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Obama identifies 13 possible sites to replace Guantanamo
President Barack Obama on Tuesday will present a plan to close the controversial US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, identifying 13 possible ...Trump takes S.Carolina, Clinton wins in Nevada
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump grabbed a big win in the South Carolina primary on Saturday, while Democrat Hillary Clinton breathed life ...US man freed after 40 years in solitary
A former Black Panther activist who spent a record 43 years in solitary confinement was freed from a US prison Friday after ...George W. Bush joins brother Jeb’s campaign in South Carolina
Former President George W. Bush was making his first direct foray into the 2016 campaign Monday in South Carolina, hoping a state ...Putin, Obama agree on Syria co-operation
Russia\'s President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Barack Obama held frank talks on Syria amid US concern over Turkish shelling of Kurdish ...Trump, Sanders win big in New Hampshire
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders resoundingly won Tuesday\'s presidential primaries in New Hampshire, riding a wave of anti-establishment anger in the second ...Major crane collapse in New York City
A construction crane collapsed in lower Manhattan during a swirling snowstorm on Friday, killing one person and crushing parked cars in the ...Obama takes credit as unemployment hits eight year low
President Barack Obama took a victory lap Friday as the US unemployment rate hit an eight-year low.Obama offers Colombia more than $450 million aid to help with peace process
President Barack Obama said on Thursday he will ask the U.S. Congress for more than $450 million in aid to help Colombia ...Obama decries anti-Muslim rhetoric on first mosque visit
Barack Obama offered an impassioned rebuttal of "inexcusable" Republican election rhetoric against Muslims Wednesday, on his first trip to an American mosque ...