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The furor over Donald Trump's comments about gun owners' power in the presidential campaign continued Wednesday.

A California blaze that killed four people and cost nearly $57 million to extinguish was started by faulty hot tub wiring at a home, authorities said.

In reaching for the gold, many will falter and fail. Some will cheat.

Age is clearly just a number to US cyclist Kristin, who powered to gold in the women's cycling time trial the day before she turns 43.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte called the US ambassador to his country a "gay son of a bitch" in a speech, prompting US diplomats to raise the issue with their Filipino counterparts in Washington.

If you're looking to catch Pokemon in Thailand, don't get your hopes up.

In the end, what separated Olympic champion Kohei Uchimura and silver medalist Oleg Verniaiev was one hop.

One day, Michael Andrew Ryan sat down at a computer, hopped onto a hidden part of the Internet known as the dark Web, called himself "Gunrunner" and opened for business.

Olympic organizers are investigating after the water in the diving well and the water polo pool mysteriously turned green.

Donald Trump continues to do his version of the rope-a-dope, luring his political critics into a fight they cannot win. Once backed into the ropes, Trump then sucker punches and dominates the news cycle for yet another day.

Senior Air Force officials said Wednesday the Air Force will face a shortage of 700 fighter pilots by the end of 2016. That shortfall is estimated to grow to 1,000 by 2022.

CNN's Brynn Gingras reports that the 20-year-old man who climbed Trump Tower had a video message where he says the reason he scaled the tower was to get Trump's attention.

A police officer accidentally shot and killed a retired Minnesota mother of two during a civilian police drill in Punta Gorda, Florida, that was supposed to employ only blank ammunition, police said.

Now Ailes is gone, and some of his longtime associates are also on the way out.

Massachusetts health authorities are investigating an allegation that a surgeon removed a kidney from the wrong patient.

The DOJ monitored the department's policing methods at the request of the Baltimore Police Department, after the 2015 death of Freddie Gray.

Prince Fielder's baseball career came to an early end Wednesday due to a neck injury that will prevent him from playing again. But he's still going to collect more paychecks going forward than most ballplayers see in their careers -- worth about $106 million.

A new video details the fighting and humanitarian crisis occurring in the city of Aleppo. CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports.

Japan's newest public holiday is finally here -- and it's all about celebrating the country's ancient natural beauties.

Newly released emails from Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state raise questions about the nature of the department's relationship with the Clinton Foundation.