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JOHANNESBURG — (CNN) A surfing competition in South Africa was canceled Sunday after professional surfer Mick Fanning escaped a shark attack in the opening minutes of the final heat.Organizers o...

LOS ANGELES — (CNN) Hackers broke into the massive hospital network of the University of California, Los Angeles, accessing computers with sensitive records of 4.5 million people. Patient names,...

NEW YORK — (CNN) Gawker did something unprecedented on Friday. The New York-based gossip site that typically revels in controversy removed a post that had prompted an avalanche of condemnations....

MEXICO CITY — (CNN) On the night that Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman escaped from prison, it took 18 minutes for guards to arrive at his cell after they lost sight of...

NEW YORK — (CNN) Jon Stewart is bound to have many big name guests during his final run at “The Daily Show,” but only one will be presidential. President Obama will make his seventh ...

SYDNEY — (CNN) A year after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine, harrowing video footage has emerged that appears to show Russian-speaking fighters rifling through the belongi...

LISTEN: Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke and Chattanooga Police Chief speak at press conference: https://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2015/07/Chattanooga-PC-Cuts.mp3 UPDATE: The Associated Pr...

DENVER — (CNN) The man who opened fire inside an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater three years ago is about to learn his fate. James Holmes, who has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, faces...

DES MOINES — (CNN) With 15 official Republican presidential candidates, evangelicals have something they haven’t had as much of in previous cycles: choices. And lots of them. But while eva...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) President Obama was clearly annoyed by the tone of a reporter’s question when he asked if the president was “content” with the Iran nuclear deal that left fo...