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Illinois background checks doubled in August from a year ago, as the murder toll rises in Chicago and the governor passes a gun control bill.

An ancient document, for decades dismissed as a fake, is not only the real thing, but it's the oldest-known book in the Americas.

Turkey is breaking step with Europe and keeping summer time through the winter.

FBI Director James Comey is defending the bureau's Friday afternoon release of documents from the Hillary Clinton email investigation, saying "we don't play games" and that the documents were put out when ready.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump clashed Wednesday over national security issues that exposed deep divides about how to manage the military and conduct foreign policy in an increasingly complex world.

US swimmer Ryan Lochte has been suspended from his sport for 10 months, following an incident at a Rio de Janeiro gas station.

Hillary Clinton told an Israeli news channel Wednesday that ISIS is "rooting for Donald Trump," citing an article by a former head of the US National Counterterrorism Center.

The inscription, written in ancient Greek on a small limestone tablet reveals a woman's name, her religion and what she was like as a person.

TV diversity grows as ratings fragment

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has an unemployment rate of only 1.9%, the lowest in the nation and even low for the city.

Any serious chances of salvaging a political deal in Syria lie with John Kerry and Sergei Lavrov.

Would the United States have become mired in the costly Vietnam War had President John F. Kennedy escaped an assassin's bullet in 1963? His daughter says no.

For those in the classic car universe there are few words more evocative then "Pebble Beach."

Struggling book retailer Barnes & Noble hasn't turned things around. The company -- and its separate Barnes & Noble Education chain of college bookstores -- reported more losses and weak sales. Can it ever compete with Amazon?

US swimmer Ryan Lochte will be suspended from his sport for 10 months and won't be allowed to participate in the 2017 world championship meet as a result of his role in a scandal in Rio de Janeiro during the Olympics, a person with knowledge of the situation told a CNN contributor.

President Barack Obama warns against becoming immune to Donald Trump's more outlandish statements, arguing that the stakes of the US presidential contest were too high.

A new study suggests that the human tongue can detect a starchy sixth taste and may shed light on why we enjoy eating carbs.

No, this isn't the cover of a Nicholas Sparks novel. But it could be. The photos commemorate Clemma and Sterling Elmore being together for 57 years.

John Kerry and Sergey Lavrov are meeting to try and thrash out a deal on Syria, but after round after round of failed talks, can they find common ground?

In 1975, 14-year-old Barack Obama and 23-year-old Sombath Somphone were both living in Oahu, the future US president starting high school and the Lao exchange student on his way toward a bachelor's degree from the University of Hawaii.