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Bob Dylan will not travel to Sweden to receive his Nobel Prize for Literature in person, the Swedish Academy announced in a statement Wednesday.

The first thing you need to know is that I love my child with all my heart.

Voters in California, Massachusetts and Nevada have decided that marijuana should be legal to use recreationally, CNN projects. Arizona has rejected the proposition.

President-elect Donald Trump's decision to have Mike Pence replace Chris Christie as the leader of his transition effort, and ongoing infighting in Trump Tower, is causing delays and confusion in Washington.

Chinese websites have recently blocked the term "Fatty Kim the Third", an expression frequently used to mock the North Korean leader.

When footage emerged of ISIS destroying the ancient city of Nimrud outside Mosul, the world stood powerless in the face of a group of militants using sledgehammers and electric drills to obliterate centuries-old archaeological gems.

Even among seasoned travelers, Slovenia is not a country whose name is hugely familiar.

Russia will withdraw from the International Criminal Court under a directive signed by President Vladimir Putin, according to a statement released Wednesday from the Russian Legal Information Agency. The president instructed his Ministry of Foreign Affairs to inform the UN Secretary General that Russia no longer intends to become a state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

Melvin Laird, the former secretary of defense who ended the unpopular military draft and initiated withdrawal of US troops from the Vietnam War, died Wednesday.

A toddler was diagnosed with a rare genetic skin disorder called xeroderma pigmentosum, which means that she can't be exposed to any sunlight.

As the sun sets near the Rio Grande on an evening just days after the US presidential election, the air is still and calm. But some see this remote stretch of land as the center of a storm that's brewing. Officials say a new wave of undocumented immigrants, mostly from Central America, are arriving on America's doorstep. And many of them are crossing here, along the US-Mexico border near McAllen, Texas.

Several World War II shipwrecks have vanished from the the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, prompting the British and Dutch governments to seek answers.

Dwarf planet Pluto may be hiding an icy ocean beneath its surface, according to two new reports published by the scientific journal Nature.

Watch President-elect Donald Trump's name being dismantled on New York buildings. CNN's Jeanne Moos chases the shunned letters.

Donald Trump supporters are angry with Pepsi -- over something that never happened.

Hillary Clinton, in her first public speech since last week's crushing presidential loss, admitted making an appearance at the Children's Defense Fund gala "wasn't the easiest."

During an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper, Megyn Kelly opens up about Roger Ailes, saying he was a "king of sorts" while at Fox News.

During an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper, Megyn Kelly talks about the phone call a Fox executive made to the Donald Trump campaign following several threats made towards her.

"Rocky," a small-budget film made for just a little more than $1 million, premiered on November 21, 1976, and went on to become the year's biggest box-office hit. It won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture.