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If Pedro Pascal has been doing anything lately, it's definitely slaying -- and Sarah Michelle Gellar has taken note.

In the latest move to address the aftermath of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Amit Bose, the administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, met on Wednesday with leaders from 12 unions in Washington, DC.

Venus Johnson entered the world clinging to life. She stopped breathing shortly after delivery, and doctors massaged her tiny chest and held her upside down to clear her lungs of thick mucus, the result of an infection she caught in the womb: congenital syphilis.

Rates of congenital syphilis are rising at an alarming rate in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports on the family of one baby battling the disease.

The New York Police Department is investigating allegations that musician Travis Scott assaulted a sound engineer and causing $12,000 worth of damage to sound equipment at a club in New York City early Wednesday morning, according to a law enforcement source.

Among older patients, Black men may have a higher chance of dying within 30 days following surgery than their peers, according to a new study.

Former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan was grilled conservative commentator Charlie Sykes over his decision to remain on the board of directors of Fox News' parent company in the wake of the release of damning court documents showing that the right-wing network knowingly peddled election lies to its audience.

Lori Lightfoot rode into the Chicago mayor's office in 2019 as a reform candidate, offering a break from the city's clubby political scene while making history as the first Black woman and first out gay person to hold the office as she won all 50 wards.

Four years ago, Lori Lightfoot captured almost 74% of the vote en route to an historic election as Chicago's mayor.

I'm one of just five Black women in history to win the NCAA individual all-around title in gymnastics. It was a tremendous accomplishment which, when I won it two decades ago, left me elated.

State prosecutors said in closing arguments of Alex Murdaugh's murder trial Wednesday that he was the only person who had the motive, means and opportunity to kill his wife and son in June 2021 -- and that his lies afterward betrayed him.

The painful truth about email and text messages, which every TV anchor and media executive should learn, is that you never know which message will be publicly released when your company is sued.

Attorney General Merrick Garland appeared before a Senate committee where he faced a colorful array of questions for nearly four hours. CNN's Paula Reid reports.

The group of jurors who will decide Alex Murdaugh's fate visited on Wednesday the sprawling Islandton, South Carolina, property where the defendant's wife and son were found fatally shot in 2021.

A pre-Hispanic mummy, estimated to be between 600 to 800 years old, was discovered in a food delivery cooler bag by Peruvian police over the weekend. Police told CNN that the mummified remains were found with three men drinking in a deserted park in the Peruvian city of Puno on Saturday afternoon. CNN's Tom Foreman has more details.

The Senate will vote on Wednesday on a politically charged resolution to overturn a Biden administration retirement investment rule that allows managers of retirement funds to consider the impact of climate change and other environmental, social and governance factors when picking investments.

The internet is not done talking about "#spitgate" -- the term born online last year when viral footage from the Venice Film Festival showed singer and actor Harry Styles making a motion that caused some to believe he had spit on his "Don't Worry Darling" co-star Chris Pine.

As is increasingly apparent in many of his public appearances, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is rather like Donald Trump, only without the charm. And that charmless demeanor seeps through his latest book, "The Courage to Be Free: Florida's Blueprint for America's Revival," a grievance-laden tome written in advance of a presumed bid for the Republican nomination in the 2024 presidential election.

The body of a baby has been found in a woodland area in southern England, close to where aristocrat Constance Marten and her partner Mark Gordon were arrested earlier this week over concerns for their child's welfare, UK authorities said Wednesday.