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Austria gunman kills 4 in ongoing standoff
A gunman in Austria killed four people, including three police officers, and was firing sporadically Tuesday at police after barricading himself in ...Brazil president postpones US trip over spying allegations
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has postponed a state visit to the White House on October 23 out of concerns about US surveillance ...US Navy gunman had serious mental health issues
Washington authorities questioned on Tuesday how a U.S. military veteran with a history of violence and mental problems could have gotten clearance ...Obama clears way for chemical weapons aid to Syria
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday signed a presidential determination allowing non-lethal assistance — including special equipment to help neutralize chemical weapons ...13 dead in US naval base shooting
At least 13 people including a gunman have been killed and a police officer wounded in a mass shooting at a US ...Indian-American crowned Miss America
Nina Davuluri won the 2014 Miss America pageant on Sunday, becoming the first Indian-American to wear the crown, which went to Miss ...Obama welcomes Syria deal, warns action if diplomacy fails
U.S. President Barack Obama has welcomed the deal to strip Syria of chemical weapons but says much remains to be done and ...US-Russian talks on Syria chemical weapons deal enter third day
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, are meeting for a third day Saturday in Geneva for ...Al-Qaeda chief calls for US attacks, economic boycott
Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri called for attacks on the United States in order to drain the country economically, in an audio message ...Three dead, thousands evacuated in Colorado flooding
Flooding in the western U.S. state of Colorado worsened Friday, with thousands of people in and around the city of Boulder forced ...