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Jennifer Coolidge is riding high in Hollywood right now, thanks to her starring role on "The White Lotus," and she credits Ariana Grande for helping her get there.

Basketball great Michael Jordan can add another accolade to his mighty list of accomplishments -- but this time, rather than receiving the trophy, he is the trophy, after the NBA unveiled the Chicago Bulls legend as the face of its latest Most Valuable Player (MVP) trophy.

For the first time in history, US scientists at the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California successfully produced a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain, a source familiar with the project confirmed to CNN.

Emily Blunt is clearing up any misunderstanding about that advice she received from Tom Cruise.

Director Christopher Nolan created the look of a nuclear explosion for "Oppenheimer" without using CGI.

It doesn't appear that we will see Julie Andrews as Queen Clarisse Renaldi in any new "Princess Diaries" sequels.

With the holiday shopping season now upon us, it's once again evident that no broader shift within the consumer landscape has been more significant than the transition in spending to online.

For the first time in history, US scientists at the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California successfully produced a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain. Science educator Bill Nye explains why this is such a big breakthrough.

The violent attack on Paul Pelosi drove House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to leave House Democratic leadership, with the family deciding while in an intensive care unit with him that they were "done," their daughter detailed in an in-depth interview with CNN on Tuesday morning.

An independent federal agency is calling on Congress to help prevent college students from taking on an unaffordable amount of student debt.

Inflation in November rose 7.1% annually, down from 7.7% in October, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' closely watched Consumer Price Index.

The Department of Justice is advising a federal judge in Mississippi that he does not need to hire a historian to determine whether a contested gun law complies with the Supreme Court's most recent Second Amendment opinion.

The Federal Reserve is expected to respond to persistently high inflation by hiking interest rates half a point on Wednesday. That will mark its seventh and final painful hike of the year, albeit a smaller one than the last four historically high three-quarter point increases.

Peru's new President Dina Boluarte has proposed bringing general elections forward two years to April 2024 amid ongoing protests throughout the country. Demonstrators have called for another general election, the dissolution of Congress, and the creation of a new constituent assembly. CNN's Isa Soares reports.

I have found myself lately thinking about the simple instruction offered to my daughter when she was learning to ride horses. The instructor assured Catherine she would steer where she stared. Week after week she would gently urge Catherine to "look forward to where you want to go. Whisper [her horse] will take you there."

The flu season ramped up early in the United States this year, but vaccination rates are far from keeping pace.

Reem Al-Haddad still remembers how excited she felt when Qatar won the right to host the 2022 World Cup.

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates by half a point at the conclusion of its two-day policy meeting on Wednesday, an indication that the central bank is pulling back on its aggressive stance as signs begin to emerge that inflation may be easing.