CNN Top Stories

The Shanghai Tower may be the world's second tallest building.

Take a look at 29 photos of the week from September 30 through October 6.

On Good Friday 1865, actor-turned assassin John Wilkes Booth not only ended a great American life in progress, but made his victim -- Abraham Lincoln -- seem exponentially greater in death. Ever since the 16th president died, nine hours after Booth fired his fatal shot, American presidents have been judged against the myth that replaced the man. The savior of the union, great emancipator and martyr of liberty has proven an all but impossible act to follow.

The hardest part is always the waiting.

Soon, it says, you'll be able to reach out and touch things in VR, snap selfies and catch up with family members all within a VR environment.

Surveillance video shows 22-year-old Dahir Adan storming a Minnesota mall and stabbing 10 people before he was shot dead by an off-duty police officer.

Hurricane Matthew has caused the worst humanitarian crisis in Haiti since the deadly 2010 earthquake, according to the UN.

The CEO of Backpage, a website that has been accused of allowing ads for child sex trafficking, was arrested Thursday in Texas.

Authorities have urged more than 2 million people to evacuate due to Hurricane Matthew.

Fabio Cuttica waited days to journey into the jungle.

Harold Martin was removed from a contract position at the National Security Agency in the past year following conflicts with co-workers, but that ouster did not prevent him from getting a different contract job in the government, US officials briefed on the investigation tell CNN.

Antonio Pelle, also known as "Mamma," had been on the run since he escaped from a hospital bed after his arrest in 2011.

The clowns are here, and they won't go away. What started as a few amusing headlines in August has now ballooned into a full-blown clown epidemic, and no one would blame you if you were a bit curious and perhaps even a little concerned.

Tim Kaine pounced Thursday on a suggestion made by Donald Trump in which the GOP presidential nominee said he would be willing to cut off US relations with China if it put his business interests at risk.

The California Senate race between Democrats Kamala Harris and Loretta Sanchez is making history, as Republicans have been left out of the general election match-up for the first time thanks to the state's "jungle" primary system.

Hurricane Matthew, a "very dangerous" Category 4 storm, is expected to hit Florida early Friday. It will then turn north and head up the US coast.

As Hurricane Matthew continued its long, slow creep towards the East Coast, I tried to take my kids to the library Wednesday. It was the first of what I hoped would be multiple trips this week so we wouldn't be stuck in the house for the three days they now unexpectedly had out of school.

A candidate for the leadership of Britain's UKIP party is in a serious condition after an altercation at a meeting of its European lawmakers, the party said.

Hillary Clinton is enjoying a groundswell of support in Michigan, with a poll released Thursday showing her previously narrow lead over Donald Trump has grown to 11 points in the last three weeks.