On Wednesday, President Obama took a meaningful step toward reshaping our nuclear arsenal in line with the reality of 21st-century security priorities. Standing at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, he announced that he would seek negotiated cuts with Russia of up to one-third of strategic nuclear weapons as well as address the issue of nuclear weapons stationed in Europe.

Frida Ghitis says in this era of connectivity, a little complaint can erupt into massive demonstrations.

The accelerating pace of the slaughter of elephants for their tusks has put African elephants at catastrophic risk in the coming decades. To make matters worse, some of the region's most notorious armed groups are taking tusks to finance their atrocities.

Two men have been charged in the Albany, New York, area in a bizarre plan to use a device loosely described as a ray gun to "target people they didn't like," a federal law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation said Wednesday.

It's that combination again: Justin Bieber, an automobile, and a mishap.

Emirates has been voted the world's best airline by passengers at the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards.

A Missouri waitress was reprimanded for giving an explicit receipt to a customer on Father's Day but will keep her job.

There's a reason we flip through Skymall every time we board a flight, dog-earing catalogue pages with giant floating trampolines and vibrating bath mats.

James Gandolfini, who played mob boss Tony Soprano, has died in Italy, HBO and his managers said Wednesday. FULL STORY

Tony Soprano was a bully and a lover, a lightning rod and a superstar. And thanks to scripts crafted by David Chase and others, he was also, at times, prophetic, wise, even poetic.

From 2007: Critics say "The Sopranos," starring James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano, left a lasting legacy on television.

CNN's Erin Burnett talks with Hollywoodlife.com's Bonnie Fuller about news of the death of actor James Gandolfini.

Larry King reacts to the death of actor James Gandolfini.

One man's fund-raising efforts to publish a book on "getting awesome with women" raked in thousands of dollars, but also allegations that it is a guide to sexual assault.

Material that "may be human remains" has been found at a former New York home of gangster James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, a law enforcement source with knowledge of an investigation at the home said Wednesday.