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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...)

Israel shoots down Syrian warplane as Golan frontier heats up

By Dan Williams and Lisa Barrington

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Israel said it shot down a Syrian warplane that crossed into (More…)

Wildfires kill at least 74 near Athens, families embrace as flames close in

By Vassilis Triandafyllou and Alkis Konstantinidis

MATI, Greece (Reuters) – Wildfires sweeping through a Greek resort town killed at least (More…)

Hundreds missing after Laos dam under construction collapses: media

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Hundreds of people are missing and several are feared dead after a hydropower (More…)

Toronto police seek motive after gunman kills two, injures 13

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Danya Hajjaji

TORONTO (Reuters) – Toronto police on Monday sought a motive after two young (More…)

U.S. weekly jobless claims hit more than 48-and-a-half-year low

By Lucia Mutikani

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits dropped to a more than 48-1/2-year (More…)

Trump wants suspensions for NFL players who kneel during anthem

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that National Football League (NFL) players who do not stand for (More…)

Trump tells Iran ‘never, ever threaten’ U.S. or suffer consequences

By Warren Strobel and Parisa Hafezi

WASHINGTON/ANKARA (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump told Iran it risked dire consequences “the (More…)

Police name murder suspect in Los Angeles store hostage standoff

(Reuters) – Los Angeles police named a 28-year-old man on Sunday as the suspect who took hostages and barricaded himself (More…)

Fast-spreading California wildfire nears Yosemite park

(Reuters) – A raging California mountain blaze that has already killed one firefighter grew over the weekend and bore down (More…)

Deadly Missouri duck boat to be raised, most survivors leave hospital

By Jon Herskovitz

(Reuters) – The duck boat that sank in a Missouri lake last week, killing 17 people, was (More…)