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Investigators believe the pilot of the hot air balloon that crashed in Texas last weekend was descending through a break in clouds and didn't see the power lines that turned the craft into a fireball when he crashed into them, a source with knowledge of the investigation confirms to CNN.

Support for the only black volunteer firefighter in an upstate New York town continues to pour in after he lost his home to suspected arson within days of receiving a letter containing racial slurs.

The notorious cartel boss hid in a laundry cart the first time he broke out of prison -- or so the story goes.

Two skydivers were killed after making a tandem jump in Northern California, authorities said.

At least 15 people are dead and six are missing following heavy storms in Skopje, Macedonia, state-run media reports.

After months of being pummeled from the air and by Syrian artillery, an Islamist-led rebel coalition has made a dramatic breakthrough in relieving the siege of Aleppo, Syria's largest city. Their assault -- the first test for a new group born out of al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate -- appears to have taken the exhausted Syrian army by surprise.

Last Tuesday, a veteran supporter handed Donald Trump a Purple Heart medal. Trump's flippant response: "I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier."

U.S. beach volleyball star Kerri Walsh Jennings speaks with CNN's Coy Wire as she seeks gold in a fourth straight Olympics.

An emotional Alex Rodriguez announces he is saying goodbye to Major League Baseball.

Sgt. Jim Smith was in the middle of a routine traffic stop when a second car careened into him.

As he descends into vacation mode, President Barack Obama is disclosing for the first time a closely held secret: his golf handicap.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich confirmed that one of his aides was contacted about possibly joining the real estate mogul's ticket as vice president.

Karate instructor Sharath Jason Williams stopped his class to give an emotional student an inspirational speech that's gone viral.

Alex Rodriguez's turbulent career as one of baseball's most talented and polarizing sluggers appears to be over.

Twenty-four people attending a music festival in Ohio were hospitalized Saturday from drug overdoses, according to the Richland County Sheriff's office.

A sudden collapse of ceiling tiles at a subway station in Shanghai created panic for people passing through, as CNN's Derek Van Dam reports.

The Russian Paralympic Committee will not be able to enter its athletes into the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, International Paralympic Committee President Philip Craven said Sunday.

"I Love Lucy" fans finally have a statue that can properly honor Lucille Ball.

Rebel fighters in Syria have broken a government siege of the crucial northern city of Aleppo by opening a corridor between opposition-held territory in the east and to the west of the city, according to a monitoring group, rebel groups and humanitarian sources.

A movie about bad guys that got worse reviews had a great opening weekend.