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Halfway through his first term and on the eve of his second State of the Union, we can start to see the outlines of how President Joe Biden is going to be judged in the eyes of history — and ask whether his legacy is likely to be strengthened or weakened if he runs for a second term.

On May 1, 1960, an American pilot, Francis Gary Powers, took off from a military airbase in Peshawar, Pakistan, in a top-secret U-2 spy plane to fly 3,000 miles across the Soviet Union, and take high resolution photos of military facilities.

The US military shot down the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon over the Atlantic Ocean off the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, a US official said.

Mt. Washington Observatory in New Hampshire is used to extreme weather. But the 6,288 foot summit broke new US records for wind chill after the northeastern U.S. was hit with a dangerous cold snap.

The suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that violated American airspace this week has fueled a diplomatic crisis with the postponement of Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's planned trip to Beijing.

• Exclusive: Supreme Court justices used personal email for sensitive court business, sources say

There's something in the air in Seattle. And while at first sniff you might assume that it's coffee, nose a little harder and you'll notice that Seattle doesn't run on caffeine -- it runs on innovation.

The economy wasn't supposed to add half a million jobs in January.

Evan Fisher, who captured photos and video of the suspected Chinese spy balloon flying over the US, speaks to CNN's Fredricka Whitfield about what he saw.

Less than two weeks ago, Gautam Adani was the fourth-richest person in the world. With a personal fortune estimated at $120 billion, the self-made Indian industrialist was wealthier than either Bill Gates or Warren Buffet.

The Texas woman accused of killing Heidi Broussard and kidnapping the victim's infant has been sentenced to 55 years in prison after pleading guilty to the 2019 murder, according the Travis County District Attorney's Office.

A man wanted by police in Oregon in a bizarre incident at a house featured in "The Goonies" was the subject of a daring Coast Guard rescue when he was tossed from a stolen boat as it capsized, authorities said.

Ford showed this week that it's not going to be as easy for traditional automakers to catch Tesla in the race to build the better electric vehicle, despite what Tesla's doubters think.

Bobi, at the age of 30 years and 268 days, has been crowned the world's oldest living dog -- and the oldest dog to ever live -- by Guinness World Records.

Call it the summer buffet of air travel.

Australia's Stephanie Gilmore is widely regarded as the greatest female surfer of all time, so it came as a surprise when the eight-time world champion started her title defense with an early exit at Pipeline in Hawaii.

An Indiana man died after falling from a cliff in Puerto Rico while trying to make a video for TikTok, according to his family.