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WASHINGTON — (CNN) The crashing oil price is taking ever more casualties. Oil’s slump to 13-year lows has led to savage cutbacks in investments by energy companies. Industry consultancy Wo...

LONDON — (CNN) Alan Rickman, the British actor who played the brooding Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films years after his film debut as the “Die Hard” villain Hans Gru...

CHARLESTON, SC — (CNN) The field of candidates fighting for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination is dwindling, leaving seven to compete in the prime-time GOP debate hosted by Fox...

JAKARTA, INDONESIA — At least two people were killed after armed men carried out gun and bomb attacks in the heart of the Indonesian capital of Jakarta.Five attackers also died, police said. A m...

CHARLESTON, SC — (CNN) Ted Cruz responded directly to Republican presidential rival Donald Trump’s questions about his natural born citizenship status on Wednesday, saying he only raised c...

DES MOINES, IA — (CNN) The $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot — the largest lottery prize in history — will be split at least three ways.One winning ticket was sold in Chino Hills, Calif...

HOUSTON — (CNN) Plummeting oil prices are wreaking havoc on stock markets, and they’re also causing problems for some housing markets.Foreclosure filings on a national level dropped to a n...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Secretary of State John Kerry spoke to his Iranian counterpart, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, at least five times Tuesday while U.S. Navy sailors were in Iranian custo...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Al Jazeera America will shut down on April 30 after a little more than two years on the air. The news was announced at a sudden staff-wide meeting on Wednesday afternoon. The ...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Scores of rescuers worked into the night Wednesday looking for victims of an avalanche that struck in the French Alps, killing three people after overwhelming students and a U...