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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is toasting stronger economic ties with a former Soviet republic known for its wines.

Negligence was not the cause of the collapse of a third World Trade Center tower several hours after the twin towers were destroyed in the Sept.

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U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden opened a two-day visit to China Wednesday by urging young Chinese students to challenge their government, teachers and religious leaders.

Judge Leonard Shapiro made the decision after Onyango Obama, 69, testified that he had lived in the U.S. for 50 years, been a hard worker, paid income tax and been arrested only once.

A 17-year-old Arizona girl and her two younger sisters hugged, touched each other's faces and talked about how they had all changed when they finally were reunited after their mother and stepfather kept them... A 17-year-old Arizona girl hugged her two younger sisters, touched their faces and talked about how they had all changed when they finally ... (more)

The way we speak, both the phrases we use and the accents that inflect those phrases, come from our upbringings.

The Supreme Court indicated Tuesday it won't offer much help to frequent flyers who want to sue when airlines revoke their miles or their memberships.

A judge's decision to allow Detroit to fix its finances in bankruptcy court raises a flurry of questions about what happens next.

House lawmakers on Tuesday are expected to approve a 10-year extension of a federal law requiring that all guns be detectable by metal screening machines.

The revelation that a New York City commuter train derailed while barreling into a sharp curve at nearly three times the speed limit is fueling questions about whether automated crash-avoidance technology could have prevented the carnage.

President Barack Obama will focus on those benefits at a White House event Tuesday.

A federal judge in New Orleans said he expected to seat a jury on Tuesday to hear the retrial of a former New Orleans police officer who shot and killed a man outside a strip mall after Hurricane Katrina.

President Barack Obama is hosting Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos at the White House, just days after the Latin American leader announced his intent to seek re-election in the midst of peace talks with the nation's leading rebel group.

The Amazon CEO is working on a way to use the small aircraft to get parcels to customers in 30 minutes or less.

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Illinois lawmakers began putting the pieces in place Monday for a potentially historic vote to address the nation's worst public-pension shortfall, as legislators scrambled to digest the complex deal and labor unions and other political heavyweights ratcheted up pressure for and against it.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he doesn't think much about his status as front-runner for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.

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Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, one of the most vulnerable Democrats up for re-election next year, is being targeted by a conservative group for her votes supporting President Obama's judicial nominees.