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Facebook has long been reluctant to admit that it has become a news organization -- and not just a news organization, but perhaps the most important one.

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is set to meet Thursday morning with members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus in an effort to heighten concerns about deficit spending -- even as doing so could imperil the Republican effort to immediately repeal President Barack Obama's health care law.

Sears is shutting down 150 more stores, yet another sign of how tough it is for former kings of the retail industry to compete in a world now dominated by Amazon.

Staffs for the incoming and outgoing administrations are forging what both sides describe as effective, even sometimes warm, working relationships in the weeks before Inauguration Day, even as their visions for the country remain deeply at odds.

Reports of mass sex assaults against women on New Year's Eve in Bangalore, India, have sparked calls for action. CNN's Ravi Agrawal reports.

Jesse Watters, the troublemaking Bill O'Reilly sidekick best-known for his ambush interviews, is getting his own show on Fox News.

Senate Democrats are calling on the House Office of Congressional Ethics to launch an investigation into Rep. Tom Price, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, to probe the congressman's financial investments and stock holdings.

Tucker Carlson will take over for Megyn Kelly on Fox News next week, the network announced Thursday.

Researchers have tracked a mysterious radio signal to a tiny galaxy 3 billion light-years from Earth.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced a $10 billion plan to overhaul John F. Kennedy International Airport, one of the nation's busiest and most crowded.

President-elect Donald Trump is looking at possible ways to limit the power of the Director of National Intelligence, according to sources close to the transition.

The doctors' advice hasn't changed much, but it's still so unsatisfying: You should not use cotton swabs to clean your ears.

President Barack Obama's public accusation of Russia as the source of the hacks in the US presidential election and the leaking of sensitive emails through WikiLeaks and other sources has opened up a debate on what constitutes sufficient evidence to attribute an attack in cyberspace. The answer is both complicated and inherently tied up in political considerations.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper describes Russia's "multi-faceted" hacking campaign during the 2016 election.

President-elect Donald Trump jabbed at Democrats and "head clown" Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, in a series of tweets about Obamacare on Thursday.

A Georgia college town isn't the natural setting for a llama, so motorists might have thought they were hallucinating when the wooly creature on the loose caught their eye.

A six-year-old from Texas decided to order herself a doll house and some cookies using Amazon Echo, a voice-activated smart speaker.

Hawaii might be famous for a laid back approach to life but when it comes to punctuality, Hawaiian Airlines has the best timekeeping in the world.

A longtime fixture on the White House south lawn is getting a new home.

Stephen Colbert had his own "Mariah moment" on his show.