions of animals per year, contributing to the climate crisis and risking high cholesterol levels?

Jenna Ortega's first order of business as the next host of "Saturday Night Live" is to escape the "teenage purgatory" of performing the iconic "Wednesday" dance yet again.

Two of the Americans who were kidnapped at gunpoint in a Mexican border city on Friday have returned to the US and are being treated at a hospital, while the remains of the two Americans who were killed are expected to be brought back to the US Thursday.

• White House lashes out at Tucker Carlson in extraordinary rebuke • Georgia Legislature considers bills to remove prosecutors amid Trump election probe • Opinion: Tucker Carlson's spin on January 6 is a lie -- I should know. I was there

Facing three injuries, the Memphis Grizzlies have taken another player off their court. But this time, it's due to police and NBA investigations into the team's star player.

The success of last year's "Janet Jackson" documentary means there's more to come.

In January, some pharmacy chains announced plans to distribute mifepristone to patients with prescriptions, following a US Food and Drug Administration policy change permitting the direct sale of the abortion drug by certified pharmacies.

Protests have erupted in Georgia this week after the country's parliament passed the first reading of a draft law that would require some organizations receiving foreign funding to register as "foreign agents."

The US Postal Service is honoring the late author and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison with her own Forever stamp.

Fox News conspiracy theorist Tucker Carlson began airing footage this week of the January 6th insurrection, which House Speaker Kevin McCarthy gifted to him exclusively. And just as I anticipated, the footage was manipulated and selectively edited to fit an extreme MAGA narrative espoused by Carlson, former President Donald Trump and the leaders of the new Republican House majority.

Late night hosts roasted Fox News' Tucker Carlson for claiming the January 6 Capitol rioters were just "sightseers" in newly released footage.

Steve Carell's final days as Dunder Mifflin's branch manager spanned a spectrum of emotions for the actor.

The kidnapping and killing of US travelers recently in the Mexican city of Matamoros, just over the border from Brownsville, Texas, has put a glaring spotlight on violence in a country that millions of international visitors flock to each year.