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By Jeremy Diamond and Barbara Starr, CNN Defense Secretary James Mattis resigned Thursday on the heels of President Donald Trump’s plans to withdraw troops from Syria, citing irreconcilable poli...

Cursive handwriting might be going out of style – but not in Ohio. The state is bringing it back, passing a law this week that requires all students to learn cursive by the fifth grade. Many sta...

Looks like all of those advertisements featuring cows encouraging Americans to “Eat Mor Chikin” are paying off. Chick-fil-A is about to become the third largest fast food chain in the US. ...

Here’s your Florida story for the day – nine people have been arrested for messing with the local bear population. Prosecutors are accusing the group of ‘baiting and abusing’ b...

The Colorado baker whose refusal to make a cake for a same-sex wedding went all the way to the Supreme Court – is back in court over another accusation of LGBT discrimination. Jack Phillips, own...

A new straw poll of possible 2020 Democratic nominees finds Bernie Sanders leading the pack. The poll, conducted by the group Democracy for America, had Bernie in first place with 36 percent of the vo...

If you aren’t staying at home or going to visit family for the holidays, where are the most popular destinations for holiday travel? According to CheapOAir, Florida is tops on the list. Orlando,...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The race for mayor and the saga of Alderman Ed Burke have converged. Mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle is giving up some of the money she’s gotten from th...

[van id=”entertainment/2018/12/18/penny-marshall-obit-elam-pkg-vpx.cnn”] LOS ANGELES (AP) - Penny Marshall, who starred in “Laverne & Shirley” before becoming one of the to...

If you feel like the 40-hour per week work grind at your 9-5 is getting to be too much, you aren’t alone. Some companies have been testing, and even following through, on cutting down the work w...