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In brief remarks at the Democratic National Convention, singer Katy Perry urged voters to go to the polls on election day and elect Hillary Clinton for president.

The Olympics may have taken center stage in Brazil this year, but it's worth taking the time to enjoy some of the country's most stunning assets

Democrats honor fallen officers at convention

Just as they have in every presidential election since I became eligible to vote, the Democrats this year have broken my heart. By nominating a ticket (and adopting a platform) that is aggressively committed to maximal abortion rights, the Democratic Party has signaled unequivocally that it does not want voters like me. And this includes the choice of vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine, who introduced himself at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night.

Vice President Joe Biden plans to carry his message against sexual assault onto a television episode of the hit series "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit."

Even as their parents are competing against each other for the presidency, Ivanka Trump and Chelsea Clinton are friends. CNN's Amara Walker reports.

The quadrennial national political conventions are tightly scripted affairs designed to sell the voting public on an idealized version of the party and its candidates for high office. In Philadelphia this week, Democrats are seeking -- with varying success -- to present a vision of unity behind Hillary Clinton, who will accept the party's presidential nomination on Thursday night.

Now you can ride your suitcase. CNN's Jeanne Moos took a test drive on a motorized suitcase.

The North Miami behavioral therapist shot by police last week as he tried to calm a man with autism in his care was back in a Florida hospital on Thursday.

The message may differ from convention to convention, but whether it's Democratic or Republican, there's always one constant.

Syrian and Russian forces are to open humanitarian corridors for people to flee the besieged city of Aleppo, both countries' state media reported Thursday, the day after Syria's army announced it had encircled the city and cut off rebel supply routes.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will receive their government intelligence briefing within days, even as each party argues the other's nominee is not worthy of receiving sensitive information, a US intelligence official familiar with the process confirmed to CNN Thursday.

Google's most extreme bets are starting to generate more sales -- but at a great cost.

Health officials in Florida are now investigating four possible non-travel-related cases of Zika virus, the state Department of Health said Wednesday.

Thirteen people have been hospitalized amid an outbreak of anthrax in western Siberia, the governor's office of the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous region reported Thursday. Experts with the Russian Ministry of Agriculture believe the cause of infection is the thawing of the frozen carcass of a reindeer that died 75 years ago.

For the first time in 40 years, the fastest jet flight crew in the world reunited with the once super-secret spy plane that put them in the history books.

Donald Trump said Thursday that he was being sarcastic when he appeared to suggest that Russia should use espionage to find Hillary Clinton's deleted emails.

Obama harnessed the rhetorical skills that catapulted him to the White House dismissing Trump in withering terms and establishing Clinton as his political heir.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton joined President Barack Obama on stage after he gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention.

From a shy teenager growing up in the glare of the political spotlight to reluctant campaigner in her mother's 2008 presidential run -- Chelsea Clinton is now embracing her role in her mother's quest to win the White House.