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The $3 billion USS Zumwalt destroyer has left port in Maine and is on its way to an upcoming commissioning ceremony in Maryland.

Three women arrested in raids this week in France were part of a terror cell directed by ISIS from Syria, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said Friday.

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Geneva to try to close a deal with Russia on a ceasefire in Syria, but officials warned that the US would soon abandon the effort if the latest round of talks didn't produce an agreement

As millions of Muslims around the world make their way to the holy city of Mecca, we look at one of the world's largest public gatherings.

In 1665, the Great Plague of London killed more than 75,000 people in the space of a year, almost a quarter of the city's population back then. It caused 8,000 deaths per week during its peak in September 1665.

Bring on the Kleenex!

A Volkswagen engineer pleaded guilty to U.S. federal charges for his role in the diesel emission cheating scandal.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence on Thursday defended his running mate's statement that Vladimir Putin is a stronger leader than President Barack Obama, calling it "inarguable."

Thirty-three people remained trapped overnight in cable cars dangling high above the ground in the French Alps, officials said.

A US Navy sailor who posted a video of herself sitting in protest during the national anthem at a Florida military base could face punishment after her post went viral this week.

The funds are a surprising infusion of cash from an individual who has never before been active in politics.

An unidentified US Navy sailor is facing possible discipline after sitting during the national anthem while on a Florida military base.

A decade of mass legal, demographic and social change, the 1960s saw widespread upheaval across much of the world. But it was also a time of revolutionary design, music and art.

Seven years after what came to be known as the "Miracle on the Hudson," it's still amazing that everyone aboard US Airways Flight 1549 survived.

European security officials estimate that 30 to 40 suspected ISIS terrorists who helped support the November 13 Paris terror attacks are still at large, CNN has learned.

Twenty Marines have been identified for possible military justice or administrative discipline in the death of a recruit at the Marine Corps training facility at Parris Island, South Carolina, the Marines said Thursday.

If you've noticed that your grocery bills are a little lower these days, you're not alone. The price of food has fallen sharply in the past few months. And while that's great for consumers, it's terrible news for big supermarket chains.

An inflight magazine apologizes to Air China airlines after publishing an article that sparked outrage. CNN's Matt Rivers reports.

There are just over 15,000 nuclear weapons in the world and several ways countries can deploy them. Jim Sciutto explains the potentially catastrophic effect nuclear weapons can have and what technologies exist to defend against them.

CNN's Jake Tapper on the truth behind some of Hillary Clinton's statements in light of new details in a recently released FBI report.