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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...)

New genre of artificial intelligence programs take computer hacking to another level

By Joseph Menn

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The nightmare scenario for computer security – artificial intelligence programs that can learn (More…)

Chemical weapons inspectors to collect new samples in UK nerve agent poisoning

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Inspectors of the world’s chemical weapons watchdog will return to Britain on request of the government to (More…)

Brazil judge overturns Venezuela border closure, opening path for immigrants

By Ricardo Brito and Anthony Boadle

BRASILIA (Reuters) – A Brazilian federal appeals court judge on Tuesday overturned a ruling (More…)

Israel sees Syrian army growing beyond pre-civil war size

MEROM GOLAN, Golan Heights (Reuters) – Israel’s defense minister said on Tuesday that Syria was building up its ground forces (More…)

Charlottesville confronts identity one year after clashes

By Joseph Ax

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) – For many residents of Charlottesville, Virginia, last year’s white nationalist rally shattered the (More…)

Hawaii volcano eruption slows to virtual halt after more than three months

By Steve Gorman

(Reuters) – The destructive lava eruption at the foot of Kilauea Volcano on the Big Island of (More…)

Massive wildfire rages after becoming largest in California’s history

By Dan Whitcomb

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California’s biggest wildfire on record raged on Tuesday as hot and windy conditions (More…)

No arrests after 66 shot, 12 killed, in weekend Chicago gun violence

(Reuters) – Chicago police have made no arrests tied to the shootings of 66 people over the weekend, 12 of (More…)

Firefighters battle to save communities from epic California fire

By Dan Whitcomb

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Crews battling the second-largest wildfire ever recorded in California fought on Monday to (More…)

U.S. revives sanctions to further damage Iran’s economy

By Lesley Wroughton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration expects economic sanctions that it is re-imposing on Iran this week (More…)