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In explaining the reasoning behind his settlement with Hulk Hogan this week, Gawker Media founder Nick Denton expressed relief that his former staffers could now "entertain and inform their readers with fewer distractions."

The percentage of eligible Latino voters who turn out to cast ballots typically isn't as high as other demographics, but early voting data in three key battleground states suggest that could be changing in the 2016 race.

Online trolls angered by this week's bombshell UK court ruling that the Brexit process cannot begin until Parliament has had its say have directed rape and death threats at Gina Miller, the woman behind the legal case.

As Donald Trump warns of a "rigged" system fueled by voter fraud and other irregularities, some private citizens have taken it upon themselves to protect the nation from what they see as the potential for a stolen election.

Democrats have built what could be an insurmountable edge in Nevada at the end of early voting in the Western battleground state.

Election Day will be a paid holiday for thousands of workers across the U.S. this year.

There are very few things that the Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton campaigns agree on these days, but one point of total agreement is that this race has tightened over the last 10-14 days. That tightening is reflected in our new CNN "Road to 270" map.

POTUS 45 won't have much time to celebrate.

When I first started out covering politics, it was literally the era of the boys on the bus.

Two New York police officers were shot Friday in the Bronx, according to a police department tweet. The condition of the officers, who were taken to a local hospital, is unknown.

The vast amount of damage that smoking can have on your DNA has been revealed in a new study exploring how tobacco smoke affects cells within the human body.

At least 91 people were injured in Jakarta on Friday as protesters demanding the ouster of the city's governor, who has been accused of blasphemy against Muslims, clashed with police, CNN Indonesia reported.

Law enforcement officials in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, are looking into the authenticity of a number of voter registration forms submitted by FieldWorks, a political grassroots organization.

Convicted rapist Brandon Vandenburg was sentenced to 17 years in prison Friday for the rape three years ago of an unconscious female student at Vanderbilt University, according to CNN affiliate WKRN.

Beyonce and Jay-Z took the stage at a Hillary Clinton rally in Cleveland, Ohio, to voice their support for the candidate.

Hillary Clinton enlisted some star power Friday with a concert featuring Jay Z, Beyonce, Chance the Rapper and Big Sean, part of an effort to drum up excitement behind her campaign the weekend before Election Day.

Beyonce performed at a Hillary Clinton rally in Cleveland, Ohio, and said she wants her daughter to grow up watching a woman lead the country.

Investigators are combing a farm in rural South Carolina where they found a 30-year-old woman "chained up like a dog" inside a shipping container.

President Barack Obama said Friday that investigators and prosecutors can't be "politicized" or "used as a weapon to advantage either side."

Spending two days sitting in a Pennsylvania courtroom listening to lawyers argue over his blindness -- and with a criminal trial seven months away -- is likely the last place Bill Cosby imagined he would find himself at 79 years of age.