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Jim Belushi believes pot would have saved his brother John

Actor Jim Belushi is so pro-cannabis that he's now in the industry and says he believes his brother John would still be alive if he had been a "pot head."

CNN team was tracked by Russian operatives in Central African Republic, Bellingcat investigation shows

A new investigation has found evidence that CNN journalists in the Central African Republic (CAR) last year were subject to constant surveillance by a team of Russian operatives.

CNN team was tracked by Russian operatives in Central African Republic, Bellingcat investigation shows

A new investigation has found evidence that CNN journalists in the Central African Republic (CAR) last year were subject to constant surveillance by a team of Russian operatives.

"These things can't continue to happen": Woman speaks to News4 after botched MNPD raid

Azaria Hines, the woman who was at home when Metro Police mistakenly raided the wrong apartment, says she hasn't had much sleep since the incident.

Germans could legally have to let their dogs out twice a day

Dog owners in Germany could be legally required to let their pets out at least twice a day for a total of one hour under the terms of proposed new regulations.

Alibaba sales soar but US crackdown may be looming

China's economy has bounced back from the Covid-19 outbreak in China's Wuhan province. That's great news for Alibaba, the e-commerce and cloud giant. But the company also acknowledged the threat of being caught up in the burgeoning trade war between …

Problems at the post office could devastate these small businesses

Delays in mail delivered by the United States Postal Service have impacted veterans waiting to receive their medication and threatened mail-in voting in November. They're also hurting America's small businesses.

UNC fiasco reveals truth about reopening colleges

In April, the interim president of the University of North Carolina announced that he wanted all of UNC campuses to re-open in the fall. In August, the UNC Board of Governors announced their mandate that campuses reopen. Last week they …

MNPD: 3 officers decommissioned following execution of search warrant on innocent family's home

Metro Nashville Police have decommissioned three officers after police executed a search warrant at an innocent family's home.

Teachers and students shouldn't be Covid-19 experiments in the fall

I'm watching my third grader ride her bike out the living room window while I work. I'm equal parts enchanted by her imagination and saddened by it. It didn't used to be that way. Back when school and friends took …

What I fear about remote learning

I'm a Black woman starting remote education this fall, and I'm worried about what it means for my future.

Harris dominated the conversation in the lead up to the convention

California Sen. Kamala Harris' addition to the Democratic ticket dominated the things Americans heard, read or saw about former Vice President Joe Biden in the days leading up to the Democratic convention. And she came close to unseating coronavirus as …

Seven takeaways from the DNC's third night

The nation's most prominent Democrats on Wednesday night sought to instill a sense of urgency in voters that was absent four years ago, when Donald Trump was elected President.

Obama issues a dire warning about American democracy in stunning rebuke of Trump

From the Philadelphia ground where the American experiment was born, one former president -- in a stunning prime-time address to the nation he once led -- warned that his successor was on the cusp of destroying democracy itself.

Transcript: Hillary Clinton's DNC speech

Read former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's speech from the 2020 Democratic National Convention, as prepared for delivery: