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CNN's Jim Acosta holds up a sign emblazoned with a swastika that was left on a table in the press area following a Donald Trump campaign rally in West Palm Beach, Florida.

House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are scrambling to protect Republican majorities in Congress from being wiped out by the backlash following a string of women alleging that Donald Trump sexually assaulted them.

Donald Trump issued an apocalyptic call-to-arms to his supporters Thursday as he battled for political survival amid mounting allegations of sexual misconduct.

When Bruce Springsteen inducted Bob Dylan into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he said: "Bob freed your mind the way Elvis freed your body. He showed us that just because music was innately physical did not mean that it was anti-intellectual."

J.K. Rowling just breathed some major magic into the days of her fans.

The last time people were saying there was a "golden age of black television" there was unrest over the civil rights of African-Americans, protests and calls for more diversity.

Turns out we were wrong; there aren't 200 billion galaxies in the universe.

Fox Business Network host Lou Dobbs apologized Thursday for tweeting the phone number and address of a woman who accused Donald Trump of inappropriately touching her.

A gorilla escaped its enclosure at London Zoo on Thursday, prompting concerns about the safety of visitors.

Three US strikes hit radar sites in Yemen on Wednesday night, the Pentagon said, days after the USS Mason was targeted by missiles in the Red Sea.

At least four people have died in South Carolina as a result of flooding from Hurricane Matthew, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said Thursday.

Catholic and evangelical groups slammed Hillary Clinton's campaign in a statement Thursday over comments revealed in the WikiLeaks emails hack between two high-level campaign officials.

The most powerful man on the "Access Hollywood" bus wasn't Donald Trump. It was Billy Bush.

Hurricane Matthew, the first Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic in nine years, left a trail of destruction from the Caribbean to the Southeastern United States.

Anderson Cooper asks Trump supporter Jeffrey Lord why he believes Juanita Broaddrick and not the two women who went to the New York Times with allegations of unwanted touching from Trump.

To begin the discussion of the so-called "scary clowns" that have been frightening and threatening people across the country: It should be stated that these people are NOT clowns, they are impostors. They wear masks rather than makeup, and they bring fear, not fun!

"For of all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these: 'It might have been.'"

Ahmad Khan Rahami, who was wounded in shootout with police last month after allegedly setting off bombs in New York and New Jersey, pleaded not guilty Thursday to weapons and attempted murder charges. Rahami, 28, was arraigned in a New Jersey courtroom via Skype from a hospital bed where he has been recovering from wounds suffered in the gun battle.

The FBI is currently developing a national database as part of the Department of Justice's efforts to gather nationwide data on interactions between law enforcement and civilians, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Thursday.

Dr. Carla Hayden made history in September when she was sworn in as the first African-American and female librarian of Congress.