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Jussie Smollett's career awaits outcome of his case

When Jussie Smollett released his debut album "Sum of My Music" last year, he was riding high.

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National Study Finds Americans Do Not Know The Facts Or Their Risk For Heart Disease

While 7 out of 10 Americans acknowledge heart disease as the number one killer of both men and women, a national survey conducted by MDVIP and Ipsos finds that people still worry more about cancer (62 percent) than they do a heart attack (55 percent). A staggering 62 percent of Americans failed the "Heart Attack IQ" quiz, proving a concerning lack of knowledge about heart disease, the risk factors and prevention.

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Trump's allies get set for fierce fight over emergency declaration

President Donald Trump's allies are mounting a stiff defense of his declaration of a national emergency amid increasing signs that the biggest threat to his border wall now comes not from Congress, but the courts.

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The top nine reasons to visit Houston in 2019

From its integral role in the world's first moon landing 50 years ago this July to a new lineup of appealing options in the arts and culinary scenes, Houston has never been more ripe for exploration.

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Science being 'debunked:' Why are some countries making a vaccine U-turn?

More than a century before Facebook, anti-vaccination campaigners had another method for spreading their message -- an eye-catching march through town with tiny children's coffins emblazoned with the words: "Another victim of vaccination."

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The Ethiopian migrants braving Yemen's war to find a better life in Saudi Arabia

They trudge, exhausted, along the desolate winding road to Obock in northern Djibouti, flanked on either side by a black, alien landscape created millennia ago by volcanic eruptions.

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California AG Becerra says states to sue over Trump's national emergency declaration

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is preparing to file a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration, Becerra told CNN's Kate Bolduan Monday.

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Shooter in deadly Illinois rampage was not supposed to own a gun, police say

Gary Martin took a gun into work Friday, a pistol he didn't legally own.

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Airbus Beluga XL spreads its wings at long last

It's almost here. One of the aviation world's most hotly anticipated planes, the Airbus Beluga XL, has just completed a key round of testing at Hawarden Airport in Wales, ahead of entering service later this year.

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Klobuchar to make presidential pitch in CNN town hall

Sen. Amy Klobuchar will take to the national stage on Monday headlining a CNN town hall in New Hampshire to make her most public case yet for why she should be the next President of the United States.

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Trump expected to ramp up pressure on Venezuela's Maduro in speech

President Donald Trump is expected to urge Venezuelan military officials to back the country's self-declared interim president Juan Guaido and allow humanitarian aid to flow into Venezuela.

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How Jackie Robinson’s Wife, Rachel, Helped Him Break Baseball’s Color Line

Jackie Robinson, who would have turned 100 on Jan. 31, is often remembered for his courage, athleticism, tenacity and sacrifice. By confronting Jim Crow – both as a baseball player and as a civil rights activist – he changed America.

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Black America’s ‘Bleaching Syndrome’

For black Americans, skin color is a complex topic. Whenever a black celebrity lightens his or her skin – whether it’s pop star Michael Jackson, retired baseball player Sammy Sosa or rapper Nicki Minaj – they’re usually greeted with widespread ridicule. Some accuse them of self-loathing, while many in the African-American community view it as a rejection of black identity.

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Wisconsin Senate Refuses to Honor Colin Kaepernick

Republicans who control the Wisconsin Senate refused to mention NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick in a resolution honoring Black History Month passed Wednesday, rejecting calls from Democrats who said ignoring the Milwaukee native put them on the wrong side of history.

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Is Another Voting-Rights Lawsuit Against Texas School District a Sign of More to Come?

Another Dallas-area school district has been sued in federal court over allegations that it is making it hard for residents of color to get elected, adversely affecting the education of minority and low-income children.

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f Donald Trump signs this border funding compromise, it's a MASSIVE capitulation

Lost amid this will-he-won't-he-sign-it debate over President Donald Trump's decision on the border funding compromise bill is this fundamental fact: If Trump does sign this legislation, it is a massive capitulation by the President on the issue that more than any other animated his 2016 victory.

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Man test drives Buick off car dealership lot, never returns it

A man is accused of grand theft auto after test driving a Buick off a Florida car dealership lot and never returning it.

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About 86 million in the northern half of US are under some kind of winter warning, watch or advisory right now

Severe weather is expected to stretch from coast to coast Tuesday, with about 86 million people under some sort of winter alert, millions facing a flood threat and more snow on the way in Seattle.

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Trump 'not happy' with deal, weighing options for building wall

President Donald Trump voiced displeasure Tuesday at a border security deal struck by congressional negotiators, hinting it may not meet his requirements for constructing a wall.

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'A new era on guns:' Gun-safety groups look to 2020 a year after Parkland

Nearly a year after a gunman massacred 17 students and staffers at a Parkland, Florida, high school, the political landscape on guns has shifted.