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After a Russian court sentenced WNBA star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for a drug smuggling conviction on Thursday, the player's supporters, teammates and numerous US officials swiftly condemned the decision, many concerned that her detention is being used to advance Russia's agenda in the Ukraine war.

Multiple people were injured, including two police officers, when a car drove through a parade in the city of Gallup, New Mexico, on Thursday night, authorities said.

At least 13 people have been killed and 35 injured after a fire broke out in the early hours of Friday at a nightclub in Thailand, police said.

China said it fired missiles over the island of Taiwan for the first time on Thursday, escalating tensions in the region as US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Japan, whose leaders lodged a protest with Beijing after five projectiles landed near Japanese islands.

CNN's Tom Foreman explains the tech behind the Hellfire R9X missile, nicknamed the "Flying Ginsu," a secretive weapon that is believed to use kinetic energy and metal blades to eliminate a target with minimal collateral damage.

Closing arguments are expected Thursday in WNBA star Brittney Griner's drug-smuggling trial in Russia amid concerns that she is being used as a political pawn in the country's war on Ukraine.

Anyone wanting to summit Europe's tallest peak, Mont Blanc, may soon have to put up a €15,000 (about $15,300) deposit to cover possible rescue and funeral costs under plans announced by a local mayor fed up with the "contempt" of risk-taking climbers.

The world's second highest mountain, K2 in Pakistan, has welcomed a record-breaking number of climbers this year amid a post-pandemic surge of summit fever.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney calls Donald Trump a "coward" in a new TV ad supporting his daughter, Liz Cheney, in her reelection campaign.

Right-wing talk show host Alex Jones will have to pay the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim a little more than $4 million in compensatory damages, a jury decided Thursday, capping a stunning and dramatic case that showcased for the public the real-world harm inflicted by viral conspiracy theories.

Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup -- he's won them all.

In an exclusive interview with CNN, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) talks to Kasie Hunt about the House select committee investigating January 6 and former President Donald Trump.

Ten miners have been trapped in a flooded coal mine in northern Mexico for over 24 hours, as rescuers battle to reach them.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that a congressional delegation traveled to South Korea and visited the Demilitarized Zone.

The Taliban have claimed they were not aware that al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was residing in the Afghan capital of Kabul where the US said he was killed in a drone strike over the weekend.

Bibi the hippo gave birth Wednesday night, the Cincinnati Zoo said in a tweet Thursday.

US officials believe Russia is preparing to falsify evidence to blame Ukrainian forces for last week's deadly blast at the Olenivka prison ahead of visits to the site by outside parties.

The surprising discovery of mammoth fossils in a paleontologist's backyard have led to an even more unexpected finding.

"Chicago" is Broadway's longest-running revival -- and even after more than 25 years, the production is still making history.

President Joe Biden on Thursday said the nine-year sentence handed down to WNBA star Brittney Griner by a Russian court for drug smuggling is "unacceptable."

A Texas judge on Thursday denied a request for a mistrial from the attorney for right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in a trial that will decide how much in damages is awarded to the parents of a Sandy Hook victim who won a default judgment against Jones.

Four current and former Louisville Metro Police Department officers involved in the deadly raid on Breonna Taylor's home were arrested on Thursday and charged with civil rights offenses, unlawful conspiracies, unconstitutional use of force and obstruction offenses, Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a press conference Thursday.

Two-time Olympic medalist and seven-time WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner was found guilty in a Russia court of drug smuggling with criminal intent. Griner pleaded guilty to drug charges last month in what her lawyers say was an attempt to take responsibility and receive leniency. Griner was sentenced by the court to 9 years of jail time with a fine of 1 million rubles (roughly 16,400 USD), judge Anna Sotnikova of the Khimki city court said.

US House Speaker Pelosi may have left Taiwan, but the retaliation from China is only beginning. Beijing is staging what it claims is the largest ever military drills around Taiwan that simulate a blockade. CNN's Selina Wang reports.

Former President Donald Trump, who is weighing when to announce his expected third run for the Republican presidential nomination, will address a gathering of conservative activists here this weekend.

Central bankers in the United Kingdom have announced the biggest increase in interest rates in 27 years, as spiraling inflation continues to cripple millions of households' finances.

Chinese authorities have arrested a man suspected of killing three people and injuring six in a stabbing attack at a kindergarten in southern Jiangxi province Wednesday, according to local public security officials.

China has deployed ships and scrambled jets for live-fire exercises around Taiwan hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her delegation left the island. CNN's Will Ripley reports.

"This is probably bad ... for former President Trump."

An ordinary red-brick library in the southern English town of Reading is an unlikely backdrop for the latest front in the battle for equality for the LGBTQ+ community. But last week -- in scenes later repeated across the country-- Covid-19 conspiracists and far-right supporters lobbed homophobic and transphobic slurs at parents and children to try to stop the kids from meeting drag queens.

Six-time major champion Phil Mickelson and 10 other golfers on the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series filed an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday to challenge their suspensions by the PGA Tour.

Model and TV personality Chrissy Teigen announced Wednesday that she and her husband, musician John Legend, are expecting a baby.

During the Sandy Hook defamation trial, attorneys for the plaintiffs presented text messages from right-wing radio host Alex Jones that they say prove Jones lied about spreading misinformation about the Sandy Hook shooting and its victims. CNN's Miguel Marquez reports.

The link from the "you-will-not-replace-us" chant of the people carrying Tiki torches in Charlottesville five summers ago to the replacement-theory-rhetoric of Hungary's authoritarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is direct. And some democracy experts say that the march to the far right at this dangerous moment for American democracy makes it imperative that the media brings its A-game to their coverage of the Hungarian leader's appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this week in Dallas.

The Senate voted on Wednesday to approve a resolution to ratify membership for Sweden and Finland in NATO, a historic vote aimed at strengthening the defense bloc amid Russia's war in Ukraine.