Abortion bill sponsor said what?

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 12:37 PM PDT

Donna Brazile says anti-abortionist Rep. Trent Franks just doesn't get it when he justified why victims of rape and incest get no exception in his proposal for an abortion bill.

Greene: The way of the Lone Ranger

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 07:34 AM PDT

"The Lone Ranger" is expected to be one of the biggest movies of the summer; it opens over the long Fourth of July weekend, and the promotional buildup is in high gear.

Northern Ireland's new breed of terror

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 09:43 PM PDT

On June 17 and 18, the political world's focus will be on Northern Ireland, where the Group of Eight summit will take place.

525-foot BASE jump goes wrong

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 12:12 PM PDT

An Austrian BASE jumper survived a jump from the top of a hotel in Spain where her parachute malfunctioned.

Hollywood thieves' story on big screen

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 08:53 AM PDT

Celebrities developed a new reason to fear for their safety in 2008, thanks to five teenagers from the Valley.

Man confesses to killing dozens

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 01:48 AM PDT

Investigators thought Jose Martinez may have had something to do with the shooting of an Alabama man, found dead by hunters on a forest's edge.

97 issues you care about most

Posted: 14 Jun 2013 01:13 PM PDT

CNN is doing something terrifying and awesome this week: The network is asking you to be my boss. You have the power to vote on the stories I'll do over the next year as part of a new social-justice project called Change the List.

30,000 couples in crosshairs

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 10:33 AM PDT

A U.S. citizen is prohibited by law from sponsoring a same-sex partner for immigration. A pending Supreme Court decision or the passage of an immigration reform bill amendment could change all that. FULL STORY

Upcoming high court decisions

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 10:51 AM PDT

Here are summaries of five of the biggest cases awaiting rulings by the Supreme Court. Decisions will be released between now and the end of June.

Google to launch Wi-Fi balloon test

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 05:53 AM PDT

Google is preparing to conquer a new dimension: the stratosphere. The Internet giant is releasing 30 high-tech balloons in a trial of technology designed to bring the Internet to places where people are not yet connected.

Teen mistakes bear for dog

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 08:10 AM PDT

When a girl realized an animal in her yard was not a dog, but instead a bear, she grabbed her camera and recorded it.

Colorado wildfire 45% contained

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 11:09 PM PDT

The firefighters are on the offensive.

Family sees home on TV as it burns

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 03:13 PM PDT

Bill and Karen Moreau lost their home to a Colorado wildfire and they saw it burning on TV.

Putin comes out swinging on Syria

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 12:51 PM PDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin questioned Sunday whether his country's supplying of arms to Syria's government was worse than putting weapons in the hands of rebels who have mutilated bodies, referencing a widely circulated video that purported to show a Syrian rebel commander eating what appeared to be the heart of a dead Syrian soldier.

Putin: I didn't steal Super Bowl ring

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 07:35 AM PDT

The Russian president is fighting back: no, he did not steal a Super Bowl ring. And no, he's not rocking the diamond-encrusted prize on his finger, either.

3 dead in 5 Nebraska shootings

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 03:05 AM PDT

Four shootings in less than an hour rocked the Nebraska city of Omaha on Saturday afternoon, a violent string of events that ended with one suspected gunman dead and several others injured, police said.

Bush safe after plane was diverted

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 03:06 AM PDT

A plane carrying former President George W. Bush was diverted to Louisville on Saturday night after the pilot reported the smell of smoke.

Now North Korea wants to talk

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 12:43 PM PDT

North Korea has proposed high-level talks with the United States to "ease tensions in the Korean Peninsula," its state news agency reported early Sunday.

Clashes at Turkish funeral

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 11:54 AM PDT

Riot police stormed an Istanbul park and forced out protesters, sending them scurrying into neighboring streets in a fog of tear gas and water. FULL STORY

Inmates go for unusual world record

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 12:38 PM PDT

Peruvian inmates attempt to break a world record for the largest number of prisoners to take part in an aerobics workout.

Baby girl for Kim and Kanye

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 05:25 PM PDT

There's now one more Kardashian to keep up with. Kim Kardashian has given birth to a baby girl, reports E!, the network behind her family's hit reality show.

The new fake news star

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 10:37 AM PDT

James Poniewozik joins Howard Kurtz to assess John Oliver's first week as The Daily Show's summer anchor.

Fighting for the 'throwaway' girls

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 11:05 AM PDT

A winter's thicket of weeds still choked the soil outside Catherine Ferguson Academy late last month when the old school's loudspeaker crackled on.

See inside brain without a knife

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 12:59 PM PDT

A Stanford scientist has figured out one way to see through brains. CNN's Dan Simon reports.

Why actress got 'booted' from game

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 05:46 AM PDT

Maria Menounos tells Conan O'Brien that Jack Nicholson "booted" her from courtside seats.

Conan teaches Usher to dance...Say what?!

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 08:22 AM PDT

Conan can't quite master the slide, but he got the "pants hiked up, huge feet forward" move down pat.

Distraction: Little girl has it handled

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 06:51 AM PDT

No need to tell this girl what to do -- she's got the car seat situation totally under control.

Women consider risk of rape

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 05:19 AM PDT

Shabren Kurtz-Russ wanted to serve in the military as her parents had done. That's when a dark family secret, only hinted at earlier, was revealed.

Get used to women or 'get out,' Australia's army chief says

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 11:00 AM PDT

Faced with a sex scandal in his ranks, the chief of Australia's army delivered a blunt message to his troops: Treat your female comrades properly or "get out."

Military rape survivor shares story

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 11:01 AM PDT

Navy veteran Trina McDonald says she was drugged and raped, and there was no one she could tell.

Omaha shootings

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 02:04 AM PDT

A spate of shootings in less than an hour left three people dead in Omaha, Nebraska, police said.

North Korea

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 02:04 AM PDT

North Korea proposed high-level talks with the United States to "ease tensions in the Korean Peninsula," its state news agency reported early Sunday.

Turkey

Posted: 16 Jun 2013 11:54 AM PDT

Workers cleaned up debris Sunday after Turkish riot police stormed an Istanbul park and forced out protesters, sending them scurrying into neighboring streets in a fog of tear gas and water.