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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...)

Palestinians may seek U.N. Assembly support if U.S. vetoes Jerusalem resolution

DUBAI (Reuters) – The Palestinian leadership may turn to the U.N. General Assembly if Washington vetoes a draft U.N. Security (More…)

An update on winners and losers on the U.S. tax scorecard

By Beth Pinsker

NEW YORK (Reuters) – In the lead-up to the conference agreement for the U.S. Tax Cut & (More…)

Detained asylum-seekers win right to sue PNG government for compensation

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A Papua New Guinea court has given hundreds of asylum-seekers who were held for years in a (More…)

Family sues retailer for sale of gun used in Texas church massacre

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – The family of a woman and two children killed when a gunman opened (More…)

Victims of Mexico military abuses shudder at new security law

By Lizbeth Diaz

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Human rights activist Juan Carlos Soni fears a new security law passed by (More…)

North Korean hackers behind attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s spy agency said North Korean hackers were behind attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges this year in (More…)

Indian police arrest Christian priest after complaint by Hindu group

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian police arrested a Christian priest and were questioning members of a seminary after a hardline (More…)

Strong quake hits Indonesia’s Java, kills three

JAKARTA (Reuters) – A powerful magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the island of Java in Indonesia just before midnight on Friday, (More…)

California wildfire close to becoming third largest ever in state

By Alex Dobuzinskis

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California wildfire was close on Saturday to becoming the state’s third largest (More…)

Firefighter killed battling massive California blaze

By Dan Whitcomb

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A firefighter was killed on Thursday while battling a mammoth California wildfire as (More…)