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Miami -
Hurricane Matthew intensified Friday into a major Category Three storm, packing winds of 115 miles (185 kilometers) per hour over the Caribbean Sea, US forecasters said.
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Vienna -
US rapper Freddie Gibbs was acquitted Friday of sexually abusing a girl half his age in his hotel room after a concert in Vienna last year.
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Washington -
A 38-year-old US man may have been infected with Zika virus through the tears or sweat of his dying father, researchers said, in what would be the first documented case of such transmission if confirmed.
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Miami -
Hurricane Matthew strengthened to a Category Two storm as it churned in the southeast Caribbean, with a turn toward Jamaica expected by Sunday, US weather forecasters said.
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Los Angeles -
A conservative Arizona newspaper is facing death threats and losing subscriptions after it broke with tradition by endorsing Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump for US president, a senior editor told AFP.
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Washington -
The United States ordered families of government personnel stationed in the Democratic Republic of Congo to leave amid fears about escalating violence, the State Department said.
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Washington -
The United States is investing in a military air base capable of deploying drones in Niger's central city of Agadez, the Pentagon confirmed.
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San Diego -
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said America's alliance with the Philippines remains "ironclad" even though the Asian ally's leader has vowed to end joint military exercises.
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Washington -
US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned what they called "barbarous" Russian and Syrian regime airstrikes on Aleppo during a phone call Thursday, the White House said.
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Riyadh -
Saudi Arabia on Thursday warned of "disastrous consequences" from a United States law allowing 9/11 victims to sue the kingdom, in a major spike in tension between the longstanding allies.
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Guadalajara -
Authorities have recovered 12 bodies in a western Mexican river near a lake popular among US tourists, as suspicion about the deaths turned toward two drug gangs.
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Des Moines -
Hillary Clinton campaigned Thursday in Iowa as early voting began in the pivotal swing state, seeking to pry it away from Republican Donald Trump and spur turnout that could ultimately decide the presidency.
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Hoboken -
A packed commuter train crashed into a station in New Jersey during the morning rush hour Thursday, with three people reported killed and more than 100 injured, many of them in critical condition.
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Washington -
Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson's longshot bid for the White House appears to have grown even more remote.The former New Mexico governor who asked "What is Aleppo?
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Washington -
The US Congress passed a spending bill late Wednesday and staved off a government shutdown, after reaching agreement on funding for a tainted water crisis in Flint, Michigan that had bedeviled earlier proposals.The fiscal year ends on September 30.
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Toukyo -
Japan's problem-plagued new passenger jet on Thursday completed a flight to the United States for testing, its maker said, after aborting two earlier attempts.
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Durham -
What they lack in chemistry they make up for in drive: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are determined to stand united for the sake of defeating Donald Trump.
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Washington -
President Barack Obama defended his refusal to use military force to end Syria's brutal civil war Wednesday, as diplomatic efforts faltered and a humanitarian crisis of historic proportions unfolded in Aleppo.
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It's 10 days to America's next presidential debate, but some of Donald Trump's most ardent admirers agree: he must do better -- focus more on policy, and hit Hillary Clinton harder.
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Washington -
The United States welcomed Wednesday the preliminary results of a criminal inquiry into the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine, saying it supported Washington's suspicions of Russian involvement.
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Moscow -
Moscow is prepared to relaunch talks with the United States on the crisis in Syria, the Russian defence ministry said Wednesday, hours after Washington threatened to suspend its cooperation on the issue.
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Washington -
The US Congress voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to override Barack Obama's veto of a bill allowing 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia, the first such rebuke of his eight-year presidency.
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Oslo -
A Norwegian court on Wednesday dismissed a fresh bid by fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden to win assurances he would not be extradited to the US should he come to Norway to collect an award.
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Los Angeles -
Protesters marched in a California town following the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man said to be mentally ill, as local officials urged calm and pledged a full investigation.
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Washington -
President Barack Obama hailed Israeli elder statesman Shimon Peres, who died Wednesday, as a friend who refused to give up on the dream of peace, while former president Bill Clinton called him "a genius with a big heart.
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Washington -
The United States has tapped Jeffrey DeLaurentis, America's top diplomat in Havana, to become the first official ambassador to Cuba in five decades.
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Washington -
The suspect in the bombing this month in New York's Chelsea neighborhood appears to have acted on his own, with no connection to an extremist movement, the FBI said Tuesday.
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Bras -
The US treasury chief praised Brazil's new government on Tuesday and said the Latin American giant is "poised" to exit a painful recession and return to economic growth.
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Raleigh -
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump battled to break out of deadlocked polls after clashing in their first televised debate, lashing each other with insults on the campaign trail in critical states.
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Panama -
Panama on Tuesday asked the United States to extradite former president Ricardo Martinelli to face charges of spying against opposition members while in power.
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US Defence Secretary Robert Gates. flickr/eschipul
RUINS: A tourist experiences in the ancient Roman amphitheater in Palmyra, Syria, in 2010. Bernard Gagnon/Wikimedia Commons
U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima)
Parents of victims last month's mass kidnapping from a school in northeastern Nigeria express sorrow and outrage Voice of America
A meeting between China and the United States to discuss antitrust practices. China has started researching the subject even further with recent events. Lonnie Tague for the Department of Justice
BABY IT'S COLD: Soldiers and dump trucks from the Army National Guard in Columbia, South Carolina, dig up tons of rock salt to help local disaster workers prepare for a severe winter storm last February. Sgt Jorge Intriago-National Guard
US First Lady, Michelle Obama Be the Change/flickr
A C-17 heavy lift aircraft of the US Air National Guard.
REMEMBER WHEN: The price of a first-class postage stamp was 8 cents in 1973. U.S. Postal Service / Wikimedia
LOCATION; Photo/Graphic shows approximate location of the May 19th oil spill from the Plains All American Pipeline near Refugio Beach in Santa Barbara, Calif. Jwncv - Santa Barbara, California/Wikimedia Commons
US Navy SEALS in familiar environment. wikipedia
Overcrowding in California State Prison. California Department of Corrections
Ventral side of Platydemus manokwari is pale, and finely mottled light brown. Pierre Gros
Emissions in the United States and China World Resources Institute
A Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) of a US Marine Light Reconnaissnace Battalion. Wikimedia Commons
A picture of Calgary in the evening. naserke, Flickr
May showing U.S. vector range for Dengue fever and number of suspected cases. NRDC
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