(CNN) The ambush began with gunshots that killed five officers and sent screaming crowds scrambling for cover. It ended when a Dallas police bomb squad robot killed a gunman after negotiations failed.
President Xi Jinping of China and President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in Beijing in 2013. Credit Pool photo by Wang Zhao. BEIJING - However isolated North Korea may be, it has long had one major ally: China.
Shetamia Taylor, 37, was attending a peaceful protest rally in downtown Dallas with her four sons on Thursday night when the event was overtaken by chaos and carnage.
A Georgia police officer who was shot multiple times Friday was ambushed by a gunman who had called 911, authorities say. Valdosta Officer Randall Hancock was investigating vehicle damage, possibly caused by a break-in, when he encountered Stephen ...
The lawyer for the family of Alton Sterling is reiterating their call for peaceful protests in the wake of the Dallas sniper attack Thursday that left five officers dead.
The US has expelled two Russian diplomats in response to an attack on an American diplomat in Moscow, the state department says. Spokesman John Kirby said the two officials - who have not been named - were told to leave on 17 June.
Iraq's prime minister fired Baghdad's chief security officer Friday after the deadly weekend bombing that killed close to 300, provoking criticism over the government's ability to prevent such attacks.
WARSAW NATO leaders agreed on Friday to deploy military forces to the Baltic states and eastern Poland for the first time and increase air and sea patrols to reassure allies who were once part of the Soviet bloc following Russia's seizure of Crimea ...
KABUL - Gen. Joseph Votel, head of U.S. Central Command, arrived in Kabul Friday to meet with his commanders to discuss a “resurgent” Taliban two days after President Obama announced he would keep thousands of additional troops in Afghanistan ...
Wednesday (July 6) was Eid al-Fitr, after all, the Muslim holiday marking Ramadan's end. But who can focus on celebrating when there is so much mourning to be done?
WARSAW - President Obama will cut short his four-day trip to Europe and instead return to Washington following the shooting deaths of five police officers in Dallas on Thursday, the White House said.
After months of bargaining and backroom arguments, the Senate has voted in favor of a new national standard for labeling food that contains ingredients from genetically modified crops.
ATLANTA -- Several thousand demonstrators flooded the streets of downtown Atlanta on Friday to protest the recent deaths of African-Americans at the hands of police.
(CNN) Hillary Clinton pledged Friday to bring law enforcement and communities together to develop national guidelines on the use of force by police officers, days after two black men were killed by police officers.
Eric Trump, the son of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, said in an interview Wednesday that his father gives "millions and millions and millions" of his own money to charity - including hundreds of thousands to Eric Trump's ...
We might not know who's running for governor in Indiana until more than a month from now. If Gov. Mike Pence becomes Donald Trump's running mate in the presidential race, the state Republican Party could take up to 30 days to select a replacement to ...
Donald Trump released a video statement Friday in the aftermath of the Dallas shooting, calling for police and citizens to "work together" and saying that the recent police-involved shooting deaths of two black men, which sparked outrage, show "how ...
A powerful rebound in hiring last month eased fears about an economic downturn as the U.S. expansion enters its eighth year, putting the nation on solid footing to absorb global shocks and market turbulence.
NEW YORK The benchmark S&P 500 stock index brushed against its record closing high on Friday as Wall Street rallied after a much-larger-than-expected jump in jobs growth confirmed the U.S.
Bonds are boring and yield next to nothing. But there are times when investors are plenty glad to hold them. The recent stock market sell-off sparked by the U.K.
One question looms large as pressure mounts on Viacom Inc. Chief Executive Philippe Dauman: Why is the embattled executive waging a high-stakes war with his longtime boss?
Facebook Messenger wants to be your primary messaging app. As people become more and more concerned about security, being the best messaging app means being the most secure.
You might be a pretty savvy Minecraft player, but are you as good at playing Minecraft as a computer? It sounds like a silly question to ask—who really cares about AI Minecraft skills, anyway—but you'd be surprised by the answer.
Google recently acquired video content platform provider, Anvato, to bolster the company's efforts in providing the best cloud solutions for enterprises.
Star Trek alum George Takei, who is gay, had a surprising, less than enthusiastic response about the big reveal that Hikaru Sulu, the character he originated in the '60s, shares the same sexual orientation in Star Trek Beyond.
Police combed through Dallas shooter Micah Xavier Johnson's social media account Friday to try to understand his actions, a move that's now custom after a mass shooting.
The singer welcomed an adorable baby girl in late June and announced the happy news this afternoon on Twitter. Taking to the social media website, Morissette tweeted, "she's here!
NEW YORK - All season long, the Mets have been forced to plug holes left by injuries to key players. But lately it seems like those holes are evolving into craters, growing bigger and harder to remedy.
WIMBLEDON, England - The Wimbledon men's singles final on Sunday afternoon will match a relative newcomer, Milos Raonic, against a veteran, Andy Murray.
NEW YORK - Bartolo Colon and Max Scherzer are headed to the All-Star Game, picked as replacements for other pitchers originally selected to the National League team.
At the poles of Ceres, scientists have found craters that are permanently in shadow (indicated by blue markings). Such craters are called "cold traps" if they remain below about minus 240 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 151 degrees Celsius).
The people responsible for measuring the world's time have got very good at determining just how long a second is supposed to last—the most accurate clock in the world uses cesium atoms to determine the exact length of a second, and it won't get out ...
Scientists have designed a robotic stingray that could help our understanding of the human heart. The miniature robot, one-tenth the scale of the actual fish, moves using heart cells taken from a rat.
(CNN) Utah health officials said Friday that the death of an elderly patient at the end of June was related to the Zika virus, the first Zika-related death in the continental United States.
A study of an experimental treatment for leukemia was abruptly halted this week following two patient deaths, raising questions about a closely-watched approach to cancer that involves reprogramming cells to seek and destroy the disease.
Federal regulators have barred Elizabeth Holmes, chief executive of Theranos, from owning or operating a medical laboratory for at least two years, raising new questions about the future of the embattled blood-testing start-up and its founder, once a ...
