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A federal judge has blocked Anthem's attempt to acquire Cigna in what would have created the largest health insurer in the nation.

From Moscow to Monrovia, there's a new guessing game: What's going on with US foreign policy?

The idea is simple, popular and effective: Make a bad thing -- polluting the atmosphere -- more expensive; and therefore make it cheaper for people and businesses to live cleaner.

Megalodon may be extinct, but other sharks have been making headlines lately.

Jeb, a much-loved service dog for an elderly man, was locked up in animal control when the judge's verdict came in: He would be put to death for killing a neighbor's dog.

Good morning. And if you're a school kid in the Northeast, happy snow day!! Whether you're grabbing a sled or headed to the office, here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.

President Donald Trump -- even as he blasted lawyers contesting his immigration executive order -- detailed for the first time Wednesday his own hesitations about the controversial plan before it was signed.

A US military raid in Yemen that killed civilians and a Navy SEAL has proven another political headache for US President Donald Trump just days into his presidency.

Archaeologists found new Dead Sea Scrolls inside a cave. They also found pottery shards, broken scroll storage jars and neolithic flint tools and arrowheads. They think the new cave was looted around the 1950s.

Senate Republicans Wednesday strongly defended their decision to employ a rarely-used and arcane Senate rule to cut off Sen. Elizabeth Warren late Tuesday, even though the move has turned into a publicity bonanza for the progressive senator and brought fresh attention to longstanding Democratic concerns about attorney general nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions.

Jails are not the first place people typically look to for design inspiration. For the most part they are brutalist, utilitarian blocks that are built to house row after row of prison cells and which offer altogether dismal living conditions.

House Speaker Paul Ryan believes President Donald Trump's attempt to mend relations with Russia is understandable yet doomed to fail.

Jorge Perez is happy to build buildings -- and he builds a lot of them around the world -- but not President Donald Trump's border wall.

Violence has erupted on the edge of Paris and spread to at least five nearby towns amid a public outcry over the alleged rape of a young black man by police.

Despite widespread global problems like hunger and malaria, Bill Gates has an optimistic outlook on the planet's future -- along with a few ideas on how to make it even better. In this video series, CNN meets the men and women bringing those ideas to life.

A group of lawyers have written a letter to the heads of the Department of Justice to complain about the President's attacks on the judiciary.

President Trump's promised border wall on the US-Mexico border is underway, but there may be a disconnect between the President's vision and what is happening on the ground. CNN's Ed Lavandera reports.

Marlene McCarthy's breast cancer has grown relentlessly over the past seven years, spreading painfully through her bones and making it impossible to walk without a cane.

Watch heated moments from the Senate debate on the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general and Democrats boycott of Finance Committee votes on Treasury nominee Steven Mnuchin and Health and Human Services nominee Tom Price.

A storm forming in the Atlantic will blast the Northeast with up to a foot of snow on Thursday morning, creating travel nightmares across the region, CNN meteorologists say.