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An 80-year-old homeless woman will receive $100,000 from Social Security after they stopped sending her checks years ago.

During a concert in Hartford, Connecticut, the audience carried on singing for Miranda Lambert after a soldier's sign made her emotional.

A seal narrowly escaped being eaten by some hungry killer whales on Monday.

On the eve of the National Park Service's centennial, President Barack Obama named Maine's Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument on Wednesday as the newest national park site.

The company said Tuesday that a new battery will allow its Model S to go from 0 to 60 mph in just 2.5 seconds -- making it the fastest production car in the world.

The news of another strong and deadly earthquake in Italy on Wednesday morning sadly comes as no surprise to seismologists.

With the number of Zika cases in the United States growing, the mayor of Miami Beach, Florida, says he's frustrated that Congress still hasn't passed a bill to help combat the virus.

CNN correspondent Barbie Nadeau was nearing the end of a Facebook Live Wednesday afternoon in Saletto, Italy, answering a viewer's question about the condition of the city's roads, when a building collapsed directly behind her.

Surveillance video captured two men exchanging gunfire at a gas station in Atlanta. One woman was injured in the shootout.

People are trapped at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul after reports of gunfire and blasts.

An unprecedented fish kill has closed nearly 100 river miles of the Yellowstone River in Montana, as officials try to contain a parasite that is killing thousands of whitefish.

More Americans die from heart disease, but cancer is rapidly gaining ground as the No. 1 killer.

The US Army said Wednesday it was a mistake for a local unit to identify Hillary Clinton as a potential threat during a training presentation and has halted the practice.

If someone told you their journey to work took them one hour, how would you react?

Renee Zellweger doesn't understand the fascination with her appearance.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is expected to receive her intelligence briefing Saturday morning near her home in New York at the FBI offices in White Plains, according to a US official.

Islamophobia in the US has surged in the form of campaign rhetoric and confrontations. It's also happening through the quiet use of another tactic: zoning laws.

In the roughly five minutes Michael Kelly lingered in the hallway at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, four people approached him to tell them how much they loved his work on "House of Cards."

A 6.2-magnitude quake hit central Italy killing at least 37 people. Witnesses describe the devastation.

Oh, karma. You always seem to show up at just the right time.