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At least 13 killed after Russian passenger plane catches fire mid-air: news agencies
Television footage showed the Sukhoi Superjet-100 making an emergency landing at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport with much of the rear part of the plane engulfed...
Trump says Mueller should not testify before Congress after date announced for public questioning
Donald Trump has urged Special Counsel Robert Mueller not to testify to the US Congress about his report on Russian interference in the 2016...
Pompeo insists North Korea nuclear deal still possible despite weapons test
Secretary of state echoes the president, saying ‘there’s opportunity to get a negotiated outcome’ on a denuclearization dealThe secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, said...
NASA fits 265,000 galaxies into a single ‘Hubble Legacy Field’ image
Astronomers have assembled the most all-encompassing image of space ever created.It puts together 16 years of data captured from the Hubble Space Telescope, according...
6 facts about bonds that you need to understand now
Conventional wisdom says bonds zig when stocks zag, smoothing out bumpy periods for investors who own both. Yet last year, that didn’t happen.
North Carolina K-9 police officer fatally shot during traffic stop; suspect kills himself, police...
Details of why the suspect was pulled over or why they opened fire have not been released.
Probe begins after Boeing 737 slides off runway into Florida river
The Boeing 737-800 chartered by the U.S. military was arriving from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba with 136 passengers and seven crew members...
Russia Says Trump Initiated Friday's 1.5-Hour Call With Putin
The leaders’ call lasted for 1.5 hours, according to a post on the embassy’s Facebook page, and the pair discussed a “shared commitment to...
16-year-old Boy Scout collapses, dies hiking in Arizona desert
Joshua White showed signs of extreme dehydration and died on the way back down the trail in Picacho Peak State Park.
EU and Britain condemn U.S. oil and nuclear sanctions on Iran
The United States' allies in Europe have criticized its recent decisions to restrict oil trade with Iran and to limit the extension of waivers...
