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China's only aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, conducts exercises in the Yellow Sea.

Chicago's citywide crime wave didn't slow down during the holiday weekend.

George Michael produced plenty of chart-topping songs, but he also played a big part in making one of television's most popular recurring segments.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Barack Obama will honor those who died at Pearl Harbor on Tuesday, appearing together 75 years after Japan's attack on Hawaii.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his nation's foreign ministry to temporarily limit all working ties with the embassies of the 12 UN Security Council members who voted in favor of Friday's resolution on West Bank settlements and who have diplomatic relations with Israel, two senior Israeli officials tell CNN.

Ten weeks after being released by Boko Haram, 21 freed Chibok schoolgirls and a baby returned home to celebrate Christmas with their families for the first time since they were kidnapped. CNN's Isha Sesay has more.

Think back to the big stories of the year. What jumps to mind? The elections? The Nice terror attack? Brexit? There was so much news in 2016 that a lot of other big stories slipped under the radar. With the help of our editors and the experts at Media Matters for America and the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, we put together this list of major stories you probably missed this year.

On Friday, the Obama administration decided not to veto a UN Security Council resolution harshly criticizing Israel and calling its settlement activity illegal. The decision not to veto was cowardly, hypocritical, wrong, and yet, thankfully, ultimately ineffectual.

Brooklyn rapper Troy Ave -- wounded in a fight this spring that led to a charge of attempted murder -- was shot and wounded again.

Brooklyn rapper Troy Ave -- wounded in a fight this spring that led to a charge of attempted murder -- was shot and wounded again.

Waking up with a gun to her face, handcuffed along with her family and having the incident posted on Snapchat, was not how Kimberly Santiago expected to start her morning last Thursday.

Former Texas Rangers pitcher John Barfield was shot and killed in a domestic incident on Christmas Eve in Little Rock, Arkansas, authorities said.

A New York police officer has been suspended after a family claimed police broke into their home and handcuffed them while one officer took pictures and posted them to Snapchat.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Barack Obama will honor those who died at Pearl Harbor on Tuesday, appearing together 75 years after Japan's attack on Hawaii.

2016 was definitely not the Year of the Woman. In fact, it brought dashed expectations and frustrating reversals.

Stephen Miller, Donald Trump's campaign speechwriter and an occasional warm-up act for him on the campaign trail, has been tasked with writing Trump's inaugural address.

Exploding phones, billion dollar fines and historic hacking - it was a year to forget for corporate giants Samsung, Deutsche Bank and Yahoo. Here are the biggest business dramas in 60 seconds.

A server and bartender at a restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona, got a shocking -- but pleasant -- surprise from a customer earlier this month: a $900 tip.

A slew of people, including the building owner and various city and county departments, knew Oakland's Ghost Ship warehouse posed dangers long before a deadly blaze killed 36 people earlier this month, the parents of two partygoers who perished have alleged in lawsuits.

Arguing that Americans still subscribe to his vision of progressive change, President Barack Obama asserted in an interview recently he could have succeeded in this year's election if he was eligible to run.