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Seven years ago, Carmen Tarleton received a face transplant, a decision she made after her estranged husband attacked her in 2007 with a bottle of lye, disfiguring her face beyond recognition. The transplant was a grueling, complex, surgical procedure -- one that ultimately proved unsuccessful.
President Donald Trump was abruptly evacuated from the White House briefing room by security on Monday after shots were fired outside the building.
Dr. Bryan Cox has delivered more than 5,000 babies in the last 33 years -- but one of them is extra special.
A hiker was seriously injured on Sunday when a large boulder rolled onto him as he descended down a mountain in Washington, according to rescue teams.
Stuck at home during the pandemic with not much to do, Kenneth Felts began to write a memoir, chronicling the past 90 years of his life.
President Donald Trump is calling for college football games to resume this season, as athletic conferences consider canceling or postponing play due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Police body camera footage showing Minneapolis police pointing a gun at George Floyd and struggling with him during his fatal arrest was released by the court on Monday.
WASHINGTON — Here’s a look at how Georgia’s members of Congress voted over the previous week.
The Perseid meteor shower, one of the most popular meteor showers of the year, will face some competition from the moon this year during its peak.
States can count their existing payments toward their $100 match of unemployment benefits under the plan announced by President Donald Trump on Saturday, according to a Department of Labor guidance obtained by CNN.
Protesters demonstrated outside the Ferguson Police Department on Sunday night to mark the 6th anniversary of the police killing of Michael Brown.
It only took a few months for Illinois' budding recreational marijuana industry to blossom -- even during the Covid-19 pandemic.
One woman died and six people were hospitalized in serious condition after a major explosion in a Baltimore neighborhood, according to the city's Fire Department.
Despite a sharp decrease in air travel due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Transportation Security Administration said the rate of guns found per passenger screened at airport security checkpoints last month was up three times over last year's figure.
Anyone who assaults an employee enforcing the use of masks can now be prosecuted as aggravated battery in Illinois.
More than 100 people were arrested in Chicago after an overnight fit of violence that appears to have begun with police exchanging gunfire with a 20-year-old man, Police Superintendent David Brown said Monday.
Oil demands are still suffering because of the pandemic, but on the bright side, that could force big names to invest more in clean energy alternatives.
Before deciding on whether to hold the 80th annual motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, the local city council turned to its residents to get their take.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot didn't hold back when she spotted large crowds gathered at Montrose Beach.
A 7-month-old baby and six other people were taken to the hospital with various injuries after a car struck a Mennonite horse and buggy in the Finger Lakes region of New York state Sunday.
At least 43 people, including three children, have died with dozens more feared buried after torrential rains triggered a landslide in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala.
A teen who shared a photo of a crowded hallway at her Georgia high school last week says she has been receiving threats after the image went viral.
A teen who shared a photo of a crowded hallway at her Georgia high school last week says she has been receiving threats after the image went viral.
New Zealand has marked an enviable milestone -- more than 100 days since its last coronavirus case was acquired locally from an unknown source.
Top coaches, players and President Donald Trump have weighed in on the possibility that the top five college athletic conferences will postpone the fall football season because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Afghan government has agreed to release 400 Taliban prisoners, paving the way for direct peace talks with the insurgent group to end nearly two decades of war.
Major League Baseball has postponed scheduled games between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates after additional members of the Cardinals' team and staff tested positive for Covid-19.
Former WWE wrestler James Harris has died at age 70, according to a news release from the wrestling company.
Collin Morikawa won the 2020 PGA Championship Sunday with a come-from-behind victory.
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Alex Azar, the United States Health and Human Services secretary, met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen Monday, the highest-level meeting between Washington and the self-ruled island in decades.
The activist who New York police attempted to arrest on Friday tells CNN that he is traumatized by the experience and says that police were trying to "terrorize" him.
A group of Democratic women leaders is calling out sexist coverage of female Democratic vice presidential contenders — and they're asking that newsrooms to do better.
A Black Lives Matter mural in Indianapolis was vandalized just one week after a group of artists painted it to help spread the message of social justice and racial equality.
Puerto Rico's primary elections were temporarily halted Sunday because of a lack of ballots in voting centers across the island, according to election officials.
A beloved grandmother who spent all her life taking care of her family is proving to the world that you're never too old to make your dreams come true.
A ninth staff member has died from Covid-19, California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said Sunday.
A record number of people are giving up their US citizenship, new research published on Sunday found.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators David Perdue, R-Ga., and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., both members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, this week introduced legislation to establish an Office at the U.S. State Department to coordinate policy and programs to help mayors and governors en…
Three employees of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department were killed in a helicopter crash Saturday while conducting aerial surveys for desert bighorn sheep, according to officials.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed an amicus brief on Friday in support of ending the prosecution against a woman who was arrested and charged with murder after delivering a stillborn baby with toxic levels of methamphetamine in its system.
A trombonist, music producer, and New Orleans native started a non-profit organization during the pandemic in hopes of keeping the city's music scene alive and providing temporary financial relief for artists.
A doctor in England wanted to prove that face masks won't impair your oxygen levels. So he ran for 22 miles while wearing one.
"America's Got Talent" judge Simon Cowell has undergone surgery after breaking his back in several spots while falling off his bike on Saturday.
A Georgia high school that came under scrutiny last week when a student shared a photo of a crowded hallway will temporarily move to virtual learning after it reported nine cases of Covid-19, according to a letter the school district sent to parents Sunday.
Portland Police said a peaceful demonstration turned into a riot on Saturday night after a group of people broke into a Portland Police Association office and tried to start a fire.
Frances "Fran" Allen, a computer scientist who became a pioneer in the world of computing for her work on compiler research, died on August 4, her 88th birthday, according to an announcement from IBM.
For a full-contact sport like football -- in which it's virtually impossible to avoid being close to others, even under the strictest guidelines -- it is all but certain more players will test positive for the coronavirus, experts say.
On the heels of protests shining a light on police brutality, law enforcement agencies are under pressure to be more transparent when addressing accusations of bad behavior by their officers.
A 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit about 2 miles from the town of Sparta, North Carolina, early Sunday, along the state's border with Virginia, according to the preliminary report from the US Geological Survey.
