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Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted in April on state murder charges for killing George Floyd, pleaded guilty to federal civil rights charges at a change of plea hearing Wednesday in US District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Boris Johnson suffered the worst crisis of his premiership on Tuesday night, as weeks of scandal and sleaze culminated in a mass rebellion by many of his own Conservative lawmakers.

German police searched several locations in the eastern state of Saxony on Wednesday as part of an investigation into what they said was a plot to murder the state's prime minister, Michael Kretschmer, by anti-vaccination activists.

A federal judge on Tuesday dealt a blow to former President Donald Trump's bid to keep his tax returns from Congress, ruling that the Treasury Department could disclose them to the House committee that requested them more than two years ago.

A German court on Wednesday found Russian citizen Vadim Krasikov guilty of the August 2019 murder of Tornike Khangoshvili, an ethnic Chechen of Georgian nationality, in a central Berlin park, and sentenced him to life imprisonment.

Grammy-winning singer Billie Eilish has spoken about an addiction to watching pornography, starting at age 11, and how it gave her nightmares and messed her up when she started dating.

New York City will get its first female police commissioner to lead the nation's largest police department, after Mayor-elect Eric Adams picked Nassau County Chief of Detectives Keechant Sewell.

France's transport minister said on Wednesday there was no suggestion at this stage that a fatal accident in Paris involving a Tesla Model 3 taxi was caused by a technical fault.

The Airbus A380 superjumbo holds a special place in many aviation fans' hearts -- and when the last of its kind made its final test flight, it returned that love with a message in the sky.

Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta says footballers are ready and "waiting" to take part in another social media boycott if companies don't clamp down on abuse on their platforms.

It's undoubtedly one of the coolest hotels in the world, and Sweden's ICEHOTEL has just launched its 32nd incarnation with a touch of royal magic.

Talk of stagflation has been brewing for months. Now that toxic combination of stagnant economic growth and high inflation appears to have arrived in the United Kingdom.

From a YouTube star burying himself alive to a heartwarming video about autism, these are the top YouTube videos of 2021 in the United States.

China's economy is still struggling with real estate woes and fallout from sporadic Covid-19 lockdowns. Throw the global spread of the Omicron variant into the mix and it could be looking at a sharp slowdown next year.

President Joe Biden will travel to Kentucky on Wednesday in the wake of deadly tornadoes and severe storms that devastated the area, where he'll survey storm damage, meet with victims and deliver remarks.

Robert Lewandowski equaled Gerd Muller's Bundesliga record for most goals scored in a single calendar year after Bayern Munich crushedd Stuttgart 5-0 on Wednesday.

Tropical Storm Rai is steadily strengthening east of the southern Philippines and is on the verge of becoming a typhoon. The storm is on track to reach the southern and central portions of the country Thursday.

Toronto Police have released a video of a person they say is a suspect in the murders of Barry and Honey Sherman, the billionaire couple found murdered in their home in late 2017.

150 people are estimated to be stuck on the roof of a high rise building in Hong Kong, where a fire has broken out in one of the city's busiest districts, Wan Chai, according to police. CNN's Kristie Lu Stout reports.

Ten years ago, a user posted a question on Reddit: "When Ray Allen finally retires, is Steph Curry the greatest threat to his 3P made records?"

The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled that Russia had not done enough to curb domestic violence and ordered Moscow to pay substantial compensation to four women who were victims of brutal attacks.

Weibo, China's answer to Twitter, has long been a prime target for stringent online censorship thanks to its broad audience base and ability to help influence public opinion.

As thousands of people without homes or utilities try to recover from the deadliest day of tornadoes during the month of December in US history, efforts are now turning to the arduous tasks of rebuilding shattered communities.

The United Arab Emirates has suspended a multi-billion dollar deal to buy US-made F-35 fighter jets, in a sign of Abu Dhabi's growing frustration with Washington's attempts to limit Chinese technology sales to the oil-rich Gulf state.

Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham — finally — on Tuesday night addressed the now-public texts that they sent Mark Meadows during the insurrection in which they implored the former White House chief of staff to get then-President Trump to take action to curtail the violence occurring at the US Capitol.

O.J. Simpson was granted an early parole discharge last week, according to a statement from the Nevada Department of Public Safety.

A Tesla employee is accused of fatally shooting one of his coworkers outside of the company's manufacturing plant in Fremont, California, authorities said Tuesday.

Congress has acted to raise the national debt limit by $2.5 trillion and extend it into 2023 after lawmakers raced to avert a catastrophic default ahead of a critical midweek deadline.

A stand-up airplane seat, an overhead locker that's converted into a bed and a double-decker airplane cabin. These are some of the most eye-catching -- and unusual -- airplane seat designs to crop up in recent years, aiming to revolutionize the inflight experience.

The House of Representatives staked out a dramatic new defense of democracy by citing Mark Meadows for criminal contempt over his refusal to testify about Donald Trump's coup attempt on January 6.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has won a Parliament vote on so-called "Plan B" Covid-19 restrictions but suffered the biggest rebellion from within his Conservative Party since taking office in 2019. CNN's Salma Abdelaziz reports.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday withdrew his bid to become a senator, the same day his preferred successor quit the presidential race, adding to uncertainty about the mercurial leader's political future and the scope of his influence.

The House will vote Tuesday on Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar's legislation to create a special envoy to combat Islamophobia, a week after progressives introduced a separate resolution to strip Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of her committee assignments following her anti-Muslim comments calling the Minnesota Democrat a terrorist.

The Democratic-controlled House voted Tuesday night to recommend that the Department of Justice pursue criminal charges against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows for failing to appear for a deposition with the select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

The House votes to hold Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the January 6 committee. Author Chris Whipple reacts.

Australia's largest state, New South Wales (NSW), has announced its highest number of new Covid-19 cases in three months, with local officials attributing the rise to an outbreak of the highly transmissible Omicron variant.

China has detected its second case of the Omicron coronavirus variant in a traveler more than two weeks after he arrived in the country from overseas, posing a fresh challenge to the government's zero-Covid strategy.

When Jordan Baize came out of his basement, he found his home destroyed after tornadoes devastated the area. His piano was still standing so he decided to play a favorite hymn.

Sixty years after NASA set the goal, and three years after its Parker Solar Probe launched, the spacecraft has become the first to "touch the sun." The Parker Solar Probe has successfully flown through the sun's corona, or upper atmosphere, to sample particles and our star's magnetic fields.

Devin Nunes, currently the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, is ditching his 19-year career in Congress to become the chief executive officer of a new media and technology company founded by former President Donald Trump. Although there's nothing new in an elected official changing careers, this case involves the less usual circumstance of a ranking minority member of a key committee moving into a realm unrelated to his political experience.

Germany hasn't ordered enough vaccines nor stocked enough to keep its vaccination campaign going through the first quarter of the year, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said on Tuesday, amid fears that the country's fourth wave of the pandemic might continue to spiral out of control.

A former NFL player who fatally shot six people before taking his own life in South Carolina this year had "unusually severe" stage 2 CTE, a brain disease linked to head injuries, a Boston University neuropathologist said.

The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol released new text messages obtained from former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that were sent to him in the days leading up to the insurrection and while the Capitol was under siege.

Scores of people were killed late Monday after a tanker transporting gasoline exploded in Cap Haitien, Haiti's second largest city, according to Haiti officials.

During debate on the House floor over whether to charge former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows with criminal contempt, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) revealed new text messages that came in the wake of Trump's phone call with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp about the 2020 presidential election.

Toyota is pumping more than $35 billion into electric vehicles as it tries to catch up with other global automakers in the race to cleaner cars.