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An American volunteer aid worker, Pete Reed, was killed in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on Thursday while aiding civilians, according to a statement from Global Response Medicine, the humanitarian aid group he founded.

A suspected Chinese surveillance balloon in the skies over the continental United States has sparked national security and diplomatic concerns, adding to already tense Washington-Beijing relations.

New York Times reporter Brett Stephens and Rep. Ruben Gallego (D- AZ) discuss issues the Democratic party is facing reaching constituents with Bill Maher.

An Arctic blast is hitting multiple US cities and leading to dangerously cold temperatures.

Italian anti-Mafia police have arrested another mobster on the run, just two weeks after the sensational arrest on January 16 of Sicilian Cosa Nostra superboss Matteo Messina Denaro at a health clinic in Palermo, Sicily.

CNN contributor Barbie Latza Nadeau shares the story of a Mafioso on the run who was arrested while working as a pizza chef, and she highlights other Mafia bosses still on the run.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed his upcoming trip to China in response to the flying of a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the United States, two US officials told CNN Friday, in what marks a significant new phase in the tensions between Washington and Beijing.

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Authorities at New York's Central Park Zoo are scrambling to recapture an Eurasian eagle-owl that escaped after its enclosure was vandalized.

After five former Memphis police officers were swiftly charged with second-degree murder in connection with Tyre Nichols' killing less than three weeks after his death last month, the rest of the investigation is expected to take much longer, a spokesperson for the district attorney said Friday.

As a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon continues to float over the US, CNN's Alex Marquardt explains the possible origin of the balloon, what it's equipped with, and its suspected path.

As the US and its Canadian partners continue to monitor a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon floating above the northern United States, one question stands out among the rest: Why hasn't it been shot down?

Officials are still tracking a suspected Chinese spy balloon as it travels across the US. CNN's Brian Todd reports on how spy balloons work and how they are equipped.

Unionized workers at Disney World have rejected a contract proposal from the company that would have given them at least a $1 an hour raise each year over the five-year life of the rejected offer.

Think "international manhunt" and the image that likely springs to mind is that of a hardened criminal like a murderer, bank robber or billion-dollar fraudster -- not the middle-aged boss of a high school tuition center.

As Lisa Marie Presley's three daughters stand to inherit her estate and their grandmother is contesting the validity of her late daughter's will, some close to the family say the legal dispute now in a California court reflects a Presley family history of conflict over money.

Hideya Tokiyoshi started his career as an English teacher in Tokyo about 30 years ago.

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