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Now that he's about to assume office, the real costs of the "great, great" wall Donald Trump promised to build during his campaign are beginning to settle in -- and threaten to divide the President-elect and thrifty Republicans on Capitol Hill.

A Taiwanese politician got a very different funeral procession, involving 50 pole dancers on jeeps.

The torture of a special-needs teen that was streamed on Facebook Live has raised new questions about the use of social media platforms to spread videos glorifying abuse and humiliation.

In the first days of 2017, legislators in five states have introduced so-called "bathroom bills" restricting access to public accommodations.

Bloopers from a Minnesota car dealership commercial are taking the Internet by storm.

A deadly car bomb Saturday rocked the center of the rebel-held city of Azaz in northern Syria, near the Turkish border, according to activists.

Divers recovered the cockpit voice recorder, pieces of debris and possible human remains from an airplane that went missing over Lake Erie on Dec. 29, Cleveland city officials said Friday.

A top Russian lawmaker accused the Obama administration Saturday of undermining US democracy, saying Republicans had more trust in Russian President Vladimir Putin than in the Democrats.

A large sheet of ice is set to break away from Antarctica and scientists say it will be one of the largest breaks of its kind recorded.

The Trump transition team clashed with former Gen. James Mattis, the President-elect's choice for secretary of defense, over the transition selecting a secretary of the Army without his input, several sources told CNN.

Fleets of salt trucks hit the highways Friday -- as the threat of a winter storm loomed across the southeastern United States.

Gallery shows images from the Fort Lauderdale airport after the shooting.

Eyewitnesses describe what they saw and heard during the Fort Lauderdale airport shooting.

The shooting Friday at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport may test the bounds of something that is entirely legal and commonplace in the United States: Flying with a gun and ammunition.

An eyewitness and near victim of the shooting at the Fort Lauderdale airport described how his backpack and laptop may have spared his life from the gunman's rampage Friday afternoon.

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox is back to trolling Donald Trump on Twitter, particularly as the US President-elect has waffled on his pledge to have Mexico pay for a border wall and amid questions about Russian interference in the election.

President-elect Donald Trump said Friday he had a "constructive meeting" with the US's top intelligence officials who briefed him on alleged Russian election-related hacking, but added there was no impact on the results and he didn't directly acknowledge Moscow's responsibility.

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson tells Fareed why investing in big science projects like the mission to Mars can create "innovation nations.

While reporting about a girl who ordered cookies and a dollhouse through Amazon's Alexa, a news anchor accidentally ordered the same items for viewers with the device.

An early prototype for Apple's original iPhone had a virtual click-wheel, but the feature was abandoned before its initial release.