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Chuck Colson, a convicted Watergate-era "hatchet man" for President Nixon who became an evangelical leader, died Saturday, according to his website.

The mother of a South African girl seen gang-raped in a cellphone video slammed authorities for neglecting to protect her mentally disabled daughter when she was raped before.

Afghan security officials said Saturday they had seized 10 tonnes of explosives and foiled plans to stage attacks in the capital, Kabul.

The neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager in central Florida, could soon be released from custody after a judge set a $150,000 bond that will let him get out of jail while he awaits trial.

Opposition groups say a protester died after clashes with security forces. Fears are growing that civil unrest could upend Sunday's Formula 1 race.

U.S. President Barack Obama urged Sudan and South Sudan to resolve their outstanding issues through dialogue and avoid a return to war amid soaring tensions between the neighboring nations.

A convicted murderer was removed from death row after a North Carolina judge invoked a law barring anyone from being executed if the court determines that sentence "was sought or obtained on the basis of race."

The measure, unanimously approved, expands an observer mission to 300 unarmed military monitors across the country.

Traffic on a busy California interstate highway between the San Francisco Bay area and Sacramento began flowing again Friday afternoon, about six hours after a search for an armed carjacking suspect closed all lanes.

The grisly search for remains at the scene of a commercial plane crash in Pakistan continued Saturday, with officials doubting anyone on board survived.

A carpenter whose former Manhattan basement is the scene of an exhaustive search for clues about Etan Patz said Friday through his lawyer that he had no involvement in the 6-year-old boy's disappearance more than three decades ago.

Andrew Breitbart, the conservative blogger whose posting of a sexually explicit photo of former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner led to the congressman's downfall, died of heart failure, the Los Angeles County Coroner said in an autopsy report released Friday.

For nearly two months, George Zimmerman has been a largely a cipher, a riddle whose voice has been heard only in 911 calls reporting a young man acting "real suspicious."

Activist and author Gloria Steinem analyzes the "war on women" and says extremists have taken over the Republican party.

Walgreens will pay the government $7.9 million in a settlement reached amid allegations the drugstore chain illegally paid kickbacks so that prescriptions would be transferred to its pharmacies, the U.S. Justice Department announced Friday.

A 25-year-old woman has been charged with first-degree murder in the California death of a deployed Marine's wife, San Diego County authorities said Friday.

More than 30 years ago, 6-year-old Etan Patz vanished from a Manhattan street on his way to a school bus stop. His parents never saw him again.

Anderson Cooper takes a look back at the life of The Band's Levon Helm and his many contributions to music.

CNN goes behind the scenes with the working moms on Suzanne Malveaux's team to see how they juggle it all.

An American cruise line said Friday it "deeply regrets" the deaths of two Panamanian fishermen amid claims that one of its cruise ships failed to help their stranded boat.