When Ryan Murphy accepted the Carol Burnett Award at the Golden Globes this week, he didn't thank his mother or God. He thanked award-winning gay actor Billy Porter, who presented Murphy with his award while wearing a transcendent tuxedo gown, and trans actress MJ Rodriguez, who broke barriers at last year's (untelevised) Golden Globes as the first trans actress to win a Golden Globe.
In its first vote on legislation, the new Republican-controlled House approved a bill Monday that would rescind nearly $80 billion for the Internal Revenue Service -- with key GOP lawmakers making the exaggerated claim that the money would be used to hire 87,000 auditors who will target hardworking Americans.
The James Webb Space Telescope can add another cosmic accomplishment to its list: The space observatory has been used to confirm the existence of an exoplanet for the first time.
Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas sent a strong signal Wednesday that they are very carefully watching to ensure federal courts do not thumb their noses at the high court's landmark decision that expanded gun rights nationwide.
Wildlife officials in Florida are investigating the death of a female killer whale that grounded itself on Wednesday on a beach in Palm Coast, about 30 miles north of Daytona Beach.
The last time President Emmanuel Macron tried to drag France's antiquated pension and retirement system from the 17th century into the 21st century with one long pull, mobs coursed through the streets of Paris, flaming barricades went up on the Champs Elysées and Macron's entire presidency nearly floundered in the face of the "gilets jaunes" (yellow vests).
CNN's Matt Egan talks to a US Consumer Product Safety commissioner about why "everything's on the table" when it comes to gas stoves, but any ban would apply only to new gas stoves, not existing ones.
They were victims of a racist mob, their families torn apart and dispossessed. But as survivors of the Rosewood massacre, they were united in grief, silence, and resilience.
In 1984, a peat cutter discovered human remains in a bog in Cheshire, England. They belonged to a man who died a brutal death some 2,100 years ago before being placed in the bog — examination of his well-preserved mummy revealed blows to the head, a possible stab wound and a broken neck. Twisted sinew found still wrapped around his neck may have also been a garotte.
The Mega Millions jackpot has reached an estimated $1.35 billion -- the second-largest in the lottery's history -- after no winner snagged the big prize in Tuesday night's drawing, officials said.
Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin has been discharged from a Buffalo medical center, his club said Wednesday, after more than a week of hospitalization due to a cardiac arrest he suffered during a "Monday Night Football" game this month.
Leaders of the Nassau County Republican Party have called for Rep. George Santos, elected to represent New York's 3rd Congressional District in November, to resign from office over his lies to voters and fabrications about his personal life.
A wholesome moment of actress Kate Winslet comforting a child reporter has gone viral and accumulated over a million views on Twitter. The Oscar winner is seen giving the young girl a pep talk ahead of her first interview which aired on CNN affiliate and German broadcaster ZDF.
In this week's episode of "Unfiltered," SE Cupp argues that if former President Donald Trump's classified documents were in the wrong place, so were Biden's -- and they deserve the same level of accountability.
CNN's Kate Bolduan speaks with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) about pharmaceutical company Moderna considering a price hike for its Covid vaccines and the potential effect on Americans' bottom line.
Surveillance footage at a Minnesota butcher shop shows a deer breaking through the glass door and barreling into the store. Reporter Mike McGurran with affiliate WDAY has the details.
Late night hosts poked fun at the reports that back in November President Biden's lawyers found government records, including classified documents, at a former office that he used when he was an honorary professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
Despite testing the snowpack beforehand, snowboarder Blake Nielson found himself being swept away by an avalanche during a run at Utah's Big Cottonwood Canyon. CNN affiliate KSL has the story.
