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The Syrian military says an airstrike by the US-led coalition hit a regime military position Saturday.

President Barack Obama is expected to deliver a "call to action" Saturday at a Congressional Black Caucus awards dinner, a senior administration official tells CNN, and he will implore black voters to help stop Republican nominee Donald Trump.

Take a look at the week in politics from September 11 through September 17.

A witness in the Manhattan neighborhood discusses the details of the explosion.

After more than five years of touting "birther" conspiracy theories, Donald Trump on Friday finally conceded a simple truth: "President Barack Obama was born in the United States."

An Iranian Para-cyclist has died following a crash in the men's road race Saturday.

Robert Gates criticized both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on their preparedness to handle US foreign policy -- but the former defense secretary reserved his harshest language for the Republican nominee, who he said is "beyond repair."

The moderators of the upcoming presidential debates should take a backseat approach when it comes to intervening between the candidates, the co-chairman of the Commission on Presidential Debates said Saturday.

Nelly is reportedly facing a $2.4 million tax lien -- so fans are trying to help him out by streaming his music,

A gunman in Philadelphia ambushed a police sergeant and fired rounds into a tavern and a car before police shot him dead, authorities said.

Americans may have missed out on the last lunar eclipse of 2016 this weekend.

A terminally ill minor has become the first child to be euthanized in Belgium since age restrictions were lifted in the country two years ago, according to several sources.

Hundreds of US troops have arrived at an air base 40 miles south of Mosul to support Iraq's efforts to liberate that city from ISIS, a US defense official told CNN.

Frustrated with the University of North Carolina's handling of sexual violence reports, five women took matters into their own hands in 2013 by going public with their stories and pursuing justice through other means.

A Chicago police officer shown in a 2013 dashcam video shooting at a car full of teenagers is facing charges of federal civil rights violations, handed down by a grand jury.

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Donald Trump on Friday wondered aloud what would happen to Hillary Clinton should her Secret Service detail disarm.

A Chicago police officer shown in a 2013 dashcam video shooting at a car full of teenagers is facing charges of federal civil rights violations, handed down by a grand jury Thursday.

Donald Trump's reversal on the "birther" controversy is shifting attention -- at least for the moment -- from a a major shift in the presidential race.