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Patrick Stewart, the legendary British actor best known for his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the long-running "Star Trek" TV series, has died. He was 86.

Justice Department accelerates criminal probe into whether Alaska Democrats sought to confuse voters.

Apple announced the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, its first laptop with a touch-sensitive display.

Many people would prefer to stop changing clocks altogether; there is even legislation to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. But doing so could have serious consequences for children's safety, a new study suggests.

Fed holds interest rates steady even as inflation continues to weigh on American households less than a week before the midterms. Follow live updates.

US economic growth accelerated last quarter at its fastest pace in over a year – but rising gas prices helped to lift inflation in September to a four-month high, new data shows.

A new study estimates about 3 in 4 former National Football League players who died between 2008 and 2023 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy — an even higher level than identified in another recent study of former players.

DoorDash is buying rival Instacart in a deal worth roughly $17 billion.

Dolores Huerta, a pioneering labor organizer and civil rights icon who cofounded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez in the 1960s, has died at 96, her family said in a statement.

The daylight is getting shorter, the wind is getting colder, and the date fast approaches when people are supposed to beware of "ghouls" — no, not October 31, but November 3, Election Day. What does it mean to call someone a "ghoul"? And how did the mythical creature become a go-to insult in politics?

The train crash that killed at least 68 people was caused by human error after a computer system failure, Spain's transport minister says. Follow live updates.

An 8-year-old girl was attacked by at least one wolf inside a German zoo’s enclosure and suffered serious injuries, officials said.

Flávio Bolsonaro lands in the US after fleeing Brazil following the former senator's defeat in the country's presidential election.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde will step down in February, months before her term was due to end

Americans have elected three Black governors in the nation's 250-year history. By next week, that figure could multiply. From Keisha Lance Bottoms in Georgia to Byron Donalds in Florida to David Crowley in Wisconsin, Black candidates are vying to lead eight states from the South to the Midwest to the West. In all, five Democrats are running in gubernatorial races, and three Republicans are vying to be the country's first elected Black Republican governor.

The Iran war has created a mix of opportunity, economic desperation and financial incentive for Somali piracy to surge.

Death toll rises to at least 30 after a collision between two trains in Spain's Toledo province. It's the third rail disaster in the country this year. Follow live updates.

President Donald Trump made an extraordinary announcement this week: Venezuela had gifted the United States 1 million barrels of oil – and it didn't cost American taxpayers a dime.

FBI searches Beverly Hills mansion in connection to an investigation into former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell

A residential cruise ship that has been sailing around the world continuously for more than two years has evicted passengers in Cambodia after the fallout from the Iran war made fuel prices too expensive to continue its voyage.

Alaska governor orders investigation into Peltola campaign after bombshell report. Follow live updates.

The synthetic opioid has been linked to at least 122 deaths in the US since July 2025, and in April, the Office of National Drug Control Policy identified it as an "emerging drug threat."

At least 10 people have died after two high-speed trains collide in Spain, forcing suspension of line. Follow live updates.

A fire at a South Carolina laboratory on a site that produces materials for US nuclear weapons triggered an emergency response, but the fire was extinguished and no contamination was reported outside of the facility, site officials said.

The labor share of income, which is the amount of economic output paid to workers as compensation, fell to 52.8% earlier this year, Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows. That’s the lowest-ever level, according to BLS records that go back to 1947.

A rare skeleton of Nanotyrannus, a smaller T. rex relative, has sold at auction at Sotheby’s in New York for $47.3 million, after a 12-minute bidding war among six contenders.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pushed out the Pentagon's top planning officer as President Donald Trump weighs new strikes against Iran, a source familiar with the situation tells CNN.

A localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the occupied city of Oleshky that First Lady Melania Trump helped to broker has now gone into effect, officials on both sides said Tuesday.

The Justice Department failed to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson over her testimony about President Trump's role in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, sources say.

A Minnesota county attorney is charging right-wing influencers James O'Keefe and Cameron Higby with felony counts of unlawful voting and identity theft, alleging that the two claimed other voters' identities while visiting polling places with concealed cameras during the state's August primary. The two did not immediately respond to email requests for comment on the charges.

Anthropic filed for an initial public offering in what could become one of the largest stock market debuts in history. What does Anthropic’s chatbot, Claude, think about the big IPO? CNN's David Goldman asked.

A storm will track through the central United States on Election Day and could influence voter turnout for key races in the region.

Alon, Tal and Oren Alexander – three brothers who once lived at the height of wealth and society in New York and Miami – were each sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for sex trafficking and other crimes.

A Swiss woman being treated for Ebola in Nigeria was medically evacuated to Switzerland with her husband, officials said. Nigerian authorities have continued monitoring 52 people who had been in contact with her.

Before there was toothpaste, there was coconut oil. Without a toothbrush in hand, many of our ancestors pulled oil between their teeth. The ancient tradition has had a revival:

There is no clear winner in Israel's elections as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival appear short of outright victory, exit polls suggest

Months after immigration agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, his parents are accusing the Department of Justice of violating a federal victims' rights law as they demand transparency and justice in their son's death.

The Milwaukee Brewers have won the World Series, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays in five games to achieve the first title in the franchise's history.

DNA connects serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of a Utah teenager, authorities announced, more than 50 years after her body was discovered by a hunter.

A federal judge extended an order blocking tree removal from a DC golf course President Donald Trump is seeking to renovate, while imposing new notice requirements on any other major changes the administration looks to make on the golf course grounds.

The Trump administration is ejecting a Cuban diplomat from the US, a decision that comes after a shouting match between US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz and the Cuban diplomat during a United Nations session on the US economic embargo against Cuba — and as administration officials increasingly raise the specter of US action on the island.

CNN, MS NOW and Politico have amended their lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s White House press ban, citing “continued retaliatory and viewpoint-discriminatory deprivation” by the Trump administration.

Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro has left Brazil and is headed to the United States after losing Sunday's presidential election, two sources have confirmed to CNN.

A federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration's unprecedented attempt to force California to set aside votes from 20,000 people it claims are noncitizens.

Jay-Z announced he will perform at the Super Bowl LXI halftime show in February. He has served in an advisory role to the NFL through his company Roc Nation since 2019.

Police in South Carolina closed the investigation into actress Hayden Panettiere's death after it was determined she died of an accidental drug overdose, the Greenville police department said.

The Trump administration acted to ease access to unproven peptide drugs favored by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. FDA scientific staffers had little input on the decision and opposed the changes, according to six people familiar with its development.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will sign an executive order to protect the iconic Pacific Coast Highway from the impacts of El Niño-related storms as a potentially stormy winter approaches.

The Justice Department criminally charged former FBI Director James Comey for the third time. Comey is charged over allegedly leaking a sensitive national security document when he was FBI director in October 2016, according to court records made public Monday.

A 28-year-old convicted murderer serving a life sentence escaped through a Tennessee prison's fence on Sunday before stealing a truck and driving off — and has not yet been located, according to Tennessee authorities.

Breaking: A federal judge denied the Trump administration's bid to force California to set aside 20,000 mail ballots it claims could be from noncitizens.

Susan Saint James, who costarred with Rock Hudson in the 1970s TV crime series "McMillan & Wife" and later costarred with Jane Curtin in the sitcom "Kate & Allie" in the 1980s, has died. She was 80.

Walter Koenig, who played exuberant Russian navigator Pavel Chekov on the original “Star Trek” series and many of the franchise’s ensuing films, has died at the age of 90.

Harry Kane and Alèxia Putellas were named the best men’s and women’s soccer players in the world at the Ballon d’Or ceremony.