Deputy sheriff, 11 others killed in California bar shooting: police

A gunman killed 12 people including a sheriff's deputy after he walked into a Southern California bar and started shooting late Wednesday night, police said.

Activists call for nationwide protests to protect Mueller investigation

U.S. progressive groups will stage hundreds of protests nationwide on Thursday to demand that President Donald Trump do nothing to hinder an ongoing investigation into Russian meddling to help him win the 2016 U.S. election.

Syrian man sentenced in U.S. for making bomb parts

A Syrian man accused in 2011 of designing and assembling electronic parts for radio-controlled roadside bombs for attacks on U.S. military forces in Iraq was convicted on Wednesday in an Arizona federal court, U.S. officials said.

Manafort's ex son-in-law arrested on new criminal charges

The former son-in-law of Paul Manafort, the one-time chairman of President Donald Trump's campaign, has been arrested on charges that he engaged in financial fraud while out on bail on a prior case, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Trump ousts Sessions, vows to fight Democrats if they launch probes

President Donald Trump forced out his attorney general on Wednesday and threatened to fight back if Democrats use their new majority in the U.S. House of Representatives to launch investigations into his administration and finances.

A changing New York neighborhood wonders how Amazon would fit

It was the lunch-hour rush at the Court Square Diner in New York's Long Island City on Wednesday, and co-owner Nick Kanellos pointed to the elevated subway tracks that rattle overhead as he fretted over the news that Amazon may build a major outpost in the neighborhood.

Factbox: 'You're fired!': how Trump has dismissed White House staff

Before he became U.S. president, Donald Trump was famous for dismissing contestants on his television show "The Apprentice" with a resounding "You're fired!"

Colorado voters reject tougher rules on oil and gas drilling

Colorado voters on Tuesday rejected a measure calling for greater distances between oil and gas drilling and public spaces, a move opponents said would have sharply limited new wells in the fifth-largest oil producing state in the nation.

Factbox: Democrats pick up net 29 seats in U.S. House, with some races still outstanding

U.S. voters went to the polls in congressional elections on Tuesday for all 435 seats of the House of Representatives.

U.S. senator adds to pressure on Pentagon to clean up military housing

A U.S. senator added to calls on the Department of Defense to address housing hazards documented by Reuters at military bases across the country.

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