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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...)

Unbudgeted: How the opioid crisis is blowing a hole in small-town America’s finances

By Paula Seligson and Tim Reid

INDIANA, Pa./CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (Reuters) – As deaths mount in America’s opioid crisis, communities on (More…)

U.S. housing starts fall for second straight month; outlook murky

By Lucia Mutikani

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. homebuilding fell for a second straight month in August as a rebound in (More…)

Trump to single out North Korea, Iran in first speech at U.N.

By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will urge United Nations member states (More…)

St. Louis mayor to meet with protesters after nights of violence

By Greg Bailey

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – Activists in St. Louis plan to voice their concerns directly to the mayor (More…)

Syria investigator del Ponte signs off with a sting

GENEVA (Reuters) – Veteran prosecutor Carla del Ponte signed off from the United Nations Syria investigation on Monday by criticizing (More…)

More Florida Keys residents return home to survey Irma’s destruction

By Carlo Allegri

KEY LARGO, Fla. (Reuters) – More residents who had fled the Florida Keys ahead of Hurricane Irma (More…)

U.S. and Iran argue over inspections at nuclear watchdog meeting

By Shadia Nasralla

VIENNA (Reuters) – The United States and Iran quarreled over how Tehran’s nuclear activities should be policed (More…)

Korean peninsula draws range of military drills in show of force against North Korea

By Ben Blanchard and Hyonhee Shin

BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – The U.S. military staged bombing drills with South Korea over the (More…)

Trump says giving Mideast peace ‘an absolute go’

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he believed “we really have a chance” to make (More…)

British police arrest second man over London train bomb

By Paul Sandle

LONDON (Reuters) – British police arrested a second man over the bombing of a London commuter train (More…)