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Former US Rep Pete Hoekstra said Thursday he would accept the position of CIA director if offered to him by the incoming Trump administration, while also taking positions on waterboarding and Russia likely to inflame critics in a potential confirmation battle.

It took less than three months for an online coding game to transform James Johnston's life.

Hand, foot and mouth disease is an illness commonly seen in children, but it can affect adults with its fever, sores and skin rash.

Eric Witherspoon is superintendent of Evanston Township High School outside Chicago and when he arrived on campus the morning after the election, he knew he needed to do something.

It's a verdict that could reverberate across the nation.

According to Carrie Fisher there was a reason she and Harrison Ford had such chemistry in "Star Wars."

The first thing you need to know is that I love my child with all my heart.

Blind Paralympic skier Danelle Umstead relies on her husband to guide her down the slopes.

Getting high in Denver is about to get more social.

Melvin Laird, the former secretary of defense who ended the unpopular military draft and initiated withdrawal of US troops from the Vietnam War, died Wednesday.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is under consideration by President-elect Donald Trump for secretary of state, and other cabinet positions, a transition source told CNN Wednesday, despite their rocky history.

On November 16, college students across the US held walkouts to pressure their schools to protect undocumented students.

More than 200 people have been hospitalized with breathing difficulties in Tennessee as wildfires scorched across the Southeast.

On Wednesday, I joined my students at New York University in a walkout organized in an attempt to pressure the university to declare NYU a sanctuary campus. In the wake of Donald Trump's election, students across the country have staged similar walkouts and protests.

At a news conference, Philando Castile's mother, Valarie Castile, says the family is pleased that Sgt. Jeronimo Yanez is facing second-degree manslaughter charges for the death of her son and asks for citizens to remain peaceful when protesting.