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Obama: Guantanamo Bay undermines security, must be closed

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to “once and for all” close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and transfer the most detainees to a facility in the U.S., submi...

GOP Senators: No hearing, no vote for Obama court pick

WASHINGTON – Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday ruled out any hearing for President Barack Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court, insisting that the choice rests with th...

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Murder suspect shot self in sheriff’s office parking lot KATY, Texas – When a boy’s mother found out he had allegedly shot someone, she argued that he needed to surrender to the p...

U.S. officials say Russia agrees to Syria truce

DAMASCUS, Syria – U.S. officials said Monday that the United States and Russia have agreed on a plan for a cease-fire in Syria starting Saturday that would exclude attacks on the Islamic Sta...

Chief justice remembers Scalia’s ‘irrepressible spirit’

WASHINGTON – Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday remembered the late Justice Antonin Scalia as a friend and colleague of “irrepressible spirit” as the Supreme Court resumed work for the fir...

Some victims in mass shooting support efforts to hack iPhone

WASHINGTON – Some victims and affected families in the mass shootings in Southern California will file court papers in support of a U.S. magistrate judge’s order that Apple Inc. help the FBI...

Health care issue, longtime uniter of Democrats, now divides

WASHINGTON – Health care for all. It’s a goal that tugs at the heartstrings of Democrats, but pursuing it usually invites political peril. Now Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton a...

Obama sends Congress $1.9B request to combat Zika virus

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama Monday sent lawmakers an official $1.9 billion request to combat the spread of the Zika virus in Latin America and the U.S. He is also request...

Man recounts harrowing Uber ride with Kalamazoo suspect

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – An Uber passenger said he called police to report an erratic driver more than an hour before the driver allegedly began a series of three random shootings that killed six ...

Islamic State bombings rock Syria as world powers seek truce

BEIRUT – Bombings claimed by the Islamic State group in the Syrian cities of Damascus and Homs killed nearly 130 people on Sunday, highlighting the threat posed by the extremists as the coun...

What to do if U.S. begins capturing more suspected terrorists?

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has refused to send any suspected terrorists captured overseas to the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. But if the U.S. starts seizing more militants in...

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London’s Boris Johnson backs Britain leaving EU LONDON – A new battle for Britain erupted Sunday, with London Mayor Boris Johnson saying he would join the campaign to encourage Br...
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