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Christmas is just ten days away, and investors are still hoping for a Santa Claus rally. There has been little holiday cheer on Wall Street so far this month.

Consumer spending fell in November, with US retail sales declining by 0.6%, according to data released Thursday by the Commerce Department.

One of the three University of Virginia football players shot dead as they returned from a field trip last month was on the phone with his mother just before the shooting, she told NBC.

Alan and Kirsten Mays's home was burned down a year ago and authorities are still actively investigating. "This is Life with Lisa Ling" talks with the interracial family about the loss.

DC fans across the globe collectively mourned Wednesday as British actor Henry Cavill said he will no longer be donning the red cape as Superman in the DC Comics extended cinematic universe.

The House on Wednesday passed by voice vote a bill that would replace a bust of former Chief Justice Roger Taney, the man who authored the majority opinion in the infamous Dred Scott case, in the Old Supreme Court Chamber of the US Capitol with one of Thurgood Marshall, the first Black Supreme Court justice.

CNN's Will Ripley reports from Ukraine's border with Belarus where there is growing concern about Russia once again assembling troops and holding joint-combat drills.

My husband, Jeff, and I have been together for nearly three decades. During this time, we've been invited to a lot of weddings. We bring nice gifts!

Rep. Kevin McCarthy has a math problem, and he has to solve it by January 3.

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The second installment of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's documentary, 'Harry and Meghan' has released on Netflix. CNN's Max Foster reports.

The Chancellor of Purdue University Northwest has issued an apology after marking a racist remark about Asian languages during a commencement speech. CNN's Don Lemon has the story.

Elon Musk just sold another 22 million shares of Tesla, raising $3.6 billion.

Investors around the world have been trying to adjust their portfolios to contend with big interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of England and other central banks this year. But Warren Buffett has no reason to be worried.

This month, Ivy League and other "elite" colleges are sending offers of admission to successful students who applied through non-binding "early action" or through "early decision," by which students pledge to attend a prospective school if accepted.

If 2021 was a tentative return to in-person gatherings and social events, then 2022 felt like a more confident reinstatement of life as we knew it. The most intense years of the Covid-19 pandemic are, in many parts of the world, fading from view, though there has been no shortage of major news events to keep us on edge.

One has played 331 regular season games and is widely regarded as the NFL's greatest ever player. The other is making his first start in the league, having been the last player selected in the 2022 draft, earning himself the moniker, "Mr. Irrelevant."

A planned space walk by the Russian space agency Roscosmos has been called off following the discovery of a coolant leak coming from the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft, which is currently docked to the International Space Station.

A young boy died after being hit by a car Wednesday evening in the southern French city of Montpellier following France's win over Morocco in the World Cup semifinal on Wednesday.