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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...)

Russia’s Lavrov says delivery of S-400 missiles to Turkey to speed up

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will speed up initial deliveries of S-400 surface-to-air missile batteries to Turkey, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei (More…)

Trump would sign bill on schools, guns about to pass House: statement

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is ready to sign legislation intended to curb school violence that was inspired by (More…)

Stephen Hawking, who unlocked the secrets of space and time, dies at 76

By Stephen Addison

LONDON (Reuters) – Stephen Hawking, who sought to explain the origins of the universe, the mysteries of (More…)

Students launch walkout against gun violence in United States

By Gina Cherelus

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Students walked out of classrooms across the United States on Wednesday, waving signs (More…)

Britain expels 23 Russian diplomats over chemical attack on ex-spy

By Costas Pitas and Estelle Shirbon

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will expel 23 Russian diplomats in response to a nerve (More…)

Microsoft women filed 238 discrimination and harassment complaints

By Dan Levine

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Women at Microsoft Corp working in U.S.-based technical jobs filed 238 internal complaints (More…)

Florida prosecutor seeks death penalty for accused school shooter

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Florida prosecutors will seek the death penalty in the case against Nikolas Cruz, the former student (More…)

Trump fires top diplomat Tillerson after clashes, taps Pompeo

By Steve Holland and Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on (More…)

Bus carrying students crashes in Alabama, killing at least one

(Reuters) – A bus carrying dozens of Texas high school students on a trip veered across the median separating two (More…)

Shutdown of funeral home that also ran body brokerage roils town

By Duff Wilson and Reade Levinson

MONTROSE, Colorado (Reuters) – After Gerald “Cactus” Hollenback died of heart disease last May, (More…)