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Obama plans to outflank hostile Congress with unilateral gun control moves
Obama said yesterday he has received "too many letters from parents, and teachers, and kids, to sit around and do nothing".
Terrified families emerge from ruins of liberated Ramadi
The city is the first retaken by Iraq's army since it collapsed in the path of the militants' advance 18 months ago.
Six dead as gunmen attack Indian air base near Pakistan border
The attack is an apparent challenge to attempts to revive a dialogue between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
Prominent Shi'ite cleric among 47 executed by Saudi Arabia on terrorism charges
The punishments are an apparent message that the conservative Islamic kingdom will brook no violent dissent.
More American teens risk mental defects, addiction due to increased marijuana use
A recent survey from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) revealed a seemingly pleasant but alarming finding: for the first time ever, more high school students are using marijuana daily compared to cigarettes.
U.S.-led coalition kills ISIS leader linked to Paris terror attacks; 9 other senior jihadists killed in airstrikes
Charaffe al Mouadan, a Syrian-based member of the Islamic State (ISIS) who authorities claimed had direct link to the ringleader of the Paris bomb attacks, was killed in an airstrike in Syria a day before Christmas, U.S officials said.
U.S. slams Iran for firing rockets that landed near its aircraft carrier, calls action 'highly provocative'
The U.S military on Monday slammed Iran's firing of rockets 1, 500 yards from ships including American aircraft carrier in the Straits of Hormuz, denouncing it as "highly provocative.
Many U.S. abortion clinic workers quitting industry and becoming pro-life advocates, group says
Nearly 200 employees in abortion clinics have left the industry, thanks to the efforts of one pro-life group, according to a former Planned Parenthood clinic director in Texas.
Twitter targets ISIS with new anti-abuse rules; terror group found to have 46,000 Twitter accounts
Twitter has issued new guidelines to combat abuse and harassment after it was criticized for failing to stop the Islamic State (ISIS) from using the platform to advance its propaganda and recruit people to its fold.
Climate change threat: Latin Americans most concerned while Americans, Chinese are least concerned
People in Latin America consider global climate change as a serious problem but least among Americans, according to an online poll by Pew Research Center.
In New York City, you can be slapped with $125,000 fine if you use wrong pronoun on a transgender
New York City has toughened its anti-discrimination laws favouring transgenders and gender non-conforming communities that it would be a violation if a business owner, landlord or an employer fails to use a person's preferred name, pronoun or title.
Father of 19-year-old man shot dead by cop inside Chicago home says he's now the voice of his 'good son'
The father of a 19-year-old man who was shot and killed by a police officer in Chicago over the weekend burst into tears as he recalled his son.
Charges dropped against Baptist church leader accused of molesting disabled man in Missouri
Prosecutors dropped the charges against a deaf church official in Missouri who was accused of sexually molesting a church goer with disability.
Atheists, backed by Muslims, push for removal of huge cross at Bladensburg war memorial in Maryland
A group of atheists is appealing a Maryland court ruling last November 30 that declared the 90-year-old 40-foot cross at the Bladensburg World War I Veterans Memorial is constitutional and did not violate the Establishment Clause under the First Amendment.
Bill Cosby could be ruined by civil lawsuits even if trial jury finds him innocent, lawyers say
Cosby was charged in suburban Philadelphia on Wednesday in the only criminal case he has faced.
Firefighters labour through the night to tackle Dubai hotel blaze
Plumes of white smoke still emanated from the charred, 63-storey Address Downtown hotel at daybreak.