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The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has outraged Italians by producing cartoons comparing Italian earthquake victims to dishes of Italian cuisine. CNN's Ben Wedeman discusses the controversy.

Enthusiasm is growing as Brazil prepares for the start of the Paralympic games. CNN's Shasta Darlington reports from Rio.

Jacob Wetterling's mother, Patty, speaks to the press after Danny James Heinrich admitted in court to killing her 11-year-old son who went missing in October of 1989.

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Hillary Clinton attacked Donald Trump as inexperienced. Trump called Clinton a failed foreign policy leader.

Well, that was over Hiddleswiftly.

They arrive in parts -- on the back of semi-trucks or hitched to trailers -- after being shuttled up America's Interstate 80 highway to Nevada's Black Rock Desert, the site of the annual Burning Man festival.

Chevy Chase has checked into rehab, according to a rep for the actor.

Chevy Chase has checked into rehab, according to a rep for the actor. The "National Lampoon" star has entered Hazelden Addiction Treatment Center in Minnesota to deal with an alcohol-related issue.

More than 80 people were suffering severe breathing difficulties in Syria's embattled city of Aleppo after another chemical attack Tuesday on a rebel-held neighborhood, said the Syrian Civil Defense, a volunteer rescue group.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy vowed that Democrats who took control of the House floor in June and held a 25-hour sit-in to protest the lack of action on gun control measures will face punishment soon for breaking House rules.

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a $1.1 billion bill to combat the Zika virus.

It's been 25 years since the death of rock legend Freddie Mercury. But in London, the Queen vocalist's memory is being brought to life with a new exhibition.

Who has the better plane ... Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump? CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on the aerial dogfight.

Photographer Landon Nordeman has shot state fairs, Trump rallies and both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.

For the second year in a row, the woman crowned Miss Japan has one parent who isn't Japanese. CNN's Amara Walker and Michael Holmes tell her inspiring story.

The recipient of the world's first face transplant, Isabelle Dinoire, has died, according to French doctors.

Trump and Clinton start the race to November 8 on essentially even ground, with Trump edging Clinton by a scant two points among likely voters.

Bill Cosby's lawyers are expected to ask a judge today to throw out two key pieces of evidence in the sexual misconduct case against the comedian: a deposition Cosby gave in a 2005 lawsuit by accuser Andrea Constand and a recording of a phone call between Cosby and Constand's mother.