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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 ...Yahoo to cut 1,700 workers as CEO tries to save her own job
Yahoo is laying off about 1,700 employees and shedding some of its excess baggage in a shake-up likely to determine whether CEO ...First U.S. Zika virus transmission reported, attributed to sex
The first known case of Zika virus transmission in the United States was reported in Texas on Tuesday by local health officials, ...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 ...Cruz upsets Trump in Iowa as Clinton claims narrow victory
US presidential hopefuls trained their sights on New Hampshire and beyond Tuesday, with conservative Ted Cruz keen to build on his dramatic ...