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Justin Bieber appears to have followed through on his threat and vanished from Instagram, potentially leaving thousands of Beliebers bereft.

Sen. Kelly Ayotte has often found herself in a familiar spot with Donald Trump: Keeping her distance.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's tumultuous breakup may finally come to an end this week.

Ibtihaj Muhammad will leave Rio de Janeiro as more than an Olympic medalist -- she'll leave as a history maker.

John Krasinski is Jack Ryan.

Former FIFA President João Havelange, who oversaw unprecedented growth in soccer's governing body before succumbing to scandal, has died, according to Hospital Samaritano in Rio de Janeiro. He was 100 years old.

The US announced Monday that 15 detainees have been transferred out of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The fastest human has a quick smile. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports Usain Bolt's smile cracks up the Internet.

Russians warplanes have conducted missions over Syria from an airbase in Iran -- the first time a major power has done so since the Islamic Revolution there in 1979.

When Kendra Smith got trapped in a rip tide in Miami, her husband Sherrod Whittington gave his own life to save her.

"Orgy is a grand old tradition of Fire Island," wrote New York Magazine in 1972.

It's not "The Bourne Identity," it's a case of mistaken identity.

Ken Salazar, the former secretary of the interior and senator from Colorado, will lead Hillary Clinton's transition team, campaign chairman John Podesta announced Tuesday.

Trump didn't just stake out a strategy for waging an "extreme" and "vicious" campaign against ISIS. He also articulated one for reviving his flailing campaign.

Editor's Note: Nai Saleh lives in government-controlled Latakia in northwest Syria. Saleh writes under a pseudonym out of concerns for her safety. Saleh is a civil engineer and a journalist who contributes to Good Morning Syria. The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.

Donald Trump's continued stumbles led The Wall Street Journal Monday to suggest that if he couldn't shape up by Labor Day, it might be time to "turn the nomination over to Mike Pence."

Some say the world will end in fire, but even those who favor such a Frost-ian demise probably don't want to be done in by something as abjectly terrifying as this "fire tornado"

Shake Shack is giving away free hamburgers on Tuesday to celebrate the opening of its 100th restaurant. But you'd better get there early.

Scientists are hot on the trail of an elusive and ancient squirrel-like creature called Zenkerella insignis. It's got fur and paws like a squirrel's but has a scaly-bottomed tail. For more than a century, researchers have been playing a real-life game of "Pokemon Go" with these creatures with absolutely no success ... at least until now.