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NAIROBI — (CNN) President Barack Obama is not just heading to his father’s homeland, but to a region that’s a hotbed of terror.Al-Shabaab militants in East Africa are now posing new ...

NEW YORK — (CNN) About 7.5 million Americans paid an average penalty of $200 for not having health insurance in 2014 — the first year most Americans were required to have coverage under th...

NEW YORK — (CNN) Donald Trump’s boisterous personality is fueling his campaign, but the billionaire businessman insists there is also a more dignified side to him. In an interview with CNN...

CHARLESTON, SC — (CNN) A federal grand jury in South Carolina has returned a 33-count indictment against Charleston church shooting defendant Dylann Roof, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announce...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Ikea is giving away free fixes for its drawers and dressers after two children were killed when the drawers fell on top of them.The furniture maker issued a repair program in ...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Speaking to reporters Wednesday, Department of Defense spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis reiterated the existing department policy of not supporting arming all military personnel.Law...

UPDATE — Describing the July 16 shooting at the Chattanooga Navy operations support center, Marine Maj. Gen. Paul W. Brier said “some (Marines) willingly ran back into the fight” aft...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is ready to strike.The Democratic presidential candidate, who has been drawing thousands of supporters at rallies in early-voting states, is set to...

FERGUSON — (CNN) The city of Ferguson, Missouri, named Andre Anderson, an African-American, as its interim police chief Wednesday morning.Anderson said Wednesday that his first plan of action is...

CHATTANOOGA, TN — (CNN) Chattanooga shooter Mohammad Abdulazeez conducted Internet searches on martyrdom as recently as a day before his shooting rampage took the lives of five service members i...