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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...)

Islamist militants adapted after losses: U.S. State Dept.

By Jonathan Landay

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The State Department warned on Wednesday that Islamic State, al Qaeda and its affiliates (More…)

Hurricane Florence: A picture and its story: Dogs in the disaster zone

By Jonathan Drake

LELAND, N.C. (Reuters) – Three days after Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina, I was documenting (More…)

North Korea’s Kim agrees to inspections in bid to salvage nuclear talks

By Hyonhee Shin and Soyoung Kim

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Wednesday it would permanently abolish its key (More…)

Trump pledges strong federal support for hurricane-stricken Carolinas

By Jeff Mason and Ernest Scheyder

HAVELOCK/WILMINGTON, N.C. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday promised that North and (More…)

Immigrant accused of killing Iowa student pleads not guilty

(Reuters) – The accused killer of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts, whose disappearance produced national headlines, pleaded not guilty to (More…)

Russian ‘fake news’ machine going mad, says French envoy to U.S.

PARIS (Reuters) – France’s envoy to the United States on Tuesday accused Moscow of spreading fake news after Russia’s Defence (More…)

U.S. tech giants eye Artificial Intelligence key to unlock China push

By Cate Cadell

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – U.S. technology giants, facing tighter content rules in China and the threat of a (More…)

North Korea’s Kim says summit with Trump stabilized region, sees more progress

By Hyonhee Shin and Joyce Lee

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Tuesday his “historic” (More…)

U.S. judge will not force Georgia to use paper ballots despite concerns

By Gina Cherelus

(Reuters) – A federal judge will not force Georgia to use paper ballots for the November election, (More…)

Putin sees chance circumstances behind downing of Russian plane in Syria

By Darya Korsunskaya and Stephen Farrell

MOSCOW/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the shooting down of (More…)