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CNN's Shimon Prokupecz is in Times Square where subway riders are stranded at the station due to torrential rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida. New York has declared a state of emergency.

Indian Kashmir veteran separatist politician Syed Ali Shah Geelani died on Wednesday night in Srinagar, prompting authorities to deploy troops around the city and shut down the internet as a precautionary measure. He was 91 years old.

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More than a dozen Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee joined with Republicans to easily approve a measure boosting the Pentagon's budget by $24 billion as part of a debate for a sweeping defense bill that authorizes spending levels and outlines priorities for the US military.

Solo travel wasn't considered safe, ideal or trendy for Indian women 25 years ago.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is offering a glimpse of the Donald Trump-inspired authoritarian streak likely to animate a Republican majority if the party triumphs in next year's midterm elections.

All eyes are on a state that backed President Joe Biden by nearly 30 points, where Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly 2-to-1, to see if voters will oust their Democratic governor. At first glance, the numbers wouldn't seem to make it possible, but the political climate has created some unpredictable crosswinds for Gov. Gavin Newsom this year.

CNN's Don Lemon and meteorologist Pedram Javaheri discuss the severe weather across the Northeast as the remnants of Ida cause heavy wind and rainfall across the region.

For the first time since R. Kelly and Aaliyah's 1994 wedding, the minister who officiated spoke publicly about it as he testified Wednesday under subpoena at Kelly's criminal trial.

Gophers goofing around, a laughing snake and racoons seemingly sharing their secrets are among the shortlisted images for the 2021 Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards.

One of "America's Got Talent's" youngest contestants, Peter Rosalita, shows he is unflappable after a miscue at the start of his vocal performance.

North Carolina's Winston-Salem police confirmed in a tweet on Wednesday that a shooting had occurred at Mount Tabor High School.

With the US withdrawal from Afghanistan officially complete, the White House is set to begin the difficult process of reviewing the chaotic and deadly evacuation operation that lurched into high gear after Kabul fell to the Taliban, forcing Biden officials to confront how they got things wrong in Afghanistan and ramping up the blame game inside the administration.

Joe Rogan, one of the world's highest paid and most influential podcast hosts, announced Wednesday he has tested positive for Covid-19 and said he'd embarked on a fringe treatment regime.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that "there isn't going to be an impeachment" of President Joe Biden over the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, noting that Democrats control the House and Senate.

A Colorado grand jury indicted five Aurora police officers and paramedics involved in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who was confronted by police while walking home from a store, wrestled to the ground and then injected with ketamine.

CNN's Barbara Starr asked Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about the pain and anger he said he was feeling about the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

A video released on social media allegedly shows the Taliban celebrating with a military parade after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. CNN has not been able to independently verify the authenticity of the video.

Alexis McGill, CEO and President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, speaks with CNN's Jim Sciutto after Texas enacted a law that bars abortions at six weeks. There is no exception for rape or incest, although there is an exemption for "medical emergencies."

Casandra shouts to her sister as she races to her bedroom.

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President Joe Biden may have ended the "forever war" but the dangerous loose ends he left behind in Afghanistan could still thwart his attempt to throw everything at his top priority domestic goals.

Afghanistan may not be part of the Middle East but its geopolitical fate has for decades been inextricably linked to that of the nearby region.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to meet with President Joe Biden in Washington on Wednesday, the culmination of a years-long struggle to get a White House visit locked up that -- at one point -- saw him at the center of US politics.

An oil spill that originated from Syria's largest refinery is growing and spreading across the Mediterranean Sea, and could reach the island of Cyprus by Wednesday, Cypriot authorities have said.

The Caldor Fire, which has forced the evacuation of thousands of people from a popular California tourist town, is now threatening more than 34,000 structures after already destroying hundreds of homes, officials said.

Heavyweight global investment firms are sticking with China despite a sweeping crackdown on business by the ruling Communist Party that has wiped $3 trillion off the market value of the country's biggest companies.

A controversial Texas law that bars abortions at six weeks went into effect early Wednesday morning after the Supreme Court and a federal appeals court failed to rule on pending emergency requests brought by abortion providers.

A long road to recovery is ahead for Gulf Coast residents impacted by Hurricane Ida, and now some families are scrambling to stock up on food and gas as supplies in the region dwindle.

Search and rescue efforts are underway after a US Navy helicopter crashed off the San Diego coast Tuesday, officials said.

China's big tech players across the board -- from e-commerce platforms to ride-hailing companies to video game firms to education tech groups -- have been targeted by government regulation. CNN's Kristie Lu Stout looks at how Beijing's master plan for its tech sector is emerging from the ongoing tech takedown.

As US troops left Afghanistan, the Taliban inspected military equipment abandoned by Afghanistan's army and the US military. The commander of US Central Command says the American hardware has been demilitarized and is no longer operational. CNN's Sam Kiley reports.

Six members of an Islamist militant group were sentenced to death on Tuesday by a court in Bangladesh for the brutal killing of two gay rights campaigners five years ago.

KISS is postponing four tour dates after Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley tested positive for coronavirus, according to a statement from the band.

President Joe Biden spoke to the nation Tuesday on the end of the war in Afghanistan, defending the chaotic withdrawal from Kabul a day after the last American military planes left the country, concluding the nation's longest war nearly 20 years after it began.

Social Security will have to cut benefits by 2034 if Congress does nothing to address the program's long-term funding shortfall, according to an annual report released Tuesday by the Social Security and Medicare trustees.

President Biden vowed to help Americans remaining in Afghanistan leave the country following the US military withdrawal.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is expanding his efforts to convince more Americans to get vaccinated against Covid-19 with a new public service announcement available for TV stations to air nationwide.