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Donald Glover is going to be the mane event in Disney's live-action version of "The Lion King." And he'll be joined by an actor whose voice is as legendary as they come.

A Virginia man who appeared set on inspiring attacks in Washington by adherents to ISIS was sentenced on Friday to eight and a half years in prison.

During my eight years in the Obama administration, there was an offhand comment uttered from time to time in the hallway after something went off the rails, "It's a communications problem."

A purple suitcase may be a crucial clue as law enforcement officers conduct a multistate search for a young woman's remains, police in Boulder, Colorado, said Friday.

ISIS is spreading "like cancer," Iran is "the world's top sponsor of terrorism," Russia "is a ruse" and when it comes to North Korea he'll "take care of it."

A suspect in the murder of Kim Jong Nam is accused of spraying him in the face with a potentially lethal substance from a perfume bottle. The woman told police she thought it was a harmless prank. CNN's Brian Todd reports.

Lawyers for a Mexican immigrant facing deportation proceedings despite having been allowed to remain in the country under an Obama-era program are disputing key aspects of the case against him -- including by denying he ever confessed to being a gang member.

A top aide to Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, Shermichael Singleton, has been fired after an article surfaced that he wrote before the election criticizing Donald Trump. CNN's Rene Marsh reports.

There's a Russian spy ship off the coast of Connecticut. Crammed with eavesdropping equipment, the Viktor Leonov has loitered in these waters before, but its current visit is the latest in a string of provocations.

The case against the real estate heir is making the most of its Hollywood setting -- the courtroom theatrics at a hearing this week have ranged from thriller to comedy.

Just days before the Democratic National Committee elects its new leader, candidates for the job will hash out their visions for the party at CNN's "Debate Night: Democratic Leadership Debate" on Wednesday.

President Trump won the rights to his name's trademark in China after ten years of legal battles. Ethics experts are worried about potential constitutional and ethics violations. CNN's Brian Todd reports.

A federal judge in Massachusetts dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby by Katherine McKee, an actress who claimed he raped her in 1974, according to court documents.

The administration of President Donald Trump remains largely unfilled four weeks into his presidency, with just 34 of nearly 700 key Senate-confirmed positions even having a candidate announced.

Two sculptures from the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, disfigured by ISIS fighters armed with hammers, have been painstakingly repaired by Italian restoration experts.

The Senate confirmed Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency, an agency Republicans desperately want to rein after what they charge was eight years of dangerous activism under the Obama administration that hurt businesses, jobs and the economy.

A 3-year-old boy died and at least 15 other people were wounded when a car bomb exploded Friday evening in southeastern Turkey, state-run news agency Anadolu reported, citing a local leader.

A political appointee at the Department of Housing and Urban Development was fired for an op-ed he wrote before the election that criticized then-candidate Donald Trump, a source with knowledge of the situation told CNN.