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The polar vortex has moved south and NASA has produced images to show it happening.

The oldest daughter of President-elect Donald Trump was a ubiquitous figure during the presidential campaign.

Facebook announced a four-part plan to fight fake news on its platform. The initiative will rely on reports from users, third-party fact checkers, and algorithms.

The Massachusetts senator plans to invoke the little-known Emoluments Clause with new legislation next month.

The new measure is the first major step toward outright legalization in Mexico, according to reports.

Moon Jae In said he may reconsider the deployment of American defensive missiles in his country.

Across the western world, people greatly overestimate the percentage of Muslims among their country’s population.

The WWE has chosen 16 wrestlers to compete for the brand's first championship in the U.K.

The holiday season sees more travelers than any other time of the year in the U.S., sparking frustration at airports and on flights.

A survey by the Harvard School of Public Health found that pilots reported a rate of depression double that of the overall adult population.

The U.S. dollar hit longtime highs against the euro, the yen and a currency basket amid the Federal Reserve's Wednesday decision to raise its interest rate target.

The entire evacuation was expected to last no more than three days.

FCC Chairman and President Obama appointee Tom Wheeler will step down from his post at the FCC, he announced on Thursday. His vacancy will leave a 2-1 majority for the Republicans on the board and his position will be filled by Donald Trump.

The White House has said President Barack Obama will neither sign nor veto a bill calling for the extension of non-nuclear sanctions on Iran.

Yasmin Seweid reported being verbally assaulted and called a terrorist by three white men on the 6 train in New York earlier in December.

Though most economists have warned that Trump's leadership may have a negative impact on the job market, the president-elect has boasted of his ability to strengthen the labor force.

A CBS News poll published Thursday indicates Americans don't have much confidence in Donald Trump's cabinet picks.

"On Bill of Rights Day, we celebrate the long arc of progress that transformed our Nation from a fledgling and fragile democracy to one in which civil rights are the birthright of all Americans," President Barack Obama wrote in a proclamation.

The mass exodus from eastern Syria started off with at least one death despite a ceasefire being in effect.

To avoid future problems, state Elections Director Chris Thomas said Wednesday night the city will purchase all new voting machines ahead of its 2017 mayoral and City Council elections.

President Barack Obama, in an unexpected move Wednesday, refused to sign an extension of U.S. sanctions against Tehran but allowed the bill to become law.