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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...)

Mylan, U.S. finalize $465 million EpiPen settlement

By Nate Raymond

BOSTON (Reuters) – Mylan NV <MYL.O> has finalized a $465 million settlement resolving U.S. Justice Department claims (More…)

Iran denies appeal of jailed Princeton student: university

By Yeganeh Torbati

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iranian authorities have denied the appeal of a Princeton University student who had been (More…)

Museum or dumpster? U.S. cities wrestle with Confederate statues’ fate

By Gabriella Borter

(Reuters) – As communities across the United States redouble efforts to remove Confederate monuments from public spaces (More…)

U.S. jobless claims drop to near six-month low

By Lucia Mutikani

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell to near a six-month low (More…)

Violence prompts U.S. Congress to discuss militant threats

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional panel next month will hold a hearing on violent extremism, including threats from domestic (More…)

Truck driver formally indicted for 10 immigrant deaths in Texas

By Jon Herskovitz

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A truck driver accused of smuggling immigrants inside a packed and sweltering tractor-trailer (More…)

Thousands of Mexicans march to scrap NAFTA, as government fights to save it

By Daina Beth Solomon

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – While Mexican government negotiators fought tooth and nail to save the North (More…)

Forest rangers, fire crews brace for eclipse watchers to descend on U.S. West

By Laura Zuckerman

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Forest rangers and fire managers across the U.S. West will be on high (More…)

U.S. court rules Arkansas can block Planned Parenthood funding

By Nate Raymond

(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday reversed a ruling that prevented Arkansas from cutting off (More…)

Backlash against Trump intensifies after his comments on Virginia violence

By Susan Heavey and Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Several leading members of Donald Trump’s Republican Party and key (More…)