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The Pentagon plans to send about 300 more U.S. active-duty troops to the border as cooks and drivers, some of whom will come into contact with migrants as they hand out food to migrants as part of the mission to help U.S. Customs and Border Protection deal with the large […]

President Trump speaking to the National Rifle Association, a group that made a multimillion investment in his campaign, declared his administration will not ratify the UN Arms Trade Treaty – a treaty supported by the Obama administration that is aimed at regulating the international arms industry. The treaty was not […]

A jurist who became the first African American to serve on the Georgia Supreme Court plans to step down after serving three decades on the high court. The court said in a news release Friday that Justice Robert Benham has announced he’ll leave the court next year rather than seeking […]

A 13-year-old Kentucky girl who died hours after falling ill at her cheer competition was suffering from strep, her family has learned, two months after the sudden loss. “Apparently, an underlying Strep infection overwhelmed her immune system with little or no warning, and catastrophic results,” the family of eighth-grader Lilliana […]

Georgia-based Kids II inclined sleepers are being recalled, after at least five infant deaths were reported, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said on Friday. “Since the 2012 product introduction, five infant fatalities have occurred in the Kids II Rocking Sleepers, after the infants rolled from their back to […]

Maria Butina, a 30-year-old Russian gun rights activist who pleaded guilty in December to conspiracy to act as a foreign agent, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Friday and will be subject to deportation upon her release. After months of debate between the government and the defense over […]

A shoot-out erupted in eastern Sri Lanka on Friday night between security forces and suspects linked to the string of suicide bombings that has claimed hundreds of lives, according to Sri Lankan police. The exchange of gunfire happened as security forces were conducting an operation in Kalmunai, a city on […]

Police in London are asking the public to help identify suspects who reportedly smashed a van through a Tiffany’s storefront, swiped a still-unknown quantity of baubles and escaped on mopeds. The incident, in one of the city’s ritziest districts, occurred around 3 a.m. local time, authorities said. Metropolitan police arrived […]

President Donald Trump denied that the U.S. paid North Korea $2 million for Otto Warmbier’s medical care after reports emerged Thursday that the regime forced U.S. officials to sign a pledge to do so. “No money was paid to North Korea for Otto Warmbier, not two Million Dollars, not anything […]

The U.S. economy grew at a solid 3.2% annual rate in the first three months of the year, a far better outcome than expected, overcoming a host of headwinds including global weakness, rising trade tensions and a partial government shutdown. The advance in the gross domestic product, the broadest measure […]