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North Korea said Monday it has decided to close its only direct diplomatic link with Washington, a move made days after the United States slapped sanctions on the country's leader, Kim Jong Un, and other officials over human rights abuses.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani stood by his recent comments Monday that the Black Lives Matter movement is "inherently racist."

See the most shocking Brexit moments, from the vote to leave the EU to David Cameron's expedited departure.

Tesla has had a tough couple of weeks.

Sure, you can go on a week's safari in Africa or spend seven days cycling in New Zealand, but one of the world's most spectacular spots is closer than you think.

Doctors who treated police officers after an ambush in Dallas hold a news conference to discuss race relations and details of treating patients.

Dallas police officers Lt. Thomas Glover and Senior Cpl. Morris Pope address relations between police and the African-American community.

Starbucks employees will get a raise of at least 5%, the company said Monday.

A father and his 9-year-old daughter are recovering after a small plane crash in Florida.

The city of Paris has returned to business as usual following the Euro 2016. CNN's Becky Anderson reports.

The United States is evacuating non-emergency staff from its embassy in South Sudan, after an escalation of fighting in the capital that has killed scores including a Chinese U.N. peacekeeper.

Republican Party leaders, donors and important delegates will flock to Cleveland this week for a series of meetings and negotiations that will determine whether or not Donald Trump can be stopped.

From its founding, the United States professed that "all men are created equal," and from its founding, it made a mockery of this core value. People of color were treated as chattel, derided as "savages" and enslaved and degraded at every turn. It is one of the tragic ironies of human history: We don't usually oppress those we see as fully human. So first we dehumanize, and then we feel licensed to oppress.

Some people with diabetes use assistance dogs to alert them when their blood sugar is low. A new study from the University of Cambridge may be able to explain how the dogs can detect the change.

The Italian Navy retrieves bodies from a migrant boat that sank in the Mediterranean Sea to preserve the memories of those who died. CNN's Lynda Kinkade reports.

A group of Texas inmates are being hailed as heroes after they bust out of a holding cell -- to save a corrections officer's life.

The world seems to be going crazy for Pokémon GO.

Guitarist Joe Perry was hospitalized after collapsing during a performance with the group Hollywood Vampires.