US retail sales on Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, climbed 4.1% compared with last year, according to data released Saturday by Mastercard SpendingPulse. Online shoppers alone ...

The Christmas Night Lights Parade saw dazzling trucks and trailers, decked out in Christmas Regalia, and a little drizzling ...

By Kristen Holmes, Alejandra Jaramillo, Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Palm Beach, Florida (CNN) — The United States continued its pressure campaign against Venezuela on Saturday as President Donald Trump ...

The award-winning British playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard has died, according to his talent agency United Agents. He was 88. Stoppard, who was born in Czechoslovakia, most recently won the ...

Folks, we’ve made it. The end of the year is upon us. As with every year, our theaters and smart TVs will be filled with a sometimes cheerful mix of heady award hopefuls, mind-numbing but merry ...

Aftyn Behn, the Democratic nominee for next week’s special election in a heavily Republican Tennessee congressional district, has made affordability concerns a centerpiece of her campaign messaging – ...

Ukrainian underwater drones have struck two tankers belonging to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet in the Black Sea, according to an official in Ukraine’s security services (SBU). Ukraine claimed the ...

After 6-year-old Etan Patz vanished on his way to a school bus stop one morning in 1979, his parents, their friends and neighbors frantically scoured the gritty industrial streets and back alleys of ...

For our CNN Travel roundup this Thanksgiving weekend, we’re bringing you a potluck of stories about love, family and friendship from around the world. Hold onto your dinner napkins, as there may be ...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And for the scandal-ridden Miss Universe pageant, this is proving a big part of the problem. Opaque and subjective voting criteria have made it difficult to ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson already had one of the toughest jobs in Washington: controlling an unruly GOP conference, with its razor-thin majority on the line next November. Now, with tensions sharply ...

Pope Leo XIV has made his first visit to a mosque since his election, and while he removed his shoes as a sign of respect, he did not appear to pray. On Saturday, Leo went to the Blue Mosque in ...