The US Coast Guard announced Friday night it has suspended its search for people in the water after US strikes on alleged drug boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean earlier this week.

Diane Crump, who in 1969 became the first woman to ride professionally in a horse race and a year later became the first female jockey in the Kentucky Derby, has died. She was 77.

CNN’s Jacqueline Howard reports for The Lead.

Teen arrested in alleged ISIS-inspired attack plot in North Carolina Homeland Security expert Donell Harvin joins The Lead.

Protesters in Iran continued to take to the streets on Friday after deadly clashes with police earlier this week. The latest protests come as US President Donald Trump threatened intervention, with ...

Lynda Kinkade speaks with CNN’s Global Economic Analyst Rana Faroohar about the reason behind the Trump administration’s decision to cut tariffs on Italian pasta makers.

Russia filed a formal diplomatic request that the United States stop pursuing an oil tanker originally bound for Venezuela that has evaded US custody for almost two weeks, two sources familiar with ...

Angelina Jolie, the actress and former special envoy to the United Nations Refugee Agency, visited the Rafah Crossing on Friday as part of a humanitarian trip to Egypt, according to a statement from ...

Kinzinger: U.S. intervening in Iran protests would be "a big mistake" Former Congressman Adam Kinzinger joins The Lead.

Minnesota lawmaker: Families in limbo after WH freezes child care payments Minnesota State Rep. Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn joins The Lead.

About 40 people were killed and around 119 others injured in a fire at a New Year’s party in a Swiss ski resort bar, according to police. Follow for live updates.

A fire that ripped through a nightclub in the Swiss Alps early New Year’s day has killed at least 40 people. Swiss authorities said that champagne sparklers were the likely cause. CNN’s Nic Robertson ...