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FILE PHOTO: A prospective buyer examines an AR-15 at the "Ready Gunner" gun store In Provo, Utah, U.S. in Provo, Utah, U.S., June 21, 2016. REUTERS/George Frey/File Photo

House panel plans action on gun background check bill next week

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee will take up legislation next week that (More...)

Expect a hot July Fourth as heat wave sizzles U.S. Midwest, East Coast

(Reuters) – Sweltering temperatures flirting with 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37 Celsius) will blister parts of the U.S. Midwest and East (More…)

Four ways to prevent loneliness from wrecking your retirement

By Chris Taylor

NEW YORK (Reuters) – When Monica Dwyer of West Chester, Ohio thinks of retirement, her mind wanders (More…)

Number of displaced in southern Syria climbs to 270,000: U.N.

AMMAN (Reuters) – The number of people forced to flee their homes in southwestern Syria as a result of the (More…)

Thai navy divers widen cave passage in search for missing boys

By Panu Wongcha-um

CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) – Rescuers in Thailand scrabbled to clear a constricted passageway for divers deep (More…)

Maryland man denied bail in newsroom rampage that killed five

By Warren Strobel

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Reuters) – A Maryland man charged with rampaging through a newsroom in Annapolis with a (More…)

Explainer: What will it cost for complete denuclearization of North Korea?

VIENNA (Reuters) – At a summit in Singapore in early June with U.S. President Donald Trump, North Korean leader Kim (More…)

Protestors, lawmaker arrested in Senate building sit-in over immigration

By Makini Brice

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some 600 protesters were arrested during a clangorous occupation of a U.S. Senate office (More…)

Iran’s rulers face discontent as U.S. pressure mounts

By Parisa Hafezi

ANKARA (Reuters) – Mounting pressure from the Trump administration combined with discontent among many Iranians at the (More…)

Syrian offensive uprooted 120,000 people so far, U.N. warns of catastrophe

BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 120,000 civilians have been uprooted by a Syrian army offensive in the southwest since it (More…)

Israel must prevent entry of refugees from Syria to Israel: minister

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel must prevent the entry of refugees fleeing fighting in Syria, a senior Israeli cabinet minister said (More…)