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The 2022 red carpet circuit — filled with experimentation, self-expression and play — was one to remember.

Fifty years after the "Immaculate Reception" and just hours before his death, Franco Harris said it "blows my mind" how he pulled off arguably the most memorable play in NFL history.

The woman suspected of stealing a car that had 5-month-old twins inside was taken into custody Thursday in Indianapolis, but one of the children was not located with her and remains missing, Columbus police said Thursday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin used the word "war" to refer to the conflict in Ukraine, the first known time he has publicly deviated from his carefully crafted description of Moscow's invasion as a "special military operation" 10 months after it began. CNN contributor Jill Dougherty explains the significance.

For Catalina Bernal Andrade, Christmas 2009 was unusual -- in more ways than one.

Morgues and crematoriums in China are overflowed as Covid rages through the country despite no reporting on new Covid deaths. CNN's Selina Wang is in Beijing with the story.

North Korea launched at least one ballistic missile on Friday, according to South Korean officials, the latest in an unprecedented year of weapons testing.

As freezing temperatures from a coast-to-coast winter storm arrive in El Paso, Texas, some migrants who haven't turned themselves in to border agents or officials after crossing the US-Mexico border are having a difficult time finding shelter.

Several members of a QAnon group in Japan were sentenced by a Tokyo court on Thursday for breaking into multiple Covid vaccination centers, according to CNN affiliate TV Asahi.

The commander of the Washington, DC, National Guard, Major Gen. William Walker, "strongly" considered deploying troops to the US Capitol on the afternoon of January 6, 2021, without approval from his superiors even if it meant he would have to resign the next day, according to the final report from the House January 6 select committee.

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In the final report from the January 6 committee, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) says she "had hoped for more" from members of her party who supported former President Donald Trump in wake of the insurrection at the US Capitol.

Bill Gates opens up with CNN's Anderson Cooper about pandemic protocols for schools and why he thinks it should have played out differently.

Lizzo credited the tweet that inspired the lyrics of "Truth Hurts." The FlashDoc "Taking On Taylor Swift" examines creators' rights and originality in an industry rocked by multiple lawsuits. It premieres Friday, December 23, at 9 p.m. ET.

Target stores are recalling more than 200,000 weighted blankets for children that have been sold by the retailer from December 2018 through September 2022.

For much of the pandemic, images of overflowing hospitals and busy funeral homes from the United States have featured heavily on China's state-controlled television, where the deaths of over a million Americans from Covid is depicted as a gross failing of Western democracy.

CNN's Jessica Schneider says that the January 6 House Select Committee final report urging that "officials taking part in the insurrection who took the oath to defend the Constitution "should be barred from holding government office" points directly to former President Donald Trump.

Instead of his usual broadcast, sports reporter Mark Woodley was asked to cover the incoming winter storm in Waterloo, IA for the morning show.

By Catherine E. Shoichet and Will Lanzoni, CNN