It was billed as the fight the world has been waiting for. About 45 minutes after the first bell rang just before 9 p.m., Floyd Mayweather remained undefeated at 48-0, earning a unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao after 12 rounds.
Watch a CNN special report, "Police Under Fire," at 9 p.m. ET/PT Monday. Baltimore (CNN) Hundreds of Baltimore residents rallied peacefully Saturday following the arrest a day earlier of six police officers in the death of Freddie Gray.
LOUISVILLE - Highly touted favorite American Pharoah, whose Egyptian-born owner had been a recent runner-up three times in the Kentucky Derby, lived up to the hype Saturday and won the 141st running of the Derby. The winning time for the 1 1/4 mile ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) - It figured that the most entertaining first-round series in the NBA playoffs would come down to a play involving Chris Paul and Tim Duncan.
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Airstrikes by the American-led coalition against Islamic State militants have killed several dozen people in northern Syria, with the death toll from Friday's attacks rising to more than 52 civilians on Saturday, according to a Syrian ...
At least 13 people have been killed by a car bomb in Baghdad in one of the deadliest attacks in the Iraqi capital this year. "At least 13 people were killed and 39 wounded in a car bomb facing a popular restaurant in the Karrada area," a police colonel told ...
Islamic State militants shot to death at least 25 captive Yazidis at a prison camp in northern Iraq, a Yazidi politician said, the latest mass killing carried out by the extremists targeting the sect.
A group of nearly 300 women and girls, which the Nigerian army says were freed from Boko Haram militants earlier this week, have been taken to a refugee camp in north-eastern Nigeria.
KABUL (Reuters) - Dozens of Afghan men including several policemen faced trial on Saturday over the mob killing in Kabul of a 27-year-old woman accused of burning a Koran, a lynching that prompted unprecedented protests.
NEW YORK (AP) - Police in New York City say an on-duty officer has been shot and officers are flooding the area. The officer was shot in the head and critically wounded, according to the New York Post.
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 17: Entrepreneur Elon Musk poses in front of a Open Gallery 1 NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 17: Entrepreneur Elon Musk poses in front of a Tesla outside of 1211 Avenue of the Americas on September 17, 2014 in New York ...
DES MOINES - Part of the sport of attending the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting is speculating about who might one day replace 84-year-old CEO Warren Buffett at the helm of the $353 billion company.
MOSCOW: Russian oil and gas condensate production, among the world's largest, remained at a post-Soviet record level of 10.71 million barrels per day (bpd) in April, underpinned by a recent recovery in oil prices, Energy Ministry data showed yesterday.
Microsoft's newest web browser will be called Microsoft Edge, providing a definitive name for the codenamed Project Spartan, the company has confirmed.
Mandi: They left us on quite a cliffhanger last week, as Jamie had a gun to his head at Lallybroch. But do not worry, lassies! Jamie doesn't get shot in the head!
Chad L. Coleman goes off on 4 Train. Commuters on the New York were treated to business as usual as a deranged person ranted and screamed and paced back and forth on a subway train.
Ruth Rendell, a prolific and hugely popular writer of intricately plotted mystery novels that combined psychological insight, social conscience and, not infrequently, teeth-chattering terror, died on Saturday in London.
When you're Tom Brady, you don't sit home, curse your cable provider and jiggle the wires on your cable box while hoping the screen stops freezing on the pay-per-view feed of the megafight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.
THINKING BIG: Malcom Brown set the tone for the Patriots draft right from the first pick: Solve the losses in the secondary by getting bigger up front.
BOSTON -- Just when it looked like everyone was playing nice, getting along better than ever, and even celebrating with one another, along comes Saturday afternoon.
We understand the drive and the passion to explore the new and unknown frontiers of space, but when it comes to the loss of cognitive function or serious IQ points, we know where to draw the line.
An international team of researchers has discovered an elusive new bird with a distinctive song in China. The new bird, the Sichuan bush warbler, shunned the limelight so far by hiding in grassy, scrubby vegetation over the years.
Republicans have voted to slash NASA's budget for the Earth Science division. With this cut, there was an approved budget authorization for this agency to use funding to see Orion and the Space Launch System continue.
Michigan - Three babies have been saved from a life-threatening condition by using 3D printed windpipe splints to help them breathe, a pilot study reveals.
