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Former Indianapolis Colts running back Zurlon Tipton died of an accidental gunshot wound. He was 26.

She might be serving a two-year doping ban, but tennis star Maria Sharapova won't be twiddling her thumbs during that enforced sabbatical after enrolling for a course at the prestigious Harvard Business School.

The flight data recorder on doomed EgyptAir Flight 804 indicates possible lavatory and avionics smoke before the plane plummeted into the Mediterranean Sea, the nation's civil aviation ministry said Wednesday.

Rodrigo Duterte has been sworn in as the Philippines' 16th president, but the traditional "honeymoon" stage for the tough-talking, anti-crime crusader has already soured.

He's just won a presidential election -- now he's targeting the European Championship finals.

She was pretty and demure, and usually played sympathetic heroines with ladylike airs in a movie career that spanned three decades.

Alexander Lukashenko -- often called "the last dictator in Europe" -- certainly has well-disciplined citizens.

Searching for suspects. Ripping the rivals. Scouting the skies. It's Thursday, and here are the 5 things you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.

Michael Phelps qualified for a record fifth Olympic Games by claiming victory in the 200m butterfly at the U.S. Swimming trials in Omaha, Nebraska.

It's been almost a week since the British public went to the polls and set in motion one of the most traumatic periods in the country's recent history.

Hong Kong has its own legal system, government, currency, flag and Olympic sports team.

A tea party-backed candidate won the Republican nomination in Colorado's Senate race Tuesday night, completing a stunning upheaval in one of the most chaotic races this cycle that could help Democrats in November.

The Air Force's intelligence chief gave the US-led airstrikes targeting ISIS a failing grade in an exclusive interview with CNN.

Can we all just calm down for a second? Can we stop making a tempest in a Twinings teapot? Yes, with the "Brexit" vote, the United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union. Yes, the British pound lost value as a result of this news. Yes, world markets fell in response to this uncertainty.

On the losing end of a 5-3 decision regarding police searches without a warrant, Sonia Sotomayor last week unleashed a withering dissent. With direct references to Ferguson, Missouri, and a reading list of black authors including Ta-Nehisi Coates and W.E.B Du Bois, Sotomayor took the majority to task for ignoring the realities on the ground.

As passengers at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport waited to check in and board their flights Wednesday, workers picked up shattered glass and washed off blood that was barely dry.

After 33 years, the teenage beauty pageant decided to get rid of its swimsuit competition.

CNN's Brian Todd takes a closer look at the evolution of a terror tactic, called "Inghimasi," used in the Istanbul Airport attacks that is gaining popularity among ISIS and other terror groups.

Admit it: It's too hot to go outside.

A new Quinnipiac University poll shows Hillary Clinton leading Trump by just two points, 42% to 40%, a much closer race than other recent surveys have shown.