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HAVANA — (CNN) Cuba will free 3,522 prisoners ahead of Pope Francis’ visit next week to the Caribbean island, the Cuban government announced Friday.“It’s a humanitarian gesture...

BALTIMORE — (CNN) Embattled Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Friday that she will not seek re-election, saying a political campaign would take time away from the city’s a...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on Friday by applauding first responders and the military and praising his bro...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Sounding more unsure about a run for president than he has to date, Vice President Joe Biden told Stephen Colbert in an emotional interview that he’s far from ready to m...

NEW YORK — (CNN) Bells will toll and tears will flow as the nation marks a dark day in sorrowful yet hopeful ceremonies. Fourteen years ago today, terrorists hijacked passenger planes and rammed...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) A controversial decision to require large food franchises to pay workers a $15 minimum wage in New York State got final approval Thursday, after the State Labor Commissioner s...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) President Barack Obama has ordered his administration to “scale up” the number of Syrian refugees admitted to the United States in the coming year, directing his t...

(CNN) — A Baltimore judge on Thursday denied the defendants’ motion to move the Freddie Gray trials out of Baltimore.“The citizens of Baltimore are not monolithic. They think for the...

(CNN) — This season’s Super Bowl logo will look very different from its predecessors as the NFL ditches the Roman numerals in favor of standard Arabic numerals.The new logo will read: Supe...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Donald Trump has become the first Republican presidential candidate to top 30% support in the race for the Republican nomination, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll, which finds ...