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WASHINGTON — (CNN) Rick Perry dropped his bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Friday, as his campaign was unable to overcome deep financial problems that left him without enough mo...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Ben Carson said in Ferguson, Missouri, on Friday that police need to respect African-Americans, but he said black communities need to respect law enforcement as well. “I...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Mountain Turnpike twists through dense oak, hickory and spruce trees and keeps winding, like a slithering snake, through the mountains that separate Virginia and West Virginia...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) A crane collapsed Friday at one of Islam’s most important mosques — Mecca’s Masjid al-Haram, or Grand Mosque — killing at least 87 people and injuring ...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) A security guard shot a man who allegedly stabbed his girlfriend in Washington’s Union Station on Friday, D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier told CNN. Both the female stabbi...

 NEW YORK — (CNN) Donald Trump took to social media on Friday to announce that he had just purchased NBC’s half of the Miss Universe Organization, which puts on the telecast for the M...

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...