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House Speaker Paul Ryan stood by his endorsement of Donald Trump Thursday, but didn't rule out withdrawing it at some point in the future should he deem that necessary.

Dramatic footage from inside an Emirates flight which burst into flames on Wednesday shows passengers escaping the burning plane on slides and then on foot.

If you think skateboarding is a pursuit for hooded teenagers congregating under a bridge and so not interested in reaching the pinnacle of world sport, it's time to think again.

Donald Trump insisted to a packed audience in Florida Wednesday that the campaign has "never been so well united."

For the lazy, unathletic masses, sitting on the couch and judging the Opening Ceremonies is the closest we Americans will ever get to actually competing in the Olympics.

It appears that we are still in the Jurassic Age. Saatchi and Saatchi chairman Kevin Roberts was caught recently declaring in an interview that the debate over "gender equality" is over and that women have an "intrinsic, circular ambition to be happy," unlike men's "vertical ambition," e.g. to reach the top of mountains of power and money.

A chronicle of the presidency of Barack Obama.

US officials confirmed Wednesday that the Obama administration secretly arranged a plane delivery of $400 million in cash on the same day Iran released four American prisoners and formally implemented the nuclear deal.

Donald Trump's campaign co-chair Sam Clovis said Thursday that inaccurate and exaggerated statistics about US military deaths by Katina Pierson, the campaign's national spokeswoman, "won't happen again."

Denver Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas praised President Obama for commuting his grandmother's life sentence for cocaine trafficking.

A burkini-only day for Muslim women at a water park in France has sparked outrage among some politicians and French citizens.

Every time I hear about another case of a woman breast-feeding her baby in a restaurant, department store or on a plane who is asked to cover up, head to the bathroom or leave altogether, I wonder why we remain so incredibly uncomfortable with breast-feeding in public.

New Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte campaigned hard on a no-nonsense approach to crime -- and now the full impact of what exactly this means for those on the streets is emerging.

Here are some of the things Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said about Muslims.

A bathtub that lifts up and leads to an escape route. A mile-long tunnel that starts inside a prison cell. A secret passageway behind a mirror that connects to a city sewer system.

A bathtub that lifts up and leads to an escape route. A mile-long tunnel that starts inside a prison cell. A secret passageway behind a mirror that connects to a city sewer system.

How did the diminutive son of a Mexican farming family end up becoming one of the most notorious and powerful drug lords in the world? The story of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's life often inspires legend, in part because of one maddening truth: He simply wouldn't stay caught. Follow the kingpin's life, from his beginnings in Sinaloa to his current incarceration in a high-security prison.

Mike Pence was chosen as Donald Trump's vice presidential nominee in part because of his ability to stay on message and maintain his relationships with fellow Republicans -- even under political pressure.

For the first 11 minutes of his rally here on Wednesday, Donald Trump sounded like the candidate his campaign advisers and top Republican Party officials wish he would be more often.

Check out the view from a cliff-clinging glass skywalk that just opened to the public in southern China.