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A majority of House Democrats are now on record publicly supporting an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, according to a CNN count -- a sign of momentum for pro-impeachment lawmakers that is likely to ramp up pressure on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democratic leaders.

A granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy died, the Kennedy family said in a statement Thursday.

Boris Johnson's job just got even harder.

Japan dropped South Korea as a preferred trading partner on Friday, escalating a dispute that threatens the global supply chain for smartphones and electronic devices.

A strong earthquake has struck the west coast of Indonesia Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

After months of record temperatures, scientists say Greenland's ice sheet experienced its biggest melt of the summer on Thursday, losing 11 billion tons of surface ice to the ocean -- equivalent to 4.4 million Olympic swimming pools.

A damaged reservoir in northern England is threatening to collapse and submerge the town of Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire, prompting authorities to evacuate hundreds of homes in an emergency operation.

President Donald Trump slapped new sanctions on Russia for its poisoning of an ex-spy in the United Kingdom in 2018, a move that combines months of delay from the Trump administration and mounting pressure from Congress for the President to act.

The ex-president of a leading Portuguese soccer team will stand trial along with 43 other defendants for allegedly ordering an assault on the club's football players in May 2018, a judge ruled in Lisbon on Thursday.

The death of Robert F. Kennedy's granddaughter adds to a series of tragedies that have befallen America's most prominent political dynasty for generations.

The United States announced Friday it has formally withdrawn from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Moscow, putting an end to a landmark arms control pact that has limited the development of ground-based missiles with a range of 500 to 5,500 kilometers.

Lagos traffic is so snarled and gridlocked that a recent trip from the airport to Ajah, on Lagos Island -- a journey shorter than 50 kilometers -- took me eight hours. That was two hours longer than my flight from Istanbul to Nigeria.

Two men sentenced to death for multiple murders have been executed in Japan -- the first time the death penalty has been used in the country this year.

Double-bed business class airplane seats might be the dream for passengers, but for airlines, such sprawling annexation of prime cabin real estate may not be quite so appealing.

Britain's pro-European Liberal Democrats have beaten the governing Conservatives in a special by-election, striking a major blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and reducing his already narrow working majority in Parliament to just one.

Eight people have been arrested in Hong Kong, including the leader of a banned pro-independence party, for possession of offensive weapons and suspected bomb-making materials, as the city prepares for another weekend of anti-government demonstrations.

Women in Saudi Arabia will finally be allowed to hold passports and travel abroad without the consent of a male guardian, a policy shift that marks a significant loosening of the Kingdom's notorious restrictions on women.

Tech stocks in Asia took a beating Friday after US President Donald Trump announced another round of tariffs on the country.

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard on Thursday called Syrian leader Bashar Assad a "brutal dictator" as her previous comments about the leader face increased scrutiny following a breakout performance at Wednesday's Democratic presidential debate.

President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed "the far-left's destructive agenda" for poverty and crime in American inner cities, broadening his effort to tie Democrats to poverty-stricken neighborhoods even as he resisted naming names to avoid being "controversial."

"Transitioning or surgeries does not give you perfect bodies," reads a message by one transgender man, written by hand over an image of his own half-naked body.

On August 9, 1969, Los Angeles awoke to murders literal and symbolic. Actress Sharon Tate and four others were brutally killed at her Beverly Hills home by members of the Manson Family. It was the crime of the decade and the one that many believe ended the 1960s.

Facebook said Thursday it had found evidence of something cyber security and national security experts have long suspected: people tied to the government of Saudi Arabia have been running covert campaigns on Facebook and Instagram in a bid to prop up support for the kingdom and attack its enemies.

The single prop KR2 made a dramatic emergency landing on busy street in Washington state after a fuel system malfunction.

The top US Navy SEAL recently sent a blistering letter to the force, writing in boldface type, "We have a problem," following several high profile incidents of alleged misbehavior by the US Navy's elite service members, CNN has learned.

Shukri Shehab and his wife have not slept in two nights. Their three-week-old granddaughter will not stop crying. She needs simple medicine for bloating, Shehab says, but it is nearly impossible for them to find.

North Korea has made its second projectile launch this week, a senior US official tells CNN.

Yes, there's an asteroid bigger than the Empire State building passing by Earth. No, it's not anything to worry about -- it's actually pretty normal.

President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that he will add a new tariff on $300 billion of Chinese-made products on September 1, which would effectively put a tax on all Chinese goods coming into the United States.

Miners blocked the tracks of a coal train in Kentucky on multiple days as part of a standoff between a coal company that filed for bankruptcy and left nearly 400 workers without work and pay for a month. CNN's Alexandra Fields reports.

The Justice Department inspector general's office referred former FBI Director James Comey for potential prosecution over his handling of memos that the FBI later determined contained classified information, a person familiar with the matter confirmed Thursday.

Shortly before midnight on Thursday, a South Korean thermal observation device identified a mysterious heat spot floating down the Imjin River on the North Korean border.

American rapper A$AP Rocky was brought to court in handcuffs for the second day of his assault trial in Sweden on Thursday, in a case being monitored from the courtroom by US President Donald Trump's special envoy for hostage affairs.

Juan Rodriguez's 1-year-old twins died after being left in a hot car for eight hours. Thursday morning, he is expected to appear in court to face charges in connection with their deaths.

After completing its first year of observations in the southern sky, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has spotted some intriguing new exoplanets only 31 light-years away from Earth.

Ashley Wagner has chosen to speak up.

The New York Police Department officer at the center of the arrest that allegedly led to Eric Garner's death is expected to learn as early as Friday the latest decision in a process that could end his career, two senior law enforcement officials and a city official told CNN.

The bitter saga surrounding Gareth Bale's future at Real Madrid has taken a new twist -- on a golf course.

Burger King will start selling its meatless Whopper across the United States on August 8, the biggest rollout for Impossible's plant-based product.

One of Felicity Huffman's former "Desperate Housewives" co-stars has some words of praise for her.

A South Korean cult leader has been sentenced to six years in jail for holding some 400 followers captive in Fiji and subjecting them to violence and abuse.

A "burqa ban" came into force in the Netherlands Thursday, but there are doubts over whether it will be applied in practice.

Shukri Shehab and his wife have not slept in two nights. Their three-week-old granddaughter will not stop crying. She needs simple medicine for bloating, Shehab says, but it is nearly impossible for them to find.

The London Stock Exchange has agreed to buy financial data provider Refinitiv, creating a British rival to industry juggernaut Bloomberg.

Asian carp are a serious problem, and Kentucky is getting creative in dealing with the invasive species.

Under relentless attack midway through Wednesday's Democratic presidential debate, Joe Biden said: "Everybody's talking about how terrible I am on all these issues."