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There appears to be no end to the "Harry Potter" magic.

President Barack Obama sharply criticized Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for saying earlier this week that the black community is in the worst shape its "ever been in before."

The Pentagon is considering a proposal that could send an additional 500 troops to Iraq to help Iraqi and Kurdish forces take Mosul from ISIS in the coming weeks, a US defense official told CNN.

When Jenke Ahmed Tailly styled Beyoncé for the cover of France's most prestigious fashion publication L'Officiel - it was unprecedented.

The Clinton campaign releases an ad that intercuts Trump insulting women with shots of young girls looking in the mirror.

Hillary Clinton sat down for an interview with the irreverent Zach Galifianakis and almost immediately -- albeit jokingly -- regretted it.

An elementary school lunch lady is 100 pounds lighter after she ate her own cafeteria food every day for a year.

When Donald Trump takes the stage on Monday night's prime-time presidential debate, one of the few faces he will see will be that of a fellow billionaire that has tried to savage him in public.

The Clintons are building a compound in Chappaqua, New York.

A congressman who represents North Carolina apologized Thursday for saying there are riots in Charlotte because the protesters "hate white people."

Take a look at 40 photos of the week from September 16 through September 22.

A series of high-profile breaches and warnings from national intelligence leaders has elections directors in critical battleground states seeking federal help against possible cyberattacks.

The video above is hard to watch. If you'd prefer not to, here's what it shows: A woman who has collapsed in the middle of a dollar store, and her toddler daughter, screaming and crying and clutching her mother's listless body.

South Korea has elite troops on standby ready to assassinate Kim Jong Un if the country feels threatened by North Korean nuclear weapons, the country's defense minister revealed this week.

He probably won't vote for her, but Hillary Clinton did get an endorsement of sorts from Kid Rock.

Hopes by Donald Trump's campaign that it can mobilize enough white voters to win in November is a case of self-delusion, according to GOP pollster Whit Ayres.

Social Security is running out of money. America gives too much aid to other countries. Nothing is made in the U.S.A. anymore. Those are some of the reasons why working class whites feel the economy is headed in the wrong direction.

Before he made it to his 40th birthday, serial fraudster Glen Burke had become the target of eight different government agencies, racked up six figure penalties and even earned a lifetime ban from telemarketing

Yahoo said data "associated with at least 500 million user accounts" have been stolen in what may be one of the largest cybersecurity breaches ever.