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Pilot-less planes are closer to reality than you may think. CNN's Thom Patterson shows us a test flight of a remote-controlled passenger plane.

Toxic moonshine has killed 102 people and seriously sickened scores of others of drinkers from a Mumbai slum, Indian police say.

Animal rights activists are outraged over China's annual dog meat festival. A Chinese Humane Society official tells CNN's Kristie Lu Stout that he's seen the slaughter for himself.

Bangkok's street stalls and the fiery complexity of its local cuisine once lured intrepid international diners to the Thai capital.

Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger of the Union Army announced to the assembled crowd at Ashton Villa in Galveston, Texas, "In accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free."

It's called papal infallibility, and it's one of the most misunderstood ideas about the Catholic church, says CNN's Daniel Burke.

With the average Chinese wedding now costing $20,000, some couples are looking for cheaper alternatives. CNN's Steven Jiang has more.

When it comes to food, Kolkata's locals don't mess around.

If I live to be 100, playing handball against the garage door, staying up until the wee hours, drinking the wine from my own grapes, I will have a nice Midwestern boy named Dan to thank.

The term "Blue Zones" has been used to describe small pockets of the world where people, on average, live longer and healthier lives. One such Blue Zone is the Greek island of Ikaria.

I'm recently back from the Marshall Islands -- one of the low-lying Pacific island nations that literally could be wiped off the map by climate change and rising seas.

Almost 80 years after her disappearance, the fate of Amelia Earhart remains a mystery.

Veterans share their memories of D-Day. It has been more than 70 years since the critical invasion of Normandy during WWII.

What's happening to my body?

You have to come in from the sunshine sometime, so why not curl up and watch a good movie or TV show?

Brittany Jacobs and her son, Christian, visit the grave of Marine Sgt. Christopher James Jacobs who died in a training accident in 2011.