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By Heather Long WASHINGTON — (CNN) Donald Trump has put OPEC on notice. As OPEC meets Wednesday in Vienna, this could be one of its last chances to assert its power before Trump takes office. &#...

By Catherine E. Shoichet, Joshua Berlinger, Marilia Brocchetto and Fernando Ramos WASHINGTON — (CNN) In the mountains of Colombia, rescuers combed wreckage for survivors. Outside a stadium in Br...

By Max Blau, Emanuella Grinberg and Shimon Prokupecz [Breaking news update, posted at 3:34 p.m. ET] Authorities believe Abdul Razak Ali Artan, who attacked pedestrians Monday at the Ohio State Univers...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Dozens of people have been arrested during nationwide demonstrations for a $15 minimum wage. Los Angeles police said they took 40 people into custody during protests, part of ...

By Ariane de Vogue WASHINGTON — (CNN) Five Supreme Court justices Tuesday seemed to agree with arguments that a Texas death row inmate should not be executed because he is intellectually disable...

Alicia AbelsonWMAL.comWASHINGTON — (WMAL) Bei Bei, the one-year-old giant panda cub at the Smithsonian National Zoo, is all smiles during his recovery from an emergency lifesaving surgery on Fri...

NEW YORK — (CNN) President-elect Donald Trump has selected Georgia Representative Tom Price, an ardent critic of Obamacare, to head the Department of Health and Human Services, according to an o...

GATLINBURG, TN — (CNN) Fanned by strong winds and the Southeast’s worst drought in nearly a decade, at least 14 fires burned in and around Gatlinburg, Tennessee, forcing evacuations from t...

MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA — (CNN) Authorities say they’ve found a sixth survivor of a plane crash in Colombia. The man was found under the fuselage, according to Mauricio Parodi, a local disaster...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) President-elect Donald Trump met Monday with former Gen. David Petraeus and Tuesday will sit with Mitt Romney as he looks to fill out his Cabinet. Trump will also sit down Tue...