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In the distant past, Muslim pilgrims came to the holy city of Mecca on foot. Now, though, they can come via high-speed train.

The four cubs were born to cheetahs Siyaya and Freddie, six months after they were moved to India as part of the government's plan to re-introduce the big cat to the country.

Colombia's plans to relocate 70 "cocaine hippos" descended from drug trafficker Pablo Escobar's private menagerie will cost approximately $3.5 million, officials said in a press conference Wednesday.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has blasted some European governments as "deplorable" for what he calls their "negative reactions" to the organization's stance on Russia.

Suddenly, your beverage is taller.

The new board handpicked by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to oversee Disney's special taxing district said it is considering legal action over a multi-decade agreement reached between Disney and the outgoing board. CNN's Leyla Santiago has the latest.

Soon, you'll be able to plug in your Lamborghini.

Baseball is back with a fresh set of rules. On Opening Day, Major League Baseball will introduce a slew of brand-new regulations in the hopes of speeding up the pace of play, encouraging more game action, and making the sport more compelling to fans.

Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker told staff in a memo Thursday that she was "very concerned" for the safety of Russia-based reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested Wednesday by security forces in the city of Yekaterinburg.

A series of microscopic art pieces, so small that they fit into the eye of a needle, will go on display in the UK this weekend.

March 31 is the Transgender Day of Visibility, an annual, worldwide event focusing on the lives of transgender people and the issues they face. Here are a few ways you can help foster understanding, recognition and support for a community facing steep challenges.

I had never heard a word of criticism from this particular Likud minister on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. For years, in all our conversations, just fulsome praise, even when their party leader had been exposed in some of his worst moments. But no more.

The swift response from Nashville police during a shooting at a private Christian elementary school is drawing comparison and criticism to the police response during the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting in May 2022. CNN's Shimon Prokupecz reports.

It is now legal to purchase a pistol without a permit in North Carolina after the state's Republican-led legislature overrode a veto by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.

Abby Grossberg, the former Fox News producer who accused the right-wing network of pressuring her into giving misleading testimony in the Dominion defamation case, told NBC News Thursday in her first TV interview that she was "bullied, intimidated and coerced" into protecting the right-ring network to keep her job.

On March 30, 1923, exactly 100 years ago, the world's first continuous passenger cruise ship arrived back in New York City after completing a 130-day voyage.

The seller, who went by the name Linda Wang, was curt when asked if she sold a chemical often used to create fentanyl.

Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott sounded the alarm inside the company about the financial fallout that the right-wing network would suffer if it continued aggressively fact-checking then-President Donald Trump's lies after the 2020 election, according to messages that became public Wednesday.

The average annual Wall Street bonus fell to $176,700 last year, a 26% drop from the previous year's average of $240,400, according to estimates released Thursday by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.