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US executions carried out after botched injection
US states overnight carried out the first two executions since a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma in April, after last minute appeals ...US captures suspected Benghazi attack mastermind in secret raid
A Libyan militant suspected in the deadly attack on Americans in Benghazi has been captured and is in American custody, the Pentagon ...Obama sends troops to protect US missions in Iraq
The United States is deploying up to 275 military troops to Iraq to protect the U.S. Embassy and other American interests and ...U.S. considers air strikes, action with Iran to halt Iraq rebels
The United States said it could launch air strikes and act jointly with its arch-enemy Iran to support the Iraqi government, after ...U.S. sends aircraft carrier to Persian Gulf
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered an aircraft carrier moved into the Gulf on Saturday, readying it in case Washington decides to ...Freed US soldier Bergdahl back in US
US soldier Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who was freed after nearly five years as a Taliban captive, has arrived in Texas from Germany.Earth and Moon may be 60 million years older than previously thought
Work presented at the European Association of Geochemistry’s Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference in Sacramento, California shows that the timing of the giant impact ...House Majority Leader Cantor loses primary
U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia lost to a Tea Party challenger on Tuesday in a stunning Republican primary upset ...North Korea detains third US tourist
North Korea has arrested a US tourist for violating visa regulations, Pyongyang\'s state media said today, with three Americans now believed to ...Obama: No apology for deal to free Bergdahl
US President Barack Obama said he makes “no apologies” for the Taliban prisoner exchange that freed Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl in Afghanistan.