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Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani is estimated to make an MLB-record $65 million this upcoming season, according to Forbes.

More than 70 years after cheetahs were declared officially extinct in India, the country is now home to four newborn cheetahs, India's Environment Minister announced Wednesday.

Soccer's world governing body FIFA has stripped Indonesia of its right to host the Under-20 Men's World Cup later this year after an Indonesian official objected to the participation of Israel.

A slowdown in global initial public offerings continued in the first quarter of 2023 and is likely to endure in the coming months, as companies wait out the effects of volatile stock markets, higher interest rates and inflation, and uncertainty around the banking crisis.

It took just two minutes to encapsulate America's hopeless estrangement on guns.

Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the Hollywood film "Hotel Rwanda" and was freed from prison in Kigali last week, returned to the United States on Wednesday, arriving at the US Army's Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio, according to a State Department official.

Elon Musk's record on delivering on the deluge of pledges he has made as "chief Twit" is less than ideal. In fact, it's downright abysmal.

Reps. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) had a tense exchange over gun control legislation following the deadly school shooting in Nashville.

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'The Daily Show' contributor Jordan Klepper joins a panel on CNN Primetime to discuss former president Donald Trump and Klepper's interactions with Trump fans at rallies.

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin said Wednesday that when he played football as a child, he never thought about CPR or where there might be an automated external defibrillator (AED) nearby.

The Kentucky legislature enacted new restrictions Wednesday on the rights of transgender youth, overriding the governor's veto of a bill that places bans on gender-affirming care for minors, on discussions of sexual orientation or gender identity in school, and on transgender students using bathrooms that align with their gender identity.

CNN's David Culver traces the path of fentanyl from Chinese chemical factories to Mexico, where cartels back the production of the deadly drug.

Christian music singer Steven Curtis Chapman is taking some time to remember his close friend Katherine Koonce, one of the six victims of the Nashville school shooting.

Olesya Krivtsova thinks it's because she was neither the first, nor the last, to criticize the war in Ukraine that she scared Russian authorities as much as she did.

Former President Donald Trump is appealing a court ruling that would force several of his former aides, including Mark Meadows, to testify before a grand jury as part of the criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

Russian student Olesya Krivtsova was charged with terrorism after criticizing Russia's war in Ukraine on social media. She's now on Russia's most wanted list. CNN's Melissa Bell has the story.

Former Vice President Mike Pence spoke to reporters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, following a judge's ruling that Pence must testify about conversations with Donald Trump leading up to January 6, 2021.