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Most prisoners dream of getting clemency from the President.

A man whose murder conviction in a 1957 cold case was thrown out earlier this year is asking a judge to clear his name once and for all.

Twenty-one people share what it's like being Muslim in America in 2016.

It's been more than a week since Hurricane Matthew socked the Southeast with powerful winds and torrential rains. But parts of the region are still reeling.

A new report is rekindling speculation about the prospect of "Trump TV."

Sanjay Gupta explains what happens to your brain on opiates, the key ingredient in heroin and other powerful narcotics.

The United States is battling the biggest heroin epidemic in decades. CNN's Deborah Feyerick traveled the country to find the people and the towns fighting the war against the drug that has taken on a new, powerful form and is indiscriminately claiming the lives of thousands.

Minneapolis is home to a large Somali-American population. They are represented by Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Congress.

CNN's MJ Lee talks over lunch about the climate in the large Muslim community of New York's Staten Island with Hesham El-Meligy.

Pepsi says it's getting serious about cutting sugar from its drinks.

Police arrested two more men -- a father and son -- in the shooting death of Olympic track star Tyson Gay's daughter, Trinity, who authorities say was hit by a stray bullet during a shootout in Lexington, Kentucky.

When the kids are back in school and family vacations have come and gone, you will find empty beaches along Cape Cod's shoreline. On one such day in mid-September, a young man was the only person around. He sat on his surfboard about 50 yards offshore waiting for the next big wave -- completely unaware two adult great white sharks were swimming just 25 yards away.

It's news no parent wants to break to a child.

Muslim Americans describe the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks as a seminal moment that painfully altered their place in American society.