| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Wild weather | | A deadly winter storm stretched from Southern California to Texas and promised to create Thanksgiving week travel problems all the way to the Atlantic. |
| 'Knockout' game | | A sick so-called game known as "knockout" -- where teens randomly sucker-punch strangers with the goal of knocking them unconscious with a single blow -- is catching the attention of law enforcement throughout the nation. |
| Iran nuclear deal | | When it comes to Iran and the West, the relationship has been convoluted for decades. And this deal is no different. After days of negotiations, six world powers and Tehran reached an agreement that calls on Iran to limit its nuclear activities in return for lighter sanctions. It's complicated politics coupled with complicated science. |
| Danvers teacher killed | | After failing to find her teenage son on the grounds of Danvers High School, Diana Chism called police in the small northeastern Massachusetts town where she lives with her three children. |
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