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CNN is on trial for libel this week before a jury in Florida, and it comes at a particularly inopportune time for legacy media

A developing winter storm is threatening to drop snow, sleet and freezing rain on parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas

An area stretching from Texas to Tennessee is bracing for an expected snowstorm even as some other parts of the U.S. hit by the plunging polar vortex this week are beginning to shake off its icy effects

An area stretching from Texas to Tennessee is bracing for the expected arrival of freezing rain and snow, as some other parts of the country that already received an arctic blast this week are preparing to go another round with the plunging polar vortex

Jimmy Carter was a president, humanitarian and Nobel laureate

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter will lie in state in Washington for a second day

President Jimmy Carter is lying in state at the Capitol Rotunda as part of state funeral rites

President-elect Donald Trump paid his respects on Wednesday as President Jimmy Carter lay in state at the Capitol Rotunda as part of state funeral rites

A wildfire whipped up by extreme winds is sweeping through a Los Angeles hillside dotted with celebrity residences

California firefighters are battling wind-whipped wildfires tearing across the Los Angeles area