A ‘Feel-Good’ Room

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Word + Quiz: obstinate

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‘Gloomy.’ ‘Amazing.’ Trump’s Speech Divides the Pundits.

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State of the Union, Syria, the Moon: Your Wednesday Briefing

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What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Animals With Cameras’ and ‘Happy!’

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Gearing Up for Distance and Form in Nordic Combined

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Melania Trump, Traveling Again Without Her Husband, Emerges at State of the Union

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Kristaps Porzingis and Enes Kanter Lead Knicks in Rout of Nets

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Corrections: January 31, 2018

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Trump’s Boring, Utterly Terrifying Warmongering

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State of the Union: Trump hails 'new American moment'

The president speaks of "one American family", but Democrats say he has left the nation "fractured".

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Taliban threaten 70% of Afghanistan, BBC finds

The Islamist group's power and reach have surged since foreign combat troops left, the BBC finds.

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Pope to send envoy to investigate Chile sex abuse claims

The Vatican says it has been given new information about allegations of a bishop's alleged cover-up.

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Trump signs order to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open

The move reverses attempts by former President Barack Obama to close the controversial site.

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Hawaii false alarm: Officials quit over missile alert

Additionally the employee who sent the warning, who had a record of poor performance, is fired.

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Glee actor Mark Salling, 35, found dead

The actor, who had admitted possessing child sex abuse images, is believed to have killed himself.

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Skywatchers await 'super blue blood Moon'

A blue blood supermoon and lunar eclipse across Asia heralds a year of lunar science milestones, say scientists.

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Diane Keaton defends Woody Allen over abuse allegations

The actress says she "continues to believe" the director after claims against him resurfaced.

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Yemen separatists capture most of Aden, residents say

Yemeni cabinet ministers are reported to be holed up inside the presidential palace in Aden.

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France jogger death: Husband admits killing Alexia Daval

Three months after Alexia Daval's body was found, her husband tells police he killed her by mistake.

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Pierre Agnes: Boardriders boss goes missing at sea in France

Pierre Agnes' boat was discovered washed ashore near Biarritz on France's Atlantic coast.

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The killer whale that can say 'hello' and 'bye bye'

A killer whale that can mimic words such as "hello" is thought to be the first of its kind to copy human speech.

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State of the Union: Congress divided on Trump speech

The contrasting reactions to the president's speech tell the tale of a deeply divided Congress.

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State of the Union: Kennedy delivers response to Trump

Joseph Kennedy III attacked the president and said Democrats were speaking for all Americans.

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Taliban 'threaten 70% of Afghanistan' BBC investigation finds

The Afghan Taliban, which US-led forces spent billions of dollars trying to defeat, are now openly active in 70% of the country, a BBC study has found.

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Super blue blood moon: Get ready for a rare celestial show

A lunar eclipse, supermoon and blue moon are about to happen at once. Here's what you need to know.

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Why did Kenya's Raila Odinga 'inaugurate' himself as president?

Kenya's main opposition leader stages his own "swearing-in" after two disputed elections. We explain.

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Réunion island and the 'stolen children' of France

Marlène Morin was 15 when she was resettled from the island of Réunion to France. After 52 years, she finally returned.

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Top-secret Australian files 'left at second-hand shop'

Bureaucrats say they will urgently investigate a breach that has sparked both amusement and concern.

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'Emotional support peacock' barred from United Airlines plane

United Airlines refuses to let a woman in New Jersey board a plane with a peacock, citing its size.

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A major social network is launching its own bitcoin exchange

Popular messaging app Line plans to let its more than 170 million users trade virtual currencies through their smartphones.

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North Korea is planning to show off dozens of long-range missiles the day before the Winter Olympics is set to begin in South Korea, two diplomatic sources with deep knowledge of North Korea's intentions told CNN.

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Designs by Arthur Mamou-Mani and his students in Black Rock City and beyond

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Each year, Burning Man, a 10-day festival dedicated to community in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, erects a huge central temple that is burned at the end of the event.

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Police say he's a serial killer who buried his victims' remains in potted plants

Bruce McArthur, 66, is a Toronto landscaper who's been charged in five murders so far.

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Toronto police have arrested a landscaper who they say killed multiple people, and buried some of his victims' remains in large planters.

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After the Trump administration decided not to impose new sanctions on Russia, CIA Director Mike Pompeo warns about Russian meddling in future US elections. CNN's Barbara Starr reports.

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Danish police say DNA from a headless torso matches that of missing journalist Kim Wall, who was last seen aboard a private submarine owned by inventor Peter Madsen, according to Swedish newspaper and CNN affiliate Expressen TV.

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"We lose over four Kentuckians every single day," says Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear, who has filed a lawsuit against a national opioid distributor.

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Read CNN's 2011 Africa and Middle East Unrest Fast Facts and learn more about the Arab Spring anti-government protests that began in Tunesia in 2010.

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The US Treasury Department has released a list of prominent Russians with close ties to the Kremlin, but has stressed it is "not a sanctions list."

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The bobsled team trio from Nigeria are fast, female and fearless

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Serge Mouangue was inspired to create designs based on West Africa and Japanese cultures, and he eventually launched Wafrica.

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Nathan Ruser, a 20-year-old Australian college student, reveals how he discovered that the Strava fitness tracking maps were unintentionally revealing military bases around the world.

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These are the words Trump needed to say -- but did not

Has there been another State of the Union address in memory in which a President has failed to use the word "democracy?" This omission, and startling ones like it, confirm the fears many share that Trump finds democracy and its norms more of a hindrance than an inspiration, writes Frida Ghitis.

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Trump signs order to keep Guantanamo open

President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Tuesday to keep open the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and opened the door to sending new prisoners there.

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The first lady's cream suit, kente cloth and purple ribbons: What the SOTU fashion choices meant

Members of the first family and Congress made bold statements with their choice of clothing at the SOTU address

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What Trump said about ISIS, Iran and North Korea in his State of the Union speech

Donald Trump's first State of the Union touched on a number of international issues. But while the US president appeared comfortable discussing familiar themes, including the threat posed by North Korea and the battle to defeat ISIS, he declined to offer any specifics, and barely mentioned Russia or China.

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