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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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Houston crippled by catastrophic flooding with more rain on the way

Flooded downtown is seen from a high rise along Buffalo Bayou after Hurricane Harvey inundated the Texas Gulf coast with rain causing widespread flooding, in Houston, Texas, U.S. August 27, 2017 in this picture obtained from social media.

By Gary McWilliams and Ruthy Munoz

HOUSTON (Reuters) – Houston is facing worsening historic flooding in the coming days as (More…)

Flood threat rises as Harvey dumps torrential rains on Texas

A storm chaser films himself on a camera phone as Hurricane Harvey approaches, on the boardwalk in Corpus Christi, Texas. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

By Brian Thevenot

ROCKPORT, Texas (Reuters) – The most powerful hurricane to hit the U.S. state of Texas in more (More…)

U.S. current account imbalance unlikely to diminish: researcher

FILE PHOTO - A police officer keeps watch in front of the U.S. Federal Reserve in Washington, DC, U.S. on October 12, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

(Reuters) – The United States will likely continue to run a large current account deficit against other countries because of (More…)

Controversial free speech rally canceled in San Francisco

A worker installs a fence at Crissy Field in anticipation of Saturday's Patriot Prayer rally and counter demonstration in San Francisco, California, U.S. August 25, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

By Dan Whitcomb

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A free-speech rally planned for San Francisco this weekend that local leaders had (More…)

South Carolina governor bans abortion funding, hits healthcare

FILE PHOTO: Governor of South Carolina Henry McMaster speaks at 2017 SelectUSA Investment Summit in Oxon Hill, Maryland, U.S., June 19, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

By Ian Simpson

(Reuters) – South Carolina’s governor has ordered a ban on all state funding for abortion providers in (More…)

U.N. official urges Mexico and U.S. to boost refugee protection

U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi speaks during an interview with Reuters at a hotel in Mexico City, Mexico August 25, 2017. REUTERS/Henry Romero

By Daina Beth Solomon and Lizbeth Diaz

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The United States and other wealthy nations should do (More…)

U.S. towns that want to shed Confederate symbols hit bureaucratic roadblocks

U.S. towns that want to shed Confederate symbols hit bureaucratic roadblocks

By Joseph Ax

(Reuters) – As early as November, the stretch of Jefferson Davis Highway that runs through Alexandria, Virginia, (More…)

Hurricane Harvey weakens after battering Texas coast

Hurricane Harvey weakens after battering Texas coast

By Brian Thevenot

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (Reuters) – The most powerful hurricane to hit the U.S. state of Texas in (More…)

Nuclear inspectors should have access to Iran military bases: Haley

Nuclear inspectors should have access to Iran military bases: Haley

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Friday pressed the International Atomic Energy Agency (More…)

Residents flee Texas coast ahead of Hurricane Harvey landfall

By Brian Thevenot

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (Reuters) – Businesses closed and lines of cars streamed out of coastal Texas as (More…)