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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...)

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Oregon college shooter wrote of kinship with mass killers in manifesto

FILE PHOTO: Umpqua Community College alumnus Donice Smith (L) is embraced after she said one of her former teachers was shot dead, near the site of a mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg,Oregon October 1, 2015. REUTERS/Steve Dipaola/File Photo

By Keith Coffman

(Reuters) – A gunman who fatally shot nine people at an Oregon college in 2015 wrote of (More…)

Republicans see tax reform complicated by Trump deal with Democrats

FILE PHOTO: President Trump meets with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other congressional leaders in the Oval Office of the White House. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

By David Morgan and Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican party lawmakers warned on Friday that President Donald Trump’s (More…)

Venezuela’s Maduro seeks debt negotiations after U.S. sanctions

FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela August 25, 2017. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS

By Deisy Buitrago and Corina Pons

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has invited bondholders to unspecified “negotiations” over (More…)

Hurricane Irma downgraded as it tears into Cuba’s northern coast

Hurricane Irma downgraded as it tears into Cuba's northern coast

By Marc Frank

HAVANA (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma weakened slightly on Saturday as it battered Cuba’s northern coast while millions (More…)

Miami hospitals prepare for surge in births during Hurricane Irma

Miami hospitals prepare for surge in births during Hurricane Irma

By Julie Steenhuysen and Jilian Mincer

(Reuters) – While many Miami hospitals are shutting down as Hurricane Irma bears down (More…)

France discusses increased pressure on North Korea with Trump, Abe

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance with Ri Hong Sop (2nd L) and Hong Sung Mu ( 2nd R) on a nuclear weapons program in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang September 3, 2017. KCNA via REUTERS

PARIS (Reuters) – France’s Emmanuel Macron discussed increased pressure and sanctions on North Korea on the telephone with U.S. President (More…)

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Search for survivors in Texas as storm Harvey heads north

By Kami Klein

John 14:27 (MEV) 27 Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. Not as (More…)

Hurricane Irma will ‘devastate’ part of U.S.: emergency services head

A member of the Emergency Operations Committee monitors the trajectory of Irma in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. REUTERS/Ricardo Rojas

By David Shepardson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Anticipating that Hurricane Irma will “devastate” part of the United States, U.S. officials were (More…)

Five ex-U.S. presidents join forces to support Harvey victims

FILE PHOTO - An aerial photo shows damage caused by Hurricane Harvey in Rockport, Texas, U.S., August 31, 2017. REUTERS/DroneBase

HOUSTON (Reuters) – Five former U.S. presidents joined forces on Thursday to raise funds for victims of Hurricane Harvey, aiming (More…)

Erdogan urges U.S. to review ‘political’ charges against Turkish ex-minister

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference at Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul, Turkey September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan urged the United States on Friday to review charges against a Turkish former minister (More…)