Trump promises each American $5,000 if Republicans keep Congress in midterms
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Retaliation for missile attacks
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6 September 2026 United States
US midterms begin with chaos over mail-voting crackdown
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5 September 2026 United States
Trump's White House releases deportation video games
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4 September 2026 United States
US feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies
AFP, Washington
4 September 2026 United States
US Army Secretary Driscoll submits resignation: White House
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1 September 2026 United States
Two dead after stabbing in New York's Times Square
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1 September 2026 United States
Trump threatens to bomb Oman
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18 August 2026 United States
Trump dismisses concerns over US aircraft carrier
AFP, Washington
16 August 2026 United States

US tycoon murder suspect Durst says he 'killed them all'

US tycoon Robert Durst is arrested on a murder charge ahead of the finale of a TV show investigating the murder of Susan Berman
16 March 2015

Utah is the only state to allow death by firing squad

Lawmakers passes a bill that would make Utah the only state to allow firing squads for carrying out a death penalty if there is a shortage of execution drugs
11 March 2015

Suriname leader’s son gets 16yrs of US prison

The son of Suriname's president is sentenced on Tuesday to 16-1/4 years in prison, after pleading guilty last August to US charges that he tried to offer a home base to the Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah
11 March 2015

Baby survives 14 hours in Utah River

A baby girl is found alive in a car more than 14 hours after the vehicle plunged into a river in Utah
9 March 2015

Obama in Selma: Our march is not over

US President Barack Obama rallied a new generation of Americans in a forceful speech in Selma, Alabama on the 50th anniversary
8 March 2015

I would have shot Barack Obama: Ohio man

An Ohio man claiming sympathy with Islamic State militants and charged with plotting to attack the U.S. Capitol says he would have shot President Barack Obama in the head
7 March 2015

US adds 295,000 jobs in February

The US economy adds 295,000 jobs in February, while the unemployment rate fell to 5.5% from 5.7%
7 March 2015

Kerry: US 'hope' for Ukraine truce

US Secretary of State John Kerry says the US hopes the Ukraine ceasefire deal will be implemented within "hours".
2 March 2015

US police shoot dead homeless man in Los Angeles

US police shot and killed a homeless man after an altercation in downtown Los Angeles.
2 March 2015

Netanyahu in US for Iran speech

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in the US to argue against a possible nuclear deal with Iran
2 March 2015

Eight die in series of US shootings

Eight people are dead and one person injured after a series of shootings in south-central Missouri overnight.
27 February 2015

New York trio 'tried to join IS'

FBI arrests three foreign nationals living in Brooklyn who agents say sought to join the Islamic State
26 February 2015

Obama vetoes oil pipeline bill

US President Barack Obama has vetoed a bill that would have approved construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline
25 February 2015

US, UK hacked Sim card firm

US and British intelligence agencies illegally hacked a major manufacturer of Sim cards to steal codes and facilitate eavesdropping on mobiles
20 February 2015

Reporter Bob Simon killed in car crash

Bob Simon, an award-winning war reporter and longtime correspondent for the "60 Minutes" news show, died in a car accident Wednesday. He was 73.
12 February 2015

US special forces to target ISIS leaders

President Barack Obama said he would not flinch from sending US special forces to kill Islamic State leaders, as he called for Congress to authorize military operations that stop short of a full-scale invasion.
12 February 2015

'Gas blast' levels NY buildings

Major explosion caused by gas leak reduces two residential buildings in Manhattan to rubble, killing two women and injuring 22 people, with a number of others missing.
12 March 2014