U.S. & World

Generative artificial intelligence is playing a major role in the presidential campaign, even if the greatest fears about how it could threaten the U.S. presidential election haven’t materialized yet.

The number of women in Texas who died while pregnant, during labor or soon after childbirth skyrocketed following the state’s 2021 ban on abortion care — far outpacing a slower rise in maternal mortality across the nation, a new investigation of federal public health data finds.

CNN journalist Alisyn Camerota revealed that her husband of almost 23 years, Tim Lewis, died.

A sea lion attacked a man while he was swimming at Mission Beach on Friday night, officials said.

South Carolina has put inmate Freddie Owens to death in the state’s first execution in more than a decade.

Lawyers in Britain representing dozens of women say that Mohamed Al Fayed — the former boss of Harrods — was a “monster” who raped and sexually abused young women throughout his time at the helm of the world-renowned London department store.

Travis King, the U.S. soldier who ran across the Demilitarized Zone and into North Korea last year, was sentenced Friday to a prison term that amounts to the time he has already served.

Georgia election officials are requiring poll workers to tally the number of ballots by hand.

The Senate has the potential for history-making this fall. Two Black women could be elected to the chamber, a situation never seen before.

Residents of a tiny Appalachian town are struggling to cope with a shooting involving two of its most prominent citizens: a Kentucky judge who was gunned down in his courthouse chambers and the local sheriff charged with his murder.

Donald Trump is facing calls both from his allies and from within his own campaign to pull his endorsement from scandal-plagued North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson, according to four people familiar with the discussions. 

The first big update to U.S. methadone regulations in 20 years is poised to expand access to the life-saving drug starting next month. But experts say the changes could fall flat if states and methadone clinics fail to act.

Stephen Chase Randolph’s actions knocked out a Capitol police officer. He was identified by a facial recognition hit on his girlfriend’s Instagram page.

A college student allegedly scratched a racial slur onto another student’s body at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, officials said Thursday.