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Obama gives last State of the Union address
Barack Obama gives his final State of the Union address on Tuesday, perhaps the last opportunity of his presidency to sway a ...Mexico formally launches process to extradite Guzman to US
Mexico began the process of extraditing drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the United States, two days after the famed fugitive ...Sean Penn interview helped catch Mexican drug lord
A clandestine meeting between US actor Sean Penn and Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in the Mexican jungle helped lead to the drug ...Woman raped by five men in New York City park, police say
Five men took turns raping a woman in a Brooklyn park after forcing her father at gunpoint to flee the scene, New ...Canadian dollar hits lowest level since 2003
The Canadian dollar, weighed down by weak oil prices, fell Wednesday to its lowest level against the American currency since August 2003, ...Obama in tears as he unveils plan to cut gun violence
President Barack Obama, at one point wiping tears from his cheek, unveiled his plan Tuesday to tighten control and enforcement of firearms ...World welcomes New Year despite terror fears
New Year\'s Eve kicked off in Sydney, but tightened security muted revelries in Europe with Brussels scrapping celebrations and fireworks cancelled in ...Floods claim 19 lives, force evacuation of US town
Federal officials were monitoring 19 vulnerable levees on the rising Mississippi River and its tributaries, warning that hundreds of homes in Illinois ...US death toll at 43 as wild weather tears across central states
Texas reeled from rare December tornados on Monday as days of storms battering a vast region stretching from the southwestern US to ...Eight dead after tornado, storms hit Texas
Tornadoes swept through the Dallas area leaving substantial damage and at least eight people dead either from the storm or related traffic ...